Recent Exhibitions

Summer showcase

January 4th - January 30th 2012

Group exhibition showcasing artworks by EG artists. This exhibition provides a ‘taste’ of the range of artworks available in East Gippsland and to encourage visitors to purchase East Gippsland artwork, works will be sold ‘off the wall’. Information about regional artists, studios and galleries is also available.

Summer Showcase 2011

Fine Art for Fine Presents

2 December–22 December 2011

Opens 6pm Friday 2 December

An exhibition by local artists highlighting the diversity of artworks created in the region.

This is a wonderful opportunity to select and purchase ‘off the wall’ a piece of fine art for that very special Christmas gift.

Artworks include paintings, textiles, ceramics and prints as well as small items on the Christmas Tree.

Showing in the East Gallery windows are reindeers decorated by Ellen Burton and Claire Marston.

SAMO – coming in September 2012

Slovenian artist, Samo, has been invited to show at EGAG during September 2012.

One of the activities to raise the funds was a raffle of an original work by Samo, whose style is described as orthodox infantilism – a new trend in Slovenian art. The raffle was drawn at the opening of Fine Art for Fine Presents end of year exhibition and Jill Ellis was the lucky winner.

EG Institute of TAFE Diploma of Visual Art Second Year Students

11 November–29 November

An exhibition that has all the excitement of students’ work as they investigate various media and concepts in their pursuit of establishing their artistic practice.

TAFE Art Students 2011

Fabulous Felt Group Details in Nature

21 October–8 November

Fabo Felters - Details in Nature

Di Deppeler

30 September–18 October

West Gallery. 3 Rooms Reclaimed – Wood as warmth, Furniture as fun, Past as present.

Local artist, Di Deppeler’s signature sculptural furniture will transform the West Gallery at the East Gippsland Art Gallery (EGAG), Bairnsdale, into “Three rooms reclaimed” when her exhibition opens on Friday evening, 30 September.

The concept and inspiration for “Three rooms reclaimed” developed during Di’s travels in Western Australia, including her visits to restored mining towns from the last century. On her return to Clifton Creek, work began on the furniture and also the paintings that capture the colours and forms of the outback landscape and the simple interiors of the dwellings.

The exhibition showcases Di’s unusual, colourful and quirky furniture made from recycled wood gathered from many sources including opp shops and second-hand shops, the tip, friends and neighbours and wood found on travels. The recycled wood dictates the form and function of the piece of furniture and any marks of age or usage are retained to acknowledge the history and identity of its original life.

Di is passionate about recycling wood and believes that this diminishing resource should be accorded much more value. Her workshop is full of discarded timber that she collects and stores and where very little is wasted as she transforms the mundane into something new and exciting. Bedends become lounge suites, doors become bookcases, fenceposts become sculptures or tables, plates become clocks and off-cuts or unusual shapes become decorative attachments.

“Three rooms reclaimed“ is a unique and engaging installation that provides an alternative view of how three rooms could look using a little imagination and salvaged timber.

“Three rooms reclaimed” opens on Friday, 30 September at 6pm and continues until 18 October.

Di Deppler–Three Rooms Reclaimed

Briagolong Artists Seeking the Light

9 September 27 September

Opens 1pm Saturday 10 September

The Briagolong Artists are an independent group of artists who meet regularly in a studio environment and who exhibit both independently and as a group. The exhibition highlights the diversity of media, including oil and acrylic paint, ink, pencil, charcoal and experimental print making, techniques and styles practiced by the artists.

Briagolong Artists

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Books...beyond words - evolution

Saturday 6th August - Tuesday 2nd September 2011

Opening Saturday 6th August 6pm

A collection of artist books.

This year’s Books …beyond words has again attracted entries from all over Australia as well as an increased number from overseas including USA, France, Switzerland, UK and Germany.

Books...beyond words - evolution

Rhonda Albrecht
Babette Angell
Sharon Armstead
Lyn Ashby
Lyn Ashby
Rhonda Ayliffe
Laura Carthew
Angela Cavalieri
Angela Cullip
Fiona Dempster
Di Deppler
Suellen Entwisle
Kathy Fahey
Kathy Fahey
Marie–Noelle Fontan
Susan Frakes
Lisa Giles
Susan Goddard
Sonia Grieve
Mandy Gunn
Janette Hanrahan
Nicci Haynes
Gerlinde Hofmann
Gerlinde Hofmann
Paola Horevicz Hurtado
Paola Horevicz Hurtado
Janet Kay Howard
Keira Hudson
Keira Hudson
Stephanie Karavasilis
Beryl King
Odine Lang
Odine Lang
Odine Lang
Marianne Little
Helen Malone
Helen Malone
Helen Malone
Margaret Mason
Heather Matthew
Deborah McArdle
Kim McKechnie
Jan Melville
Maryann Mussared
Janis Nedela
Janis Nedela
Lesley O' Gorman
Amanda O'Sullivan
Amanda O'Sullivan
Nada Poljksi
Sarah Ritchie
MedaVeda RivesRives
MedaVeda RivesRives
Wilma Ellen Ross
Marie Schirrmacher- Meitz
Barbara Schmelzer
Barry Smith
Tricia Smout
Wendy Sonnenburg
Wendy Sonnenburg
Laura Stekovic
Gail Stiffe
Ingrid Tufts
Liz Walker
Carmel Wallace
Amanda Watson- Will
Elise Wiener
Elise Wiener
Patricia Wilson
Lindy Yeates

