Art That Sparks Joy
Rosalyn Fuhrer is a Port Macquarie-based artist whose practice explores the interplay between emotion, memory, and the natural environment. Her work moves fluidly across mediums, blending abstraction and representation to capture moments within her life and environment.
Guided by an intuitive process, Rosalyn layers colour, texture, and form to create works that invite personal interpretation and quiet reflection. She draws inspiration from the coastal landscapes of the Mid North Coast as well as the complexities of human experience, translating them into pieces that feel both grounded and ethereal.
Rosalyn has exhibited across the region and continues to develop her practice through experimentation and collaboration. Her art invites viewers to slow down, look closer, and discover meaning in the spaces between.
Rosalyn’s art is held in collections across Australia.
Rosalyn Fuhrer
Artist CV
Profile
Rosalyn Fuhrer is a self-taught contemporary artist based in Port Macquarie on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Her practice explores the relationship between the natural environment and the built landscape, with a particular focus on local coastal and rainforest ecosystems. Working primarily in acrylic on canvas, Fuhrer is recognised for her expressive mark-making and layered visual language.
Artistic Practice
Mediums: Acrylic on canvas
Style: Contemporary / expressive / mark-making
Themes:
Nature vs suburbia
Local landscape and environment
Sense of place and connection
Fuhrer draws inspiration from the natural world, often referencing iconic local locations such as Harry’s Lookout in Port Macquarie, where she explores the visual and conceptual boundary between rainforest and urban space.
Exhibitions
2026
Common Thread- Group exhibition
MAKE/SPACE Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW
Gathered- Group exhibition
MAKE/SPACE Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Two Birds – Duo Exhibition with Leah Doeland
MAKE/SPACE Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSWBalance the Scales- Group Exhibition
MAKE/SPACE Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Bonny Hills Art Prize- Group Exhibition
Bonny Hills, NSW
2025
DIVERGENT – Duo Exhibition with Skye Rachelle Petho
Luminance Art Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSWBonny Hills Art Prize- Group Exhibition
Bonny Hills, NSW
Hastings Valley Open Art Prize
Port Macquarie, NSW
2024
Follow me to the Ocean- Solo Exhibition
Home at Roto Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW
2023
A Sense of Place- Trio Exhibition
Arthouse Industries Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW
2022
Paste-Up Gallery Exhibition (Local Connection)
Port Macquarie Coach TerminalNorthern Exposure
Glasshouse Regional Gallery
All the Small Things- Group Exhibition
Alykat Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Autumn Show- Group Exhibition
Sunset Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW
Drawn From Here- Group Exhibition
Sunset Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW
Professional Highlights
Selected participant in the Paste-Up Gallery, a Port Macquarie-Hastings Council initiative designed to promote local artists and expand access to exhibition opportunities.
Selection in Northern Exposure, Glasshouse Regional Gallery
Selection in Shared Practice, Arts Mid North Coast Mentoring Program
Published as part of a Postcard Project with Arts Mid North Coast.
Published as a featured Artist in Magazine, Focus, Mid North Coast.
Awards
Bonny Hills Art Show, Highly Commended, 2025
Artist Statement
Rosalyn Fuhrer’s work investigates the tension and harmony between natural environments and human development. Through intuitive mark-making and layered acrylic techniques, she captures the subtle boundaries where landscape meets suburbia, inviting viewers to reflect on their own connection to place.
Location
Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia
Availability
Original artworks and exhibitions available through regional galleries, collaborative shows and online.
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