Amongst it | Odelle Morshuis

Figures move quietly through a landscape that seems to breathe around them. Neither foreground nor background takes precedence — everything is shared, held in the same suspended moment. The land does not frame the figures; it absorbs them.

There is a sense of walking within experience rather than observing it — of being immersed, weathered, and carried forward. Time softens here, and presence becomes something felt rather than seen, a gentle negotiation between self and surroundings.

Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: H760mm x W760mm

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