Four local artists with four different stories, visions and voices, many focused on the landscape, will be exhibiting at the beautiful Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery at 5 Kinchela Street, Gladstone.
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The exhibition runs from Wednesday August 8 to Sunday September 2. The gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10.30am to 4pm with at least one of the artists present each day.
Come and meet the artists on the weekend of September 1 and 2 from 12 noon to 4pm for wine, nibbles and a chat so you can find out what makes them passionate about art and their mediums.
Howard Piggott taught Visual Arts as a Head Teacher for more than thirty years. His two print series “Whose a Pretty Boy?” bird series and “Catch and Cook” seafood series are a celebration of Australian life; rich in colour, displaying bold flowing line work.
Recently, Mr Piggott has been working on a series called “Out of the Fire”. These acrylic paintings on canvas and recycled hardwoods are based on the remarkable capacity of Australian plants to propagate and regenerate through cool burns and smoke.
Scott Jackson's work aims to depict the beauty and emotion of the landscape using a range of mediums including acrylic, ink, oil, collage and gold leaf.
Many works are deep in texture while also describing the fluidity of the atmosphere and sky.
Mr Jackson often uses Scraffito to scratch details of trees etc into the thickly layered paint. His work has been described as "capturing the quintessential mood of the Australian landscape."
Artist Louise Keough uses art to enjoy the finer things in life.
“Making art images enhances my daily sensory experience, catching a night sky, watching the changing light, finding an ever deeper appreciation of the coastal beauty right outside my door. What impresses me is the deep beauty of the natural world,” Ms Keough said.
“The people in my landscapes are small but important, seen as shadows or details in a much larger fabric which sustains us. I mainly explore digital image making, transforming my photographs into the images I can imagine in my mind.
“After so many years of teaching art to others, exploring their talents and ideas, I have now been interested to find out what I make. My work has surprised me, yet it is reminiscent of Chinese Landscape styles. I hope you like my images. I feel connected to them. I hope you find a sense of connection as well and enjoy the ideas they might inspire.”
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