I see you | Odelle Morshuis

A gathering of figures emerges, layered and translucent, as if held between arrival and departure. Some forms overlap, others stand apart — each presence briefly illuminated before dissolving back into the whole.

This is a moment of recognition rather than certainty. To be seen here is not to be fixed, but acknowledged — a quiet exchange where visibility is fleeting, and connection exists in the space between bodies, movement, and time.

Medium: Acrylic on board

Dimensions: 800mm tondo

Artist Bio

Odelle Morshuis is a Central Otago–based artist whose practice explores movement, time, and the subtle dynamics of human presence within shared spaces. Working across painting, mixed media, and sculpture, her work is shaped by observation, memory, and fleeting moments of experience.

Her imagery often suggests figures in motion or transition — layered, blurred, or partially obscured. Rather than fixed narratives, the work evokes psychological states such as connection, proximity, and absence, treating time as fluid and overlapping.
Morshuis’ restrained material approach leaves space for silence and gesture. Grounded in the Central Otago landscape, her practice invites slow engagement, offering moments of pause where movement, memory, and atmosphere quietly converge.

Masters in Fine Art, Wimbledon School of Art, London 2004
Bachelor of Art, Otago University N.Z.
Double major in Design and Art History, 1994-1997