February 2019
If a Butterfly Dies in the Forest… by Leonie Robison
---Opening Reception: 6-8pm, 21 February---- In a time of rapid change on a global scale, Leonie Robison’s latest series of works, If a Butterfly Dies in the Forest..., confronts the effects of humanity's development upon the environment and its inhabitants. Her largely abstract works focus on amplifying the wings of native Australian butterflies as a symbol for nature’s delicate beauty, conveying a sense of fragility in the soft lines and tones upon woodblock prints and mixed media drawings and paintings.…
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Out and Back by Barbara Goldin
---Opening Reception: 6-8pm, 14 March---- Barbara Goldin takes inspiration from her experiences in the vast and varied Australian landscape in her new exhibition Out and Back. Based on the artist’s recent visits to the Pilbara, Karijini National Park and the Kimberley, the series reflects the subjective memories contained within place. Goldin captures the essence of her subject matter within the canvas, remaining faithful to its true nature whilst drawing forth the specificity of her own understandings through abstraction. Her quality…
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The First Element: Ignite by Neelum Nand
---Opening Reception: 6-8pm, 4 April---- Neelum Nand’s The First Element: Ignite is the first of her five exhibitions that explores the relationship between the physical and metaphysical world. The works on display are abstract-expressionist in style, converging on the element of fire. Attributed to its transformational and purifying powers, fire embodies hate, love, lust, passion, anger and creativity. The artist aspires to recover man’s lost innocence within the universe, uniting physical presence and emotional transcendence. Neelum’s paintings make use of…
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Namibia – A Tribute by Sharon Pincus Jacobson
Sharon Pincus Jacobson dedicates her series of paintings to Namibia, on the South Western Coast of Africa. Jacobson’s emotional immersion within the Namibian environment has inspired her to evoke an atmosphere of heat, thorns, dust and timelessness in this series of paintings. Employing yellows, oranges, mauves, faded ochres, dramatic vistas and outstretched roads, Jacobson recreates the colours and textures of its unique landscape and people. Further accentuating this vibrant experience of the land, she sometimes incorporates collaged beads from Namibian…
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