Danielle Thompson uses the camera as a means to explore psychological space. Her work is distinguished by its exploration of the emotive power of colour with images moving from warm desertscapes, to nudes in cool blues and purples, to vivid golds and blues of the sea.

In 2008 Stills exhibited the series Untitled, which consists of small-scale photographs that invoke an intimacy between image and viewer. These beguiling works walk a fine line between the abstract and literal, reminding us of nature's inherent power to transport us beyond the real to an experience of the surreal or sublime.

Her series, Solace (2005) comprises five large-scale panoramic works made in a range of locations in Tasmania. The images are a response to the island's beauty and isolation and serve to remind us of the grandeur of nature. Thompson transforms natural elements into pictorial gestures in which she celebrates the restorative powers of nature.

Rather than depictions of a single moment, Thompson's photographs may be read as a coalescence of emotional sensations experienced within the landscape Thompson's imagery proposes an 'extrapolated moment' - of movement and multiplicity, of worlds within worlds. The large-scale presentation of these digital images occupies space like a window, door or mirror, bringing them into the realm of the body.

Previous series include Chasing Shadows (1992), Vast as the Dark of Night (1995), Tears of Ecstasy (1999) and Marks of Light (2003). She draws on painting's expressive palette and abstraction rather than photography's fine focus and grain with impressive effect. Her images are held in major private and public collections and were shown at the Australian Centre for Photography in 2000 as part of the Minimal exhibition.

These images are a selection from the artist's portfolio. More images are available for viewing in the gallery's Print Room.