
I am not perfect, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
152 x 122 cm canvas, 155.5 x 124.5 cm framed, Dark stained timber, shadow frame, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $4,600

It was a difficult conversation, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 cm, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $2,200

I couldn't love you more, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
152 x 122 cm canvas, 155.5 x 124.5 cm framed, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $4,600

I miss you, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
101.5 x 76 cm canvas, 104.5 x 79 cm framed, Photo Docqment
SOLD

Installation View, 2023
Photo Docqment

Just be nice, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 cm, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $1,800

And I was glad, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 cm, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $1,800

I loved him so, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
101.5 x 76 cm canvas, 104.5 x 79 cm framed, Dark stained timber, shadow frame, Photo Docqment
SOLD

Don't tell, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 cm, Photo Docqment
SOLD

Installation View, 2023
Photo Docqment

No words, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
101.5 x 76 cm canvas, 104.5 x 79 cm framed, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $3,400

While it is light, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 cm, Photo Docqment
SOLD

You can't please everyone, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
101.5 x 76 cm canvas, 104.5 x 79 cm framed, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $3,400

Installation View, 2023
Photo Docqment

Not now perhaps later, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
101.5 x 76 cm canvas, 104.5 x 79 cm framed, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $3,400

What are you doing here, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 cm, Photo Docqment
SOLD

Breathe in breathe out, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
76 x 50 cm canvas, 79 x 53.5 cm framed, Dark stained timber, shadow frame, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $2,800

And in my dreams I watched you walk away, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
152 x 122 cm canvas, 155.5 x 124.5 cm framed, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $4,600

Installation View, 2023
Photo Docqment

I have a secret, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
41 x 30 cm canvas, 43.5 x 33.5 cm framed, Dark stained timber, shadow frame, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $2,400

I dont want to talk, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm canvas, 63.5 x 53.5 cm framed, Dark stained timber, shadow frame, Photo Docqment
SOLD

There is nothing to say, 2022-2023
Oil on canvas
101.5 x 76 cm canvas, 104.5 x 79 cm framed, Dark stained timber, shadow frame, Photo Docqment
AVAILABLE $3,400

Installation View, 2023
Photo Docqment

Coco Messiter, I wish you could talk, 2022-2023
Acrylic on canvas
40.5 x 30 canvas, 43 x 33 framed, Photo Docqment
SOLD
Stanley Street Gallery presents Toni Messiter’s solo exhibition, It Was a Difficult Conversation, featuring 18 new paintings.
A departure from her typical subject matter, It Was a Difficult Conversation turns to the environment, where Messiter considers the tree - beings who have memory and sensation - as protagonist. Unlike conventional landscape where the environment is a scene for the human, Messiter’s training in portraiture remains present with each tableau focusing on the mood of the tree. With a distinct gothic framework, the tree as protagonist is a clear continuation of the artist’s previous investigations of the subconscious and shadow. Messiter writes, “I left the foreground to move into the background”. Interested in the notions of haunting, she considers the subjectivity of nature, the shadows of the trees and asks us: what are the difficult conversations?
RSVP Opening Celebration | Saturday 3 June @ 3-5pm
RSVP Artist Talk | Saturday 24 June @ 12pm
Toni Messiter, I am not perfect, 2022-2023, Oil on canvas, 152 x 122 cm, Photo Docqment
Toni Messiter: Artist Statement & Bio
Stanley Street Gallery presents Toni Messiter’s solo exhibition, It Was a Difficult Conversation, featuring 18 new paintings. A departure from her typical subject matter, It Was a Difficult Conversation turns to the environment, where Messiter considers the tree - beings who have memory and sensation - as protagonist. Unlike conventional landscape where the environment is a scene for the human, Messiter’s training in portraiture remains present with each tableau focusing on the mood of the tree. With a distinct gothic framework, the tree as protagonist is a clear continuation of the artist’s previous investigations of the subconscious and shadow. Messiter writes, “I left the foreground to move into the background”. Interested in the notions of haunting, she considers the subjectivity of nature, the shadows of the trees and asks us: what are the difficult conversations?
Toni Messiter is a Sydney based painter of Scottish and Irish heritage. Messiter has been exposed to a painting culture from early childhood, she holds an arts degree from Macquarie University and has a knowledge and deep interest in all things horticultural.
In her latest exhibition, It Was a Difficult Conversation Messiter has turned to the tree as her protagonists for storytelling, beings who have memory and sensation. Informed by notions of the gothic, Messiter’s practice is an exploration of ambiguity and shadow. She writes, “I see myself in the grey, nothing is ever black or white”.
Drawing from the aesthetics of 18th Century portraiture and in particular, familial portraits, her works embody modern baroque haunting. There is a stylistic affinity for theatrics which dramatically unfold as ruminations on human psychology and subconscious; presenting subjects that border upon absurdity and delight, provocation and enchantment.
Messiter works are held in private collections both nationally and internationally and she has been represented by Stanley Street Gallery since 2019.
Toni Messiter: CV April, 2023 Download
Education
Toni Messiter is a Sydney based painter of Scottish and Irish heritage. Messiter has been exposed to a painting culture from early childhood and she holds an arts degree from Macquarie University. She has a knowledge and deep interest in all things horticultural.
Solo exhibitions
Group exhibitions
Collections
Messiter works are held in private collections both nationally and internationally and she has been represented by Stanley Street Gallery since 2019.
e-Catalogue | Toni Messiter 'It was a difficult conversation'