A lot of water has passed under the bridge since artist Pam Walpole settled in the Sunshine Coast 20 years ago.
All manner of group and solo exhibitions later, Pam’s commitment to her art is still alive and thriving, particularly when a huge space with soaring, unadulterated walls beckoned.
Pam’s latest paintings have been inspired by the excessive amount of rainfall this past year. “It started with a trickle” was the beginning of a large body of drawings and canvases depicting the first trickle from underground springs seeping from Noosa National Park to the surface, to raging torrents of rivers bursting their banks and gouging new channels. We have all seen the changing patterns in the sand where the force of the water at inlets like Seaview Creek has eroded banks and changed course to reshape new sandbanks, and other beaches with exposed rocks once covered by metres of sand. Many of the works are portrayed from the air looking down upon outback areas and across vast spaces with spreading floodwaters. Others are small vignettes of ponds and creeks. Contemporary, bold and minimal in style, it is an exhibition and a space worth visiting for an artist who likes to paint large yet there are smaller intimate spaces for small works.
Ca Gallery owners Joe and Erin’s ethos is for the contemporary art lover to view challenging works, and they are happy to take them through the stories behind the art of the artists they represent.
Pam’s exhibition will run from 22 August to 12 September at ca Gallery, 5/43 Access Crescent, Coolum Beach with an official opening by Dr John Waldron on Saturday 27 August 4-6pm. All invited.
