Exhibitions Jo Davenport From My Window 27th November 2025 - 18th January 2026

Jo Davenport's solo exhibition From My Window is showing at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery from the 26 November until 18 January 2026.

All artworks are now available for purchase through our website, with delivery arranged available at the conclusion of the exhibition.

ARTIST STATEMENT
When I visited Fowlers Gap in NSW after the rains, I was struck by the fragile abundance of new life – inch-high river gums, tiny plants and wildflowers suddenly sprouting where just an inch of rain had pooled in the red earth. So many of these seedlings will never make it, yet a few small heroes will survive. That mixture of vulnerability, persistence and optimism stayed with me when I returned home to my studio near Albury.

Thinking of William Blake’s poem Spring from Songs of Innocence, in which spring and young children share the same pure, present-tense joy with no thought of past or future. This spirit of innocence, freedom and play has guided the making of these paintings. The first line of this poem ‘Sound the Flute’, I imagine Pan, the Greek god of the untamed natural world, sending gusts of wind to scatter pollen and colour across the canvas. Working mostly in acrylics to keep the colour luminous and the gesture fluid, I try to paint with the same exuberance and openness I saw in Blake’s poetry – allowing the marks to celebrate that first exhilarating rush of spring.

WAGGA WAGGA ART GALLERY
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and National Art Glass Gallery
Civic Centre, Corner of Baylis and Morrow Streets
Wagga Wagga NSW 2650

JO DAVENPORT PROFILE
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Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring XIV 2025
acrylic on board
90cm x 90cm
$9,500 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring XIII 2025
acrylic on board
90cm x 90cm
$9,500 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring XII 2025
acrylic on board
90cm x 90cm
$9,500 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring XI 2025
acrylic on board
90cm x 90cm
$9,500 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring I 2025
oil, acrylic on board
180cm x 120cm
$13,900 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring II 2025
oil, acrylic on board
180cm x 120cm
$13,900 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring V 2025
acrylic on board
180cm x 120cm
$13,900 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring VI 2025
acrylic on board
180cm x 120cm
$13,900 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring III 2025
acrylic on board
180cm x 120cm
$13,900 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring IV 2025
acrylic on board
180cm x 120cm
$13,900 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring VII 2025
acrylic on board
180cm x 120cm
$13,900 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring VIII 2025
acrylic on board
180cm x 120cm
$13,900 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring IX 2025
acrylic on board
180cm x 120cm
$13,900 AUD

Jo Davenport
The Innocence of Spring X 2025
acrylic on board
180cm x 120cm
$13,900 AUD

Jo Davenport
Spring Landscape 2025
oil on voile
183cm x 168cm
$24,000 AUD