NATURA - Jess Le Clerc Fine Art

NATURA is a solo exhibition by Jessica Le Clerc, a collection of paintings born from a desire to return to stillness, to presence, and to the quiet restoration found in nature.

For this show, Jessica has collaborated with poet Anna McGahan and composer Brett Anthony Shaw. Each has created original work in direct response to the paintings. As you move through the space, you’ll be guided by story and sound, with every piece written and composed to draw you deeper into the work, one moment at a time.

At its heart, Natura is a reminder that we all belong to something older, deeper, and infinitely bigger than ourselves. Wherever we are in the world, we wake to a sunrise and fall asleep under the same sky. That shared rhythm is constant, ancient, and unowned. It holds a quiet kind of peace, always available to us if we know how to return to it. Natura is an invitation to do just that.

Across time and culture, people have turned to the natural world for healing and direction. For as long as we’ve had language, we’ve tried to describe what so many of us know instinctively: that being outside grounds us. That we are better when we’ve spent time under the open sky.

Set inside the Queensland Multicultural Centre in Brisbane, Natura will run for two days only: September 19 and 20. This intimate, ticketed event will be a new way to experience art. Every element has been carefully curated, from the sound and poetry to the lighting, pacing, and flow of the space. It’s an atmosphere designed to help you slow down and truly connect with the work

Queensland multicultural centre Brisbane

19 SEPT 2025

• 20 SEPT 2025

Natura is an offering. A slowing down. A return to the sky above us, the ground beneath us, and the kind of peace we can find there.

JESS LE CLERC

• NATURA

Anna McGahan

Anna McGahan is an author, poet, screenwriter and actor. Her books include Immaculate (Allen and Unwin, winner of The Australian Vogel’s Award 2023, shortlisted for QLd MUD Literary Prize, and SLQ’s Queensland Book of the Year), Metanoia: A Memoir of a Body Born Again (2019, Acorn Press) and Skin (a self-published book poetry for women in the perinatal period). She has written. performed and taught poetry for many publications and organisations, including The Griffith Review, Australian Poetry Slam Championships (National Runner-Up), the Queensland Writer’s Centre, and The Justice Conference. Anna writes most excitedly about embodiment, spirituality, sexuality, grief, and the many complexities of motherhood.

Brett Anthony Shaw

Brett Anthony Shaw is an American Film Composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer based in Brisbane, Australia. He has earned a reputation for seamlessly blending subtle elements of ambient, post-rock and organic folk textures into his neo-classical compositions. Over the past 15+ years while working in the music industry Brett has produced albums for artists, released solo projects and worked on numerous projects for Film and TV.