From My Window

Jo Davenport's solo exhibition From My Window is showing at Wagga Wagga Art Galleryfrom the 26 November until 18 January 2026. All artworks are now available for purchase through our website, with delivery arranged available at the conclusion of the exhibition.

ARTIST STATEMENTWhen I visited Fowlers Gap in NSW after the rains, I was struck by the fragile abundance of new life – inch-high river gums, tiny plants and wildflowers suddenly sprouting where just an inch of rain had pooled in the red earth. So many of these seedlings will never make it, yet a few small heroes will survive. That mixture of vulnerability, persistence and optimism stayed with me when I returned home to my studio near Albury.

Thinking of William Blake’s poem Spring from Songs of Innocence, in which spring and young children share the same pure, present-tense joy with no thought of past or future. This spirit of innocence, freedom and play has guided the making of these paintings. The first line of this  poem ‘Sound the Flute’, I imagine Pan, the Greek god of the untamed natural world, sending gusts of wind to scatter pollen and colour across the canvas. Working mostly in acrylics to keep the colour luminous and the gesture fluid, I try to paint with the same exuberance and openness I saw in Blake’s poetry – allowing the marks to celebrate that first exhilarating rush of spring.WAGGA WAGGA ART GALLERY Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and National Art Glass Gallery Civic Centre, Corner of Baylis and Morrow Streets Wagga Wagga NSW 2650