Derril Studio once held the orchard’s harvest. It now holds a curated selection of sculpture and painting by MIKE NICHOLLS, presented by Kelli Lundberg Art. The work sits in the room much as it sits in the landscape: quietly, as if it had always been there alongside hand-blown glass by LEISA WHARINGTON and storied textiles by SAMA RUGS.
Opening Event: Friday 27th November, 2026 4-6pm
For more than four decades, Mike Nicholls has practised a quiet, methodical art of reduction. From a farm in Narre Warren North to the raw, expressionist energy of ROAR Studios, the Melbourne sculptor and painter has forged a singular path, paring each form back until only what carries expression, soul and the human spirit remains.
His landscapes have been earned slowly: on remote Queensland cattle stations, on plein air journeys across Australia, Spain and South Georgia Island, and in repeated returns to Cape York. Colloquial motifs are coaxed from single timbers.
His work is held by the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, Heide and McClelland.