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Hamish Fleming, painter

Hamish Fleming

Hamish Fleming is a self-taught realist painter based in Adelaide who paints service stations, fast-food car parks and backstreets at night, entirely from life. He won the National Gallery of Australia's National Summer Art Scholarship at 17, and makes most of his own paints. His solo show Nowhere Is Ever Really That Dark opened at The Mill in Adelaide in October 2026.

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Realist oil painting from life: night scenes, interiors and still life
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Adelaide
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