About us

About

A Property Developer once told us, “Your guys come from a place of ‘yes’ and I like that”. We’ve kept that one in our bag of compliments. We really do come from a place of ‘Yes’ and are happy to stand by it.

Launched in Brisbane in August 2004, Moving Canvas Art Gallery – Rentals & Sales, is a partnership owned and operated by Mike Banks aka Banx and Kaye Fox.

Moving Canvas offers original contemporary abstract Aussie art on canvas (no glass framed prints), is ready to hang and we aim to brighten the lives of employers and employees across Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.

There are no long-term contracts, just great art that you can change quarterly if you wish, or buy if you find you can’t live without it, and site-specific commissions is our speciality.

Please refer to leasing Information for prices.

Moving Canvas now has a Sunshine Coast Branch Sunshine Art Studio where all the messy arty action happens, resulting in beautiful original paintings for you to enjoy.

Photograph of the Sunshine Art Studio, Moffat Beach

Sunshine Art Studio, Moffat Beach

We look forward to meeting you and finding out what we can do for you.

Kaye Fox, M.Bus., B.Bus.(Com.)

Co-founding Partner

Born and raised in Brisbane, Kaye Fox returned to her ‘home town’ in 2004 to launch ‘Moving Canvas’ after travelling and working overseas for ten years in various creative industries throughout London, Europe and New Zealand. Kaye gained a Bachelor of Business Communication and a Masters of Business from QUT in 1994 and worked in marketing positions in the Brisbane corporate world before leaving for London.

Kaye has always been passionate about art, particularly contemporary Australian art, citing Brett Whiteley, Margaret Olley, and Charles Blackman among her favourite artists. Bold, colourful, eclectic interior design is an added personal passion, and Kaye’s changing canvas in this respect has been the fifteen homes she has decorated around the world over the last several years.

Most recently, in New Zealand, Kaye and Mike ran the Wellington studio of Art Bureau Limited, a New Zealand art rentals agency. Prior to that, Kaye owned and operated a small art gallery and retail shop in Russell, Bay of Islands, and is herself a part-time abstract artist preferring to work in bold, simple, colourful acrylics and, collage art in her Artyfox range – fun, funky and feminine. Kaye co-authored Meg A Feather and the Forest Games, a children’s book.

Back in Brisbane, her roots, and a sixth generation Aussie from the 2nd fleet, Kaye is proud to be representing artists whose creative inspiration comes from the spectacular country she once got so homesick for!

Mike Banks – Banx

Co-founding Partner

Born in Sri Lanka, schooled in England and Scotland, worked in London, Wales and New Zealand. A New Zealand citizen of the world, Mike is proud to now call Australia ‘home’. He fell in love with this country after traveling through the red centre and climbing Uluru in his twenties.

A self-taught artist and children’s book illustrator, Mike has illustrated and drawn for most of his life, following in a long line of several generations of artists in his family. Oils, watercolours, detailed pencil drawings and lithographs feature in Mike’s early work. Mike paints professionally as Banx in Acrylics and Oils.

An artist-in-residence at The Quarry in Whangarei, New Zealand before moving to Australia, Mike organised and ran art courses, life drawing groups and drawing courses for special-needs students. A caterer, a carpenter and a commercial signage designer in a former life, Mike’s current passions extend to site-specific art commissions for Corporate Offices, working in acrylics/mixed media and oils.

Founding Partner of Moving Canvas Gallery and Artist in Residence and Site-specific artist

Our van on Queen St

Our van on Queen St

Van on Creek St

Our van on Creek St