The Gleaming is a new body of work by David Usher. The title plays with the idea of ‘gleaning’ as a reference to extracting ‘something’ from essential materials, and to the idea of something that gleams in the light or metaphorically combines the act of ‘looking’ with the sensation of ‘seeing’.

Usher’s last series of ceramics and paintings have developed from his recent travels to Western Queensland, capturing fragments of memories and emotions embedded within family locations that hold and resonate with the emotion of a familiar landscape. The series of works in this show celebrate the late afternoon light by the river at Hillsborough, and the forgotten spaces in the corners of paddocks that remain unchanged and unaffected by the world.

One such place lies behind the old sheep yards and has been left largely untouched since 1951. The footprint of the yards and the sandalwood fences are still standing even though a number of floods have washed through the site. There are Carbine trees and Cyprus pines and Sandalwood in small groves that are scattered along the river here, each with their own atmosphere, light, and mood. As Usher identifies, ‘It’s 4pm in the afternoon as we move through the trees and the light ripples across the ground and other surfaces creating a dream-like reverie of landscape’.

David Usher, The Gleaming #2, 2025, Underglazes on White Raku, 47 x 36cm

David Usher, The Gleaming #2, 2025, Underglazes on White Raku, 47 x 36cm

A$1,800.00

David Usher 'The Gleaming #1', 2025, Underglazes on White Raku, 41 x 35cm

David Usher 'The Gleaming #1', 2025, Underglazes on White Raku, 41 x 35cm

A$1,600.00

David Usher 'The Gleaming #4', 2025, Underglazes on White Raku', 52 x 35cm

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David Usher 'The Gleaming #4', 2025, Underglazes on White Raku', 52 x 35cm

A$1,800.00

David Usher 'The Gleaming #3', 2025, Underglazes on White Raku, 40 x 26cm

David Usher 'The Gleaming #3', 2025, Underglazes on White Raku, 40 x 26cm

A$1,600.00

David Usher 'The Gleaming #5', 2025, Underglazes on White Raku', 50 x 31cm

A$1,800.00

David Usher, The Gleaming #6, 2025, Underglazes on white raku 47 x 26cm

David Usher, The Gleaming #6, 2025, Underglazes on white raku 47 x 26cm

A$1,800.00

David Usher, The Trees Have Moved, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

David Usher, The Trees Have Moved, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

A$2,800.00

David Usher, Midnight Wisteria, 2025, oil on linen, 84 x 84cm

David Usher, Midnight Wisteria, 2025, oil on linen, 84 x 84cm

A$1,900.00

David Usher, Through the Clearing’ 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

David Usher, Through the Clearing’ 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

A$2,800.00

David Usher, Our paths will cross, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 180 x 80cm

David Usher, Our paths will cross, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 180 x 80cm

A$2,700.00

David Usher, Morning Wander, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 41cm x 30cm

David Usher, Morning Wander, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 41cm x 30cm

A$600.00

David Usher, Blue Lake Bowl #11, 2025, underglaze on white stoneware, 10 x 6cm

David Usher, Blue Lake Bowl #11, 2025, underglaze on white stoneware, 10 x 6cm

A$250.00

David Usher, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

David Usher, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

A$2,800.00

David Usher, Blue Lake Bowl #12, 2025, underglaze on white stoneware, 10 x 6cm

David Usher, Blue Lake Bowl #12, 2025, underglaze on white stoneware, 10 x 6cm

A$250.00

David Usher, At the Gates of Paradise, 2025, oil on canvas, 61 x 46cm

David Usher, At the Gates of Paradise, 2025, oil on canvas, 61 x 46cm

A$850.00

David Usher, Hampton Pines, 2024, 50 x 40cm

David Usher, Hampton Pines, 2024, 50 x 40cm

A$750.00

David Usher, Inbetween, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 104cm x79cm

David Usher, Inbetween, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 104cm x79cm

A$1,800.00

David Usher, New Wetlands, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 20cm

David Usher, New Wetlands, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 20cm

A$400.00

David Usher, The forgotten bore, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 25cm

David Usher, The forgotten bore, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 25cm

A$400.00

David Usher, Blue Lake Bowl #8, 2025, underglaze on white stoneware, 10 x 6cm

David Usher, Blue Lake Bowl #8, 2025, underglaze on white stoneware, 10 x 6cm

A$250.00

David Usher, This is the Palm Tree, 2025, acrylic on linen, 31 x 31cm

David Usher, This is the Palm Tree, 2025, acrylic on linen, 31 x 31cm

A$500.00

David Usher, Across the Road, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 20cm

David Usher, Across the Road, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 20cm

A$400.00

David Usher, Reeds in the Water, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 20cm

David Usher, Reeds in the Water, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 20cm

A$400.00

David Usher, No Path, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 20cm

David Usher, No Path, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 20cm

A$400.00

David Usher, 'A Box of Rain', 2025, oil on canvas, 76 x 60cm

David Usher, 'A Box of Rain', 2025, oil on canvas, 76 x 60cm

A$1,200.00

David Usher 'The Soft Rocks', 2022, oil on canvas, 61 x 30cm

David Usher 'The Soft Rocks', 2022, oil on canvas, 61 x 30cm

A$750.00

David Usher, Blue Lake Bowl #15, 2025, underglaze on white stoneware, 10 x 6cm

A$250.00

David Usher, Dancing in the Meadow, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

David Usher, Dancing in the Meadow, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

A$2,800.00

Davis Usher, The Trees have Moved, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

Davis Usher, The Trees have Moved, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

A$2,400.00

David Usher 'In the Field (Got My Wires Crossed) 2025, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 91

David Usher 'In the Field (Got My Wires Crossed) 2025, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 91

A$2,100.00

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David Usher 'Our Paths have Crossed', 2025, acrylic on canvas, 101 x 101cm

A$2,800.00

David Usher ' Bury Me Deep (in the dreams of dirt) 2023, oil on canvas, 60 x76cm

A$1,200.00

David Usher, 'The Lazy Cloud Goes By' 2025, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 91cm

David Usher, 'The Lazy Cloud Goes By' 2025, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 91cm

A$2,100.00

David Usher, Perwell Crossing (the summer is never ending) 2025, oil on linen, 76 x 76cm

David Usher, Perwell Crossing (the summer is never ending) 2025, oil on linen, 76 x 76cm

A$1,700.00

David Usher 'Hold Fast' 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

David Usher 'Hold Fast' 2025, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm

A$2,800.00