Outdoor Gallery and public art

Location one on our Outdoor Gallery map is a series of 6 artworks by Greg Chambers, featured across light boxes on the side of The Design Bank building. The artworks sit at the entryway of Fish Lane in South Brisbane, just around the corner from the dinosaurs at the Queensland Museum.

These 6 light boxes are featured high up on the wall, and light up when the sun goes down.

Greg’s artworks all have different titles. From left to right, they are:

• Getting Ready for Spring
• Budgie Town
• Tip Next to Theme Park, India
• Arcade Parlour
• Get Together: It is found that there is less conflict if the species get together once a year
• Run Everybody! The Penguins Have Arrived!

Greg Chambers is a prolific night-time painter whose acrylic works feature bold palette knife textures, vibrant colour and playful humour. His creative process is shaped by memory, nocturnal rhythms and sunrise walks to conclude each studio session.

Chambers’ artworks in Fish Lane include vibrant colours of yellow, blue, red, pink and orange in between darker colours of greys and blacks. His brushstrokes are loose and physical with each purposeful mark created with a pallet knife.

Greg describes his life as an artist as:

“I live in a swamp with a dog and a wife, and I paint at night.”

Location 10 on the Outdoor Gallery map is the Giffin Lane banner, a long singular banner at the end of Faber Lane which can partially be seen when standing at the top of Faber Lane on Adelaide Street.

The Giffin Lane banner features the artwork Tiger Magic by Greg Chambers. You may remember Greg Chambers’ artworks also featured in location one, the Fish Lane light boxes. Greg Chambers is a prolific night-time painter whose acrylic works feature bold palette knife textures, vibrant colour and playful humour. His creative process is shaped by memory, nocturnal rhythms and sunrise walks to conclude each studio session. This method and energy of artmaking is captured in Greg’s artwork Tiger Magic with a dark grey-black background, bold strokes of yellow mixed with light blue and purple are applied with long strokes and jutting movements, dancing across the artwork surface.

Greg often works in collaboration with curator, Nicole to title his artworks.

Location 2 on our Outdoor Gallery map is a series of 5 light boxes found half-way through Heritage Lane at 80 Ann Street.

This laneway feels more like a tunnel, with warm stone tiles lining the walls and under your feet, and dappled filtering in from above. The darker space evokes the feeling of standing under a rainforest canopy.

This transition creates the perfect setting for the artworks, as the low light allows the backlighting of the 5 light boxes to shine through clearly. The light boxes are positioned side by side, with their edges touching, forming a continuous illuminated display.

At this location, the light boxes feature All the Pets I Wish I Could Meet by artist Marcus Nunn. This series brings together portraits of pets Marcus has met or would like to meet in the future.

From left to right, the dogs names are Teddy, Admiral, Patty, Bella, and Charlotte.  Each dog has their name written above them with a coloured heart shape beside it and is a different breed. Charlotte is the only dog without a collar.

The portraits are drawn front on with a bold black outline and shaded with bright coloured pencils. They stand in front of a white background smiling happily at passers-by.

All the Pets I Wish I Could Meet (2025) presents a vibrant selection from Marcus Nunn’s prolific Brisbane pet portrait series. The works capture the warmth, quirks, and unique personalities at the heart of human-animal relationships. They invite city-goers to pause and celebrate the comfort, joy, and sense of belonging animals bring.

Location 7 on the Outdoor Gallery map is the Edward and Charlotte Street Vitrine featuring All the Pets I Wish I Could Meet by Marcus Nunn.

This artwork is unlike Marcus’ other work in Heritage Lane. This installation is a vinyl wrap (which is a BIG sticker) across the three panels of the glass outside of the vitrines.

The back panel features a large hand-drawn rainbow accompanied by Marcus’ handwritten note that reads ‘Everything is just perfect’. Floating at the centre of the rainbow is a drawing of Marcus alongside his friend, Vinnie, a black border collie. Both are shown flying through the air, wearing superhero capes and masks.

