Eliza Gosse’s latest exhibition, In My Grandmother’s Garden, invites viewers into a world of memory, domestic architecture, and the quiet bloom of suburban life. Drawing from personal recollections of her grandparents’ home in Gosford, this new body of work presents imagined interiors and carefully cultivated gardens, filtered through a lens of nostalgic modernism.
With signature precision, Gosse renders mid-century Australian houses and their botanical surrounds in flattened perspective, utilising soft, muted palettes and considered linework. The scenes are simultaneously intimate and iconic—spaces that feel deeply familiar yet subtly idealised. Flowers appear both wild and arranged, blossoming outside windows and resting in vases inside, ready to be painted in her grandmother’s watercolours.
“These paintings are imagined spaces,” Gosse explains, “drawing from last century’s House and Garden magazines and my memories of their home. They’re filled with the plants I remember most—flannel flowers, wattles, and whatever Grandma loved to paint.”
Eliza Gosse (b. 1995) lives and works in Sydney. A graduate of the National Art School, she has exhibited widely since 2016 and has been a finalist in major awards including the Archibald and Wynne Prizes. Her work is held in numerous collections and was recently supported by a Bundanon Trust Residency.
Image: Flannel Flowers Under the Wattle Tree, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 132 x 122 cm
