Opening Night 16th December, 2022 - 5.30pm-7pm

PLEASE NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances the Opening Night has been cancelled

Christine Healey

Gippsland Wildlife & Landscape artist, working in both Watercolour and Oils to depict the beauty, fragility and uniqueness of the birdlife and landscape of the region.

Jillian Black

Over the past few years, my interest and enjoyment in photography, has enabled me to create unique images using my imagination and styling, to open your eyes and mind to the creative beauty of portraiture.

My aim is simple and that is to create everlasting images and memories for you, of a special moment in time.

Lea Jones

My favoured mediums are oil and pastel.

This is local artist Jeanette Van Leerdam’s very first exhibition. Beautiful and colourful abstract works using acrylic pouring paint as the medium.

New digital works on paper by Chris Tuttle.

Annual portrait competition. Thank you to our sponsors

HVP Plantations , Tarra Real Estate, Yarram Custom Framing.

FIRST PRIZE:  ‘Roman’ by Ida Hinkley.

This small work has sensitivity and a strong sense of form in the facial structure and the tee shirt.  I found the choice of the yellow on the shirt and the back ground colour of ultra blue created a mysterious quality and quietness to Roman.

 SECOND PRIZE:  ‘The Attenborough Effect’ by Kerry Anderson

This painting kept bringing me back to it.  There was a lot of technical brushwork skill and ‘searching’ painting process going on in the study of David’s face especial the eye!   For me this captured the kindness and wisdom of the great natural historian and biologist.  I also found it intriguing that the artit had painted a butterfly like an eye patch over the left eye.

 THIRD PRIZE:  ‘Jo Deep In Thought’ by Anna O’Shea

A small graphite study of a young girl. The tilt of the head and use of the pencil conveyed a feeling of deep thought.

The Courthouse Gallery is excited to announce that we are hosting a community exhibition by members from the Yarram Neighbourhood House. Handmade items including handbags, crocheted hats and scarves, woodwork, artwork to name a few. Many items for sale. OPENING NIGHT 29 August, 5.30-7pm. FREE ENTRY, all welcome.

Our Journey. Artwork, artifacts, stories, and much more by Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place, Won Wron. Celebration Event TBA. NAIDOC Week 3 July to 10 July.

The Opening Doors Project has been commissioned by AMIDA (Action for More Independence and Dignity in Accommodation) and funded by the VictorianGovernment. AMIDA is an independent advocacy organisation which advocates for good housing for people with disability. We provide advocacy to individuals, with priority given to people with an intellectual disability, and advocate for change in systems which prevent people from achieving good housing. AMIDA strongly supports the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability and works to assert these rights and community inclusion for people with a disability.AMIDA acknowledges that people with disability have a right to a choice of who they live with and where they live. Further, people with disability have a right to good quality housing which is accessible, affordable and non-institutional. In 2019 AMIDA celebrated 30 years of advocating for the rights of people with disabilities to accessible and inclusive housing options. Opening Doors was commissioned as part of the 30 year celebration.

Annual competition exhibition - Open and Student sections.

PREMIERE FUNCTION: 15 APRIL, 2022, 5.30-7PM. FREE ENTRY

  I am an artist, 38 years of age and originally from Yarram.  This exhibition title originates from the name of the Won Wron home I grew up in, Bimbimbi “Place of Many Birds.” Dad made the sign that hung on our front fence, my parents loved birds and we had lots to interact with and care for in our backyard.

   I continue to paint birds because of their fascinating characteristics and the versatility of being able to place them in any arrangement. I spent last year adjusting to life as a dad and taking on a different approach to painting. Having less time on my hands I ditched the more technical compositions for the simplicity of painting still-life native flowers which lead to my last exhibition TAKEN.

  After teaching myself to paint still-life in my Seaford wetlands studio I have added an extra element of Australian birds into the mix. In this series, flowers and branches are TAKEN from the sidewalks where I live and are set in front of my Easel. I paint the arrangements first leaving a space for the birds to sit in later.  The bird species are chosen from memories of Won Wron life, some are local to the Seaford Wetlands and some have be chosen from Inspiration of another artist, Whitely used a few of these guys in his own birds exhibition.  Kookaburras are always a fun challenge to draw and paint, they can have many different personalities. I tend to change them a lot from my reference image, flattening their hair as if its been done with the comb or just giving them a slightly cheeky grin.  they are very aware of fire and know that bugs and lizards are easier to find when a bush fire ignites.

  In some of the artworks I have used aerosol cans to paint the physical flowers to change the colour of them prior to working on the linen, I found this also helps to slow the dying process, a plant that is constantly drooping and changing colour can be a tricky one. Once a flower arrangement dies, I will continue to paint it and just work from my imagination.

  Having less time to paint I have experimented painting much faster with less detail, I have been applying the oil paint with a much thicker almost impasto technique.  In doing this the paintings have become much more alive and I am enjoying the process much more.

  In this exhibition my aim has been to bring a nice feeling to the paintings.  I hope you think so too.

P. Gilliland, 2022

Lorraine Mumford, a self taught artist from an early age, finding and capturing the beauty in everything.  Loving colour in her art work and the garden too.

Helen Timbury’s colourful and optimistic linocuts are primarily figurative, evolving from a background in illustration and graphics. She has a BA in Visual Communication and works from her Drouin Studio.

 Helen’s love of the Australian wilderness is often referenced in her colourful hand printed images. As urban development builds up around her hometown of Drouin her themes encompass a Gippsland wilderness which becomes increasingly valuable to her as commercial and housing developments encroach on the natural habitat.

 Helen exhibits regularly in Gippsland. She teaches linocut printmaking in her studio, coordinates Open Studios West Gippsland and is a member of the Baw Baw Arts Alliance. More of Helen’s work can be viewed at www.helentimburydesign.com.au, or follow her activities on Facebook and Instagram.

Helen can be contacted on 5625 1999 or 0408 527 943.

Elizabeth Gregory

(The Strolling Cows)

Elizabeth Gregory is a fourth generation South Gippsland farmer who also has a passion for art and photography. Having an influential painting background, the photographic works in this exhibition are of a simulated appearance.  While the range of images are predominantly of cows or ‘the ladies’, it is the understanding and a close bond with them that delivers a sense of that connection. Her landscapes encompass and reflect the hauntingly beautiful country that surrounds her farm.  Elizabeth has exhibited extensively throughout Gippsland and sells her work through several outlets. 

Elizabeth Gregory (The Strolling Cows) also has a strong online presence, where she sells her calendars, canvases and related merchandise.  In this exhibition the artist is also showcasing her upcycled, hand crafted coins which have been redesigned into beautiful wedding rings and bands.

       Karen Rogers

Karen Rogers has been working in slow art for many years.  She has travelled to various local and international workshops and has exhibited regularly.  Karen’s skills also include, clay, textiles, macrame, weaving, mosaics, and printmaking.  Interests include travelling overseas and exploring the Australian outback/bush landscapes, gardening and horticulture, beekeeping and art.  Karen is constantly exploring new and exciting mediums, (currently resin and new printing techniques) this ensures that Karen’s work is constantly evolving and developing.

The current exhibition in pen, ink and pencil is a meditative process.  Designs for her work have evolved from the practice of originally working with Zentangle patterns while incorporating inspiration from the natural environment.