20 July to 14 September, 2024
ROCK BOTTOM
Founder and Director of WAS Gallery, Anne Lorraine, has created a solo exhibition of ink paintings featuring “rock formations and other heavy burdens”. Her theme aims to convey the dire state of the world but also the unrelenting beauty of all things natural.
Lorraine has produced weight and volume in her rock subjects, those things which weigh us down or sink us to the bottom. However, the subtle layering of ink and her use of repetitive lines produces a delicacy that lightens their load.
While the underlying sentiment is pessimistic the images determinely want to celebrate all earthly treasures.
Above - detail from Rock Shelf, 2024, ink on board.
Left - Vein/Vain, 2023, ink and pencil on board.
Anne will give an artist's talk at WAS Gallery on the last day, Saturday 14 September, at 2pm
Coming Up
21 September to 9 November, 2024 - ECO LOGIC COOL By Liz Millson
Gallery 1 - Paintings and prints. A body of work investigating the apex predator's complex and instinctive role keeping ecosystems in balance.
21 September to 9 November, 2024 - CONVERSATIONS By Ingrid Thomas
Gallery 2 and 3 - Acrylic and mixed media paintings. Ingrids work is a dialogue, where paintings begin with marks randomly made. The conversation is the result of responding to them; a back and forth between the artist and the canvas.
16 November to 21 December, 2024 - THE FEELING OF WORDS By Anita George
Gallery 1 and 2 - Inks and acrylic on paper and canvas. Anita uses different media to express the feeling of writing. Even if the words are illegible, you are left with the emotion of what was originally thought.
16 November to 21 December, 2024 - Places I Have Been, Things That I Have Seen By Pauline Bailey
Gallery 3 - Paintings. A collection of urban and rural landscapes along with still life paintings.