Joanna Wolthuizen

PAINTINGS AS PRESENCE

C O M P O S E D | A B S T R A C T I O N ™

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Contemporary paintings exploring architecture, memory, atmosphere, and place.

Reflection. Abstraction. The persistence of meaning over time.

The preservation of what remains after memory has softened and shifted.

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Latest Release

ARCADIA (2025)

$6,200

Frame

Arcadia reflects on abstraction as a vessel for memory - the persistence of meaning over time.

Abstraction is not about losing meaning, but preserving what remains after memory has softened and shifted.

Through balance, rhythm and an earthy palette, fragments of landscape emerge and dissolve, evoking places that may no longer exist in physical form, yet remain vivid in feeling.

Arcadia invites contemplation of the internal landscapes we inhabit through memory, longing and reverie.
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Collector-grade original by Joanna Wolthuizen, 2025. Initialed on the front, signed on reverse.

Selected Works — AVAILABLE WORKS

STILLPOINT (2025)
182cm x 153cm

$6,600

ANCHOR (2025)
245cm x 125cm

$8,200

EAVE (2025)
72cm x 102cm

$3,200

LIGHTHOUSE (2025)
214cm x 152cm

$8,800

Reflection. Abstraction. The persistence of meaning over time.

The preservation of what remains after memory has softened and shifted.

Painting conceived not as image, but as emotional architecture.

Geometry as atmosphere.

Colour as memory.

Space as a vessel for reflection.

Presence sustained through restraint.

Artist | Founder of Composed Abstraction™

Joanna Wolthuizen is an Australian artist and founder of Composed Abstraction™, a contemporary painting practice informed by architecture, memory and place.

Her paintings are developed as measured environments where proportion, tonal restraint and rhythm create a quiet architectural presence.

Through Composed Abstraction™, painting is considered not simply as image, but as a vessel for memory - preserving meaning as experience softens and shifts over time.

Fragments of landscape, structure and atmosphere emerge and dissolve, inviting contemplation of the emotional landscapes we continue to inhabit through memory, longing and reverie.

Works are held in private collections across Australia, Europe and Asia.

Profile

" Wolthuizen displaces the image in favour of spatial condition, constructing measured geometries and mineral tonal fields that cultivate a disciplined stillness—painting as structure rather than surface."

Catalogue essay, 2026

Studio Journal

A quiet record of new works, process, and releases from the Brighton Studio.

Critical Writings

Selected texts on Composed Abstraction™ and the spatial condition of painting.

Across evolving series, geometry, proportion, and muted tonal fields construct environments of stillness extending beyond the wall into lived architectural space.

March 30, 2026

Axiom Series (2026—) — A Curatorial Statement

The Axiom Series advances Joanna Wolthuizen’s language of Composed Abstraction™ toward a state of architectural quiet.

Withdrawing from rhythm and chromatic complexity, these works stabilise perception through measured proportion, mineral tonality, and disciplined restraint—painting conceived not as image, but as spatial presence.

March 04, 2026

Spatial Installations — Collector Environments

Installations of Joanna Wolthuizen paintings within private, architectural, and international interiors.

This journal documents the placement of works from the studio within lived environments—modern residences, coastal structures, and considered interior spaces—where painting functions not as decoration, but as a spatial presence.

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