Robyn Kinsela

JADA opens tomorrow!
I am very excited to be a finalist, especially since Grafton was our home for 7 years in another lifetime.

Congratulations to Grafton Art Gallery and to all the finalists. Thanks to the judge, Michelle Newton, Deputy Director at Artspace.

Exhibition of finalists works will be on show from 28 September to 8 December.
Gallery hours are 10 to 4 Tuesday to Sunday. Closed Mondays

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Last day tomorrow.
"Out of Darkness"
Springboard PopUp gallery
Open 10am to 4pm

Kim Shannon and Robyn Kinsela

Last week for exhibition
Out of Darkness
by Kim Shannon and .
at Springboard pop-up gallery
finishes Saturday 7 September

NEXUS

I have these 4 paintings in this very interesting group show. Open hours are Wednesday to Friday 10-5 and Saturdays 11 to 3pm from 31 July to 23 August.

I hope you can get there or otherwise, for more information, check out the website. www.QG+AA.com.au
All works are framed and for sale.

These works were done earlier this year as a response to some local bush environmental politics in my neck of the woods, the NSW Southern Highlands.

"Storm over the Holt" 51 x 51cm

"That Night, those Stars" 51 x 51cm

"The Distance" 51 x 51cm

"Wilderness Window" (detail) 45 x 35cm






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Nightfall, Moonlight, Morning
2018-2022
Acrylic and oil on canvas 122 x 152cm

From my bedroom window, every evening, I see the same landscape but never the same landscape!

Myriads of shadows and shapes continually adjust like a visual symphony. The full moon rises, the air pings cold, the kookaburras sing their bedtime songs. Strange bush sounds interrupt the silence of the night. Early bush-birdsongs herald the dawn, preceding the kookaburras’ cheerful morning calls.

Noting the changes in light and colours and the different sounds and smells during the different times of the days and seasons, I work with the premise that time is not linear. Time is layered. Time oscillates between the past, the present and the future.

My views of the mountain behind me are constant sources of inspiration. At night, the air is cool and fragrant, the dampness sits heavily in my nostrils, the mist eventually engulfs all.

The original version of “Nightfall, Moonlight, Morning” was selected as a finalist in the 2018 Fisher’s Ghost Open Art Award but has since been slightly modified and, as such, has made many guest appearances in other exhibitions including 2 solo exhibitions ("Distractions" at former Form Gallery, Queanbeyan 2019 and "Earth Matters" at SHAC Moss Vale 2020) and 2 curated group shows ("reSONATE" at HKEdit now Apt.91, Sydney 2023 and "EVOKE" at Sturt Gallery Mittagong 2024).
Quite the celebrity!

It is now included with other selected works in my profile as a represented artist with the fabulous Melbourne contemporary gallery Tacit Art. www.tacitart.com.au

For any enquiries about this work please register with Tacit Art.



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EVOKE finishes on Sunday, 5 May. The next exhibition, "On Repeat," new textiles by Julie Patterson, opens 2.30 pm Saturday 11 May.

EVERYONE is welcome.
EVERYONE is encouraged to attend.
Come and see what others are missing out on.

Will Julie's exhibition be the last at Sturt?
Will Sturt be finished on 30 June?

Do yourself a favour, and see what we might lose if we "can't be bothered" to make a noise.




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Details that might evoke a reaction. Last week to see EVOKE
Open Wednesday to Sunday 10 -4 until 5 May.

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"Walking with Words" details
Mixed media on canvas 102x152cm

Struggling with the incomprehensible.

Perfect Weekend to visit Sturt 10am - 4pm

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Those plans to see EVOKE at STURT Gallery over the Easter weekend can now come true thanks to frensham reversing their decision regarding opening/closing hours.

Sturt Gallery and Sturt Shop will now be open on Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday from 10 to 4. Closed Good Friday and Easter Monday and Tuesday.

Many thanks to Head of Sturt, Kristie Phelan, and to Gallery Administrator, Slavica Zivkovic, for your continued efforts to help keep Sturt open!




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Gotta love Healesville

EVOKE at STURT

If you're assuming that you can see this marvellous exhibition over the Easter weekend, then you'll be disappointed.

