Chris Proctor up next
If I Had Known Above the Mountains Lies Eternal Sunshine I Never Would Have Stopped Climbing.
Paintings by Chris Proctor.
5 - 26 April 2025
Chris Proctor’s work is highly engaging, skilfully executed, intentionally naive. He’s also the artist who created the Luminance Gallery logos.
This new collection of paintings explores the profound tension between ambition, struggle, and revelation.
If I Had Known Above the Mountains Lies Eternal Sunshine I Never Would Have Stopped Climbing speaks to the human condition — the ever-present push to ascend, to reach, to transcend ... desperate for whatever peace or fulfilment awaits on the other side of our toil.
Each piece in this exhibition reflects a journey, some personal, some universal. The mountains act as obstacles, challenges, and aspirations; they represent the highs and lows of life’s pursuits. The "eternal sunshine" that lies beyond is not just a destination, but an awareness: the moment of clarity, peace, or understanding that comes when we are able to step back and see the bigger picture, or perhaps when we finally pause long enough to notice that we were already there.
Chris Proctor’s solo exhibiton at Luminance Gallery challenges the viewer to question their own relationships with ambition and stillness. The works ask us to reflect on the tension between the relentless pursuit of success and the quiet contentment of simply being.