Two couples have combined their artistic talents in a diverse exhibition in the old Commonwealth Bank space at Cooroy for the month of November.
“What we want people to see is the joy in the handmade,“ the artists agreed. “ We will be exhibiting small and large scale paintings, beautiful ceramics, superb metal sculpture again small and large scale and exquisite mixed media work.”
Kerry Sanders is one half of the very successful locally based Hartfire Design team whose love of nature she expresses in her handmade ceramics.
Her works include sculpture, art for your garden, dinnerware and water features. Kerry has completed many commissions, exhibitions, festivals and is passionate about passing on her knowledge through teaching at her Hartfire Design studio in the Cooroy hinterland.
Kerry’s husband David Sanders has a passion for ceramics and metal.
Working in metal is second nature to David or Wolf as he prefers to be called and his work is in demand with a waiting list of commissions.Wolf recently showcased his amazing sculptural talent at Swell Contemporary sculpture festival on the Gold Coast. Crowds were amazed not only at the craftsmanship but the sheer scale of his commissioned work “Adam and Eve” that was more than two metres in height.
David’s smaller scale work will be on show at the exhibition.Award winning artist Audrey Gunn works in a variety of media including ceramics, sculpture and paper.
For the Pop Up Audrey will be exhibiting mixed media work which will showcase her contemporary use of silk embroidery creating life drawings and botanicals.
Audrey has exhibited widely and completed commissions held in Australia, England and America.
Ian Gunn has participated in more than 50 exhibitions in Queensland and interstate. His paintings are held in private and public collections worldwide, working from his shared studio just 30 minutes from Cooroy.
The subject matter for his small and large scale paintings in this exhibition are based on the landscape, fauna and flora that he loves. Opening night Friday 6th“Obviously it has been a very challenging year for everyone and I decided to create paintings taking inspiration from what was closest to me, our garden. Visitors will see simple still life paintings of flowers to more abstracted paintings which still have as there starting point botanicals and landscape,” he said.
The exhibition will open Friday 6 November from 6-8pm at the Pop-Up Gallery, 32 Maple Street, Cooroy and run until 29 November.
