About Ally

Hi there, I’m Ally. I'm an Australian painter based on the coast of New South Wales.

My work explores visual calm and perceptual softening within contemporary life, creating images that invite the eye to slow down and settle. Working primarily across landscape, I return to motifs of light on water, softened horizons, and the experience of meandering and noticing.

After several years of intermittent practice alongside my work as a social worker, 2025 marked the beginning of a sustained and intentional studio rhythm. This shift has allowed the work to deepen in both consistency and clarity of direction.

At its core, my practice offers visual relief; paintings that create space to pause, breathe and reconnect with the version of yourself that exists beyond the 9-5.

Education

2018-2020 National Art School BFA

Solo Exhibitions

2025 Ally Boyer Art Launch Exhibition, Warrawee

Group Exhibitions

2020 National Art School Graduate exhibition, National Art School, Darlinghurst

2020 Apple on a Stick, The Pink Place, Glebe

2019 RAW Artists Showcase, Campsie

Commissions

2025 Wollstonecraft Sunset, Em & Chris R

2025 Wildflowers, Jess L

2025 Family Crest, Maddy & Ben W

2022 St James Church & Pitt Town Anglican Church, Helen M

2021 Trio of Charcoal Drawings, Em & Chris R

2021 Lemons, Sara N

2021 Lemons, Jeremy T

2021 Window, Hugo H

2021 Oceanscape #1 & #2, Nat C

2021 Housemates, Jamie L

2021 Wedding Day, George & Viv

Publications

2019 Art Edit, Issue #27