Otomys is proud to present Vantage Point - a group exhibition bringing together seven artists in Paddington, Sydney from 15 - 25 October 2026.
Seven artists, seven vantage points, one room - close enough to compare, distinct enough to hold their own. Vantage Point is the second exhibition in the Otomys In Residence programme, following Still Point at Villa Alba Museum in 2025.
152 - 154 Jersey Road, Paddington, Sydney, 2021
Register interest via info@otomys.com
OTOMYS: What was your intention behind the work in Vantage Point?
Greg Wood: The paintings in Vantage Point come from the landscape around where I live and paint. My intention wasn't to document the landscape or make literal representations of particular places but to respond to how the landscape feels to me. I spend a lot of time in this environment and the paintings grow from that familiarity-the changing light, weather, seasons, distance and atmosphere. I think of them as felt landscapes: paintings that come from being in a place and absorbing it over time, rather. than simply looking at it.
OTOMYS: Have you noticed any subtle shifts in your practice since Still Point compared to now with Vantage Point?
Greg Wood: There has been a gradual shift towards a more personal and immediate relationship with the landscape. With Vantage Point, I am painting the landscape around me, the place where I live and that familiarity has changed the way I look. I find myself less interested in describing what a landscape looks like and more interested in what it evokes an atmosphere, a particular light, the feeling of space or the memory of being there. The paintings are still quite intuitive but I think there is a greater sense of place in them now. Living and painting on Dja Dja Wurung Country has also made me more conscious of the landscape as Country rather than simply scenery. I am still learning how that understanding sits within my practice and think that awareness is part of the ongoing development of the work.
OTOMYS: What does Vantage Point mean to you now, and how has your thinking around it developed?
Greg Wood: For me, Vantage Point has become less about a particular physical viewpoint and more about the emotional way we experience a landscape. These paintings arise from my own place within the landscape From living in it, walking through it, observing it repeatedly and developing a familiarity with its subtle changes. The vantage point is sensory and emotional. My paintings sit somewhere between observation and memory. My focus is less on what the landscape looks like than on what it feels like to be there. The more I paint it, the more I realise that my relationship with it is continually changing. The paintings are part of that ongoing process of looking, feeling and trying to understand the place I live in.
View the Vantage Point catalouge online here
