Spring Exhibition 2011

Many Yurara Members entered works in this year’s biennial Spring Exhibition which opened in the gallery on Friday 9th September.

Opening night was very well attended and Elke Lackner, this year’s judge, addressed guests commending members on the quality of entries and explaining the merits of those paintings which she selected for awards.

Penny George

Yurara member and Artist in Residence June 25 –August 7

Artist’ statement:

I love to paint, and to take the images in my head and put them on canvas, so I can share them with the world.

I started seriously painting in 2007 and since then have made the finals of many art awards and exhibitions in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne and smaller towns around eastern Australia.

I have a special interest in black and white photo-realism portraits and have been doing commission works since 2009.

As part of a community improvement project, I have painted two traffic signal boxes in the Redlands area, which was so much fun and hopefully I will have the opportunity to participate again.

I live in Ormiston, Brisbane with my gorgeous husband and beautiful daughter, without who’s support I wouldn’t be able to ‘live my dream’ and do this residency.

Easter Show 2011

Yurara held its 13th Easter Show over Easter this year. Thirty members contributed 84 paintings to the exhibition. The event included three categories: Traditional, Contemporary and Drawing.

Jean Elvin won first prize in Traditional with Alan Finlay taking second. Val Turner won first prize in contemporary with Mary Kirkby taking second. Pat Miller won first prize in drawing with Ray Morton taking second. A popular choice vote went Dancing in the Breeze by Karen Fourie. Anita West, local artist, judged the exhibition and enlarged on the merits of each winner at the official opening in the studio on Easter Saturday afternoon. Councillor Deb Henry officially opened the exhibition and presented prizes to successful artists.

Diversity Solo Exhibition by Kate Farrant in Yurara Gallery 11th-13th March 2011

Congratulations to Kate Farrant who recently held her first solo exhibition in the Yurara Gallery. Kate has obviously worked extremely hard painting and creating jewellery. On top of this achievement, Kate has recently been elected President of Redlands Arts Council. Expect to see and hear a lot more from her!

Salon des Refusés 2010

Members of Redland Yurara Art Society whose paintings were not selected for exhibition in Redland Art Awards 2010 exhibited a selection of their works in the Yurara Gallery earlier in October in what is the Society’s second Salon des Refusés. The works were judged by local artist, Annie Jamieson. Val Turner was selected winner as she was in the previous 2008 Salon. Annie also gave special mention to a number of other paintings. Entries from Kath Dempsey and Anna Bray were highly commended, while works from Nola Jefferys, Barbara Elvin, Val Chapman, Clinton Barker and Catherine Schnyder were commended.