AUSTRALIAN WILDERNESS - Limited Edition Print Ed. 2 of 50

Australian Wilderness by Julia Chuquis.

"There will be times when standing alone feels too hard, too scary, and we'll doubt our ability to make our way through the uncertainty. Someone, somewhere, will say, 'Don't do it. You don't have what it takes to survive the wilderness.’This is when you reach deep into your wild heart and remind yourself,
I am the wilderness" 
-Brene Brown

With colour and movement I hope to have captured the spirit of the “Australian Wilderness”. The abstract piece was painted using high quality oil, alternating tools and combining mediums to create multiple textures and layers.

Every print produced is archival quality and at the highest museum/gallery standard made in Australia.
Printed on a low sheen, 340 gsm, 100% cotton canvas, using the latest UV stable scratch resistant ink. Hand stretched on sustainably farmed, kiln dried, Australian Radiata Pine for long term stability. The image is mirrored to the edge of the canvas and ready to hang.

I personally inspect, hand sign and number each Limited Edition print and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

All prints are custom printed on demand, please allow approximately 2 weeks for delivery from purchase date.

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Beauty is not superficial — it is felt, lived, and remembered.

Julia Chuquis is an Australian contemporary abstract expressionist painter whose work explores landscape not as a place, but as a state of being.
Drawing from long-standing connections to nature, her paintings emerge through quiet observation, memory, and lived experience rather than direct representation.

Working primarily with layered acrylic and oil, Chuquis builds surfaces through accumulation and restraint. Muted palettes, suspended forms, and visible traces of earlier decisions create a sense of depth and endurance. Veils of translucency allow earlier layers to remain present, held rather than concealed.

Deeply connected to the natural world, Chuquis approaches painting as a practice of observation and presence.
Time spent in nature continues to shape her practice, informing works that seek not to depict a landscape, but to evoke how it is felt — expansive, grounding, and quietly transformative.

Her compositions resist overt narrative in favour of presence. Forms evoke geological and internal landscapes shaped by stillness, weathering, and quiet continuity. Meaning is not imposed but allowed to surface slowly, inviting contemplative engagement.

Julia releases only a select number of original works each year. Allowing each painting the time and space to develop without urgency, she gives each work the attention required for it to arrive in its own time. This measured approach ensures that every work remains thoughtful, refined, and deeply considered.

Her practice reflects an ongoing inquiry into how art can hold emotion without declaring it — offering viewers a space for reflection, connection, and recognition. Through her paintings, Chuquis invites us into freedom, presence, and the unseen forces of nature that quietly shape our lives.

Her work has been exhibited in Australia and New York, and featured in multiple publications and across television and film, including Grand Designs Australia. Selected for exhibition in New York in 2025 and recognised as a finalist in the Bluethumb Art Prize (2023), Chuquis’ paintings are held in private collections throughout Australia and internationally.

A Personal Note

Before I found painting, I found freedom.

From an early age, I sensed there was a difference between who I was and who I was expected to be. Growing up in a close-knit Greek family, there were clear expectations about who I should become and the life I would one day lead. While I respected those traditions, I often felt a longing for something I could not yet name.

Growing up on a farm, I would spend hours wandering alone through the landscape, climbing trees, exploring gullies, and disappearing into places where nothing asked me to be anyone other than myself.

The landscape never spoke in words, yet I always felt understood. The wind moved through the trees, grasses shifted beneath my feet, and birds responded to my presence. For the first time, I felt noticed — not for what I could do, who I should become, or whether I fit in, but simply because I was there.

That feeling has remained with me throughout my life and continues to shape my work today.

I paint abstractly because I am not interested in recreating the appearance of nature. I am interested in creating space for the experience I found within it — freedom, wonder, connection, and presence. Just as nature once offered me the freedom to discover myself, I hope my paintings offer others the freedom to bring their own memories, emotions, and experiences to the work.

In an increasingly digital world, I find myself returning to the qualities that first drew me to the landscape as a child — presence, connection, curiosity, and a sense of belonging within the natural world.

As technology continues to reshape how we live, communicate, and create, I believe our connection to nature, handmade objects, and authentic human expression becomes even more valuable. These are qualities that cannot be replicated through efficiency alone.

While the world continues to evolve, I hope my paintings endure as reminders of our connection to nature, to ourselves, and to the human spirit that has always sought meaning, beauty, and freedom.