Major Award $5,000
East Gippsland Art Gallery
Marie-Noelle Fontan, France, Melaleuca’s Book

Artist of East Gippsland Award $1000
East Gippsland Institue of TAFE
Janet K. Howard, Lakes Entrance, Bird Collector’s House

Innovation Award $1,000
Tantaro Design, Bairnsdale
Gerlinde Hofmann, Germany, Flotenrolle – Pipes Roll

Certificate of Merit Sharon Armstead, NSW, Aust, Pages from a Landscape
Certificate of Merit Lyn Ashby, Victoria, Aus, Twenty Minutes
Certificate of Merit Kathy Fahey, Victoria, Aus, Modern World, A Trilogy
Certificate of Merit Janis Nedela, WA, Aus Typo No. 30.

People’s Choice Award $500
Riviera Properties
Kim McKechnie, Melbourne, The Great Australian Dream

Pre-selection for Books…beyond words–evolution is via CD with Judges receiving all entries from which they choose those to be accepted for exhibition at EGAG. Selecting the award winners from 70 books was a very difficult task.

Judges for Books…beyond words–evolution are:

Professor Lesley Duxbury
Deputy Head Research & Innovation
School of Art
RMIT

Victor Griss
Art Collection Officer & Curator
Deakin University Art Collection & Galleries

Hilary Peterson
Master of Arts (Visual & Performing) Charles Sturt University
Tutor & Practicing Artist

Major Sponsors

East Gippsland Shire Council
East Gippsland Institute of TAFE
Tantaro Design
Riviera Properties Pty Ltd

Supporting Sponsors

Community College East Gippsland
Eager & Partners
First National King & Heath
Paper Arts East Gippsland
National Australia Bank
Riversleigh Country

Donations received from

The Esplanade Resort & Spa Lakes Entrance
Nicholson River Winery
Gascoignes of Gippsland
Bairnsdale Antiques Gifts & Homewares
Bulmers Gift Salon
Crave Café & Chocolate
Dahlsens Building Centre Bairnsdale
Ella Bache Bairnsdale
Male Domain
Office National
What’s in Beds/BedsRus of Bairnsdale
Whispers Lingerie

East Gippsland Specialist School Art Exhibition

Friday 1 July–Tuesday 19 July

Opens 6pm Friday 1 July

Showcasing work from East Gippsland Specialist School, this exhibition is a vehicle for self-expression, team-building and confidence boosting. See how students from 5 – 15 years old with varying intellectual, physical and social challenges use visual art to express and explore their feelings and individuality.

East Gippsland Specialist School Art Exhibition is an exhibition bursting with all the colour, vibrancy and excitement that is only found in artworks created by enthusiastic students.

East Gippsland Specialist School Art Exhibition

10 June–28 June

West Gallery

Chasing Hasui Bob Munro Photographs

Opens 6pm Friday 10 June

With Japan being in the news recently Bob Munro’s exhibition of photographs Chasing Hasui should be of general interest to the public when it opens at the East Gippsland Art Gallery (EGAG) Bairnsdale on Friday, 10 June.

Admiration of wood block artist Kawasi Hasui’s work led Bob to travel to Japan and seek out the locations Hasui depicted and then photograph them.

This original plan soon altered as had some of the locations Hasui was familiar with because World War 2, nature, and modernity had made many changes to these scenes both during and after his life-time (1883-1957).

Bob’s travels followed Hasui throughout Central and Western Honshu, Kansai and Shikoku, which gave him a good overview of the traditional Japan Hasui was criticised for romanticising while his nation moved forward. However, it is this exotic view of Japan which is perhaps most attractive and intriguing to us as ‘out-siders’.

Certainly, the Japan Hasui portrayed is still present albeit with an overlay of modern-day uniformity. It is this contrast Bob has tried to capture without entirely losing the nostalgia Hasui so obviously felt for the ancient culture of his country.

Bob Munro Chasing Haui

East Gallery

Reflections on Fracture Lisa Shanahan

Opens 6pm Friday 10 June

Life often throws us into circumstances which shatter our perception of who we are and seems to eliminate all sense of control and direction. Lisa Shanahan presents a moving exhibition, Reflecting on Fracture, opening on 10 June at the East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale.

This exhibition takes the form of a three chapter narrative describing Lisa’s personal experience of such a traumatic situation, in this case potentially life threatening illness.

