30/08/2026
- Nimbin Artists Gallery is pleased to present Marty de Weerd, our Feature Artist for September and October. Marty is a Nimbin–based visual artist working primarily in acrylic paints, with a focus on landscape, native fauna and atmospheric abstraction. His practice explores the shifting relationship between structure and spontaneity, capturing transient light, depth, and mood through layered mark-making.
Primarily drawing inspiration from the Australian landscape, his work balances observation with interpretation, often reducing complex scenes into distilled compositions that emphasise space and feeling while creating the illusion of detail.
Alongside his home studio practice, Marty works out of Flourish Art in South Lismore, where he teaches acrylic painting workshops. His work has been recognised through local awards and exhibitions, and he continues to build a growing presence within the regional arts community.
Through his practice, Marty is committed to creating work that is considered, accessible, and grounded in a strong visual language. Largely self-taught, Marty has developed a distinctive style that demonstrates a command of compositional principles and colour theory, transcending his choice of subject which has shifted increasingly towards the figurative and themes of spiritual connection to nature.
The works presented at the Nimbin Artist Gallery through September and October showcase Marty’s smaller studies of landscapes and native birds with a large focus on waterways, seascapes at sunset and sunrise, as well as his new series of abstracts inspired by the ancient Gondwana rainforest. w
