Drawn Together, Painted Apart

Drawn Together, Painted Apart​

11 to 29 October 2016 

An exhibition celebrating en plein air drawing, artistic practice and friendship through representations of the lower Hawkesbury River.

Artists: Susan Bray, Lyndall Beck, David Collins, Peter Davis, Viola Dominello, Kay  Donaldson, Narelle Hopley, Ana Pollak, Paul Stevens, Sally Stokes, Julia Tuke, Chris Welch, Ana Young and Peter Zanetti

Opening Event: Saturday 15 October 3-5pm with Stephen Curtis,Performance Designer.

Closing event: River as Muse Creative Industries discussion forum 3-5pm Saturday 29th October. Panel – Juno Gemes, Lyndall Beck, Luke Costelloe, Cybele Shorter and Mark Franklin

This plein air drawing group have been congregating for years sharing a passion to draw, make art and explore visually the natural environment. Other than the river, a common thread is Hornsby TAFE where many of the artists studied or taught.
This exhibition negotiates the terrain between the shared experience of drawing by the River and the ensuing interpretive practice that brings finished artworks. In the plein air drawings we are able to find the River’s moods, tides and times of day.

Image above: Sally Stokes, Ebb and Flow, oil on linen 76 x 102 cm