Her works are powerful, honest and at times confronting. They express a very personal journey which will resonate on a deep level with the viewer. Indeed, the work called Monkey Me was chosen to be exhibited in the Cancer Council Art Awards and was described by the judge as expressing ‘unbridled raw emotion’.

Nevertheless, as gallery visitors move through this exhibition they will find works full of dynamism, colour and strength as the artist moves away from her interior personal world into the last ‘chapter’ of fractured city images.

Lisa is a highly skilled and experienced painter who works in gouache and oils for this exhibition. She grew up and was educated in Bairnsdale and now resides in Port Douglas.

Lisa Shanahan Reflections on Fracture

Kevin Parker

20 May – 7 June 2011

Recent Works – Landscapes in pastel, pencil & gouache

Kevin Parker’s life-long passion for the bush is evident in his exhibition “Recent Works” opening at the East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale, at 6pm on Friday, 20 May.

A passion for the bush led Kevin to finally moving in 1991 to a farm at Deddick. Since then, the breathtaking scenery of the upper Snowy area and the Monaro have continued to provide the inspiration for his images both for the grand landscapes and the very intense micro landscapes revealed on the surfaces of stones and leaves.

“Recent Works” demonstrate Kevin’s maturity as an artist. His confident use of gouache, pastels and colour pencils in various combinations is used to express the subtle changes to the landscape created by changing seasons and different times of day.

As well as describing the physical landscape, from the gently undulating land forms, big skies and vast spaces of the Monaro to the rugged terrain of the Snowy River and its gorges, many of the images capture the elusive, atmospheric effects of rainbows, storms and cloud shadows. These images will cause the viewer to immediately recall similar fleeting but memorable experiences.

Kevin studied architecture and his background as a freelance architectural illustrator can be seen in the construction of his works. Kevin’s landscapes are strong and vigorous, with a sense of the underlying structure of the mountains and his compositions have a solid foundation. “Recent Works” also includes four graphite perspective renderings indicative of Kevin’s continued fascination with the medium and architectural form.

Kevin Parker has had many successful solo exhibitions and “Recent Works – Landscapes in pastel, pencil and gouache” will delight visitors, especially those who appreciate the beauty of Far East Gippsland’s wilderness. “Recent Works” opens at 6pm on Friday, 20 May and continues until Tuesday 7 June.

Kevin Parker - Recent Works

two part project as part East Gippsland's contribution to Creative Gippsland's month of May celebrations 'be inspired'

Seen in the Light – light graffiti

Senior secondary students and the Community are invited to capture images, drawn by light, on their camera. Images to be posted on the website and a selection of digital prints in East Gallery.

Click here to see Light Graffiti

Seen in the Light – light in a box

View a world unseen until illuminated by light. The gallery-based exhibition of 30 small black boxes filled with the imagination of East Gippsland artists. All is revealed as the viewer peers through the eyepiece and switches on the light. West Gallery

Visual Phantasms

Joyce Nowrungsah, Jenny Toye, Cheri O’Donnell

1–19 April

Visual Phantasms is a group exhibition by the artists Joyce Nowrungsah, Jenny Toye and Cheri O’Donnell that explores alternative realities of the everyday through the aesthetics of the uncanny and the sublime. This show is an aesthetic exploration of themes that are major issues of contemporary art practice, Identity, the Hybrid, Memory, Art history, Nature, Ideology, Technology (with emphasis on biotechnology), Design, Space, and Environment. Mixed media used in the show, sculpture, painting, drawing, and traditional printmaking reflect a state of phantasmagorical wonder and awe.

Joyce Nowrungsah’s work explores the human body as receptacle, the sublime and the uncanny due to the advancement of science in particular the biotechnology. Joyce uses the human form life-size scale in sculpture and drawings to confront the viewer with the question with each advancement in biotechnology; Is the material form of the human flesh becoming a Phantasm?

Jenny Toye's paintings visually enchants the viewer into her surreal world where personal memories, experiences and artistic historical influences such as Hieronymus Bosch, Caravaggio and Mark Ryde, play an important role. Jenny feels the process of painting is a “felt experience”. So the materiality of painting offers a surreal encounter with lived, personal as well as artistic history.

Cheri O’Donnell's paintings of non-figurative alpine landscapes dominated by the architecture of ski resorts, show that despite designing and preserving the alpine environment, nature reasserts itself via the weather and seasonal changes. In the paintings on show, the viewer will encounter the material presence of weather that haunts our time with the climate change debate.

Visual Phantasms

Prince of Hearts

Josephine Jakobi

4–29 March West Gallery

The subject of the work is the well-known phenomenon of pubescent girls’ obsession with horses. A glass saddle and leather chaps form part of this visually stunning installation and the use of repetitive ceramic horse motifs in waffle cones express the notion of obsession. Identical object placed in central Australia in May 2010, not only link EGAG with the desert environment but also reflect the universal voice of this exhibition.

