Rock Bottom, solo exhibition of ink paintings by Anne Lorraine at WAS Gallery. “This exhibition has been a long time coming. For the last few years I’ve been somewhat distracted by the setting up and then running of Warragul Art Studios and its gallery. All extremely worthwhile but, as every artist knows, such things seem…
16/5/28 – 26/8/23 Judy Lorraine – artistic spirit, accomplished potter, architect, mentor, teacher and member of the WAS Gallery family. We are sad to announce that Judy died on Saturday, 26 August aged 95 years old. WAS Gallery holds an extensive collection of Judy’s pottery and exhibits series of her work on a regular basis.
En Plein-Air art in its strictest sense is a practice of creating art in a painterly or an illustrative way drawn upon a natural setting. The outdoor creation, whether a painting or an illustrative art form, is a creation and interpretation from the artists’ environment which are of an intense impression. The open air creation,…
Helen Anderson said of her watercolour paintings, “The garden is alive with fleeting moments. Petals dancing in the sunlight, the promise of ripening summer fruit, rose hips catching the dying evening light, the vibrant glow of autumn leaves. Most of these moments pass us by in our busy, complex lives. Drawing and painting makes me…
Drypoint prints and linocuts by Amanda Thompson. “This recent work involved a renewed interest in etching and a departure from figurative images. The etchings, drypoint and relief prints revealed an ongoing concern with mark making, texture and contrast between dark and light. The multi-plate works were an experiment in forming an image by working through…
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….
In Domestik Fantastik artist, Tim Craker, created furniture that misbehaved, champagne bottles that became tables and pedestals, plastic bread-tags arranged themselves on the wall, egg-cups proliferated and agglomerated, and an outsize collection of small white jugs vied for dominance. At WAS Gallery second-hand white crockery combined in unexpected ways, having escaped the dish rack and…
Oasis in a City, paintings by Geoff Harrison and Unhinged, pastel drawings by Helen Anderson covered the walls of WAS Gallery from 20 May till 8 July 2023. Geoff’s collection, Oasis in a City, depicted the many vistas of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens. “The intention of this exhibition is to take the viewer on a…
Would Be 100 paid tribute to the life and work of Hans Lorraine (1923-2012) who would have turned 100 in March, 2023, the exhibition covers his artistic practice from 1950’s to 2010 and included important pieces that have not been seen before and come from personal, family collections. A series of panels provided a chronology…
14 January to 11 March, 2023 A Play on Paper and My Happy Place started off the program for WAS Gallery in 2023. A Play on Paper was a large collection of collages by Gippsland artist, Helen Reeves. “My art is created from paper that I have painted, recycled, or have made. I’m fascinated by…