Acrylic paint on canvas

Size: 760 x 610

Acrylic paint on canvas

Size: 760 x 610

Hand dyed silk blouse

Woven cloth
Size: 

Oil on canvas
Size: 30 x 40cm (HxW)

A minimal still life oil painting focusing on tone and colour by local Chewton based artist Calan Stanley.

Landscape painting: mixed media

Silver ink on hand coloured watercolour paper 300gsm
Size: 30 x 82cm – image size (HxW), framed

Made on the Loddon River using Robbins’ twin axis drawing instrument in flowing water as part of his 2023 river Pulse series. The second images shows the drawing instrument.

Instagram cameronrobbinsart  Website cameronrobbins.com

Ceramics
Size:  26 x 26 x 13cms (HxWxD), comprising two pieces

Inspired by the gorges of Tjoritja, the Arrernte name for the MacDonnell Ranges of Central Australia, this pair of sculptures was created by local ceramist Chris Johnston. Each piece is hollow, wheel thrown and then altered. The glowing surface is terra sigillata, reflecting the desert polish and colour that ignites the gorges when sunlight finally penetrates them.

Instagram chris_placematters_ceramics

Etching and aquatint print
Size:  46 x 60cm (HxW), framed

Watercolour
Size:  35 x 46cm (H x W)

Linocut
Size:  90 x 68cm (HxW), framed

I did this one for my wife in the early days of our courtship; but it could be anyone really. It’s a celebration of love and togetherness

Instagram: david_frazer_art  website: dfrazer.com

Woodcut, A/P
Size:  36 x 30cm (HxW), framed

A celebration on loneliness and seeking solace in nature from a busy, complicated life

Instagram: david_frazer_art  website: dfrazer.com

Mt Gambier and Geelong limestone
Size:  22 x 24cm (HxW)

EXPLORING: Interpersonal relationships within self, personal relations and community. What is it to be human? QUESTIONING: How we fill up our lives with positive and negative emotions and an internal exploration of the unique HUMAN self. How we lift each other up and sometimes let each other fall. How we connect. How we walk alone. The interaction between humans and the environment an its effect. How we see out our natural environment, the beauty of what it is and how it guides us. Using sculpture and painting as a metaphorical analogy. Exploring in the abstract to express.

Mt Gambier limestone
Size:  24 x 24cm (HxW)

EXPLORING: Interpersonal relationships within self, personal relations and community. What is it to be human? QUESTIONING: How we fill up our lives with positive and negative emotions and an internal exploration of the unique HUMAN self. How we lift each other up and sometimes let each other fall. How we connect. How we walk alone. The interaction between humans and the environment an its effect. How we see out our natural environment, the beauty of what it is and how it guides us. Using sculpture and painting as a metaphorical analogy. Exploring in the abstract to express.

Limestone and Timber
Size:  30 x 30cm (HxW)

EXPLORING: Interpersonal relationships within self, personal relations and community. What is it to be human? QUESTIONING: How we fill up our lives with positive and negative emotions and an internal exploration of the unique HUMAN self. How we lift each other up and sometimes let each other fall. How we connect. How we walk alone. The interaction between humans and the environment an its effect. How we see out our natural environment, the beauty of what it is and how it guides us. Using sculpture and painting as a metaphorical analogy. Exploring in the abstract to express.

Watercolour and pencil
Size:  23 x 55cm (HxW)

From a series of watercolour paintings completed while on an artist residency on Flinders Island

Instagram: eriversart  website: elenirivers.com

Watercolour ad pencil
Size:  20 x 50cm (HxW)

From a series of watercolour paintings completed while on an artist residency on Flinders Island

Instagram: eriversart  website: elenirivers.com

Watercolour and pencil
Size:  20 x 50cm (HxW)

From a series of watercolour paintings completed while on an artist residency on Flinders Island

Instagram: eriversart  website: elenirivers.com

Gouache
Size:  73 x 53cm (HxW), framed

The tide comes in over the rock shelf. When it goes back out it leaves shallow rockpools, containing ephemera such as bird feathers and seaweed. The tide comes in again and the rockpools contents are different. The transient cycle repeats itself over and over.

Acrylic and oil crayon on canvas
Size: 50 x 40 cm (HxW)

Hayley’s work is an exploration of the deep connection between nature and self, focusing on the emotional impact the natural environments have on us. By employing an abstract approach with layers of acrylics and oil crayons, Hayley aims to create opportunities for viewers to reflect on their own emotions, thoughts, and personal experiences within nature. Using her senses of touch, sight, and sound, she makes intentional marks on the canvas to invite the viewer into an immersive, multisensory experience.

