Four new exhibitions open at Gatakers Artspace
The artists behind four new exhibitions at Gatakers ArtSpace in Maryborough will unveil their new shows on April 21.
While entry to the opening night is free, registration is essential. To book a place go to the Gatakers ArtSpace webpage - click here
“It will be an interesting night listening to the artists outline the inspiration behind their works,” Councillor Phil Truscott said.
The four artists are Peter Hughes, featuring a selection of his works from 2007 to 2022; Simply Stitches by the Maryborough Heritage City Embroiderers; Miniaturised Maryborough by Marilyn Murray and Meet the Bells: A Wallum Journey by Joolie Gibbs.
Peter Hughes’ work chronicles his life, and the exhibition takes you on a journey through his experiences, both personal and global.
The Brisbane based self-taught artist invites you to step into his world. As an autistic artist, Peter draws inspiration from his day-to-day life experiences and current events, including floods, fires, travels through Europe, the COVID pandemic, and observations of human behaviour.
Through his vibrant and expressive paintings, Peter communicates and processes his thoughts and emotions, often incorporating writing and phrases as part of his creative process.
His paintings have been exhibited in galleries in New York, London, Washington DC, and extensively throughout Australia.
Simply Stitches with the Maryborough Heritage City Embroiderers showcases a range of styles, stitches and techniques relating to hand embroidery.
Some works show how stitches, threads and fabrics can relate to a particular style such as the Blackwork Embroidery of Tudor England, while others relate to particular cultures such as Scandinavian embroidery.
Several embroideries also show how stitches, threads, colour and fabrics can be manipulated to create modern interpretations of traditional styles.
Miniaturised Maryborough by Marilyn Murray features miniature artworks focusing on the rich heritage of Maryborough.
The great diversity of buildings in the city lends itself to many artworks including snippets of buildings which often go unseen by the casual passer-by.
Marilyn's artistic journey started as a child helping her busy mum make most of the clothes for their large family. She has always dabbled in the fabric arts including teaching patchwork quilting for 10 years.
Meet the Bells: A Wallum Journey with Joolie Gibbs showcases large and small 2D works depicting the Wallum environment, particularly the wildflowers, focusing on Joolie’s technical drawing ability.
Joolie uses only inks that she has made from plants, mostly collected from her five-acre property such as luscious, sepia red colours from Gympie Messmate, Iron Bark, Eucalyptus, Bunya and golden yellow from the Red Kamala.
Born in Maryborough, raised in Hervey Bay, now living in Gympie, Jools has been influenced by her natural surroundings.
Gatakers is open from 9.30am to 3.30pm Tuesday to Friday and 9.30am to 2pm on weekends and public holidays.
The exhibitions close on June 4.