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Outback Archies of Landscapes, Legends and Lifelines

September 8th - October 2

featuring artworks by artists from across Western NSW

Outback Archies of LanscapE, lEGENDS AND lIFELINES open art

Established in 2011, the Outback Archies is an exhibition aimed at providing artistic opportunities for artists living in rural, regional and remote NSW.

Outback Arts, in coordination with Orana Arts & West Darling Arts works to showcase the contributing artists to both a local and visiting audience through

the exhibition.

Artworks are from the 3 contributing arts boards of Outback Arts (shires of Bourke, Cobar, Coonamble, Walgett and Warren), Orana Arts (shires of

Dubbo, Gilgandra, Mid-Western Regional Council, Narromine and Warrumbungle) and the West Darling Arts region (shires of Broken Hill,

Central Darling, Wentworth and Unincorporated NSW).

Prizes are given in the categories of Photographic & Digital Art, 3-D Design & Sculpture and Open Art (painting, drawing, etching).

A first and second prize is awarded to winning artists in each section as well as a People’s Choice Award and an award to the most

Outstanding Indigenous Artist.

The 2014 Outback Archies exhibition is held from September 8 to October 2 with the official opening on September 19.

About the Outback Archies

Under Outback SkiesAnna BoltonInk on paper$150The drawing is my representation of the night skies of the outback including the Southern Cross.

I have endeavoured to capture that feeling of awe we experience when we gaze up at the vastness and intricacy of night sky and realise we are only a very small part of the infinity.

My LandLesley AshleyOil on canvas$450This painting is inspired the the ground carvings of the Wailwan people and the beautiful sunsets that light up the evening sky.

Proud GirlsFiona BuchananWatercolour$450This work was inspired by the afternoon light as it illuminated the ewes as they rested under the wilga trees.

Outback Archies of Landscape, Legends and Lifelines 2014

There’s Something ComingSusan LeonardAcrylic on canvas$240In this painting I have eluded to the old saying ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’. I believe this, but if we keep treating the earth the way we do then we are in for a rude shock.We will be faced with forces beyond our control. There is something coming!

Open Art

Almost SurrealRachel CantPastel on paper$760In the middle of a vast plan I had the feeling of being in a “snowdome”. The surreal colours of the sunset expanse were vivid, the atmosphere, glowing. I was challenged by the colour I saw and how the colour appeared in my paint-ing which took some adjustment.

The Last Red GiantsSarah GroatWatercolour$1000The painting “The Last Red Giants” came about when visiting Lake Corcoran in the middle of the Walgett drought, and it is a contrast of loss and beauty.

I was instantly struck by the beauty of the water colour, and the contrast between the amazing feeling you get when you finally see a body of water in a drought, and the sadness that goes with seeing so many red gums that hadn’t survived the 2010 flood, but were so beautiful still.

These trees are hundreds of years old, and it was literally the viewing of the last red giants, the loss of the ancient Corcoran sentinels. This feeling of loss is intensified by the stillness and quiet of the work as you view it, and the contrast of the beauty of the colours of the leaves reflected in the water. It’s also a moment of respect for the last of the red giants on the lake.

GuerieMatilda JulianOil on canvas$370

The Last TwoFiona BuchananWatercolour$450This work was inspired by a long afternoon of mustering and cattle work. The most difficult part of this work to capture was the dust as it hit the afternoon light.

Great EgretBruce LynchAcrylic on canvas$8,500This painting is of the an Australian native bird the Great Egret. The work is of the bird in breeding plumage at the sun hits its back in the afternoon sunlight. I wanted to capture the delicate and beautiful nature of this bird in its natural habitat.


Cool, Calm and CollectedDeirdri O’KeeffeWatercolourNFSThis scene was inspired by my local landscape. The grassland is bare but the sheep rest in the cool of the shade and the last remaining greenery.

Blue Flyer and Big RedsAnnie MurrayWatercolour$480On a spot not far from home I captured these collection of kangaroos one evening. In one of the last remaining green patches in our district the big reds sat together grazing. I loved the contrast between the dry grasses, the red earth and the colours of the kangaroos, and the evening light as it hit the scene and needed to capture this special moment.

