All That We Leave Behind - An exhibition of still life paintings of beach rubbish
At Project Gallery, Woollahra  From 5th-18th March 2026
Proceeds from the sale of paintings will be donated to marine cleanup charity Take 3 for the Sea
All That We Leave Behind catalogue pdf

​The works below are available in the forthcoming show at Project Gallery in Woollahra.
Any enquiries, please contact Katie Fischer on: 0402 144 350 or go to the website: ​ ​Project gallery 90 website
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Beach Landscape oil on stretched canvas 61cm x 91cm $2,500-
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​Washed Up, Left Behind Oil on stretched canvas 61cm x 91cm $2,500-
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Hooks and Lures Oil on board 40cm x 40cm $1,200- SOLD
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Still Life with Hosepipe Oil on board 40cm x 40cm $1,200-
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Broken Bits Oil on board 40cm x 40cm $1,200-

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Washed Up Oil on stretched canvas 91cm x 122cm (diptych) $4,000-
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Shades 'n Snacks Oil on board 25cm x 20cm $750-
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Squid Jigs Oil on board 30cm diameter $900- 
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Smell The Glove Oil on board 30cm diameter $900-
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Beer and Skittles Oil on board 25cm x 20cm $750-
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Marker Pen and Painkillers Oil on board 25cm x 30cm $790-
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The Blues Oil on board 21cm x 30cm $780-

Broken Glass Oil on board 25cm x 30cm $790-
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Still Life with Weis Bar Oil on board 20cm x 20cm $700- SOLD
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Drinkin' Smokin' Fishin' Oil on board 20cm x 20cm $700- SOLD
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Beer O'Clock Oil on board 20cm x 20cm $700-
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Mostly Glass Oil on stretched canvas 121cm x 61cm $3,900-

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Fragments Oil on board 30cm x 30cm $950-

Brown Glass/Green Peg Oil on board 30cm x 30cm $950-
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Bundy and Golf Ball Oil on board 30cm x 30cm $900- SOLD
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Sand Toys Oil on board 50cm x 50cm $1,500-
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Shades of Grey Oil on board 50cm x 50cm $1,500-
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Green Whale and Sushi Fish Oil on board 50cm x 50cm $1,500-
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Deflated Oil on board 50cm x 50cm $1,500-
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 Hosepipe with Plastic Pony Oil on board 50cm x 50cm $1,500-
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Green, Green Glass Oil on board 50cm x 50cm $1,500- SOLD

Still Life with Plastic Seahorse Oil on board 50cm x 50cm $1,500- SOLD

Hook and Bait Bag Oil on board 50cm x 50cm $1,500-

Still Life in Yellow and Green Oil on board 50cm x 50cm $1,500-

Green Glass/Green Peg
​Oil on board 30cm x 30cm $950- SOLD
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Glass Arrangement with Toothbrush
​Oil on board 30cm x 30cm $950- SOLD
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Whale/Watch Oil on board 30cm x 30cm $950- SOLD
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Drinks and Snacks Oil on board 70cm x 60cm $1,700-
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Crumpled Oil on board 70cm x 60cm $1,700-
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Wrappers Oil on board 40cm x 40cm $1,200-
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Crushed Sprite Oil on board 25cm x 20cm $750-
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Still Life with Golf Ball Oil on board 40cm x 40cm $1,200-
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Shades and Smokes Oil on board 30cm x 30cm $950-

Still Life with Takeaway Cup Oil on wood panel 40cm x 40cm $1,200-
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Mountain Dew Oil on board 25cm x 20cm $750-
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Remnants Oil on board 30cm x 25cm $790-
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Mix Tape and Fishing Float Oil on board 30cm x 25cm $790- SOLD
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Through Glass Darkly Oil on board 25cm x 20cm $750-
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Pink Jig and Beer Can Oil on board 25cm x 20cm $750-
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Still Life with Half a Hair Clip Oil on board 50cm x 50cm $1,500-
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Still Life with Plastic Pony Oil on board 50cm x 50cm $1,500-
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Bottlenecks Oil on board 20cm x 25cm $750- SOLD
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Gray Goggles and Soy Fish Oil on board 20cm x 25cm $750-
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P-Plater Oil on board 20cm x 25cm $750-
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Still Life with Orange Balloon Oil on board 30cm x 30cm $950-

Prawn Jig and Lemonade Oil on board 25cm x 30cm $790-

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In this new body of work, Alison Mackay takes us to the Australian shoreline – not as a place for recreation but as an archive of human detritus. Walking the beaches near her home in Jervis Bay, Mackay gathers what others have discarded: fragments of coloured plastic, twisted fishing lines and lures, rusting bottle tops and shards of broken glass - the residue of human consumption, forgotten, washed up, left behind.
 
Back in her studio, arranging these found materials with the care usually reserved for traditional still life subjects, she has created paintings that are as alluring as they are unsettling. A small piece of broken plastic, unidentifiable as any particular object, is painted with as much care as the delicate petal on a flower, jagged glass fragments glisten with threatening beauty and crumpled wrappers speak of our consumer culture.
 
“It's not just what we throw away, but what remains long after we’re gone. These paintings invite us to consider the legacy of pollution that we are leaving behind...”