The next panel is half the size, featuring both Marcus and Vinnie again. This time, Marcus is down on one knee, face to face with Vinnie. A speech bubble sits above Marcus, reading ‘let’s be friends forever, Vinnie’.

One the third and final panel the words ‘Marcus’ and ‘Vinnie’ are drawn at the top, with Marcus sitting on a chair, while Vinnie has his two front paws on Marcus’ legs, and Marcus is reading him a book with the title ‘All the pets I wish I could meet’.

Finally, featured along the bottom of the 3 panels are pet-portraits by Marcus, of ‘All the pets he wishes he could meet’, with a name written above each pet.

All character drawings on each panel are smiling and surrounded by bright stars and hearts.

Do you have a pet, or do you have a special animal in your life? How do they make you feel?

Now we are going to combine locations 3 and 12 as the same artwork is featured across both, although each location and how the artwork is displayed is very different.

Location 3 on the map takes you to the Museum of Brisbane foyer.

On the digital screen at the entrance to the Museum of Brisbane is the vibrant artwork by Ella Doyle called Teresa the Tasmanian Tiger. Ella collaborated with an animator, Helena Papageorgiou to bring her 2D digital drawings of thylacines to life in this short video animation. A thylacine is more commonly known as a Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, and in Ella’s animation, viewers experience what Ella imagines life would be like for a thylacine living today, including their habitat, friendships, family and journeys through the natural environment.

Ella Doyle is a Brisbane artist and advocate whose bold, colourful artworks explore popular culture, alternative music and the world’s natural mysteries. Guided by her ethos “I believe”, her practice spans digital and traditional media, advocacy and sensory design, supporting comfort, connection and inclusivity for those with diverse sensory needs.

Now heading to location 12 on the Outdoor Gallery map is at Howard Smith Wharves, also showcasing Ella’s work, although unlike location 3 at Howard Smith Wharves there is a digital art projector that sits on top of one of the historic sheds, and projects the artwork through light onto the jagged cliff face. As the cliff face is not a smooth surface, the animation is slightly skewed across the jarring angles of the dramatic cliffs, this adds to the experience of the artwork being viewed on such an unexpected surface. This artwork only comes to life at night, from 6-11pm. 

Location 4 on the Outdoor Gallery map is the King George Square Car Park light boxes. This site features 8 light boxes, arranged like an unexpected outdoor gallery along a wall beside a pedestrian ramp within the car park. Please take care as you make your way to this artwork location as cars and bicycles also use this space.

Here you will find 8 light boxes, each one showcasing a different portrait by artist Frazer Campbell.

Frazer Campbell is a Brisbane-based emerging artist known for intense, emotionally charged portraits in oil and acrylic paints. Influenced by literature, film and music, his award-winning work explores identity and connection through bold colour, cinematic drama and deep empathy, all shaped by his lived experiences.

In the words of the artist, Fraser Campbell:

"I am intrigued by certain faces, especially expressions at the unhappier end of the emotional spectrum: existential angst, psychic dread.”

At this location the 8 light boxes host three series of artworks titled:

• The Long Neck series
• Samuel Beckett
• Emily O'Grady WIP

All of the artworks at this location feature portraits, with The Long Neck Series anchoring the site. From left to right The Long Neck series portraits fill each light box with bursts of colour. The series is shown alongside dramatic portraits of Samuel Beckett (2024) and Emily O’Grady Work In Progress. The narrative depth and impactful brush strokes of Campbell’s works are heightened by the car park’s exposed concrete, utilitarian lighting and echoes of the city outside.

Duane Doyle is a Yiman artist from Rockhampton. His work reflects deep ancestral roots in South Carnarvon Gorge. He also connects with the Garingbal people. The googoobing or scrub turkey, is his totem. Combining traditional and innovative techniques, his art explores identity, belonging and the enduring wisdom of Country as a living force.

