I Live In A House With No Walls. I Am Floating
Tamara Mendels

I Live In A House With No Walls. I Am Floating

$4,000 AUD
AUD $4,000 AUD

2026 – Original

Acrylic, synthetic polymer and epoxy resin on canvas.

95cm x 85cm

Artwork Statement
The isolated gesture in this painting considers our existence beyond the limits of the physical body. Emerging from a white void, the form retains its individual identity while appearing suspended in a boundless cosmic field. A cloud-like blob sits in front of the gesture, suggesting weightlessness and the sensation of floating high above the physical world.

The work explores another aspect of existence, where energy, resonance and dissonance coexist within our spiritual and material lives. This tension between our physical limitations and our boundless spiritual existence creates a dissonance between the material world we inhabit and the freedom we sense beyond it.

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Learn more about Tamara Mendels

Spontaneous, rhythmic gestures lay the foundation for my practice. Certain markings draw me in that I then reconstruct on canvas. Fleeting gestures are fixed in place and given symbolic weight, ribbons of colour are then moulded into form bound by a black outline. Punctuated by psychic dripping blob-like structures, they strike down as cognitive intrusions destabilising the linear flow. My process oscillates between chance and control, method and spontaneity. For me, abstraction offers a way to mirror the complexities of human experience.

Tamara Mendels lives and works in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia. She has been a finalist in numerous prizes, including the Wollumbin Art Prize (2026, 2024), the Wollongong Art Prize (2025), the Urunga Small Sculpture Prize (2025), and was the recipient of the Fauvette Loureiro Traveling Scholarship, Sydney College of the Arts (2008). Mendels’ work is held in The Leeder Art Collection, Tweed Regional Gallery and private collections.

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