Instagram: hayleyaddlem_studio

Acrylic and oil crayon on canvas
Size: 50 x 40 cm

Hayley’s work is an exploration of the deep connection between nature and self, focusing on the emotional impact the natural environments have on us. By employing an abstract approach with layers of acrylics and oil crayons, Hayley aims to create opportunities for viewers to reflect on their own emotions, thoughts, and personal experiences within nature. Using her senses of touch, sight, and sound, she makes intentional marks on the canvas to invite the viewer into an immersive, multisensory experience.

Instagram: hayleyaddlem_studio

Pen and wash
Size: 48 x 48 cm

Photograph
Size: 56 x 44cm (HxW)

Please note: the reflections on this image are from the glass and are not part of the actual art work.

Photograph
Size:  33 x 42 cm (HxW)

Please note: the reflections on this image are from the glass and are not part of the actual art work.

Photograph
Size:  33 x 42 cm (HxW)

Please note: the reflections on this image are from the glass and are not part of the actual art work.

Photograph
Size: 330 x 420

Please note: the reflections on this image are from the glass and are not part of the actual art work.

Linoprint
Size:  23 x 15 cm (HxW)

This lino block was carved quite a few years ago, and it keeps on giving. I spotted these magpies fossicking on the local oval where we used to walk the dog.

Instagram: ramshackleprints

Sandstone
Size:  20 x 20 x 6cm (HxW)

Wire knitted sculpture
Size: 200 x 300 x 150mm

handknitted/crocheted wire sculpture. Aluminium/copper wire

Instagram: @jodygeewhizz

hydrostone, powdered pigment (pthalo, ultra, cassel earth, graphite)
Size: 160 x 170mm

just shapes interlocking – evoking a drink

Instagram: __jolane__

oil paint on canvas, triptych
Size: 3 works, each 150 x 100mm

Still life painting in oils are usually preserved for items of beauty and contemplation. In ‘single use’ I am preserving the tragic fact that this single use container is having its portrait painted, yes as contemplation, but not of beauty. These hard plastic containers, made for one use, then to be discarded or recycled using more energy to reuse, are an environmental and human tragedy in the name of convenience.

Instagram: __jolane__

Monoprint
Size:  25 x 25 cm

Julie Patey is exploring mixed media in printmaking combining the love of paper with the love of colour and texture found in the landscape. This series of work was completed in 2023 and is a good example of Julie’s exploration of shapes created by granite boulders and the granite rock surface.

Instagram: julie_patey_artist

Collograph and monoprint
Size: 42 x 29 cm

Julie Patey is exploring mixed media in printmaking combining the love of paper with the love of colour and texture found in the landscape. This series of work was completed in 2023 and is a good example of Julie’s exploration of shapes created by granite boulders and the granite rock surface.

Instagram: julie_patey_artist

Collograph and monoprint
Size: 42 x 29cm

Julie Patey is exploring mixed media in printmaking combining the love of paper with the love of colour and texture found in the landscape. This series of work was completed in 2023 and is a good example of Julie’s exploration of shapes created by granite boulders and the granite rock surface.

Instagram: julie_patey_artist

Stretched fabric print
Size: 72 x 44cm

Justin Butler is an Aboriginal Artist…a Kalkadoon Bandjin man from North Queensland. He describes his work..’My Art is influenced by both my Kalkadoon and Bandjin stories and styles. My work involves embedding Aboriginal symbols, colours, contrasts, vantage points and abstract design to tell the stories of my people.

Photograph
Size: 60 x 40 cm

Quiet church interior, Aveyron, southern France

Instagram: lawrencewinder

Photograph
Size: 60 x 40cm

Colour pencil
Size: 50 x 60cm (H x W)

This drawing is one of a series completed and exhibited at Falkner gallery Castlemaine in 2023. The artist statement from that time reads: A tangle of threads connect so intricately with each other and in such an apparently chaotic manner that it’s hard to see any sort of order. However, as in a maze, it is possible to follow the path of each individual thread – they all have a beginning and an end!

Styrofoam print with chinecolle
Size 32 x 40cm (H x W)

Acrylic on canvas
Size: 77 x 152 cm (H x W)

This beautiful historic property caught my eye the very first time I drove past it. Being a lover of painting historic and tumbled down old buildings, I decided to be brave and knock on the front door. I was greeted by an enthusiastic owener and got the full tour of the property. I then photographed it and began this large work. A large and dramatic series of buildings needed a large canvas! The painting has had a bit of ‘artistic licence’ added, to enhance and complement the composition and emphasise the story to be told and imagined.

