Diverse styles shape displays
LOCAL solo and group shows in a studio setting offer the artists an opportunity to assess their work in the more formal context of an exhibition.
While a regional exhibition sees three friends share the soul of creativity to interpret their world with visual and tactile expression.
THE CULLIFORD GALLERY
at the Toowoomba Art Society, 1 Godsall Street, is presenting Pastelleria an exhibition by Susanne Wood.
Pastel works sit at the interstice between drawing and painting with techniques adding complexity to colour and a translucency to light.
The medium of pastel is both delicate and robust.
The nature of the material means that the colours are usually the full chroma of pure pigment.
Wood manages to use this seductive, velvety medium with sensitivity as well as firm, confident gestures.
A few deft stokes evoke atmosphere while softly muted smudged and feathered details conjure up a sense of place.
The moody skies and play of deep and shallow space add an illusion of distance to her lush landscapes.
In her bird studies Wood gently layers colour, blending and scumbling across the surface to create iridescent feathers and vibrant light.
THE CORRIDOR
at the Toowoomba Art Society is featuring the work of Janice Gleeson, Linda Hall and Peggy Vanderplas in the exhibition Déjà Vu.
Janice Gleeson’s understated screen prints with their environmental overtones give pause for thought.
Decorative pattern highlighted by exuberant colour share the artist’s enthusiasm in the work by Linda Hall.
Her small detailed studies vie for attention with her joyous floral celebrations and sleek cats.
Peggy Vanderplas uses pattern and texture to define her subjects which include the lugubrious face of a cow, a mountain of sheep, and a bright blue butterfly.
THE ROSALIE GALLERY
in Goombungee is hosting "3 Artists-One Soul," an exhibition by Ann Caporn, Ken Gall, and Noela Lowien.
A distinctively Australian flavour meanders through the paintings by Caporn and Lowien and is picked up in the use of native timbers in the woodwork of Gall.
Narrative plays a significant role in Caporn’s paintings from the jockey in the winner’s circle to rural fire fighters, and a little boy feeding a lamb.
Lighting highlights definition in works depicting horses at dawn, a mob of sheep, and happy hens.
The paintings by Lowien with their traditional imagery are saved from cliché by her robust use of colour and its confident application.
Afternoon Light: Brisbane Valley and Homestead in the valley are as much about the act of painting as the depiction of the subjects.
Gall’s wood crafted objects including elegant sculptural bowls, burl platters, and pinnacled vessels of fantasy honour the character of the wood.
The latent forms have been caressed into shapes that allow the grain and texture to become an integral part of these heirloom pieces.