Marianne Le Cheaf | A Clumsy Sort of Prayer
A Clumsy Sort of Prayer | 2026
Acrylic and pencil on birch board
61 x 46 x 4.5 cm
Signed on the right hand side panel
$ 1,080
BIO
Marianne Le Cheaf
Marianne Le Cheaf is a visual artist whose bold, textured acrylic works feature the Australian magpie as a tribute to the women who are the anchors of their lineage, providing a space to finally set down the weight of their own resilience.
Blending surrealism with a hint of expressionism, her practice explores the emotional gravity of motherhood and the lingering weight of childhood. Her pieces meditate on the quiet exhaustion of a maternal line, capturing the beautiful tension between the obligation to remain present and the persistent, quiet urge to drift.
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