Alan Innes - ABOUT

It is always a pleasure to express the beauty one finds in the ordinary things of everyday life.

I try to bring a sense of art and poetry to whatever I do.

I’m an artist and a member of Urban Sketchers Brisbane; with a 50 year design background in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture and graphics. My art output consists primarily of location sketches, studio drawings and hybrid drawings [digitally edited and assembled] depicting local street views. Aside from hand drawing, which is a great pleasure, much of my work is an exploration of the meeting of hand and computer ... the meeting of craft and industrial process.

Between 2018 and 2026, I’ve been a finalist and prize winner in a number of art awards including

BVAC 2026 Arts Competition [Brisbane] - First and second prizes in drawing section.

Ekka 2025 Arts Competition [Brisbane] - First prize in painting and drawing section.

H&A Richardson Drawing Prize 2025 [Brisbane] - Fellows Recognition Award.

H&A Richardson Drawing Prize 2023 [Brisbane] - Third prize.

JADA 2022 [Grafton Regional Gallery]

Clayton Utz Art Award [Brisbane]

Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award [Brisbane]

Lethbridge Landscape [Brisbane]

Ipswich Art Award [Ipswich]

Queens Wharf Art Prize [Brisbane]

ArchiGraphicArts [Moscow]

My sketches are included in The World of Urban Sketching by Stephanie Bower published in USA in 2022. The book, available available on AMAZON, illustrates work by 157 sketchers from 59 counties with Peter Richards and myself representing Brisbane Australia. In August 2024 I participated in ASIALINK SKETCHWALK PENANG, a major international sketching event attracting 500-700 participants, as an invited urban sketching demonstrator. I’ve been invited to exhibit my work at the Venice Architecture Biennale but can’t afford the starting price. My work can be viewed on my

Website @alaninnes.myportfolio.com

Instagram account @alaninnes.art.

ALAN INNES. MAY 2026.

Photos below include, from top left:

1. Sketching at an Urban Sketchers Brisbane event. 2: Finishing time at one of my sketching demonstrations in Penang.

3/4/5: PAPERWORK exhibition at Scrumptious Reads gallery in Red Hill with Michelle Vandermeer and Sue Poggioli in October 2025.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Sketches or studio works are posted on most weeks to INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK

Instagram hashtags include #alaninnesdrawings.

NEWS EMAILS

I send out occasional group emails with news of events.

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CURRENT AND COMING ART EVENTS

Events are posted on my Instagram and Facebook accounts and those on my mailing list are notified via Mailchimp. Events include exhibitions, markets, drawing workshops, and talks/slideshows.

COMPLETED COMMISSIONS

As of Jan 2025, I've completed 30 commissions since 2017. Read MORE.

WORK FOR SALE

Most of my work is for sale as greeting cards and prints. Work can be customised to suit individual aesthetic or size requirements. I can print out much of the work up to 2.5m high to a variety of media including paper, canvas, self-adhesive vinyl sheet, aluminium plate and acm board. Work can be purchased directly from me. Purchases can be digitally invoiced via Square and paid by credit or debit card. Contact me for details.

Work is also for sale on BLUETHUMB online art gallery as limited edition prints. View HERE or go to bluethumb.com.au/alan-innes. Greeting cards and small prints are for sale at number of outlets including: Bent Books, West End; Hanasho, West End; SLQ Shop, South Brisbane; Scrumptious Reads, Red Hill; Rosale Gourmet Market; and Hillsdon Grocer, Taringa.

DESIGN BACKGROUND

My work as a design architect has long finished. This gallery is a resume of my work from around 2000 to 2016. The first five folders are projects associated with my house in Taringa The following PROJECT folders illustrate my design work for other design offices.

PROJECTS 2012-2016 | DC8 STUDIO

PROJECTS 2011-2012 | MODE DESIGN

PROJECTS 2009-2010 | FORM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

PROJECTS 2001-2009 | MIRVAC DESIGN

The work shows my interest in contemporary architecture and contemporary landscape, in the integration of architecture and landscape, the production of artscapes, and the meeting of new and old. The expression of my work was varied. Each project was a response to the particular context and relationships. Aside from the usual ingredients, many things found a home in my work ... graphic art, theatrical gestures, wit and humour, the contrast of old and new, textures, industrial materials, Japanese aesthetics, light and shadow, pattern making, ephemera, colour, space and mathematics. Given the opportunity, my work was always an exercise in craftsmanship.

my front door

SITE DESIGN

The site design uses an Adobe Portfolio template.