Works by Alison Mackay
March 2026
In this new body of work, Alison Mackay takes us to the Australian shoreline – not as a place for recreation but as an archive of human detritus. Walking the beaches near her home in Jervis Bay, Mackay gathers what others have discarded: fragments of coloured plastic, twisted fishing lines and lures, rusting bottle tops and shards of broken glass - the residue of human consumption, forgotten, washed up, left behind.
Back in her studio, arranging these found materials with the care usually reserved for traditional still life subjects, she has created paintings that are as alluring as they are unsettling. A small piece of broken plastic, unidentifiable as any particular object, is painted with as much care as the delicate petal on a flower, jagged glass fragments glisten with threatening beauty and crumpled wrappers speak of our consumer culture.
“It's not just what we throw away, but what remains long after we’re gone. These paintings invite us to consider the legacy of pollution that we are leaving behind...”
Alison Mackay
Washed Up
$4,000
Alison Mackay
Mostly Glass
$3,900
Alison Mackay
Beach Landscape
$2,500
Alison Mackay
Washed up, Left behind
$2,500
Alison Mackay
Drinks and Snacks
$1,700
Alison Mackay
Crumpled
$1,700
Alison Mackay
Green Whale and Soy Fish
$1,500
Alison Mackay
Sand Toys
$1,500
Alison Mackay
Hosepipe with Plastic Pony
$1,500
Alison Mackay
Still Life with Plastic Pony
$1,500
Alison Mackay
Shades of Grey
$1,500
Alison Mackay
Green, Green Glass
$1,500
Alison Mackay
Still Life in Yellow and Green
$1,500
Alison Mackay
Deflated
$1,500
Alison Mackay
Still Life with Plastic Seahorse
$1,500
Alison Mackay
Hook and Bait Bag
$1,500
Alison Mackay
Still Life with Half a Hair Clip
$1,500
Alison Mackay
Wrappers
$1,200
Alison Mackay
Still Life with Hosepipe
$1,200
Alison Mackay
Still Life with Golf Ball
$1,200
Alison Mackay
Hooks and Lures
$1,200
Alison Mackay
Broken Bits
$1,200
Alison Mackay
Still Life with Takeaway Cup
$1,200
Alison Mackay
Shades and Smokes
$950
Alison Mackay
Whale/Watch
$950
Alison Mackay
Glass Arrangement with Toothbrush
$950
Alison Mackay
Green Glass/Green Peg
$950
Alison Mackay
Fragments
$950
Alison Mackay
Brown Glass/Green Peg
$950
Alison Mackay
Still Life with Orange Balloon
$950
Alison Mackay
Bundy with Golf Ball
$900
Alison Mackay
Squid Jigs
$900
Alison Mackay
Smell the Glove
$900
Alison Mackay
Mix Tape and Fishing Float
$790
Alison Mackay
Marker pen and Painkillers
$790
Alison Mackay
Remnants
$790
Alison Mackay
Broken Glass
$790
Alison Mackay
Prawn Jig and Lemonade
$790
Alison Mackay
The Blues
$780
Alison Mackay
Crushed Sprite
$750
Alison Mackay
P-plater
$750
Alison Mackay
Through Glass Darkly
$750
Alison Mackay
Shades 'n Snacks
$750
Alison Mackay
Gray Goggles and Soy Fish
$750
Alison Mackay
Mountain Dew
$750
Alison Mackay
Bottlenecks
$750
Alison Mackay
Beer and Skittles
$750
Alison Mackay
Pink Jig and Beer Can
$750
Alison Mackay
Drinkin' Smokin' Fishin'
$700
Alison Mackay
Still Life with Weis Bar
$700
Alison Mackay
Beer O' Clock
$700