The timed auction ends Thursday August 6th at 8:00pm. Whoever holds the highest bid at the auction closing time wins.
Christopher R. Inwood
Mr Weis' mangos, 2025
oil acrylic charcoal in wood
Height 38 cm x Width 20 cm
Artwork is framed and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $500
In Mr Weis' Mangos, Christopher R. Inwood transforms one of Australia's most familiar fruits into an object of quiet reverence. Resting upon a panel of “the bluest blue that can be blued,” the mango glows with remarkable vitality, its warm yellows and oranges vibrating against the intense blue ground. The result is a painting of irresistible visual energy.
The title affectionately nods to the Weis family, whose iconic mango ice creams have become woven into Australian culture. Rather than simply depicting fruit, Inwood celebrates memory, place, and the simple pleasures that become part of our collective identity. The work balances humour with sincerity, elevating the everyday into something unexpectedly monumental.
Part of the unseen Cannon Fodder Blue collection, Mr Weis' Mangos demonstrates Inwood's ability to find beauty in the familiar. It is a painting that delights first through colour, then through nostalgia, reminding us that the most ordinary subjects often carry the richest stories.
Artist Bio: Inwood has exhibited across Australia at galleries, art spaces, and festivals including, Brisbane Power House, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Brisbane Square Library, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Perc Tucker Regional gallery, Brisbane Street Art Festival and has been a finalist in the Brisbane Portrait Prize x 3, the Sunshine Coast Art Prize, the Percival Portrait Painting Prize x 2, the Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award, Melt Portrait Prize x 3. Inwood refined his understanding of art and its histories at The University of Queensland studying Art History.