Josephine Jakobi

Metamorphosis - Christen Jo Stone

coiled wire jewellery

4–23 March East Gallery

Christen Jo Stone is an award winning artist, recently returned to Victoria. Metamorphosis has a fun ‘bug’ theme and demonstrates Jo’s exciting, very sculptural and organic style of working. The copper & silver wire wrapped jewellery, adorned with gemstones, includes earrings, pendants and brooches and are fascinating, unique pieces.

Christen Jo Stone

Restrospective - Joe Driscoll

11 February - 1 March, 2011

Joe Driscoll, 90, has been painting for over 70 years. In 1959, Joe and his family built a holiday house on Raymond Island and since then Joe has produced 100s of paintings in his figurative style capturing the day-to-day life around the Island. Joe’s pallet, the fashions and vehicles capture an era long gone in a fascinating exhibition of paintings.

Joe Driscoll

Summer Showcase

5 – 27 January 2011

Summer Showcase is an exhibition that highlights the creative and diverse range of artwork produced in East Gippsland by a group of established artists. This is also an opportunity to promote EG artists to a broader audience of visitors.

Fine Art for Fine Presents

3–22 December

EGAG has established a tradition of presenting an annual Christmas exhibition of fine art works created by local artists.

East Gippsland is recognized for the diverse art works produced by local artists and “Fine Art for Fine Presents” celebrates this diversity. Ceramics, paintings, drawings, jewellery, felting, textiles and prints are just a sample of the art works featured in this exhibition.

Deirdre Jack, Di Deppeler, Marion Dawson, Yvonne Renfree, Iris Bain and Malcolm Boyd are some of the established artists in “Fine Art for Fine Presents”. Marine artist, Paul Garling, Mary Sowa’s images of sled-dogs and Alan Ramadge’s beautifully crafted wooden boxes add to this wonderful eclectic mix of fine art.

A very traditional part of many homes is the Christmas tree and this year “Fine Art for Fine Presents” has a very interesting collection of Christmas tree decorations for sale. The decorations have been made by local artists specifically for this exhibition.

Art works must generally stay on show for the duration of the exhibition but works sold during “Fine Art for Fine Presents” will be sold ‘off the wall’. This means that works can be taken home immediately, ready for Christmas.

“Fine Art for Fine Presents” opens at 6pm on Friday, 3 December with an invitation to come along, listen to the wonderful sounds of Christmas carols sung by Chanticleer and enjoy the exhibition.

Because of requests from artists for inclusion in this exhibition EGAG has opened an ‘expression of interest’ list for the 2011 exhibition.

Diploma of Visual Art EG TAFE Institute 2nd yr students

12-30 November

TAFE 2nd year 2010

PAGE One

works with paper

22 October–9 November

Paper is an extremely versatile material and the artworks in PAGE one – works with paper by members of the Paper Arts Group, Gippsland East, demonstrate just how versatile paper can be.

PAGE one – works with paper is this group’s first exhibition. PAGE members meet on the 5th Saturday of the month and at each meeting they explore some new technique or method of working with paper.

Interests within the group vary and workshops held over the year reflect this diversity. Various book bindings are demonstrated as are the myriad of techniques to make book covers and small books. Paper making classes using either recycled paper or plant fibre are always well attended and with Margaret Mason as the tutor the paper produced is of fine quality. Members have also investigated cyanotype printing, embossing, wax resist techniques, different ways of using paints or dyes to create designs, various methods to change the surface of the paper, free form ‘drawing’ with paper pulp and using armature and tissue to make sculptural forms.

PAGE one – works with paper has a little bit of everything. Beautiful artist books with incredible handmade paper or marbled paper by Pat Wilson and Janet Howard. John Wilson’s books are slightly different with covers made of paper clay. John Haylock has ‘discovered’ origami architecture and Susan Wright’s fan made from one of her gouache landscape paintings sits elegantly within its own handmade box.

The fragile, organic shapes made by Gwenneth Poore sitting alongside Maree Haylock’s bold and sturdy boxes containing a range of plant fibre paper highlight the flexibility of this amazingly adaptable material.

There are many more artworks in this exhibition, including more traditional works on paper such as collage, painting and drawing. PAGE is also pleased to welcome participation in the exhibition by Southern Papermakers, Sydney.

PAGE one – works with paper will be opened by Marianne Little, an established papermaker and tutor, at 6pm on Friday, 22 October.

PAGE has received funding through the EGSC Arts and Heritage Alliance grants to promote the art of papermaking and paper arts within the local community and has received support and encouragement from Community College East Gippsland.

PAGE one – works with paper

FLOOR TALK & DEMONSTRATION

PAGE one – works with paper floor talk by participating artists and demonstrations on papermaking Coptic binding 10am – 12 md on Saturday, 6 November, followed by coffee with the artists.

The Four of Us

1 – 19 October

The Four of Us

Pat Waters

Landscape Graffiti - works on paper

West Gallery 10 – 28 September
Opens 6pm Friday 10 September

Mark making is important to Pat Waters whether working figuratively or with abstraction. Working with paint on canvas, drawing, printmaking or with mixed media as in this exhibition, gestures, lines and dynamic shapes have been the artistic language Pat uses to make her strongly felt statements about the world and her environment.