Open Art

Just As I AmSally Underwood NalderPencil on stonehenge paperNFSThey grasp his mothers fingers for the first time.Wielding an axe and an ink pen as they grew.

Holding the beloved he wedded.Cradling his children, assisting each one to walk.

Instructing and correcting.Turning his dreams and imaginings into reality.

Comforting that beloved, as she fades from life.Always soft and kind.

Dementia steals memory …the library of identity …one’s sense of belonging …

When their task is complete,they take nothing from this world …

The DebutErin NewtonWatercolour$780The work “The debut” was inspired by the breathtaking beauty of a very protective Hereford cow displaying her gorgeous calf to the world. The length of her lashes and the timid-but-cheeky stance of the calf, captures the essence of my life on the land.

Reclining KangarooBruce LynchPastel on paper$3,900This painting shows the Kangaroo laying down resting on some barren earth, it has been through some hard times. Luckily there has been some recent rain and the green grass is now appearing and the future looks brighter.

We are WatchingJohanna ParkerAcrylic on canvas$380‘We are Watching’ is an emerging 3 dimensional motion, that has depth of knowledge and current perceptions. We the outside are being observed and yet judgment is still being taken in.My ancestors come and appear without a thought of ever leaving our land. Spirit and souls are all around. We are watched.


A humpy seen from the verandahFiona SummervilleAcrylic on canvas$1200In “ humpy seen from the verandah” I am imagining sitting on the verandah looking out at the farm tip. The humpy in the picture a made up conglomeration of simple discarded objects piled up in the form of a once lived in house. Houses tell stories about people. Is the house ruined or just leaning ? What story is this one telling ?

Lake EyreKarrin ThurstonAcrylic on canvas$990

open Art

Summertime IIIJudy ShalhoubMixed media$300This work was inspired by the beautiful landscape that surrounds me. The greens and golds as they meet the blue sky.

Hope? Or Desolation?Annie RindfleishAcrylic on canvas$250Outback thunderstorms and the electricity that it evokes inspired this work. The old fence, lit by the lightning beneath a dark sky is a scene that I find truly exciting.

My CountryMinnie RileyOil on Canvas$380This work is inspired by the carvings of the Wailwan people. The orange is for the earth and the deep blue for the sky

Mark MakingBarbara StanleyOil on canvas$380The camping grounds of the Wailwan people can be found along the Macquarie River. I took inspiration from the waterways and these camping grounds for my artwork. The reds and yellows represent the soils that can be found around Warren.

My Fathers FatherSarah DuganPigment print - photograph$800I aimed to investigate the relationship between history, family and possession. I explored the idea of heirlooms and the passing down of objects, narratives, knowledge, land, DNA and traits throughout generations. I did this through the highly personal investigation of her own family dissecting the relationship between nostalgia, memory, time, heirlooms and place.

Photography & digital art

Badland; WilliewarinaSarah DuganPhotography - Pigment print$1,000Badland investigates anxiety within the Australian landscape. The project particularly looks to how this anxiety affects, and is a product of, the relationship between landscape, culture and the individual. One detail of the Badland is the historical and very real fear of losing children in the

Australian bush. Williewarina features a young boy surrounded and entangled in scrubland. The lost child stories of Australia resonate in the themes of Walkabout. By looking to the entrapment and loss of children the images aim to evoke empathy within the audience, playing on the vulnerability of the child.

The WandererAdam MaidensDigital art$700This work was created using a stylus pen and an electronic tablet which is then printed on canvas. The inspiration came from a story good friend told me about a man he would see walking past his shop. Sometimes a few times a week other times it would be months before he would walk past again. He finally introduced himself to the man and after having a chat he discovered he was nomadic. No fixed resi-dence, moving around from one place to the next,. he said that he felt free. My friend asked if he could take a photo of the man and after hearing the story and seeing the photo I then used that as inspiration for “The Wanderer”

State of Presence - Paperbark SeriesLisa WheelerEtching$720 as set or $240 eachThis series is aimed at capturing the hidden beauty of the paperbark tree. The etchings on display are made by using the environment around me as the tool to create the art work. Two etched plates have been created one representing bark the other the water.