Acrylic on canvas
Size:1200 x 1200mm

Painted during the bushfires. The small yellow flowers represent potential new growth.

Giclée print
Size:  cm (H x W) unframed

This work depicts views from the bush at Kalimna Park in Castlemaine. During Covid I walked every day in Kalimna Park and took hundreds of photos on my iphone. I continued this habit for subsequent years. I then made different compositions for a three year period to reflect what I saw each day. It was a joy to discover treasures of nature in what seemed at first to be quite ordinary and similar sights.

Marte is a printmaker, sculptor and digital artist. In her own words:
“for the past our decades, I have exhibited my artwork n numerous galleries and museums throughout the USA and more recently in Melbourne and the Central Goldfields. I am a master printer in screenprinting and have taught etching, bookmaking, and digital art and design at Georgetown University, George Washington University and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. In addition, I worked for NASA as a digital artist and animator. My digital work for NASA has been published in scientific and design magazines, and broadcast on television on a regular basis throughout the USA and internationally.”

Giclée print
Size:  cm (H x W) unframed

This work depicts views from the bush at Kalimna Park in Castlemaine. During Covid I walked every day in Kalimna Park and took hundreds of photos on my iphone. I continued this habit for subsequent years. I then made different compositions for a three year period to reflect what I saw each day. It was a joy to discover treasures of nature in what seemed at first to be quite ordinary and similar sights.

Marte is a printmaker, sculptor and digital artist. In her own words:
“for the past our decades, I have exhibited my artwork n numerous galleries and museums throughout the USA and more recently in Melbourne and the Central Goldfields. I am a master printer in screenprinting and have taught etching, bookmaking, and digital art and design at Georgetown University, George Washington University and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. In addition, I worked for NASA as a digital artist and animator. My digital work for NASA has been published in scientific and design magazines, and broadcast on television on a regular basis throughout the USA and internationally.”

Silkscreen print, made in collaboration with Castlemaine artist, Clayton Tremlett
Size:  cm (H x W) unframed

Made at the time of David Bowie’s passing as a tribute to his lifelong work.

Marte is a printmaker, sculptor and digital artist. In her own words:
“for the past our decades, I have exhibited my artwork n numerous galleries and museums throughout the USA and more recently in Melbourne and the Central Goldfields. I am a master printer in screenprinting and have taught etching, bookmaking, and digital art and design at Georgetown University, George Washington University and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. In addition, I worked for NASA as a digital artist and animator. My digital work for NASA has been published in scientific and design magazines, and broadcast on television on a regular basis throughout the USA and internationally.”

Acrylic on canvas
Size:  48 x 48cm (H x W) framed

Inspired by gentle moments of contemplation in the landscape of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. This artwork speaks to the deep connection we can find with the other-than-human world around us and the opportunity for deep reflection and possibility.

Fine art print on archival paper (open edition)
Size:  A3 Framed

From the Landscapes of Longing series, this work began in 2005 with a tiny sketchbook on Melissa’s Italian travels. The sketches have been revisited time and time again over the years, re-tracing her steps and re-imagining scenes by playing with colour and scale. Golden Light, Grand Canal was initially drawn from the window of a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice and was repainted in 2020 during lockdown as a way of travelling while confined. This is an archival art print of the original painting, signed by the artist.

Acrylic on paper
Size:  56 x 76cm (H x W) framed

Acrylic on canvas
Size:  two works, each 40 x 120cm (H x W)

Capturing the colour of the Massai women

Photograph
Size:  47 x 42cm (H x W)

This black and white photograph, entitled “Barn – Canada” is by the American graphic designer Newson Shewitz. The late artist, whose work is collected in America, also was a painter, but his true passion was for fine print photography. The work was matted and framed by Shewitz, and it is signed.

Bronze portrait
Size:  19 x 8 x 8 cm (H x W x D)

Digital photography on stretched canvas
Size:  40 x 60 cm (H x W)

As a blast of charged particles from a massive solar flare strike the atmosphere, the sky above a perfectly still Joyce’s Creek blazes with colour

Instagram: patrick_kavanagh_photography

Collage
Size:  30 x 20 cm (H x W)

This is one of a series of works playing with rows of stacked circles. My interest was in the combination of papers – red, green, gold and neutral, scraps of lino-printed text, decorative Japanese papers and sheet music.

