Yosemite’s beauty inspires exhibition
YOSEMITE National Park is one of the world's most beautiful wonders.
That's the view of artist Ian McCallum, who collaborated with David Usher for a new exhibition called Bodega A Fun Place, at the Alexandra Lawson Gallery.
“Yosemite is so powerful that it is hard to justify through photographs,” he said.
“I'm so excited to have David paint these natural forms. He has such a knowledge of the presence of nature and its beauty which he can convey in a vastly different way to any realism painter or photographer.
“Through fragmented snapshots and a discussion I had shared with David about the beauty of Yosemite, he was blown away and immediately started painting.
“David arrived at my studio with a number of paintings he had made, with only his mind's eye and a few photographs as reference after our short dialogue.”
Mr McCallum said the exhibition's body of work was a nice mix of his views and Mr Usher interpreting Yosemite, with some influence from song lyrics he heard while travelling and lettering taken from photographs he took primarily in the Bodegas during his time in the ghettos of LA, the nicest part of LA and the ghettos of San Francisco.
The exhibition officially opened on December 9, at the gallery in Railway St.
Ms Lawson opened the gallery after finishing a PhD in visual arts at the University of Southern Queensland.
“I show local and international artists and have an exhibition space with rotating shows and a stock room that houses work from each of the artists,” he said.
The exhibition is on display until January 28.