It’s a beautiful Easter Sunday here in Sydney and, as it always does over Easter, my mind returns to this time in 2007 when I did the road trip across the Nullarbor, from Perth to Sydney (we’d flown over to Perth to start the journey). That was all in the name of research – I’d done the first draft of my book, ‘Sophie’s Sister’, and was out seeing the country I’d written about first-hand in order to make my story really come to life. I remember looking at the full moon in the early morning sky while we were at the Wedgetail Inn, in Cocklebiddy, thinking not only was it so very beautiful, but it was the same moon I would have been looking at had I been in Sydney, or indeed anywhere. And although I often look at the moon in wonder, in either the night or the early morning sky, it holds particularly special memories for me over Easter.
But today is a fabulous day for another reason – I’ve just heard that four of the eight paintings I submitted to this year’s Royal Easter Show have already sold (one of them, Lake Canobolas in Orange, NSW, is pictured above). Just recently, too, four of the six paintings I’d submitted to Ku-ring-gai Art Society’s Autumn exhibition also sold. It’s always such a nice feeling to know that someone has liked something I’ve created enough to spend their hard-earned money on, especially at the moment when a lot of people don’t have a lot of money to spend on unnecessary things, like paintings! So if any of those buyers are reading this entry, I thank you.
It has also been a big week because our exhibition, ‘Embrace’, opened at Gallery Lane Cove. It’s a lovely exhibition, curated wonderfully by gallery curator and manager Miguel Olmo, and shows a great variety of work by the eight of us taking part. ‘Embrace’ runs until the end of April, so if you’re in the area, do drop in and have a look.
On the same day as our opening in Lane Cove, I also made a quick trip down to Bowral, to drop off my entry for the Wingecarribee Prize for Landscape Art, which opened yesterday. And tomorrow I’ll be delivering more works for the Drummoyne Art Society’s Annual Open Awards Exhibition, which will be opening next weekend. So I hope, if you’ve had your fill of Easter chocolate, you might head along to one of the many exhibitions on at the moment where I have some of my work. Or you can always contact me directly!
Here’s what’s happening …
Sydney Royal Easter Show, Homebush NSW, to Monday 17 April
Artists of Mosman: 2088 at Mosman Art Gallery, 1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman, NSW, to Sunday 23 April
Drummoyne Art Society Annual Open Art Awards Exhibition at Drummoyne Civic Hall, cnr Lyons Rd and Marlborough St, Drummoyne, NSW, from Saturday 15 to Sunday 23 April
Wingecarribee Prize for Landscape Art at the Bowral Art Gallery, 1 Short St, Bowral, NSW, to Sunday 23 April
‘Embrace’ at Gallery Lane Cove, 164 Longueville Road, Lane Cove, NSW, to Saturday 29 April
Anderson Art Award at The Gallery, 81 Marine Drive, Tea Gardens, NSW, from Friday 14 to Sunday 30 April
‘The Cottage’, 10 Dangar Street, Brooklyn, NSW, Saturday 27 May to Sunday 2 July
Until next month.