My exhibition in Coffs Harbour is now on show. The opening was well attended and the worked looked good on the walls. It was interesting to see the different approaches of four different painters working in the same area. Some depicted scenes at a distance and some being immersed in the landscape. My work at the moment is of the latter.
The artist talk the morning after the opening was interesting in the end. There was a lot of discussion of women's art in particular landscape painting. There was discussion as to whether women's sensibilities led to different artistic expression. 

http://www.artguide.com.au/exhibition/four-women-paint-land/

Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery

Rosalie Rigby, Fire in the gorge.

12 May to 23 June

Four Women Paint Land

Fay Porter, Kerry Gulliver, Michelle Hungerford, Rosalie Rigby

Fay Porter, Kerry Gulliver, Michelle Hungerford and Rosalie Rigby interrogate the expansive New England Tablelands.  This show reveals the particular ways in which women view landscape.

www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/our-community/facilities-parks-and-places/regional-gallery/Pages/CoffsHarbourRegionalGallery.aspx

Opening night Friday 11 May, 6pm-8pm

Also on show was paintings and prints by David Bromley and sculptures by Peter Wade.

 

David Bromley

12 May to 23 June

David Bromley

Printmaker and painter. Exhibits intriguingly detailed prints in a show that reveals great skill.

Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery

Peter Wade, Timber Tie

12 May to 23 June

Peter Wade

Sculptor. Exhibits curious and surreally inspired wooden ties. These are destined to become collectors items.

Tomorrow evening is the opening of my exhibition in Coffs Harbour. I am not nervous about what people will think of my work as this has always been irrelevant. My art is all to do with the process and comes from somewhere deep inside of me. I am not worried by what other people think of my work.
What does make me nervous, however, is being the centre of attention at the opening and at the artists talk the following day. I will be glad when that part is over and I can get back to painting in ernest.
Some quick paint impressions from my journal:

Granite outcrop sketch.

http://www.liveguide.com.au/Events/745857/Fay_Porter_Kerry_Gulliver_Michelle_Hungerford_Rosalie_Rigby/Four_Women_Paint_Land_2012

I have been continuing to work on my bush paintings for the exhibition at the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. This exhibition opens on the 11th May. My work is now all at the framers so it is a fait accompli. After the Friday opening I, with some other painters, will be giving an artists talk. I have also been asked to paint in the gallery on the Saturday but I'm not sure if I will do that as I find that it is difficult to work properly in public. This is another one of my granite and eucalypt paintings. It is acrylic on paper and is 50cm x 70cm.