The Art and Sculpture Gallery at The Art Hub Cooroy will exhibit the amazing creative artworks of William Van Berkel, Ron and Cathie Twaddle, and Jules McCrae until 21 October.
Don’t miss the chance to meet the artists on opening night Friday 30 September from 5-7pm.
The first artist, William Van Berkel is an award-winning photographer.
As a talented young artist, he relocated to Melbourne to study Fine Arts specialising in painting and sculpture.
William is an avid traveller and captured extraordinary moments and places. He always had his camera ready and photography became a life-long passion.
Ron and Cathy Twaddle are wicker artists who ran their business, And Woven Cane, in Brisbane for 40 years.
Ron’s focus was furniture work whilst Cathie was involved in basketry and finer work.
They had previously purchased land in Tanawha and once they sold their business, relocated to the Sunshine Coast.
Ron soon realised that he had to occupy himself and when he found a piece of deadfall in the bush, he decided to make a basket and, before he knew it, his artistic flair blossomed and amazing creative baskets and artwork was created.
Together Ron and Cathie take pleasure in using traditional materials and methods to make contemporary baskets, experimenting with colours, texture and form.
Jules McCrae describes herself as a functional artist.
Spending most of her working life in the arts, she encountered many opportunities to learn various skills.
Working alongside her husband, Jules gained love for turning cold metal into warm, flowing, functional pieces and often combines rigid material with fabrics and various other fibre materials.
Jules took the next step to incorporate in her creative career – silver smithing – some of her silver jewellery pieces will be debuting at this exhibition.
Find The Art Hub Cooroy at 3/2 Emerald Street, Cooroy. For more information call 5447 6155.
