Irene Wellm - Visual Artist

Irene Wellm - Visual Artist I am an Australian artist painting in gouache on paper. I’m excited by nature, myths & fairytales.

Irene Wellm is drawn to the underworld journey, and to explore dark and ambiguous narratives in her art. Although our society gives the positive and bright aspects far more emphasis and attention, the darker journeys undeniably provide an invaluable source of riches, and these are expressed dramatically in her work. The ancients knew it as the Underworld, where the spirits dwelt. Today it is the i

nner, or psychological realm, where the creative activity is still uncanny and mysterious. The premise of the framework surrounding her art is to recognize religious and mythological concepts as symbolic, and interpret them psychologically. In doing so, it may indicate a subjective state, a psychological attitude, rather than an external/physiological one. In this vein, myth, like fairy tales, is understood as representing stages of consciousness, or psychological development. Within this framework, Wellm creates multi-layered narratives about recovering the feminine principle in a self-reflective way.

Some new work from this year.Apologies for the absence from this page, times have changed my practice a lot and I haven’...
23/10/2023

Some new work from this year.
Apologies for the absence from this page, times have changed my practice a lot and I haven’t done a lot of social media.
But I am always thinking about ways to bring my work forward and into authenticity. This is important to me. It’s a long path and I have been on it for 40 years. I am still questioning everything.

These works are gouache paintings, using brushes, on large sheets of heavy watercolour paper. No titles as yet. The one with the eagle is still in progress.

Thanks for reading
Irene 🙂

These works are ©️Irene Wellm 2023

Flashback to March 2020, at 45 Downstairs from a group show with Janice Gobey and Naomi Bishop. This is a reconfiguratio...
25/02/2023

Flashback to March 2020, at 45 Downstairs from a group show with Janice Gobey and Naomi Bishop. This is a reconfiguration of an earlier wall work from Tacit Galleries. That’s the beauty of wall collage. Hope to get around to another one sometime in the future. This work is almost 3 metres high and 8 metres wide.

Another show opening Wednesday night at Tacit Art Galleries in Collingwood. They are celebrating 20 years of exhibitions...
29/02/2020

Another show opening Wednesday night at Tacit Art Galleries in Collingwood. They are celebrating 20 years of exhibitions and supporting many artists along the way. My work "Greenman" will be hanging there (50 x 50 cm, gouache on paper/collage, 2020).
See details in the photo attached!

Well that’s me done. Ready for a big day Monday, hanging for Microcosmographia.🥂Opens Tuesday night!5-7pmFortyfive Downs...
26/02/2020

Well that’s me done. Ready for a big day Monday, hanging for Microcosmographia.
🥂
Opens Tuesday night!
5-7pm
Fortyfive Downstairs
Melbourne

And here’s the details:Microcosmographia Opens Tuesday March 3rd5-7pmForty Five Downstairs Flinders Lane,Melbourne ALL W...
24/02/2020

And here’s the details:
Microcosmographia
Opens Tuesday March 3rd
5-7pm
Forty Five Downstairs
Flinders Lane,
Melbourne
ALL WELCOME
🥂
Artists are:
Black Gin | Irene Wellm | Janice Gobey | Naomi Bishop | Rachel Hazzard
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Running until March 14th

Did you know 3MBS has an arts program? No? Neither did I!! But my clever cohorts Janice Gobey and Naomi Bishop from my n...
24/02/2020

Did you know 3MBS has an arts program? No? Neither did I!! But my clever cohorts Janice Gobey and Naomi Bishop from my next group exhibition Microcosmographia did, and what a fabulous interview they made!
💫
Opens next Tuesday March 3 from 5-7pm at Forty Five Downstairs. Details in next post.
🌼
Have a listen to this (it’s in the first half hour of the show):

This Saturday at Stockroom in Kyneton! Until January 6, 2019.
06/12/2018

This Saturday at Stockroom in Kyneton! Until January 6, 2019.

Last one for this year, opening December 8.I am presenting my last Melbourne show at the Stockroom in Kyneton. All welco...
21/11/2018

Last one for this year, opening December 8.
I am presenting my last Melbourne show at the Stockroom in Kyneton. All welcome!

Starting today"Avatar for a Silent Forest" in curated by All works are for sale. Photo by In this work I was thinki...
16/11/2018

Starting today
"Avatar for a Silent Forest" in curated by
All works are for sale. Photo by
In this work I was thinking about the devastation of our forests world wide and how I wished for a mighty defender. I like how she has the seeds for new life within.
Artists are:

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