In the words of the artist, Duane Doyle:

"My grounding support has always been my Art Gang at West End Community House, and mentor, Art Mum, Sue Loveday. I have been welcomed by other arts organisations as well. My art has evolved into something I am both overwhelmed by and deeply proud of–it is a great time to be an artist in Brisbane."

Duane Doyle’s Endangered Species series sit powerfully side by side in Irish Lane, transforming the space to foster broader public understanding of ecological systems. Through traditional and contemporary arts practice, Doyle uses First Nations knowledge and deep connection to Country. The series highlights the importance of flooding in a healthy river system, essential for sustaining habitat and life.

Both artworks feature a large slithering snake, symbolising a river, travelling across the top half of each artwork. In the painting to the left, the background behind the snake is dark with trees. In the painting to the right, the background features other animals – emus, wombats, bats and kangaroos. Both feature a clear line cutting the work horizontally where the land meets the water below. The bottom half of the artworks the tranquillity found underwater through bright blues, dugongs and underwater plants. 

Location 6 on the Outdoor Gallery map is the Edward and Queen Street vitrines. This is the busiest site of all of the Outdoor Gallery locations, as it connects with the bottom of Queen Street Mall.

Can you remember what a ‘vitrine’ is? It is a glass cabinet of curiosity, enabling 3d artworks out of the confines of gallery walls and into the city streets.

The Edward Street vitrines are situated next to the city’s high street, where high-end fashion shop windows feature unique and creative window dressing. Passers-by happen upon the 2 glass vitrines filled with contemporary art and might take a moment to consider if the content is visual merchandising or art.

Featured in the Edward and Queen Street vitrine is a collaborative artwork by all the participating artists featured in the AMPLIFY ME! exhibition. During the exhibition development, the curator held an artist workshop at the Museum of Brisbane, where the artists, their families, and their carers were asked ‘What amplified them’ through a series of questions, drawings and conversations. The results of this workshop are featured in this artwork – snippets of text from the artists themselves, printed onto flat, brightly coloured circles dangling from clear fishing wire from the inside roof.

The words on the bright coloured circles include:

• artists, breath
• ice-cream, neighbours
• comfy clothes
• family
• ·wake up all night
• yellow, pet, chips
• happy life
• dawn walks
• heavy metal, football
• K-Pop, spaghetti

In between all of the dangling circles is a big white, spikey, shout bubble with bright, colourful, bold and capitalised letters A.M.P.L.I.F.Y M.E. (AMPLIFY ME!) with the ‘I’ also acting as an exclamation mark. This text is in the iconic handwriting by artist, Ruby Herrenberg in all the colours of a rainbow.

This piece is the heart of the exhibition and curatorial, amplifying the voices, stories and artwork of all the exhibiting artists to the public and beyond. Every artwork in this exhibition was developed in response to a question posed to each of the artists: What amplifies you?  The placement of each circular answer piece was also shaped through a collaborative process between the curator and artists, thoughtfully positioned to bring each idea to life within the space.

What would you include when asked, what amplifies you?

Location 8 on the Outdoor Gallery map is the Edison Lane Banner featuring William Melrose’s artwork, Smashed Olive.

William Melrose is an emerging artist whose expressive drawings highlight environmental conservation, exploring the lives of endangered species as well as creatures of his own imagination. His practice centres on a love of graphite and pencil drawing, capturing subjects with immediacy and insight to inspire deeper connections between people and nature.

In the words of the artist, William Melrose:

“Taking care of nature is very important. I share that message with people through my artwork.” 

William Melrose’s artwork, Smashed Olive, features delicate pencil lines and splashes of watercolour that symbolise the fragility of the Olive Ridley turtle species, particularly alongside rubbish caught up in the ocean. Showcased on a large banner 9 meters wide in Edison Lane, a site of industrial significance, the delicately presented artwork creates a striking contrast. It highlights the vulnerability of nature and invites us to reflect on our shared responsibility to protect it.