The bark plate was scratched against as piece of bark on a paperbark for initial mark making and developed further with etched and dry point mark making. The water plate was placed in a stagnant water hole in the Castlereagh River and dragged along the bed. Again I then added some etched and dry point marks to accentuate the life with in the water hole.

I have tried to link the two works as a way of demonstrating the importance of coexistence. The plates have differing personalities, the bark having a solid and resilient presence while water plate has a more fluid presence nourishing and fertilizing.

I wanted to demonstrate the frailty of each by changing the tonal quality of each work with simple mark making, as humans manipulate their environment.

The two works are part of a broader series of work which is still evolving. I hope you enjoy viewing the work and share in my connection.

Etching the environment paperbark at waters edge on duskLisa WheelerEtching$260



Decor by Sand and SunKatherine McInroyPhotography$395This is in a house in the town of Kolmanskop, Namibia. A former prosperous diamond mining town, it was aban-doned in 1954 and left to be taken over by the Namib Desert. This was one of my favourite ‘rooms’ where the remaining roof slats cast interesting shadows under the midday sun.

Eye of the QuiverKatherine McInroyPhotography$395The photograph is a play on the curiosity of the Quiver tree, with its unique angular shape and imposing presence, it seems to watch over you.

Quiver by NightKatherine McInroyPhotography$395The Quiver tree is a type of Aloe indigenous to Southern Africa. The tree was a lifeline to the San bushmen of Namibia. Its name came about when they hollowed out the trees tubular branches to form quivers for their arrows. Sadly, they are now a tree species under threat. They are mainly limited to a few rocky outcrops. Climbing up (and then down!) a mountain side in the dark of the middle of a moonless night allowed a true appreciation of the milky way lighting up the magnificent tree below.

Photography & Digital Art

A Rhyme of Gum TreesKatherine McInroyPhotography$395This work was inspired by Dorothea Mackellar’s poem of ‘A Rhyme of Gum Trees’. It is of a group of scribbly gums in a forest lit up at night. The shadows and textures enchant the eye.

The View from Beer O’ClockMelissa MurrayPhotography$450This image was of Port Douglas of an evening. I waited 13 years to be able to sit at this site and watch the view through beer-o-clock eyes.

Catchin’ BrekyMelissa MurrayPhotography$450On the river around Port Douglas fisherman pull up in the morning to catch fish. The shot was of a song of one of the locals catching his breakfast in the early morning. I wanted to capture this magical moment in what seems a wonderful life.


Red VelvetMegan ProutPhotography$200This picture was taken at Manning Gorge in Western Australia a few kilometres in from Mount Barnett Roadhouse.

Barooma Shearing IMardi RemondPhotography$250I captured this image at John and Lou Wheaton’s property “Boorooma”, Walgett while they were shearing. I had spent the morning in the shed as the team went about their work. Then, during the lunch break I walked back into the shed to find “Belly” bathed in beautiful light as he sat enjoying his smoke and contemplating the afternoon’s toil. I hope I have captured the rustic beauty and timelessness of this iconic scene.

DraftingMardi RemondPhotography$250This image was made while we were drafting goats at “Morendah”, Walgett. The dust and the speed with which the goats like to run through the draft were making my husband’s job difficult. But, the morning light through the dust adds a dimension to the image that I feel is particularly synonymous with outback life, particularly at the moment, and adds to the story being told.

Photography & Digital Art

Winter in the NorthMelissa MurrayPhotography$450This image may look black and white but actually it’s in its natural form. The way the light hit the water was perfect. I saw this image as i walked around the corner and looked out over the water. This was our view.

MillonahillLarry RindfleishPhotography$200Having served as a vital water supply, this windmill, left to slowly decay, reminds us of the changing nature of technology and the harsh conditions of the great Australian Outback.

Alien MistLarry RindfleishPhotography$220Windblown, dry and eerie, the pinnacles stand like mythical creatures in an alien landscape.


