October 2020
Ravaged Land by Leonie Robison
The abstract depictions of birds within desolate and degraded landscapes reveals the stark beauty of representation in Ravaged Land. The latest exhibition from Leonie Robison is a thought-provoking rendition of what is, what was and what might be in the environmental battle currently occurring in Australia. The series of mixed media works focuses on endangered native Australian birds and highlights the bushfire-damaged environment, acknowledging the losses we have already sustained, the diversity we continue to lose, and our grim future…
Find out more »November 2020
A Coastline and Between by Amanda Tye
Driven by the dissatisfaction of today’s fast pace lifestyle, artist Amanda Tye seeks to capture places resembling untouched paradises, playing with perspective and colour to offer a still and quiet perspective of Sydney’s coastal landscape. Her distinct style dances between representation and abstraction, which often translates through the tensions between the natural environment with man-made world. “By sectioning the view into shapes, I capture different emotional responses to my surroundings on the one surface. I am interested in a practice…
Find out more »March 2021
Embodied Landscape II by HowardArthur Tweedie
---Opening 11 March, Thursday 6-8pm--- In Embodied Landscape II, HowardArthur Tweedie builds on his previous exhibition by further exploring the complex and inseparable relationship between people and place. This new exhibition employs pastels and oils to portray the wild movement of life by examining the impact of the environment on the human psyche. Through a culmination of fluent techniques from both the portrait and landscape traditions, Tweedie gently fuses the separate forms of the land and the figure to accentuate…
Find out more »May 2021
Resurgence by Catherine Stewart
---Opening 13 May, Thursday 6-8pm (RSVP essential)--- Resurgence is the latest exhibition from acclaimed artist Catherine Stewart, exploring and celebrating the transformative and adaptive power of the environment. In this series of works, vivacious colours swirl like a storm in bold brushstrokes, creating a wild and untameable terrain that is filled with life and ferocity. The intensity of the palette and the tenacity of the strokes embody the strength of the environment, persisting against destruction. Being born and raised in…
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Flora Abunda Australis … by Ishbel Morag Miller
---Opening 3 June, Thursday 6-8pm (RSVP essential)--- In Flora Abunda Australis …, artist Ishbel Morag Miller continues her love of painting from life. This series of work features predominantly her still life paintings focussing on the play of light and colour in addition to reflections and shadows. She deliberately employs glass bottles, vases, ceramics and drapery to create an interaction of translucent colourful reflections. Dedication is drawn to the beauty of Australia’s unique flora and fauna in many of her…
Find out more »February 2022
Soar of Eagles by Leonie Robison
---Meet the Artist 12 March, Saturday 2-4pm--- Sydney-based artist Leonie Robison is a passionate environmentalist who utilises her art to capture the beauty of fauna and inspire animal conservation. In her latest body of work, Soar of Eagles , Robison focuses on the unbroken ferocity of eagles as a vehicle to highlight issues of species loss and environmental degradation. The majestic beauty of the eagles is becoming conspicuously absent from our landscape, a tragedy that Robison mirrors in some of…
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