Location 9 on the Outdoor Gallery map is located in Eagle Lane and features 5 light box artworks titled Hey Look Ma. I Made It, by Ruby Herrenberg.

Ruby Herrenberg is a celebrated Brisbane artist whose practice combines vibrant creativity with a unique blend of humour.  Ruby's artwork ranges from bold studio pieces to major commissions and global merchandise.

In the words of the artist, Ruby Herrenberg:

"Hi, My name is Ruby Herrenberg and I am an artist from Brisbane. I love writing words and sometimes stay up late into the night writing and listening to loud music. My favourite band is Panic! At The Disco and I am a big fan of Brendon Urie. My favourite colour is red. I love my dog, Bella. And I love my sisters, Honey and Ivy."

Ruby Herrenberg’s Hey Look Ma. I Made It. series channels her love of text and music – especially the band, Panic At the Disco and band member, Brendon Urie - through distinctive fonts and bold compositions across the 5 light boxes.

There are 2 light boxes to the left stacked on top of each other, in landscape format. These 2 light boxes feature portraits of the band members from Panic At the Disco in green, white, orange, blues and black.

The other 3 light boxes, featured to the right, are in portrait format. These 3 light boxes feature bold artworks with bright red and pink backgrounds with striking black, grey and cream singular portraits of Brendon Urie.  In the middle light box, Ruby has painted the words ‘Panic At The Disco’ in thick, black text.

Ruby is known for staying up all night and singing songs by her favourite band at the top of her lungs. Can you guess who they are?

Location 11 on the Outdoor Gallery map is the Hutton Lane light boxes. This is the final stop on our audio tour. Here, you’ll find 8 light boxes showcasing artworks by three emerging artists, bringing the journey to a thoughtful close.

At Hutton Lane, the 8 light boxes are made up of small squares and rectangles in varying shapes. This unique combination enables curators and artists to think outside of the box (no pun intended) when curating artworks here.

The first 3 light boxes on the left-hand side are stacked on top of each other – the bottom 2 are little squares with a larger portrait orientated rectangle light box at the top. In these 3 boxes, you will see artworks by May Washington from her Fan Girling series. As the name suggests, these works feature role models the artist is a big fan of, including names such as Felix, Rose, Jinu, Paris, Winter, Livingston, Rumi and Lana Del Ray. Do you recognise some of these names from current pop culture?

May has created these portraits using delicate pencil and paint, set against bold, colourful backgrounds. Each subject is placed at the centre of a coloured square. In the large light box, 6 portraits are displayed together within a single frame.

The second artist featured in Hutton Lane is Rupert Cambell, with 3 artworks titled:

• Bananas and Honey
• Pillars
• Twin Peaks: The Return, Episode 8 

These artworks are featured in the middle in a rectangular, portrait orientated light box, followed by 2 small square light boxes.

The first artwork Bananas and Honey is the literal colour of a banana with finger marks on top that represent the way you could mix your meal with honey on top of the banana.

The next artwork Pillars is created in a similar loose style with blues, greens, pinks, yellows and browns placed in sections with the borders of each colour mixed into the next.

The final artwork Twin Peaks: The Return, Episode 8 can be described as a vivid red with sharp black lines from the artists finger smudges starkly contrasting against the red background.

Rupert Campbell’s meditative process uses layered colours and pulsing mark-making to create vivid compositions. His work balances autonomy, connection and is inspired by operatic stage scores, digital media and music.

In the (how to describe how he generated through the iPad) of the artists, Rupert Campbell wrote:

“Thursday = art at Nicole’s = colour, calm, friends, family, a garden goodbye.”

The final artist to feature in this audio tour is Grace Lindeman, an emerging Brisbane artist whose work celebrates diversity, inclusion and individuality. Using digital, acrylic and watercolour mediums, she creates imaginative characters and narratives that explore identity, belonging, advocacy for environmental and LGBTIQA+ rights.