Cattle at DuskLisa WeberPhotography$100In the old timber yardsThe cows and their calvesTake flight in the soft golden light

End of a Long Day Lisa WeberPhotography $100Far away in the outback solitudeWhere the earth is a fine red sandForgotten, alone and in ruinsThe abandoned shearing shed stands.The bleating has stopped, the shears are laid downThere is no noise, there is no sound

Working HandsLisa WeberPhotography$100“His hands are worn where the burrs have tornWith dirt etched in his fingernailsThey are a working mans hands That have worked the land and alone they can tell a tale”.

No shearing shed is without a wool classier and I wanted the photograph to capture the vital legacy each individuals hands are for another’s future.

Tree SpiritsKarrin ThurstonPhotography$150Within the rings. Within the bark. Reside the spirits of a trees soulGiven at birth, nourished during growth, received in deathThe spirits of ones soul mentor the life, the challenges, the rewards, the love.They endure on through death to nurture new lifethe seedling develops, the spirits live on

Sculpture & Ceramics

PodsPrue CullenCeramics$200These were the first things I was drawn to create in my ceramic class. I think they represent nurturing, good nutrition and groundedness. Their shape is sensuous and they are full of potential!That’s peas for me.

Movement in WhiteKookie AtkinsCeramics $85I have tried to capture my lifeline. With partings, bulges and pinnacles that make us unique but never perfect.

Stylised PlatePrue CullenCeramics$150I enjoy painting works that are inspired by a floral landscape. This was inspired by a favourite liberty print shirt that I had. Of course mine looks nothing like the liberty print but I like my “Aussie” interpretation. It feels more organic and native, maybe a reflection of my slightly bent out of shape life right now. Whatever the influences, it’s all good!


Winning by a lengthAlison DentSteel$500This work in inspired by the horse races and the move-ment and excitement of the race.

Beneath the Surface Anna KainederCeramic, oxide & lustre$160Textures and colours hidden beneath the surface of the earth. Each more vibrant and unique as the next.

Uneven GroundAnna KainederCeramic, underglaze, pencil, glaze$110This work was done in a ceramic pencil and was inspired by the waterways and uneven ground of my local landscape.

sCULPTURE & cERAMICS

EmergenceElizabeth MagnussenOpal and binding agents atop an emu eggNFSThis work is made of opal shards and is of a gecko emerging from its shell. The work is created through the combination of natural materials and gemstones atop the iconic Australian Emu egg and celebrates the emerging and beautiful nature of the Australian environment in all its glorious incarnations and varieties.

Landscape TrioAnna KainederCeramic, oxide, glaze & lustre$280The landscape. Undulating and constantly moving but always connected.

Marshes BrolgaKevin ‘Sooty’ WelshWood carving$330This work is carved from native woods and inspired by the brolga’s that live in the Macquarie Marshes.


Why in the name of God I? David PickardWoodburning$500The work “Why! In the name of God? I & II” was created in response to conversations my class had with several Aboriginal members of our community. They had been removed from their families as young children. The pain and trauma brought about by this event is still evident in their lives today. While they have moved on, they cannot forget the hurt.

While I can empathise with them, I cannot pretend to know the pain these families

suffered. I have two daughters myself and I am certain that I could never forgive anyone, (or any institution) who chose to remove them from me, for the entirety of their childhood. Many of them had their innocence stolen from them and had great difficulty resuming the semblance of a normal life.Sometimes “Sorry” doesn’t seem to be enough?

Why in the name of God II?David PickardWoodburning$500

Why in the name of God II? David PickardWoodburning$500

aRTWORK lIST AND pRICES

Open ArtSummertime IIILake EyreThe Last Red GiantsThe WandererProud GirlsThe Last TwoDesolationA humpy seen from the verandahUnder Outback SkiesWe are watchingJust as I amGuerieBlue Flyers and Big RedsThere’s Something comingGreat EgretReclining KangarooThe DebutCool, Calm and CollectedAlmost SurrealEtching the environment paperbark at waters edge on duskPaperbark (below 3 as a set of 4)Paperbark IIPaperbark IIIWaters edgeCeramics/SculptureMovement in WhiteWhy in the name of God?Beneath the SurfaceLandscape TrioUneven GroundEmergenceBrolga DancingPodsBlack and White stylised platePhotography & Digital ArtTree SpiritsEye of the QuiverThe Rhyme of the Gum TreesQuiver by NightDécor by Sand and SunRed VelvetThe View from Beer O’ClockCatchin BrekyWinter in the NorthCattle at DuskWorking handsEnd of the DayMy Father’s fatherBadland; WilliewarinaAlien MistMillonahill

