30 May to 18 July, 2026 Maquettes, sculptures and dioramas by Kevin Downie. Kevin is a mixed-media abstract expressionist who takes inspiration from his emotional and intellectual responses to the journeys he has undertaken. Many years may pass before (for some unexplainable reason) a compulsive idea pops into his head, and he translates a journey into…
4 April to 23 May, 2026 Photography and video by Irene Proebsting The use of shadow and light are one of the essential elements to create mood, atmosphere and contrast in artworks, film and photography as seen in Irene’s video and photographs covering a range of subjects including portraits, architecture, landscape and interiors. Shadow…
7 February to 28 March, 2026 Paintings by Julie Puchalski, Ceramic objects, the incidental objects we use every day are the focus of this body of work. Through the genre of Still Life Painting, I focus on everyday ceramic objects to create an array of possibilities of compositions. I use pottery pieces from different cultures…
20 September to 8 November, 2025 28 artists each contributed two pieces of artwork to help celebrate WAS Gallery’s 5th Anniversary. All the artists had exhibited at WAS previously and most are from Gippsland but also from Melbourne, Ballarat, Adelaide and Port Douglas. The collection excitingly combines a wide range of media, including painting, ceramics,…
26 July to 6 September, 2025 with works in wood and handmade guitars by Tom King and works in wood and handmade drums by Roger Terrill. Tom is a guitar maker/repairer/teacher based in Melbourne. He made his start at Cole Clark Guitars, where he developed an appreciation for the great range of sustainable native tone…
This exhibition was selected from the extensive ceramics collection of Judy Kefford (1927-2021). It comes to WAS through the generous support of Janice Hunter and Bruce Kefford who are custodians of Judy’s collection, now housed in West Gippsland. Judy Kefford graduated in Science from the University of Melbourne (rare for women at that time) and…
WAS Gallery resident potter, Gary McPhedran, has left the clay to dry for a while and has produced a collection of drawings and paintings for his solo exhibition called Some Men. The images he draws are similar to those he paints on his pottery, friezes of figures, overlapped figures, upside down and often even difficult…
CONVERSATIONS, acrylic and mixed media paintings by Ingrid Thomas, 21 September to 9 November, 2024. “My work has evolved away from the representational through to the mostly abstract. I like to start my art works with no set plan in mind, creating marks. It becomes an exciting adventure to see where each painting will lead…
Janice Hunter has a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Majoring in Sculpture and Photography) and lives on a small working farm in West Gippsland. She had a slight deviation from full time art practice to raise a family and run a table fruit olive business, although she always contributed to local art shows and prizes. As…
Buzz Hughan began his adult life by serving in the First World War with his brother on the Western Front in France. Both survived and were able to return home to Australia but suffered mustard gas poisoning which had lifelong affects. Buzz went on to become a mechanical engineer and then retrained as electrical engineer….