For many years personal dream imagery and ancient mythology were the subject matter of this Briagolong artist but in recent times landscape has become the focus of her work. Once again it is the more elemental aspects of the subject matter which attract and excite her. The love of mark making is combined with individual elements of the red gum forest close to home and the 500 year old trees on her own property. For Pat twigs are represented as scribbles against the night sky, branches become sensuous floating line, the spaces between trees are filled with crisscrossing patterns of the landscape behind and patches of colour are extracted from the trunks and bark of the trees.

Mixed media characterizes the works in Landscape Graffiti, charcoal, watercolour and oil paint are used and layers of transparent colour allow imagery to emerge from layers beneath the surface. The artist often scratches into top layers to allow vibrant lines and shapes to form. Some of the mark making will remind viewers of graffiti seen in urban environments but the artist assures us that nearly every mark reflects what she sees in the natural world.

Pat Waters has been exhibiting in Gippsland and Melbourne for thirty years. Her exhibition at EGAG opens at 6pm on Friday, 10 September and continues until Tuesday, 28 September.

Pat Waters will give a floor talk at 6.30pm at the opening of Landscape Graffiti.

Linden Dean

Watercolour and Washi

East Gallery 10 – 28 September
Opens 11am Saturday 11 September

Bairnsdale-based artist, Linden Dean, creates naïve-style paintings which are the result of artistic efforts that began in 1992 with naïve artist, Gwen Clarke.

Over the years Linden has developed her own style and experimented with mixed media in her signature contemporary naïve style.

Linden has been involved in many exhibitions with the Art Naïve Gippsland group, from Lakes Entrance and Bairnsdale, to Cowwarr and Melbourne, and has had three solo exhibitions in Bairnsdale. Linden’s artworks take on a narrative style and often depict images focusing on social issues.

Her artworks have been represented on cards, book and magazine covers and international calendars, and have received awards in the high commendations and outstanding categories in the annual Daffodil Day Art Awards. She has sold locally, nationally and internationally, with work currently in collections in Italy, Slovenia, India, Japan and the USA.

Painting & Washi Paper Workshop

Washi is a type of paper made in Japan. Washi is commonly made using fibers from the bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub or mulberry bark, kozo, but also can be made using bamboo, hemp, rice and wheat. Washi comes from wa meaning Japanese and shi meaning paper, and the term is used to describe paper made by hand in the traditional manner.

Linden has been incorporating washi paper into her art ever since she discovered it on a trip to Japan in 2009. This workshop is for those artists who already have drawing/painting skills who may want to use this traditional paper in their own art works.

Painting & Washi Paper Workshop

Venue:	Room 202 EG TAFE, Main Street, Bairnsdale
Date:	Monday, 20 & Wednesday 22 September
Time:	10am – 12 noon on both days
Fee:	$20 includes washi paper

Pair of paper scissors
Drawing/painting equipment
And idea or drawing approximately A4 – A3 in size

Bookings are essential. Contact EGAG by 14 September to book a place and pay the $20 fee.

This workshop has been funded through the East Gippsland Shire, Arts and Heritage Alliance Grants.

Artist Floor Talk 10.30am Saturday 25 September

Linden will talk about her exhibition and her recent trip to the Gallery of Naïve Artists, Trebnje, Slovenia as an invited participant.

Join Linden and the Friends of EGAG after the talk for light refreshments.

Focus on East Gippsland

East Gippsland Photographic Society

20 August – 7 September
Opens 6pm Friday 20 August

A photographic collective showing the achievements of members of the EG Photographic Society.

The EGPS is an active group that meets every month as well as holding monthly competitions, conducting field trips, arranging guest speakers and presenting a range of workshops.

Images reflect the variety of interests within the group and range from portraits, landscapes and seascapes to other more challenging subjects.

Focus on East Gippsland
East Gippsland Photographic Society

Winter Wood 'n' Things

23 July – 17 August
Opens 6pm Friday 23 July

An exhibition for all who enjoy the beauty of wood.

Winter Wood ‘n’ Things is a group show by local artists and craftspeople. Works in the exhibition highlight the versatility of wood as a material and diversity of it application.

wwnt

Janet Craik

Nature into Art

West Gallery 2 – 20 July
Opens 1pm Saturday 3 July

Janet Craik’s oil paintings bring the West Gallery space to life with their bold, bright colours and heavily textured surfaces. Janet has been painting landscapes, seascapes and gardenscapes for many years and it is reflected in the confident way in which she handles both subject and paint.

Nature into Art is a vibrant collection of works inspired by the technique and style of the Impressionists.

Janet Craik

Pages or Not - It's a Book!

