Natalie Briney is a Western Australian artist based on her family’s farm just south of Margaret River, where she works from a small studio surrounded by bushland and vineyard country. Her practice centres on contemporary figurative painting that explores the inner landscapes of women.
Her current body of work, 'Light Between Two Worlds', explores quiet thresholds - the subtle space between what has been and what is becoming. These contemplative figures exist outside of a defined time or place, inviting reflection rather than narrative.
Her muses are often depicted with flowing white hair and softened expressions, suggesting a wisdom shaped by lived experience rather than youth. They embody a gentle strength, grounded in stillness, endurance and self-awareness.
Each painting is built through layers, beginning with vintage music sheet paper embedded into the surface, followed by acrylic paint, intricate pointillism and finally oil. Gold elements appear as quiet markers of illumination, not as decoration, but as symbols of inner knowing, protection and passage. These forms often take on a subtle architectural presence, suggesting a threshold or space of transition behind the figure.
Briney’s work invites a pause. A moment of stillness. A recognition of the quiet shifts that shape who we are becoming.