"A Sense of Somewhere'
An exhibition by Leisa O'Gorman and Sabene Pollock
There’s a familiarity to landscape that isn’t always tied to a place you can name.
Sense of Somewhere brings together the works of two Brisbane-based artists to watch, Leisa O’Gorman and Sabene Pollock. Two artists exploring the quiet space between memory and environment. While their approaches differ, both lean into landscape not as documentation, but as a feeling... something recalled, softened, and reinterpreted over time.
Leisa’s works dissolve the boundaries of place, drifting between abstraction and recognition. Her landscapes feel atmospheric and intuitive, like fragments of memory resurfacing that is layered, shifting, and just out of reach. In contrast, Sabene’s works hold a quieter stillness. Observational and grounded, her works capture moments of calm reflection, where light, water, and land meet in gentle balance.
Together, the exhibition sits in that in-between: where a landscape feels known, even if you’ve never stood there. It’s not about where you are, but the sense that you’ve been there before.
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EXHIBITION DATES: 2 - 30 May 2026
PRE-SALE CATALOGUE DROPS: 27 April 2026, 7pm AEST
OPENING NIGHT: Friday 1 May 2026, 6pm - 8pm
Leisa O'Gorman
Leisa O’Gorman is a self-taught artist whose practice is rooted in the intuitive exploration of landscape. Working primarily in acrylic, her paintings exist somewhere between realism and abstraction, capturing not just what a place looks like, but how it feels.
Her process is deeply meditative, allowing each work to unfold organically to create compositions that evoke a quiet sense of reflection and connection. Inspired by the natural environment, her work draws on memory, light, and atmosphere to suggest landscapes that feel both familiar and undefined.
Rather than depicting a specific location, Leisa’s paintings point to a place beyond time... one that exists between experience and imagination.
Sabene Pollock
Sabene Pollock’s work is grounded in observation, capturing moments of stillness within the landscape through a soft and considered approach. Working with a gentle sensitivity to light, colour, and composition, her paintings reflect a deep appreciation for the quiet beauty of the natural world.
Her practice often centres on calm, reflective scenes: where water, sky, and land meet in balance. Through subtle shifts in tone and detail, Sabene creates works that invite pause, offering a sense of clarity and ease.
There is a simplicity to her compositions, but within that restraint lies a strong sense of place - one that feels peaceful, familiar, and quietly held.