CONTEMPORARY ART STOCKROOM Gina Kalabishis

Lost Paths and the Silence of Birds 2025, oil on linen, 91cm x 61cm On reserve for Art Prize

A forest stilled by absence. In ‘Lost Paths and the Silence of Birds’, Gina Kalabishis renders a haunting vision of landscape as elegy. The muted palette, dense vegetation, and faint traces of red suggest a place both remembered and retreating.

This painting speaks to the void left when birds no longer call. It asks us to walk the ‘desire paths’ we’ve carved through our ecosystems—instinctive routes of progress, often made without pause or reflection.