Instagram: pennypalimpsest

Linocut and collograph
Size:  38 x 28 cm (H x W)

From a series of works about contemporary women working in public roles, who have been criticised for behaving in ways deemed unfeminine and who have challenged these norms with strength. Julia Gillard used the sexist and misogynist vitriol directed at her by politicians and members of the media as the catalyst and framework for her powerful and now-famous misogyny speech.

Instagram: pennypalimpsest

Linocut and collograph
Size:  38 x 28 cm (H x W)

From a series of works about contemporary women working in public roles, who have been criticised for behaving in ways deemed unfeminine and who have challenged these norms with strength. Taylor Swift has regularly been subject to extreme criticism about her personal life and career. She takes such criticisms and uses them with articulate irony to create song lyrics of powerful poetry cut down her critics.

Instagram: pennypalimpsest

Monotype print
Size:  38 x 40 cm (H x W)

Rhyll works from her Speargrass Studio in Castlemaine, where she combines her printmaking with illustrating for the Museum Victoria’s scientific publications.

Instagram: pennypalimpsest

Print, mixed media and collage
Size:  55 x 52 cm (H x W)

Richard is a local printmaker whose work is held in private collections and may be viewed on instagram @curlyhill2. It’s context is the Darling river at Kinchega National Park. It holds memories of River Red Gums, evening light shadows on the steeply sloping banks of the river and the words of the local fisherman saying “the river needs a bloody good flush”

Instagram: curlyhill2

Colour pencil
Size:  49 x 36 cm (H x W)

Winnie the Weimaraner has such a happy joyful face, I felt compelled to illustrate her.

Colour pencil
Size:  49 x 36 cm (H x W)

Rex the bulldog puppy, with his wrinkled face and pushed-in nose, was a joy to illustrate.

Collection of found plastic objects glued on board
Size:  55 x 44 cm (H x W)

A treasure trove of found objects, repurposed into a rainbow of plastic fantastic artwork. Can we do more with the bits of detritus that we find on the street? Can we start taking responsibility for the waste we have created in the stuff that we buy and find creative ways and means to ‘re’- introduce the bits n pieces back into the cycle of use to prevent it floating in the ‘The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’?  Youtube

Multi-plate monoprint on Somerset paper
Size:  38 x 23 cm (H x W) image size, framed

from a show caled ‘Sublime Transations’ held at Corner Store Merchants, February 2022. These prints are visual clues for me in my continued exploration of conditionality. Layers of veil-like, translucent colour and stencils of fine, washed gauze build on and affect each other. The printing of each layer is like a meditation in moment-to-moment receptivity and responsiveness: remaining open to what presents itself creates endless and unpredictable possibilities, reflecting the magic of creativity and the mysteries of relationship. My intention to remain in what the writer and artist Stephen Batchelor calls a “state of perplexity” during the making of each print, draws me a little closer to the attitude suggested by Shunryu Suzuki!
Instagram: robyn_lee_gibson Website: robyngibson.au

Plant-based resin
Size:  38 x 45 x 48 cm (H x W x D)

This work coincides with the curatorial direction by being the type of work that encapsulates the summation of the myriad cultural influences being compressed into a sculptural altar-piece as a means to seek out an individualised expression of one’s obscure cultural identity. The sculpture explores a renewal and distortion of amalgamated mythological and spiritual iconography of deities rooted from varied pan-Asian and European histories and cultures. The work experiments with abstractions of recursive figurative and organic forms through methods of digital sculpting and 3d-printing which results in an intricate concoction of an altar-like display featuring fragmented chimeras of disfigured humanoid deities seated upon a throne consisting of implosions of fractal contorted forms recollecting antiquated cultural imagery and artifacts that becomes reconfigured and re-imagined. Tony’s works often respond to a yearning to seek new spiritual representation and iconography through navigating the landscape of cultural alienation and secular pessimism. Hence, his practice consists of making reimagined altar-like images and sculptures that attempt to merge and collapse disparate myths, cultures and ideas of classicism from pan-Asian and European influences as a means to cultivate a new cultural identity.

Who is the unknown artist of this delightful scene? Inherited by Lyn Grocke from her aunt Margaret, the signature is simply initials – FNIT or perhaps FMT and the date 25.11.16. Lyn’s aunt lived in many different places. Do you recognise this scene?

We’ll update our listing as more information comes to light!

Donated by Lyn Grocke