Our Silent Auction, featuring three stunning original artworks by renowned Sunshine Coast artists John Nelson and Marie Farr, was a wonderful success.
All three paintings sold, raising over $2,500 to support the campaign of our grassroots community movement for a better future.
Both the artists talk about their work on our YouTube Channel
John Nelson
John Nelson, born in 1951, is an Australian postwar and contemporary painter based in Buderim. His work has been showcased in various galleries and museums, including the Pratt Institute's Manhattan Gallery. In early 2021, his exhibition "The Floating Crust #2" was displayed at the Banana Shed Gallery from January 29 to February 24. He has been busy preparing a new collection for an upcoming exhibition in Canberra in April.
Painting 1 - Back Home on the Motorway - measures 167 x 120 cm
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Painting 2 - Mapleton state forest walk - measures 140 x 107 cm
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Hear John speak about his artwork
Marie Farr
Marie Farr is a printmaker and artist based in Flaxton. She studied at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, where she focused on painting with Gareth Sansom and printmaking under the guidance of printmaker Bea Maddock. Her artist books, "Memory: a fractured history" and "Traces - Presence in Absence," were selected by the jury for the InkMasters International Print Exhibition in 2021 at the Tanks Art Centre in Cairns. 2021 the print “Kimberley, Land and Language” was selected by a jury for the Awagami International Miniprint Exhibition, Japan.
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