I love adding new pages to my website gallery. Doing so means looking back at another body of work completed, and with that comes a real sense of achievement. My latest - ‘Postcards from Paris’.
When the opportunity arose to exhibit at Marie-France, in West Pymble, I knew immediately I wanted to revisit a really wonderful European holiday I had back in 2007. More specifically, given the venue, I knew I would expand my ‘Postcards from …’ series by revisiting Paris. So I hope you’ll take a look, and perhaps relive a time you might have spent in this beautiful city (or decide you really must get there when international travel is possible again). Details for this exhibition can be found on my ‘Coming up’ page.
I’ve also been preparing for another couple of exhibitions – the Australian Society of Miniature Art’s National Awards Exhibition, and the Yancoal Singleton Art Prize – both coming up over winter.
Ugh, winter! If the mornings and nights are anything to go by, it seems we’ve been rugging up against the cold of this year’s winter for weeks already, but it’s really only just begun. I tend to hibernate throughout these colder months, although if I’m out walking during the late afternoons, the smell of home fires burning is one thing about this time of year that I just love. Seems there are others who are perhaps hibernating when it gets so chilly; it’s definitely a time when there’s no place like home.
Speaking of which, I have a piece hanging in Link Wentworth Housing’s ‘No Place Like Home’ exhibition, which has begun in Chatswood and will be moving across to Penrith after that. Link Wentworth is a not-for-profit community housing provider, and this exhibition aims to raise awareness about the need for safe, affordable and secure housing.
So as is always the case, if you need an art fix, there’s plenty to see!
One exhibition I’m looking forward to getting along to see is Archie 100 – a celebration of a century of the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW. Might see you there!
A few details:
‘Postcards from Paris’, Marie-France, West Pymble, Tuesday 29 June - Tuesday 27 July
Link Wentworth Housing’s ‘No Place Like Home’ Community Art Exhibition: Dougherty Community Centre and Willoughby Council Chambers, Chatswood, Monday 31 May – Friday 9 July; then Penrith City Library, Monday 19 July – Tuesday 31 August
ASMA (NSW) National Awards Exhibition: Ewart Gallery, Willoughby, Friday 18 June – Sunday 4 July
Yancoal Singleton Art Prize: Singleton Civic Centre, Saturday 31 July – Tuesday 3 August
Until next month.