East Gallery 2 – 17 July
Opens 1pm Saturday 3 July

As part of its program each year EGAG tours a small exhibition to various venues around the East Gippsland region. Pages or Not – It’s a Book! is an exhibition of artist books by local artists and to date has visited Lakes Entrance, Orbost Exhibition Centre and Lakeside Gallery, Mallacoota but has not been seen in Bairnsdale.

The artist books in Pages range from Susan Wright’s traditional, beautifully printed lino cuts of flowers contained in a flower press to the more challenging Ghost Letters of Kate Shone enclosed in old metal post boxes. Adding to the diversity is Iris Bain’s whimsical illustrated story of the Lyre Bird Stomp and the exquisitely crafted textile books by Margaret Fox and Jeni Irwin. Just to mention a few of the 32 books in the exhibition.

Pages or Not – It’s a Book!

East Gippsland Heritage Network

10 June - 29 June

Opening Thursday 10 June 6pm.

A photographic reminiscence.

East Gippsland Heritage Network

Bairnsdale and District Arts Society

21 May - 8 June

BaDAS

Around the Edge with FoGL

1 - 18 May . Opening 1 May 1pm-3pm

The iconic Gippsland Lakes are a popular subject for visitors to East Gippsland to photograph or paint but eleven local artists have been keenly observing what happens at the ‘edge’ of the Lakes and the result is a stunning exhibition Around the Edge with FoGL.

Around the Edge with FoGL was initiated by EGAG with the support of the Friends of the Gippsland Lakes Parks and Reserves (FoGL). As part of the project the participating artists made a number of visits to sites around the Lakes including the rainforests at Kalimna, the Silt Jetties, Macleod Morass and Boole Poole. These are areas of specific concern to FoGL and the artists heard from experts Bill Peel and Andrea Brumley and others including FoGL members about the ecology, history and challenges facing the Lakes today.

From these visits, the artists began to explore their individual response to the environment and over the next few months their works for inclusion in the exhibition evolved. Around the Edge with FoGL has a gallery based exhibition showing the works of eight artists and complimenting this, four site installations by another three artists. These site sculptures will be installed in various locations around the Lakes, Silt Jetties and Macleod Morass just before the exhibition opens.

The exhibition at the EGAG includes large paintings by Annie Marshall; artist books by Patricia and John Wilson; linocuts and monoprints by Susan Wright; intriguing photographs by Lisa Roberts; an assemblage of various sized painted canvases and other found materials by Lee Nickless; gossamer-like textiles by Jeni Irwin and delicate yet strong sculptural pieces by Ellen Burton that represent both the fragility and strength of the environment.

Those seeking the outside installations will have to wait until the exhibition opens but will not be disappointed. Josephine Jakobi’s small ceramic ‘aliens’ can be found along the end of the Silt Jetties while Jan Learmonth’s boats are located in the Morass. A boat trip is necessary to see Anthony Power’s wading bird and Jan’s piece at the first Blow Hole.

Around the Edge with FoGL is an exciting exhibition and it shows one of the region’s most important natural assets as seen by eleven artists.

Partner

Friends of the Gippsland Lakes, Parks and Reserves

Around the Edge with FoGL was a major project for EGAG and the collaboration with FoGL has made it an extremely successful exhibition.

Benita Murray

Antique Tin

9 - 27 April

Assemblages using aged and rusted iron, corrugated iron, wire and metal fragments to explore the artist's personal experiences and memories.

Benita Murray

12-30 March 2010

Norm Neilson

When I Was There

West Gallery 19 February–9 March

Photography and the desire for adventure has taken Norm and Jean Neilson to many exciting destinations such as the Alaskan Inside Passage with its glacier terminal faces calving and producing the most extraordinary sculptured icebergs with variations in colour from pure white to deep blue.

Other destinations include Western Canada, Italy, France, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Nepal and Switzerland as well as many isolated areas of Australia and recently inland Australia.

Norm has only just moved from traditional film to digital and while it has been something of a ‘wrench’ technically the same principles of considered composition, attention to light and detail and producing a high quality original image remain from his ‘film’ days.

Norm has had a number of solo exhibitions as well as participating in group shows and his work has been seen across Gippsland. Norm was also the honorary photographer and designer of the extremely popular Metung Blood Hounds black and white nude calendar “The Nautical Ladies of the Lakes” that was most successful in raising funds for the Bairnsdale Regional Health’s Oncology Unit and Australian Breast Cancer Research.

When I Was There is a potpourri of images taken ‘when Norm was there’ and the exhibition will transport visitors to destinations across the world.

Opens at 6pm on Thursday, 18 February.

Nielson

Jan Learmonth & Mary Sullivan

Tracing

East Gallery 19 February – 9 March

Tracing is by well-established artists Janet Learmonth and Mary Sullivan and both mother and daughter have extensive exhibition experience.

Janet Learmonth’s monochromatic photograms are beautifully composed and deceptively simple textural silhouettes of feathers, grasses and found objects and it is through the details of these items that she traces the natural landscape.

