17 July – 22 August, 2009
TWO OF A MIND
6 Artists with more than one pursuit in mind

Fashion Designer PRUE ACTON OBE - painting;
Australian Living Treasure, Musician DON BURROWS AO MBE - photography;
Restaurateur JASON CHEN - traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy;
Magazine Publisher, Photographer & Graphic designer ELIZABETH HAWKES - painting ;
Former ABC News Presenter RICHARD MORECROFT - photography;
Arts Educator & Author MERV MORIARTY, drawing.

Opened Saturday 18th July by Antony Coote AM
Exhibition in association with

Two of a Mind is an exhibition featuring 6 artists who have gained public recognition in their respective careers as musician, restaurateur, publisher/graphic designer/photographer and TV presenter.

Prue Acton Don Burrows, Jason Chen, Elizabeth Hawkes, Richard Morecroft and Merv Moriarty are six of a rare group of multi-talented and creative people who have turned their minds to a second pursuit, a change of direction, and at times a parallel complementary line of thinking in their lives.

JOHN MORRIS – sculptures and prints

18th July – 30 September, 2009
Extended exhibition in the Foyer Octagon ArtSpace

Bungendore Wood Works Gallery has been selected for an exhibition of the compelling and incredibly complex constructional sculpture of Queensland artist John Morris. This will be the most extensive exhibition of his work held in Australia with a combination of solid stand-alone sculptures, collaged wall works and giclee prints from his original imagery.

Such is his reputation on the world sculptural stage, that demands on his work by collectors and institutions leaves little opportunity for the accumulation of exhibition pieces.

John Morris is a rule-breaker and displays a unique and artistically brave vision, combined with exceptional technique that verges on a fanaticism towards anatomy, be it of animal or a human nature, and particularly with the female form.

JOHN MORRIS – sculptures and prints

18th July – 30 September, 2009
Extended exhibition in the Foyer Octagon ArtSpace

Bungendore Wood Works Gallery has been selected for an exhibition of the compelling and incredibly complex constructional sculpture of Queensland artist John Morris. This will be the most extensive exhibition of his work held in Australia with a combination of solid stand-alone sculptures, collaged wall works and giclee prints from his original imagery.

Such is his reputation on the world sculptural stage, that demands on his work by collectors and institutions leaves little opportunity for the accumulation of exhibition pieces.

John Morris is a rule-breaker and displays a unique and artistically brave vision, combined with exceptional technique that verges on a fanaticism towards anatomy, be it of animal or a human nature, and particularly with the female form.

COASTLINES – Approaches to the Australian Coast
29 August – 4 October, 2009
Extended in the Main Gallery

A group exhibition featuring the diversity on approach to representation of the Australian Coast. The exhibition will also examine aspects and issues on the role of the notion of "coast" in the Australian social, physical and creative pysche. And in a wider context, of the world environment and the concept of human activity induced global warming and its resultant rises in sea level.

Participating Artists:
Allan Baptist, Jim Birkett, Glenda Borchard, Philip Cox, Chan Dissanayaki,
Ken Knight, Robert Simpson, David Voigt

Opening Saturday 29th August 2pm by Richard Morecroft

Forum
On opening day from 2pm - a mini forum with speakers addressing aspects of the Coast. These will include Allan Baptist, Artist, speaking on approaches to the Coast from an artistic and creative viewpoint, Philip Cox AO speaking on the social experience of living, building and preserving the Coast and Richard Morecroft who will open the exhibition.

This is a companion exhibition to Bungendore Wood Works Gallery's 2007 exhibition Landlines - Approaches to Land and Landscape.

Coastlines is a group exhibition about artistic representation of one of the most fragile elements of the Australian landscape - the Coast.

This exhibition, like its 2007 predecessor Landlines, continues to evaluate through the eyes of the participating artists, the magnificence and grandeur of the unique Australian landscape, in this case its coastlines with all its moods, colours, movement and social activity that the majority of Australians can readily identify with.

The artists range from full-time professionals to passionate practitioners all on equivalent footings in terms of vision and dedication to their craft. None could be termed realists, and each has chosen their vehicle for conveying their feelings and passions for the entity broadly termed as the coast.

Some achieve their aims of representation by abstraction, romanticism or mysticism while others employ metaphor and implied symbolism to make their case. All are concerned environmentalists who share common concerns for the earth’s natural welfare: that, is part and parcel of the intelligent and creative mind that resides in every artist.

In these challenging times of environmental degradation and climatic uncertainty, Coastlines – approaches to the Australian Coast brings together artists Allan Baptist, Jim Birkett, Glenda Borchard, Philip Cox, Chan Dissanayake Ken Knight, Robert Simpson and David Voigt, each depicting the notion of ‘Coast’ by way of diversity of medium, technique and subject matter.

Stan d’Argeavel – Exhibition Coordinator