In the words of the artist, Grace Lindeman:

“Creating art is a way for me to express myself and my thoughts, it also takes me to places that are beyond reality.”  

Grace’s artworks featured in the final 2 light boxes are Galaxy Ocean, an anime-style image of a merman / mermaid. The subject is depicted with their hand reaching out to the viewer, trying to catch the many objects in the galaxy around them. The second artwork Yellow Leaves Mixed with Green, features a domineering dark-brown tree trunk surrounded by yellow, orange and green leaves with a hint of the blue sky sneaking in between

This marks the conclusion of Council’s Outdoor Gallery exhibition, AMPLIFY ME!.

We hope you’ve enjoyed joining us on this journey through the creative voices of Brisbane artists, and that these works continue to resonate with you as you move through the city.

If you’d like to discover more, head to brisbane.qld.gov.au and search 'outdoor gallery'. There, you can explore artist interviews, download the program guide and activities, join a public program, or follow a self‑guided tour using the online map or printed guide.

Location 11 on the Outdoor Gallery map is the Hutton Lane light boxes. This is the final stop on our audio tour. Here, you’ll find 8 light boxes showcasing artworks by three emerging artists, bringing the journey to a thoughtful close.

At Hutton Lane, the 8 light boxes are made up of small squares and rectangles in varying shapes. This unique combination enables curators and artists to think outside of the box (no pun intended) when curating artworks here.

The first 3 light boxes on the left-hand side are stacked on top of each other – the bottom 2 are little squares with a larger portrait orientated rectangle light box at the top. In these 3 boxes, you will see artworks by May Washington from her Fan Girling series. As the name suggests, these works feature role models the artist is a big fan of, including names such as Felix, Rose, Jinu, Paris, Winter, Livingston, Rumi and Lana Del Ray. Do you recognise some of these names from current pop culture?

May has created these portraits using delicate pencil and paint, set against bold, colourful backgrounds. Each subject is placed at the centre of a coloured square. In the large light box, 6 portraits are displayed together within a single frame.

The second artist featured in Hutton Lane is Rupert Cambell, with 3 artworks titled:

• Bananas and Honey
• Pillars
• Twin Peaks: The Return, Episode 8 

These artworks are featured in the middle in a rectangular, portrait orientated light box, followed by 2 small square light boxes.

The first artwork Bananas and Honey is the literal colour of a banana with finger marks on top that represent the way you could mix your meal with honey on top of the banana.

The next artwork Pillars is created in a similar loose style with blues, greens, pinks, yellows and browns placed in sections with the borders of each colour mixed into the next.

The final artwork Twin Peaks: The Return, Episode 8 can be described as a vivid red with sharp black lines from the artists finger smudges starkly contrasting against the red background.

Rupert Campbell’s meditative process uses layered colours and pulsing mark-making to create vivid compositions. His work balances autonomy, connection and is inspired by operatic stage scores, digital media and music.

In the (how to describe how he generated through the iPad) of the artists, Rupert Campbell wrote:

“Thursday = art at Nicole’s = colour, calm, friends, family, a garden goodbye.”

The final artist to feature in this audio tour is Grace Lindeman, an emerging Brisbane artist whose work celebrates diversity, inclusion and individuality. Using digital, acrylic and watercolour mediums, she creates imaginative characters and narratives that explore identity, belonging, advocacy for environmental and LGBTIQA+ rights.

In the words of the artist, Grace Lindeman:

“Creating art is a way for me to express myself and my thoughts, it also takes me to places that are beyond reality.”  

Grace’s artworks featured in the final 2 light boxes are Galaxy Ocean, an anime-style image of a merman / mermaid. The subject is depicted with their hand reaching out to the viewer, trying to catch the many objects in the galaxy around them. The second artwork Yellow Leaves Mixed with Green, features a domineering dark-brown tree trunk surrounded by yellow, orange and green leaves with a hint of the blue sky sneaking in between

This marks the conclusion of Council’s Outdoor Gallery exhibition, AMPLIFY ME!.