Mary Sullivan became interested in the evidence of previous occupation of her Brooklyn, New York, neighbourhood. While the streets were tight with the everyday happenings of a city, the evidence of previous occupations could be observed on every cornerand she began to photograph the abandoned places and their historical markers.

This concept of ‘trace marks’ expanded to the country side and in Mary’s latest travels to Colombia abandoned piles of fishermen’s nets, floats and ropes became the focus of her images. Mary also includes in the show a number of drawings that trace and detail the lines found in the tangle of a fisherman’s detritus.

Tracing opens at 6pm on Thursday, 18 February

Jan Learmonth and Mary Sullivan

All That Jazz

Cynthia Boyle

29 January – 16 February East Gallery

Cynthia migrated to Australia after growing up and completing her design education and working in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She worked as a freelance designer, illustrator and artist in the Newcastle region of NSW before taking up a position as lecturer at the University of Newcastle.

Her major responsibilities at the University of Newcastle included the drawing program for the Bachelor of Visual Communication Design degree as well as contributing to the Natural History Illustration, Design and Technology Education, Industrial Design and Open Foundation degree programs. She was also a member of the Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Committee of the Faculty of Science and IT.

Drawings of people and animals have always been the strongest subject interest for her artwork. Retirement from the University three years ago allowed her to concentrate more fully on her painting life. A fortunate decision to relocate from MSW to Marlo in Victoria resulted in meeting Ngaere Donald, a kindred artistic spirit. This, combined with membership of the Wilderness Coast Artists, rekindled enthusiasm for painting and drawing.

Artist's Statement

This exhibition emerged from more than 20 sketchbooks full of drawings of jazz musicians produced at live venues, festivals and concerts in Newcastle and around Australia. The sketchbooks provide a wealth of material for paintings and drawings in watercolour, pastel, acrylic and coloured pencil.

The focus is on the movement of the musicians and interaction with their instruments as they play. The artwork invites the viewer to participate in the musical moment through composition, line, shape, colour and movement. Musicians and listeners appear in the sketches joined by a common bond of music.

Cyntha Boyle - All That Jazz

An Affair with Raymond

Ngaere Donald

29 January – 16 February West Gallery

Ngaere Donald is a local artist from Orbost who is well known for her paintings and drawings, especially the drawings of horses, their strength and movement conveyed through economical but energetic lines.

Over the years Ngaere has been fascinated with the landscape surrounding Mt Raymond at Orbost. Constantly changing atmospheric conditions influence the mood of this expansive landscape ranging from the soft misty light of winter through to the harsh and brittle sunlight of high summer. And as a major agricultural region the flats below Mt Raymond also respond to the cycles of planting, growing and harvesting.

In An Affair with Raymond Ngaere’s acute observation gives the visitor a snapshot of the many ‘faces’ of Raymond.

Artist's Statement

Mt Raymond is a small mountain east of Orbost. It stands like a sentinel, watching over the wetlands of the Brodribb River and the Snowy River delta. Further east it can be seen from Cape Conran and Beware Reef in Bass Straight.

For many years I have observed the ever changing moods and seasons of the landscape encompassing the wetlands of the lower Snowy.

At the dawning of the day I am challenged and absorbed by the light and atmosphere and subtle nuances of colour, of the everyday rural environment.

I work from nature, painting on site directly from nature. When painting, if often start with a simplified abstract impression, which at times, I would like to leave as is. My aim is to capture the essence of the scene with loose impressionistic brush strokes.

I am always looking forward to the next painting, striving to do something better.

Ngaere Donald - An Affair with Raymond

Summer Showcase

5–19 January

The EGAG’s New Year opens with Summer Showcase, a group exhibition that highlights the quality and diversity of the art work created in East Gippsland.

Many local artists and galleries are represented in this exhibition and visitors to the region are encouraged to pick up a brochure and visit some of them as part of their holiday activities.

Jerry Williams - prints
Norm Neilson – photographs
Beryl King, Bev Wilkin & Iris Bain – ceramics
Anthony Power – sculpture

Lachlan Millard – cartoon art
Nick Millard – digital images

Great Alpine Gallery, Swifts Creek with works by Deirdre Jack, Penny Carruthers and Carole Pepper
Yelen’s Gallery, Nowa Nowa with paintings by Gary Yelen
Cheryl Burgess Studio – porcelain

Summer Showcase closes on the 19 January.

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East Gippsland TAFE Diploma of Art Exhibition

13 November – 1 December 2009

Opening 6.30pm Friday, 13 November

Each year the annual exhibition by the TAFE art department is eagerly anticipated by both students and visitors to the EGAG.

This year the works by 2nd year Diploma Visual Art students, Evan Bryant and Kate Joyce will be featured in the East Gallery. Bryant’s figurative work is complimented by 2 landscapes and contrasted with the bold, solid abstract forms of the sculptural works of Joyce.

The works in the West Gallery are by the students completing their first year. These works display the broad range of strengths and styles explored by first year students and their progress as they begin to develop their individuality.