Judy ShalhoubKarin ThurstonSarah GroatAdam MaidensFiona BuchananFiona BuchananAnnie RindfleishFiona SomervilleAnna BoltonJohanna ParkerRachel Underwood-NalderMatilda JulianAnnie MurraySusan LeonardBruce LynchBruce LynchErin NewtonDeirdi O’KeeffeRachel CantLisa WheelerLisa WheelerLisa WheelerLisa WheelerLisa Wheeler

Kookie AtkinsDavid PickardAnna KainederAnna KainederAnna KainederElizabeth MagnassunKevin WelshPrue CullenPrue Cullen

Karrin ThurstonKatherine McInroyKatherine McInroyKatherine McInroyKatherine McInroyMegan ProutMelissa MurrayMelissa MurrayMelissa MurrayLisa WeberLisa WeberLisa WeberSarah DuganSarah DuganLarry RindfleishLarry Rindfleish

$300$990$1,000$700$450$450$250$1,200$150$380NFS$370$480$240$8,500$3,900$780NFS$760$260$720as a set$240 each

$85$500$160$280$110NFS$330$200$150

$150$395$395$250$395$200$450$450$450$100$100$100$800$1,000$220$200

About the Artists

Kookie Atkins - Coonamble I live in Coonamble and work in ceramics. I love the textures and the possibilities that lie in the medium and the way you can interconnect its possibilities.

Fiona Buchanan - Come-by-ChanceI studied art at school and then fashion design when I left, so I’ve always enjoyed doing things with my hands.I have been working with watercolours for a few years and am continuing to further develop my skills and take inspiration from the farm that I live on.

Anna Bolton - Lightning Ridge I am a Yuwaalaraay/ Gamilaraay woman from Lightning Ridge. I have a love of the natural and spiritual aspects of my country and want to share my interpretations of these with you.I work predominately with pen and paper and some acrylics.

Rachel Cant - Trangie My works feature the creeks and landscapes, stock and people of my world in the Trangie/ Warren area. With no formal art tuition past high school I work mostly in pastels. This medium captures my love of colour and light and provides a no mess no fuss opportunity to ‘paint’.

Prue Cullen - CoonambleI am new to the medium of ceramics but I love to create with the tactile and durable nature of clay and my works are inspired by nature particularly flowers and other organic materials. I am still getting my hands dirty and am learning to ap-preciate my new medium and the environment in which I create.

Alison Dent– GulargamboneMy work is derived from the environment in which I live. My favourite material, steel, has allowed me to exhibit at a variety of locations with my works appearing in local, regional and metropolitan exhibitions. I have exhibited in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Bull Dust to Bitumen, Walgett, Sculptures in the Garden, Mudgee, Heritage Highland Gardens, Orange, Outback Archies, Coonamble, and Lambrig in the ACT

Sarah Dugan - WalgettMy artistic practice involves the exploration of the subjective and cultural reading of the Australian landscape within the context of the Australian gothic. Landscape is created and read through individual imagination, cultural memories and his-tory and Australia’s particularly violent and recent history creates an anxiety within our physical and imaginative readings of place. My interest lies within this anxiety and how it is manifested within our imaginations.

Sarah Groat - WalgettI started painting with the wonderful support of the Walgett Art Group in September 2013, to try to fill in time during the drought, when it’s not busy at work. It is a huge thrill to have a painting accepted into a competition like the Outback Archies when I haven’t even been painting for 12 months. It is a credit to the Walgett Art Group, who encouraged me to take opportunities and have a go at something I hadn’t tried before - and I love it. I also think it’s amazing what opportu-nities have come up for me as a result of the drought - who would have thought it would be good for something.


