Publications
Catalogues and artist publications documenting major bodies of work developed throughout Judith Austen's studio practice.
These publications provide a deeper exploration of recurring themes within Austen's work, including landscape, memory, reflection, abstraction, and the relationship between observation and experience.
Water Close-Up
Digital Catalogue • 2026
This publication documents Judith Austen's ongoing Water Close-Up & Reflections series, a body of work inspired by the shifting surfaces of ponds, marshes, streams, and coastal waters.
Created through a combination of direct observation, photography, and studio practice, these paintings explore reflection, movement, memory, and the constantly changing nature of light on water. What begins as observation often transforms into something more contemplative, a meditation on place, perception, and the passage of time.
Desert Contained
Digital Catalogue • 2026
Desert Contained gathers a series of paintings devoted to the cultivated desert. Plants brought into courtyards, patios, homes, and daily life.
Rather than depicting the vastness of the Southwest, Judith Austen focuses on intimate encounters between vessel, plant, light, and place. These works invite close looking, revealing the character, resilience, and quiet beauty contained within ordinary observation.
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Selected Works
Coming Soon
This publication will present a curated selection of works spanning multiple decades of Judith Austen's studio practice.
Drawing from independent series and singular investigations, the publication will explore recurring themes including memory, aging, dreams, domestic life, landscape, and observation. Together, these works reveal the breadth of Austen's artistic journey and the enduring questions that continue to inform her work.
Additional publications and catalogues are currently in development.