This is our Biennial exhibition which will take place next month in October.
Opening on Sunday 8th of October, 2-4pm.
Open Wed to Sun 12 – 5.
Hope to see you there.
Anne Warren, Evelyn Young, Eileen Gruen, Beryl White, Kathy Siganakis, Susan Gibson, Virginia McNamara, Kerstin Cuming
From top left of the number 7 the artists names are: Lynette, Sue, Eileen, Virginia, Beryl, Evelyn, Kathy, Anne.
There are paintings, prints, glasswork, sculpture, collage etc.
If in Melbourne please check the dates the gallery is open and come in to have a look. Our official opening is on Saturday 29th August, the Exhibition Dates are 26th August to 12th Sept Wed-Sat 11-5.00pm.
If you are not in Melbourne but you would like to discuss some of the work call the Gallery and talk with Sue or Ness.
Lynette has told me that she has been influenced by Klimt which you can easily see in the one with the patterning and rich tangerine colour and the other is an expressionist abstract painting that just has to be made by every artist for the release of energy. This one in particular has a strength and engery that needs to be seen in real life. Will post exhibition information that will come up in the next few months.
Kathy’s paintings have a personal narrative and are very dear to her heart. I asked if I could show some of these images from her collection so here they are. 
Kathy Siganakis, Virginia McNamara, Beryl White and Anne Warren doing artwork in the dining room.
Beryl White’s mixed media work in progress ‘detail
Virginias pastel and acrylic paint landscape. Detail only, work still in progress.
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We had lots of food, made some art using pens and ink and scissors, had some wine and talked alot.
Just as we were saying goodbye we remembered that we actually didn’t discuss any details regarding the exhibition. It didn’t matter really because we are such an organised lot and we had several members of the group missing anyway. One was travelling (lucky thing), one at the ballet (en pointe), one lives such a long way (and has cows) and another wrestling with replacing some technology in her business. All were missed very much. We ate: Stuffed peppers (greek style) with tsatsiki, roast baby potatoes, garden salad with avocado, rhubarb crumble with cream, sparkling rose and tea and chocolate.
I’ll post over the next few weeks some of the work happening towards our exhibition.
Kathy Siganakis’mythical creature.
This is Lotte. She and her friends will be in the next exhibition
Our group will be meeting next week and I will then be flush with images and posts for you to see however in the meantime here are a few Melbourne pictures from the beautiful Studley Park in Fairfield, a tiny little collage and a tiny little doodle that I made. 
Anne
Beryl was kind enough to send me some studio pictures to share with you. You can see how industrious she has been. Looks like around seven plus oil paintings that I can see here.
– At the moment I am working towards our group exhibition in August. My focus in this exhibition is on colour.
The Blue Room is a work in progress. – Beryl White, January 2015
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Wattle Tree, photograph by Virginia McNamara This is probably from Virginia’s wonderful garden.
Sunrise, photograph by Virginia McNamara
The ethereal painting below is by Susan Gibson and the sculpture is from her gallery Cambridge Studio Gallery in Collingwood by Daniel Worth ‘Dove’. 
The reflections landscape is a holiday spot somewhere secret in Victoria and Oscar the cute dog now lives full-time with Sue. Good luck to them both.
I have put a call out to all our members for some pictures and will post some of their responses.
Here is a clever whimsical sculpture by Kathy Siganakis.
Thankyou Kathy.
.This painting was from an exhibition Kathy was in a couple of years ago. Totally different medium but you can still see the cheeky or quirky emerging. 
Hope you are enjoying the Summer.
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