The Shape of What's True

The Shape of What's True 

Exhibited 8 - 14 December 2025.

This series continues my exploration of how experience, belief, and memory shape who we are. These works bring together text and landscape - two elements that have appeared in my practice since 1999 - re-emerging here in a more introspective way.

Watercolour interspersed with graphite forms layered spaces where fragments of thought, writing, and emotion surface and fade, reflecting how understanding evolves over time. The work is informed by my ongoing curiosity about human behaviour and change, drawn from both lived experience and my work as a coach. Each painting becomes a quiet mapping of perception — a reflection of what we know, what we carry, and what we are still becoming.

Amanda - 2025

The Shape of What's True

Installation images at ArtSpace at Jan Manton Gallery, Teneriffe, Brisbane

The Shape of What’s True installed at ArtSpace at Jan Manton Gallery
The Shape of What’s True installed at ArtSpace at Jan Manton Gallery
The Shape of What’s True installed at ArtSpace at Jan Manton Gallery
Amanda van Gils Painting, text landscape water

Photography courtesy Carl Warner.