An exhibition of vibrant landscape and abstract paintings will take place in April at the Bendigo Community Bank Cooroy.
The artist, Paul Meertens is a retired Social Researcher who moved to the Sunshine Coast in 2018.
Paul has been involved in the Water Colour Group at Wallace House, Noosaville and has exhibited regularly there. More recently he has taken up Acrylics as he loves bright colours. He held a successful solo exhibition at The J Art Space in Noosa in September and October last year.
Paul loves travelling in remote parts of Australia and where possible likes to either paint or sketch en plein air, as he finds this helps capture the sense of place of a location. Otherwise he takes photos and paints from these images in the studio or uses his imagination to find inspiration for his work.
Whenever possible Paul has taken the opportunity to attend workshops with other artists.
From these workshops and other influences he has embarked on a journey of developing his own personal painting style.
This exhibition features the best of Paul’s existing landscape paintings and some new, vibrant abstract paintings. All of the paintings on display are being shown in Cooroy for the first time.
The show also includes a selection of Paul’s photographs from a range of remote and beautiful locations around Australia.
Paul would like to thank the Bendigo Community Bank Cooroy for the opportunity to hold this exhibition. Paul’s paintings are held in collections on the Sunshine Coast, interstate and New Zealand.
The art exhibition will run from 2-30 April and will be open Monday-Thursday, 9.30am-4pm and Friday, 9.30am-4.30pm. The show is on at the Bendigo Community Bank Cooroy, 36 Maple Street, Cooroy
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