TOM FERSON

Ferson’s practice spans portraiture, plein air painting and text-based works. He draws on the visual language of signage to explore how meaning is created, conveyed and understood in art, as well as the psychological stakes involved in both making and experiencing it. Ferson's practice moves fluidly between intimate figuration and bold material experimentation. Drawing on everyday encounters, from music and film, to Australian landscapes, his paintings are both emotionally attuned and sharply observational, grounded in a meticulous, detail-oriented approach to making.

Faulty Cognitions

Ferson’s exhibition Faulty Cognitions co-opts the urgent, authoritative language of commercial signage and the semi-industrial fringe. It brings together a series of 'psychological monuments' that reflect the tension betwen the desire for logical order and the messy, physical reality of searching for meaning.