Anna Kaineder - CoonambleI have been working with clay for the last 6 years. After studying at Brookvale TAFE I have continued at the newly formed ceramics studio in Coonamble. It does not seem to matter how long I work with clay, I am still surprised and delighted by it. It is so unpredictable yet forgiving. My work with clay inevitably ends up referencing landscape in some way and I think that is because I love living in the country and being outdoors.

Susan Leonard - CoonambleI live in Coonamble and work as a teacher of Design and Technology. For the past few years I have been fascinated by the power of patterns made by repeated lines. I love to paint whatever image comes to mind.”

Bruce Lynch - WarrenI have been painting art for more than 50 years and in the mid eighties I started painting wildlife and have continued this direction since. I work in a variety of mediums and use stylised airbrushing for my acrylics work.

Elizabeth Gruber Magnusson - Lightning RidgeI work in a variety of mediums including paintings and drawings. I have begun to work in a new unique form of art through the combination of natural materials and gemstones, including the eggs of the iconic Australian Emu, as well as those of the larger Ostrich and Australia’s national gemstone, the opal, in all its glorious incarnations and varieties.

Adam Maidens - CobarI live and work in Cobar and have a passion for discovering the world and capturing it through my art.I enjoy creating artwork based on streetscapes and architecture works. I moved into digital art 1 year ago and the first piece I created was of a Paris Street scene.I draws inspiration for my art work from places I have travelled, local surroundings, friends and family.My skills and knowledge of digital art are self-taught and I have no formal training or attended any professional art classes. I use a stylus pen and an electronic tablet to create my art works which are then printed on canvas.

Katherine McInroy - CoonambleI love exploring this amazing country, camera in hand. Some of the most spectacular scenery is all around us and I am enjoying a very new challenge of trying to capture the magnificent night skies. They create an unreal landscape, incorpo-rating dramatic beauty embroided by science and legend.

Melissa Murray - CoonambleA self professed local Melissa works in a variety of mediums including photography, painting acrylics and pastels to capture the moments that ignite her imagination.

Annie Murray - WalgettInspired by the vast western Plains and isolated rural landscape, I am passionate about capturing the essence and vibrant colours of my local surroundings.

Erin Newton - WalgettI have always had a passion for art. With stunning scenery and beautiful children, I have the best of both worlds. “Eve-rything you experience is precious and needs to be expressed in art”

Deirdri O’Keeffe - WalgettI am inspired by a range of object but none more inspiring by the landscape around me. My primary mediums are watercolour and pastel.

Sally Underwood-Nalder - GilgandraI have always been an artist, for as long as I can remember.I was taught the gift of observation from a young age.It is a testimonial to my parents.My mother showed me nature and the bush, revealing the beauty hidden within it.Pods, leaves, and bark, such beauty in the simplest of objects.Worlds within worlds, building connection to the Land.

My father taught observance of the complex worlds of ants, bees, spiders, ant lions and wasps and other wonders.Silently waiting and watching, as they created their architecture.We studied their work ethic, and noted their will to survive.

Celebrating the extraordinary within the ordinary, through association and belonging.My process involves collecting and recording moments that hold stories, personal stories.Listening for those stories through connections to simple objects, everyday objects and more often than not, overlooked objects.

Johanna Parker - Lightning Ridge Johanna Parker is a descendent of the Muruwari tribe of South QLD and north-west NSW area. Johanna is a professional Indigenous artist who creates artworks, photography, computer graphics.

David Pickard - BourkeI’ve been an artist for over thirty years, however, I rarely find the time to create my own work. I teach in secondary school and my creative efforts were generally focussed on my students and their attempts to realise their visions. For the past two years I’ve been fortunate to find myself teaching in Western NSW. During this time I have been able to pursue some of my own creative interests. I was able to develop my skills with wood burning and this has allowed me to create narrative portraits. I hope the images I’ve created engage the audience and invite debate and comment.

Megan Prout - WarrenI am drawn to the medium of photography due to its easy nature. I live in Warren NSW so I get lots of opportunities to take photographs with my camera with my favourite subject to photograph being storms. Taking photographs is a big passion of mine and I enjoy capturing the Australian landscape in all its different colours and textures.

