Someday
By Elise Clements $3,800DESCRIPTION
In quiet moments of contemplation and stillness, I find myself considering life’s temporal rhythms and transitions. In these introspective figurative oil paintings, allegorical imagery explores the tension between professional ambition, motherhood, and the pressures of a biological clock. Unbloomed lilies signify uncertain futures, evoking tenderness, vulnerability, and the fragile, anticipatory unfolding of possible futures.
About the Artist
About
Elise Clements is a realist oil painter based in regional South Australia.
Fascinated by the intersection of healing and adversity, Elise’s emotive figurative paintings present an introspective narrative, exploring themes of identity, growth and emotional vulnerability. With a refined skillset honed at the Adelaide Central School of Art, Elise is an emerging talent, translating the complexities of human experience into poignant, atmospheric works that invite contemplation and connection.
Exhibitions
2026
Group Exhibition, ‘Soft Hours', Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Queensland.
2025
Finalist in the Lethbridge Small-Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Queensland.
2024
Curated and exhibited in Group Exhibition, ‘The Disconnect’, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide CBD.
2023
Selected to exhibit in the Kennedy Prize ‘Foundations Choice Exhibition’, RSASA Gallery, North Terrace, Adelaide CBD.
SALA Exhibition, ‘all the beauty we cannot see’, Hither & Yon, Willunga, South Australia.
2021
Group Exhibition, ‘Identity’, Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide, South Australia.
SALA exhibition , ‘A Natural Perspective: Studies of landscape & flora’, Newenham, Mt Barker, South Australia.
2018
RAW Adelaide exhibition, ‘Envision’, Burnside, South Australia.
SACE Art Show, Adelaide College of the Arts, South Australia.
Awards
2025
Awarded ‘Art Shed Brisbane Highly Commended’ at the Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award.
2019
Recipient of the Adelaide Central School of Art School Leaver Scholarship.
2018
Awarded the Eckersley’s Encouragement Award at the 2018 SACE Art Show.
Awarded the Credit Union SA Community Award – Runner Up at the 2018 SACE Art Show.
2017
Awarded the Watson/Horscroft Award for Visual Art.
Awarded a Certificate of Merit for Visual Arts Studies (SACE).
Education
Adelaide Central School of Art Bachelor of Visual Art: 1st year (July 2019 – March 2020)
The Art Academy Robin Eley Oil Painting Intensive Workshop (2019)
Adelaide College of the Arts Introduction to Oil Painting – Short Course (2017)