Melbourne-born, France-based artist Ces McCully presents Home to Home, a new exhibition exploring the tactile and emotional dimensions of human connection. McCully’s distinctive ‘soft paintings’—made by embedding wool into raw canvas before painting—occupy a space between abstraction and language. Each work merges opposing forces: masculine and feminine, hard and soft, intuitive and structured.
Through texture, form, and colour, McCully reflects on ideas of comfort, care, and belonging. Her hand-tufted surfaces reveal traces of sustained labour and intimate presence, inviting viewers into a world where art becomes both craft and contemplation.
Image: Composition (semi circ), 2025, acrylic on burlap and acrylic wool, 140 x 110cm