Mardi Rémond - WalgettMy photography is predominantly a reflection of life on the land. I endeavour to capture timeless moments that em-phasize the interaction of man and the environment and am continually challenged to make images that are authentic without being clichéd. I love that photography brings me in contact with people across all walks of life and is a continu-ally evolving art form.

Annie Rindfleish - CoonambleI work in a variety of mediums and am drawn to painting, ceramics and photography. I enjoy capturing moments in time while on holidays or at special occasions to later share with family and friends. I enjoy showcasing the beauty of our amazing country

About the Artists

Larry Rindfleish - CoonambleI have been taking photos for many years and have a growing passion for photography. My ambition is to capture, preserve and showcase the true magnificence of Mother Nature.All people, all creatures large and small, the beautiful oceans and spectacular wilderness, the outback and the skies. It all needs to be recorded for the world to share. I can only hope that I do her justice.

Judy Shalhoub - GilgandraJudy lives in Gilgandra and has held both solo and group exhibitions across Central West NSW as well as abroad and state-wide. Judy paints in her own studio in a variety of mediums.

Fiona Summerville - LouthI have long investigated the idea of structures in the landscape. I look at old country towns and the remnants of human pres-ence on the land. The elements in my pictures create a kind of silent, still stage play. History, memory and observation provide the bones of the story. The only sure things are the eternal buzzing flies.

Karin Thurston– Lightning Ridge Karin paints from her own studio in the peaceful setting of the Lightning Ridge preserved opals fields. “Art to me, is a living expression of who I am, it is from my deepest spiritual plane. Originating from a Gamilaraay background, spirituality exists in all my art forms - painting, prose, poetry, pottery and photography. I am of the Dhulii, sand goanna people and my spirit is ‘Giniybarra- the tree’. My art is the story of my life.

Lisa Weber - Ballimore“Sometimes there are stories that need to be told. The Australian bush is a mix of beauty and hardship. Woolsheds, arid farms, livestock, ruined buildings, abandoned cars, and wildlife fill the landscape... and together they all tell a story. I want my images to take those stories to people who may never experience them, may never travel to where the farms are broad, livestock run in the thousands, there is an endless sky, and red dust fills the air. My rural images are rustic, earthy and real. I like to capture things exactly as they are; the worn out timber, the rusted metal, the dry earth, mustering, droving, shearing, working hands -the bush. My hope is that through photography I can tell the stories that need to be told.

Lisa Wheeler - CoonambleMy environment is the inspiration for my work. I grew up on the black soil plains east of Coonamble and now call the flood plains of the Castlereagh River home. I have a deep connection with the area and feel the need to express this connection in my artwork. I have no formal training in art but have observed and read widely about artists and their art. I am particularly inspired by the work of the French Impressionists, Dutch Masters and German Expressionists. I have been undertaking summer and winter school residences at the National Art School experimenting in various art forms to find my art.At the moment have found folly in the printmaking medium and am exploring every glorious and surprising avenue. I think what I love most about printmaking is the unexpected things that happen when making your art, a bit like what happens in the environment.

Kevin Welsh - CoonambleKevin lives in Coonamble and hails from the Wailwan tribe. Sooty’s creativity and passion for his culture and arts started early in life. He is dedicated to exploring his cultural heritage through painting, ceramics, woodwork and photography.


Partners Thank You

Servicing Bourke, Cobar, Coonamble, Walgett and Warren ShiresContact: 0268222484

Servicing Dubbo, Gilgandra Shire, Mid-Western Regional Council,

Narromine Shire & Warrumbungle ShiresContact: 02 6817 8704

Servicing Broken Hill, Central Darling, Wentworth, Unincorporated Area (top far west remote NSW) Shires.

Contact: (08) 8087-9035

Outback Arts would like to thank everyone who assisted us in the planning and development of this program, the artists,

regional and community partners and sponsors.

We intend to continue to host this event annually and to promote local arts throughout our regional communities.

A tour of selected works will occur during the next 5 months and will visit all Outback Arts’ contributing shires as well as

Dubbo and Sydney.

Please feel free to vote for the People’s Choice award.The winner will be announced at the end of the exhibition in

Coonamble.

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