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…
WAS Gallery held a garage sale pre Christmas 2021. All the goods were from the Lorraine family archives and range from furniture, collectibles, tools and artefacts. Photos are of Gary (WAS Gallery potter) minding the shop which was open for four days. When possible, the garage sale will be open on other days during 2022,…
9 November, 2019, to 8 February, 2020 To launch WAS Gallery, which opened in November 2019, an exhibition of pots by Judy Lorraine and paintings by Anne Lorraine was held. Included were significant 1970s ceramics by Judy Lorraine who had a long and successful career in the arts. One of her major achievements was the…
Meet Bentley, the resident WAS Gallery cat. Bentley has been living at Latrobe Street since 2016, when he moved from Melbourne. Originally being Judy Lorraine’s cat, he took up residence at WAS when Judy moved into Fairview Village, Warragul. Bentley has had a checkered history. The Lorraine’s got him from the Burwood East RSPCA in…
37 Latrobe Street, Warragul WAS Gallery is housed in the original farmhouse for the surrounding area. Over time the town has built up around it, so today it borders light industry and residential properties. The building is a stunning example of rural 1930s Art Deco with most of it’s original features intact. Being solid double…