We hope you’ve enjoyed joining us on this journey through the creative voices of Brisbane artists, and that these works continue to resonate with you as you move through the city.

If you’d like to discover more, head to brisbane.qld.gov.au and search 'outdoor gallery'. There, you can explore artist interviews, download the program guide and activities, join a public program, or follow a self‑guided tour using the online map or printed guide.

Location 11 on the Outdoor Gallery map is the Hutton Lane light boxes. This is the final stop on our audio tour. Here, you’ll find 8 light boxes showcasing artworks by three emerging artists, bringing the journey to a thoughtful close.

At Hutton Lane, the 8 light boxes are made up of small squares and rectangles in varying shapes. This unique combination enables curators and artists to think outside of the box (no pun intended) when curating artworks here.

The first 3 light boxes on the left-hand side are stacked on top of each other – the bottom 2 are little squares with a larger portrait orientated rectangle light box at the top. In these 3 boxes, you will see artworks by May Washington from her Fan Girling series. As the name suggests, these works feature role models the artist is a big fan of, including names such as Felix, Rose, Jinu, Paris, Winter, Livingston, Rumi and Lana Del Ray. Do you recognise some of these names from current pop culture?

May has created these portraits using delicate pencil and paint, set against bold, colourful backgrounds. Each subject is placed at the centre of a coloured square. In the large light box, 6 portraits are displayed together within a single frame.

The second artist featured in Hutton Lane is Rupert Cambell, with 3 artworks titled:

• Bananas and Honey
• Pillars
• Twin Peaks: The Return, Episode 8 

These artworks are featured in the middle in a rectangular, portrait orientated light box, followed by 2 small square light boxes.

The first artwork Bananas and Honey is the literal colour of a banana with finger marks on top that represent the way you could mix your meal with honey on top of the banana.

The next artwork Pillars is created in a similar loose style with blues, greens, pinks, yellows and browns placed in sections with the borders of each colour mixed into the next.

The final artwork Twin Peaks: The Return, Episode 8 can be described as a vivid red with sharp black lines from the artists finger smudges starkly contrasting against the red background.

Rupert Campbell’s meditative process uses layered colours and pulsing mark-making to create vivid compositions. His work balances autonomy, connection and is inspired by operatic stage scores, digital media and music.

In the (how to describe how he generated through the iPad) of the artists, Rupert Campbell wrote:

“Thursday = art at Nicole’s = colour, calm, friends, family, a garden goodbye.”

The final artist to feature in this audio tour is Grace Lindeman, an emerging Brisbane artist whose work celebrates diversity, inclusion and individuality. Using digital, acrylic and watercolour mediums, she creates imaginative characters and narratives that explore identity, belonging, advocacy for environmental and LGBTIQA+ rights.

In the words of the artist, Grace Lindeman:

“Creating art is a way for me to express myself and my thoughts, it also takes me to places that are beyond reality.”  

Grace’s artworks featured in the final 2 light boxes are Galaxy Ocean, an anime-style image of a merman / mermaid. The subject is depicted with their hand reaching out to the viewer, trying to catch the many objects in the galaxy around them. The second artwork Yellow Leaves Mixed with Green, features a domineering dark-brown tree trunk surrounded by yellow, orange and green leaves with a hint of the blue sky sneaking in between

This marks the conclusion of Council’s Outdoor Gallery exhibition, AMPLIFY ME!.

We hope you’ve enjoyed joining us on this journey through the creative voices of Brisbane artists, and that these works continue to resonate with you as you move through the city.

If you’d like to discover more, head to brisbane.qld.gov.au and search 'outdoor gallery'. There, you can explore artist interviews, download the program guide and activities, join a public program, or follow a self‑guided tour using the online map or printed guide.