Welcome to the ART1 Journal

A space for reflection, insight, and the stories that live behind the collections that shape ART1.

Here, fine art photography meets process, memory, and creative practice, shaped by decades of creative exploration across movement, image-making, and visual storytelling.

Through light studies, monochrome atmospheres, POP abstraction, still life, and narrative works, each entry offers a deeper understanding of the ideas, influences, and lived experience that inform the work, its intention, and its place within the wider ART1 practice.

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The Percivals 2026

The Percivals 2026

The journey to Townsville carried its own atmosphere long before the gallery doors even opened.  The very warm and humid 28-degree weather was, unexpectedly, a welcome relief from the heavy...

The Percivals 2026

The journey to Townsville carried its own atmosphere long before the gallery doors even opened.  The very warm and humid 28-degree weather was, unexpectedly, a welcome relief from the heavy...

Exhibition - Lost in there Bush by Raymond Mather at ART1 Fine Art Photography Australia

Lost in the Bush

an excursion beyond the cliché "The series Lost in the Bush emerged playfully from the original collection titled Cliche Life. The series was shot on location in Mullumbimby and reconnected...

Lost in the Bush

an excursion beyond the cliché "The series Lost in the Bush emerged playfully from the original collection titled Cliche Life. The series was shot on location in Mullumbimby and reconnected...

The Daily Drive - MAT19

The Daily Drive - MAT19

Origins in the Tweed Valley Murwillumbah Arts Trail 2019 (MAT19) There are moments in an artist’s life where the work quietly changes direction before the artist fully understands it themselves....

The Daily Drive - MAT19

Origins in the Tweed Valley Murwillumbah Arts Trail 2019 (MAT19) There are moments in an artist’s life where the work quietly changes direction before the artist fully understands it themselves....

Art Prizes and Competitions

Art Prizes and Competitions

Creative Development Through Practice, Experimentation, and Recognition Art prizes and competitions entered my photographic life almost accidentally, yet over time they became an important framework within the development of my...

Art Prizes and Competitions

Creative Development Through Practice, Experimentation, and Recognition Art prizes and competitions entered my photographic life almost accidentally, yet over time they became an important framework within the development of my...

Framing Process for ART1

Framing Process for ART1

A behind the scenes look at the ART1 framing process for the Percivals 2026 Photographic Portrait Prize finalist, as the work is prepared for exhibition.

Framing Process for ART1

A behind the scenes look at the ART1 framing process for the Percivals 2026 Photographic Portrait Prize finalist, as the work is prepared for exhibition.

Printing Process for ART1

Printing Process for ART1

A behind the scenes look at the ART1 printing process for the Percivals 2026 Photographic Portrait Prize finalist, from image through to museum-quality fine art print.

Printing Process for ART1

A behind the scenes look at the ART1 printing process for the Percivals 2026 Photographic Portrait Prize finalist, from image through to museum-quality fine art print.

ART1 Journal is where fine art photography meets reflection, a living archive of light, colour, and emotion in motion. Each story opens a window into the creative rhythm that shapes ART1, where vision becomes memory, and art meets life.