Charlene Walker
Charlene Walker is an Australian artist based in Sydney. Her painting practice is grounded in an ongoing engagement with landscape, approached not as a fixed subject but as a lived and evolving experience.
Working intuitively, Walker treats painting as a process of exploration rather than resolution. Her works often begin as sketches before evolving organically on the canvas, shaped by colour, movement, and sustained attention. The final form is rarely predetermined, allowing each painting to arrive at its own internal logic through the act of making.
Walker’s practice draws from journeys through the Australian countryside, roadside observations, and daily encounters close to home along the Cooks River. These experiences inform subtle narratives that privilege mood, atmosphere, and composition over literal depiction.
She studied Fine Arts at St. George TAFE and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts at the College of Fine Arts (COFA), UNSW Sydney, alongside further study across a range of media. Walker has been shortlisted for numerous Australian art prizes and exhibited in group exhibitions
