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, NSW

  • Balance 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, NSW

  • Bonny 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 Terminal

  • Northern 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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