Madeline Young, Larissa Blake and Sophie Corks heading to Brisbane Affordable Art Fair.
Brisbane Affordable Art Fair
Venue: Brisbane Showgrounds, Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills QLD
VIP Preview (by invitation only)
Thursday 7 May: 12pm – 5pm
Public Opening Hours
Opening Night: Thursday 7 May: 5pm – 9pm
Friday 8 May: 10am – 8pm
Saturday 9 May: 10am – 5pm
Sunday 10 May: 10am – 5pm
This May, The Corner Store Gallery travels from regional New South Wales to Brisbane for the first time to take part in the Affordable Art Fair Brisbane, presenting a vibrant showcase of three artists from Orange: Madeline Young, Sophie Corks, and Larissa Blake.
Close friends as well as collaborators, the trio share a joyful commitment to colour and expressive mark-making, while each maintaining a distinct visual language.
Sophie Corks creates nostalgic, Australiana-inspired paintings filled with bold colour and playful references to everyday Australian life. Larissa Blake works across abstraction, figuration and interiors, building richly layered mixed media paintings that feel both energetic and intimate. Madeline Young’s abstract works explore texture, gesture and colour through a mixed media process that balances spontaneity with thoughtful composition.
Together, their work celebrates colour, friendship and the creative energy of regional artists, bringing a fresh and distinctly Australian perspective to the Brisbane fair.
Larissa Blake
Larissa Blake is a contemporary visual artist based in Orange, NSW, known for her bold use of colour, playful compositions, and experimental approach to abstract expressionism. Working primarily in mixed media, Larissa creates vibrant, joyful paintings that reinterpret traditional artistic genres in fresh, contemporary ways.
Her work is characterised by figurative abstraction and a confident, exuberant palette that radiates energy and optimism. Drawing inspiration from the everyday, Larissa transforms ordinary moments into uplifting visual experiences, exploring the connection between place, space, and emotion.
Working from her light-filled studio, an industrial shed nestled within lush garden surrounds on the outskirts of Orange, Larissa embraces both experimentation and intuition in her process. Her paintings celebrate colour as a powerful language, evoking joy and playfulness while inviting viewers to see the world through a more vivid and expressive lens.
Sophie Corks
Sophie Cork is a contemporary artist based in Orange, NSW, whose vibrant paintings celebrate the colour, nostalgia, and charm of Australian life. Her work captures familiar scenes such as backyards, verandahs of old homes, and retro motels, reimagining them with bold palettes and playful compositions.
Drawing on her rural upbringing in Boorowa, her love of cricket, and time spent living in Sydney, Paris, and Brighton, Sophie creates paintings that reflect both personal memory and the shared character of regional Australia. Her recurring themes of place, community, and everyday rituals invite viewers to rediscover the beauty in ordinary moments.
Sophie’s work has been exhibited in galleries and art fairs across Australia and is held in private collections nationally and internationally. In 2024 she was a finalist in the Regional Landscape Art Prize and the Jumbled Art Superstar Awards, following the sell-out success of her 2023 exhibition Town & Country.
Madeline Young
Madeline Young creates intuitive abstract paintings that respond to emotion, memory, and the shifting rhythms of the Australian landscape. Working with brushes, palette knives, rollers, and unconventional tools, she builds layered surfaces of texture, pattern, and gesture. Her dreamlike palettes - soft pinks, muted greens, earthy browns, and shifting blues - act as an emotional language, recording seasons, experiences, and states of being. Rather than depicting place, her work distills its presence, offering contemplative spaces where time, landscape, and feeling converge.
Madeline is an Australian abstract artist based in Orange, NSW, on Wiradjuri Country. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Newcastle (2009) and has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across Australia. Since 2014, she has also been Curator and Director of The Corner Store Gallery, an independent space dedicated to supporting and showcasing emerging contemporary artists.