24th April - 26th May, 2010
NEW
A group exhibition by 5 artists exhibiting at the Gallery for the first time.

Matthew Ablitt, Tess Barker, Paul Kowalski, Alison Mackay, Tanya Stubbles
Mediums include painting, printmaking, photography and mixed media.
Opening Saturday 24th April, 2010 at 3pm by Richard Morecroft, Photographer and former ABCTV Presenter.

The opening will be followed at 4.30pm in Café Woodworks with a talk by Richard Morecroft on his past and present life in the media, and the arts through his unique photographic representation of the landscape. See below for further details and the Cafe Events page for menu details for the evening.

MATTHEW ABLITT is a young printmaker who has recently made Australia his permanent home. He gained his fine arts honours degree in London, UK and in 1998 won two prizes in the National Print Exhibition in that city. He has exhibited in Darwin, Melbourne and Sydney and well as serving residencies in a number of printing studios in the United Kingdom and Darwin, and is currently printing for the prestigous Griffith Studios in Sydney.

TESS BARKER recently completed a double degree in Teaching and Fine Art (Honours) at the University of Newcastle. She is a printmaker working in linocut and is drawn towards the depiction of Australian flora and fauna. She had the opportunity to document the beauty of the Ku-ring-gai National Park while growing up in the Pittwater area of Sydney. Tess has worked and exhibited in galleries in Newcastle and Sydney and is currently a customer service representative for Bungendore Wood Works Gallery.