3 Boiled Eggs 5 Olives 12 Paintings marks Chris Gaynor’s first solo exhibition in Magandjin/Brisbane after returning from two years refining his practice in Athens.
This new body of work reflects Gaynor’s ongoing exploration of place, memory, and lived experience through abstract painting.
Deeply connected to his writing practice, Gaynor’s paintings are informed equally by image and word. Each work draws from his own poetry as well as Greek and Cypriot literature, creating a personal language that is both instinctive and formally considered.
The 12 abstract paintings serve as meditations on the physical world and the sacred, inviting viewers to experience each piece slowly and independently.
The exhibition title itself gestures to the “is-ness” of the works — the flattened picture plane, gestural mark-making, and deliberate colour choices that reveal their meaning with time and patience.
Image: Feeling through the dark for olives, 2025, oil on linen, 183 × 152 cm
