Maryanne Wick: The poetic fragment.
‘There is tenderness and intimacy in everything that Maryanne Wick makes, as well as playfulness and a tendency to fantasy. She has an eye for the overlooked and discarded…’ Hendrik Kolenberg
exhibition highlight
Evan Salmon Exhibition 2022
Winner of the NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Award, Evan Salmon’s pared back compositions eloquently remind us that we live in the most extraordinary of worlds.
Dr John Pastoriza-Pinol introduces Simon Deere and Dianne Emery exhibition
With botanical art we can still find the disciplines of art and science expressing their joint concern for the accurate description of the world…there is a resurgence of realism in contemporary art practice which has inspired many prominent Australian artists to adopt more contemporary interpretations and therefore pushing the boundaries of this art form into mainstream.
Gideon Haigh Introduces John Scurry Exhibition
‘These are paintings on which to hone your faculties of perception and meditation.’ Gideon Haigh. 2022.
Draw – Opening night
A terrific opening to the stunning ‘Draw’ exhibition last night. Thanks to everyone for braving the weather and to our guest speakers Elizabeth Cross and Hendrik Kolenberg. We are closed today but open from tomorrow Sat 15th 11-4pm. Exhibition runs to June 5th
Draw: Seven contemporary artists encounter the world through drawing.
Common to these 26 drawings is a sense of time; of movement or stillness, but not of the momentary. All drawing has pace. It is not simultaneous like a photo must be. A line has to begin and end somewhere, either slowly or rapidly..