REMEMBRANCES This a world where memories are etched into the very essence of our being, where nostalgia is the ink that inscribes the human condition onto the patterns of time. Welcome to my exhibition, a manuscript of remembrances, a chronicle of my human experience.

DOWN SOUTH Significant & cherished places embody my life in southern Victoria, with its captivating cool climate rainforest and rugged hills of the Otways.

January RE(Emerge) Artist Residency. #DownSouthExhibitionTPS

MIST The Metaphysical qualities of the Otways landscape in the mist was the inspiration for this exhibition. Much of nature is inherently abstract.

OTWAY HORIZONS EXHIBITION

Wild, green and everchanging. This is my journey through the horizons of our beautiful region, the ancient Gadubanud Country. The same hill, the beach you know so well, the path on your way to work will look different every day depending on the weather, time of the day and light. Next time you go outside, have a look around, observe and contemplate the interaction of the line of the land you're so lucky to be standing on, with the skies and join my journey.

My Friends and their Clay is a celebration of the animism inherent in works of clay and other objects. The works featured in this collection were created over several months by four women linked in friendship and the shared contemplation of beauty and landscape. Throughout the creating period, sample works were shared amongst one another, inviting each other to harness inspiration to create new work in response to the spirit emerging from the initial work.

I’m blessed to live and create art within the valley of the Barham River Apollo Bay on Gadubanud country. observing nature and how it all works in unison to form and maintain a perfectly balanced architecture inspires me daily.

A collaborative group drawing created on a 10-metre roll of cartridge paper using charcoal, gesso, crayons, brushes and found materials. The artwork was then photographed and printing organized through fibre artist Anna Reynolds https://www.artistannareynolds.com. The finished product was printed on eight drops of silk chiffon. Each piece represents a section of the original artwork and only three copies were made. 

A glamping library with books about sea-weed and soothing ocean sounds, creating a contemplative space for you to kick back and relax and get educated. It is a calm call for action – to arm ourselves with knowledge; to continue making personal connections, and to form collectives – amongst authors, artists, marine biologists and the public, so that once enough people have removed their eco-blinders when it comes to marine algae we are mobilised for positive environmental change.

FREE

Mini Canvases will be placed around town for you to purchase and decorate in the theme of EVERYDAY STORIES OF APOLLO BAY . The exhibition will be held on Friday 7th July at 4pm, where sales of any artworks will go to a charity supporting Indiginous & torres strait islander communities.

Solar Plexus June 2023

Solar Plexus is a new body of work created on Gulidjan and Gadubanud Country, on the edge of the Otway Ranges National Park. Rachel King lives and works on Gulidjan and Gadubanud Country (Barwon Downs, Australia) and is deeply fascinated with colour, composition and form.

I am thinking a lot about stories from my childhood, my ancestors I am thinking about whom I want to be in the future and I am thinking about what I am learning now about my power and I am grateful that I am painting in colours again.

The Mother: The Matter: The Measure. 

Elevating the crucial role of Mothers, Mothering and Mother Nature. Vivid colours, bold hues and moody pastels. On canvas and paper in acrylics, watercolours, oil pastels and more.

This exhibit showcases works created this year, where the Otway night seems to be of great influence. Some artworks were inspired by the baths taken outside while Karlijn and her partner Steve were renovating their bathroom. Sitting in the warm water and taking the time to see all the colours in our spectacular night sky, made many intuitive paintings end up being night landscapes.

An exhibition of a body of works presented by Steph Drewry, an Apollo Bay local.

This series encompasses the ethereal experience of "land and sea", based on our local coast and exploring the rich fecundity of nature and self, working with acrylic paint and oil Pastel on paper, canvas, and plywood.

Exhibition of new works presented for the Colac Otway Arts Trail 2022. Large Scale Prints By Tiphaine de Fleurette Hunter-Brown