Larapinta Trail artists

8 May − 25 June

The Larapinta Trail and the high ridgelines of the West MacDonnell Ranges is one of the most picturesque and distinctive landscapes in Australia. The region was painted by Albert Namatjira and recently a group of well-known contemporary artists visited the region on a painting trip. This exhibition is the result of the excursion.

Artists include Tim Allen, Michael Ambriano, Angeliki Androutsopoulos, Alison Chiam, Carmel Cosgrove, Michelle Hungerford, Steve Lopes, Euan Macleod, Alison Mackay, Richard Morecroft, Michael Nock, Charmaine Pike, Leo Robba and Judith White.

Some of the paintings depict views from the high ridgeline to narrow canyons where sheltered pockets of delicate ferns and twisted gum trees grow from the dry rivers of sand.

 

  

A Natural Selection

8 May – 30 June

Artists Margaret Hodgson and Kathleen Davies present an exhibition of their flor and flora studies.

Over many years the artists have travelled across Australia to capture the essence of the natural world with pencil, pen, brush and camera. Viewers of this exhibition will be taken on the women’s journey as they tackled the landscape to gather samples, specimens and intricate details for their final paintings and drawings.

The work of both artists varies in content, execution and delivery, but they are united in their obvious love of nature and their connection to the first Australians.

Hodgson said, “I try to paint and magnify the intricate detail of living forms of flora and fauna, the colour of nature and capturing the hidden beauty of even the tiniest bush gems, often only seen by a very few keen observers.”