Frensham is not allowing Sturt Gallery and Shop to be open from, and including Good Friday until the following Wednesday, 3 April!
Not even by appointment.

Most disappointing.

Study for Firing Squad 1974-76
Enamel on board 30x40cn
Leonard French (1928-2017)

When I saw this , I thought it was a Philip Guston painting that I hadn't seen. So, had Leonard seen Philip? Was this a mark of the times, so to speak?

Great exhibition of works from the Bennett Bequest.

Inspirations....on the move....Woomargama, Benalla, Barjarg, Alexandria, Healesville.

EVOKE
Sturt Gallery
Until 5 May
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays




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Next Sunday, 10 March, I and 5 other artists, Ruth Levine, Birte Larsen, Maricelle Oliver, Nettie Sumner and Tracy Luff, are joining forces in the exhibition, EVOKE to celebrate Art, Design, Creativity, IWD and Sturt, not necessarily in that order!

The exhibition continues Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm until Sunday 5 May. The Sturt shop will remain open for the duration of the exhibition.

Please join us at 11am Sunday 10th March to celebrate the EVOKE artists and to show your support for Sturt – Australia’s pioneering design centre and school for contemporary craft.   

Maria Stoljar, host of popular podcast ‘Talking with Painters’ will officially open the exhibition. 

The Sturt Review Committee Chair Jennifer Bott AO will be in attendance.  It is hoped that some of your questions can be answered about the soon to be announced Sturt Review Committee which is being established to create an opportunity for the apparent need for a new independent model for Sturt in the future.  

Come celebrate the exhibition and Sturt’s unique legacy in Australia’s cultural landscape.

Next Sunday, 10 March, I and 5 other artists, Ruth Levine, Birte Larsen, Maricelle Oliver, Nettie Sumner and Tracy Luff, are joining forces in the exhibition, EVOKE to celebrate Art, Design, Creativity, IWD and Sturt, not necessarily in that order!

The exhibition continues Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm until Sunday 5 May. The Sturt shop will remain open for the duration of the exhibition.

Please join us at 11am Sunday 10th March to celebrate the EVOKE artists and to show your support for Sturt – Australia’s pioneering design centre and school for contemporary craft.
Maria Stoljar, host of popular podcast ‘Talking with Painters’ will officially open the exhibition.

The Sturt Review Committee Chair Jennifer Bott AO will be in attendance. It is hoped that some of your questions can be answered about the soon to be announced Sturt Review Committee which is being established to create an opportunity for the apparent need for a new independent model for Sturt in the future.

Come celebrate the exhibition and Sturt’s unique legacy in Australia’s cultural landscape.

That Moon
acrylic and collage on linen 61x61cm

EVOKE opens 11am Sunday 10 March

Beyond, Beneath, Behind, Below.

These are 30x30cm mixed media paintings.

They are for our group exhibition EVOKE to be opened at 11am on Sunday 10 March at Sturt Gallery Mittagong.

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Please join us if you're in the hood. Lovely day trip from Sydney and Canberra!

The opening should prove to be a lively one as it also coincides with International Womens Day (8 March) celebrations and with announcements regarding the newly nominated Sturt Review Board members who will be deciding, over the next several months, the future of Sturt. Pretty important!

Thanks to Maria Stoljar for agreeing to open the show and thanks to Slavica Zivkovic, Gallery Manager and to Kristie Phelan, Head of Sturt for your ongoing patience and support.

The gallery and shop are open Wednesday to Sunday 10-5 until 5 May.

Desert Road Trip
mixed media on board 12 x 15.5cm
SOLD

Thank you

Artists were invited to submit a “feel-good” small artwork sizing
no bigger than 20 x 20 x20cm.
"We believe that no matter the size of the artwork, art can have a big impact on elevating spaces and lives."

68 finalists have work on show until 28 March.
Gallery hours are Wed -Fri 10-5 and Sat 11-3.

72 Barkers Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122
Australia

Congratulations all finalists and to the winner, Thang Do

All works can be viewed onlinequadrantgallery.com.au