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West End: Street to Sky
We’re excited that our latest exhibition will open next month. Hope to see you there!
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Back from Double Island Point, getting ready for the Enormous Vastness
We recently had our annual 2 weeks doing revegetation work at Double Island Point. This was our 20th year in a row. It’s a privilege to work in such a beautiful environment. Our routine is to work in the mornings, leaving the afternoons free for fishing, walks, whale-watching and painting. When we first started going…
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Finalist in Royal Queensland Art Society Prize
More exciting news! Paul has had another of his paintings named a finalist! This time it’s the RQAS’s Brisbane: Landmarks, Landscapes and Personalities Prize and the painting is Woman with bucket flees Dornoch Terrace crime scene, which is part of a new series of urban landscapes he’s working on, called Towering. He even managed to…
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Finalist in Harden Art Prize
Exciting news! Paul and I have been working on a joint exhibition called ‘The Enormous Vastness’. I encouraged Paul to enter one of his paintings, ‘Be What You Wanna Be’, in the Harden Landscape Art Prize and it’s been named a finalist! The winner will be announced on 28 April. You can see a sneak…
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Habitats exhibition coming soon
It’s only just over 2 weeks until my Habitats exhibition opens. Recently we took delivery of the framed paintings and they look fantastic – thanks so much to our framer, Peter Noble, and his assistant Ruth. We can’t wait to see them hanging on the wall space at Vacant Assembly. This gallery space has a…
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2023 Exhibition dates
Exciting news! We have locked in dates for 2 new exhibitions in 2023: Habitats An exhibition of abstract watercolours inspired by the plants and wildlife of the wetlands, woodlands, heath and shore, by Lyn Graham. 16-19 March 2023 at Vacant Assembly, 266 Montague Road West End. Opening event at 6.00pm Thursday 16 March 2023. The…
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WornOUT?
Have you heard of Reverse Garbage Qld and its amazing WornOUT? event? I have been involved with Reverse Garbage as a director or volunteer for around 20 years. This amazing workers’ cooperative collects pre-consumer waste from factories and other suppliers and sells these gems to the public at low cost. It’s a fantastic resource for…
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Double Island Point
We recently had 2 wonderful weeks at Double Island Point lighthouse, where we have been volunteer caretakers for 19 years. We pull weeds and do cleaning and maintenance work in the mornings, usually having morning tea at the top of the headland where we often see humpback whales on their migration. The afternoons are free,…
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Habitats series
I painted 11 watercolours and 2 oils during my 6-week stay at the Bruny Island Quarantine Station. The abundant wildlife and stunning land- and seascapes I saw on Bruny Island provided lots of inspiration. I donated the 2 oils to the Friends of Bruny Island Quarantine Station to help raise funds for their work in…
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Birds in the Wetlands
Last week we had a lovely four-day stay at Toorbul, working on new Wetlands series paintings. These are watercolour on cotton paper and are inspired by the wetlands of the Pumicestone Passage. I love the wetlands — the water, the plants and the birds. The White-faced Heron is my favourite bird. I love its harsh…
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Lyn Graham and Paul Rees artists 