16 October–3 November 2009

Nagle College Year 12 Studio Art Students

The confidence demonstrated by these students is amazing. The work is sophisticated and their ability to manipulate a range of media to express their personal insight or make social comment is very impressive. Very often thought provoking and always worth a visit.

24 October 2009

Get Into Art Day

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Melbourne Cup Weekend 30 October–2 November 2009

Seldom Seen

A project involving 6 galleries, each with a mentor and 6 artists creating art works, events and installations that will provide visitors to the region with a weekend of exciting, fascinating and amazing art in places ‘seldom seen’.

Buchan Art and Craft Gallery, Orbost Exhibition Centre, Wilderness Coast Artists, Marlo, NuARt, Metung, East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation, Lakes Entrance and East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale will all be involved.

The East Gippsland Art Gallery will be under the mentorship of Jenny Toye, artist and Head of TAFE art department. A great group of artists will bring an enormous range of skills and experience to their piece (or pieces) and at this point they are Sue Patton, Heather Oke, Philip Capadonna, Tony Power and Michelle Armstrong.

Visit the seldom seen website for updates on the progress of this project.

25 September – 13 October 2009

Fabulous Felt Group

Colourful Obsessions–Contained

A group exhibition of creative handfelted works all referring to the theme ‘contained’.

The Fabulous Felt group is a group of local felters who have developed their craft to an extremely high standard and are quite innovative in their application of the technique.

Members often travel overseas to observe and learn traditional felting methods and its continued use in a contemporary context. They also regularly attend forums and workshops to keep up to date with techniques and fibres. Some members are involved in the production of t heir own fibres and experiment with natural dyes.

This exhibition highlights the versatility of felt from the robust to the cobweb delicacy of shawls and other garments. -->

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East Gippsland Art Gallery

Recent Exhibitions

Summer showcase

January 4th - January 30th 2012

Fine Art for Fine Presents

2 December–22 December 2011

SAMO – coming in September 2012

EG Institute of TAFE Diploma of Visual Art Second Year Students

11 November–29 November

Fabulous Felt Group Details in Nature

21 October–8 November

Di Deppeler

30 September–18 October

West Gallery. 3 Rooms Reclaimed – Wood as warmth, Furniture as fun, Past as present.

Briagolong Artists Seeking the Light

9 September 27 September

Opens 1pm Saturday 10 September

Books...beyond words - evolution

Saturday 6th August - Tuesday 2nd September 2011

Opening Saturday 6th August 6pm

Major Sponsors

Supporting Sponsors

Donations received from

East Gippsland Specialist School Art Exhibition

Friday 1 July–Tuesday 19 July

Opens 6pm Friday 1 July

10 June–28 June

West Gallery

Chasing Hasui Bob Munro Photographs

East Gallery

Reflections on Fracture Lisa Shanahan

Kevin Parker

20 May – 7 June 2011

Recent Works – Landscapes in pastel, pencil & gouache

two part project as part East Gippsland's contribution to Creative Gippsland's month of May celebrations 'be inspired'

Seen in the Light – light graffiti

Seen in the Light – light in a box

Visual Phantasms

Joyce Nowrungsah, Jenny Toye, Cheri O’Donnell

1–19 April

Prince of Hearts

Josephine Jakobi

4–29 March West Gallery

Metamorphosis - Christen Jo Stone

coiled wire jewellery

4–23 March East Gallery

Restrospective - Joe Driscoll

11 February - 1 March, 2011

Summer Showcase

5 – 27 January 2011

Fine Art for Fine Presents

3–22 December

Diploma of Visual Art EG TAFE Institute 2nd yr students

12-30 November

PAGE One

works with paper

22 October–9 November

FLOOR TALK & DEMONSTRATION

The Four of Us

1 – 19 October

Pat Waters

Landscape Graffiti - works on paper

West Gallery 10 – 28 September Opens 6pm Friday 10 September

Linden Dean

Watercolour and Washi

East Gallery 10 – 28 September Opens 11am Saturday 11 September

Painting & Washi Paper Workshop

Painting & Washi Paper Workshop

Artist Floor Talk 10.30am Saturday 25 September

Focus on East Gippsland

East Gippsland Photographic Society

20 August – 7 September Opens 6pm Friday 20 August

Winter Wood 'n' Things

23 July – 17 August Opens 6pm Friday 23 July

Janet Craik

Nature into Art

West Gallery 2 – 20 July Opens 1pm Saturday 3 July

Pages or Not - It's a Book!

East Gallery 2 – 17 July Opens 1pm Saturday 3 July

East Gippsland Heritage Network

West Gallery 10 – 28 September
Opens 6pm Friday 10 September

East Gallery 10 – 28 September
Opens 11am Saturday 11 September

20 August – 7 September
Opens 6pm Friday 20 August

23 July – 17 August
Opens 6pm Friday 23 July

West Gallery 2 – 20 July
Opens 1pm Saturday 3 July

East Gallery 2 – 17 July
Opens 1pm Saturday 3 July