Local East Gippsland artists Paula Hunt and Belinda East will be exhibiting at Bruthen Village Maker and Gallery throughout April.
Their opening celebration is this Friday, April 4, at 5pm at Bruthen Village Maker and Gallery, 61 Main Street Bruthen and refreshments will be served.
Paul is exhibiting a selection of small abstract paintings that have their genesis in some of the most campy, corny, and (at times) questionable sci-fi tv of the 70s and 80s.
For her these paintings are an exploration of a sort of retrofuturism. She lives and works in Lakes Entrance, on Gunaikurnai County. She has a degree in Fine Art from the VCA and a Master of Fine Art from Monash University. In the past she has exhibited at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Bus Projects, Counihan Gallery, Kings ARI, Blindside ARI, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, George Paton Gallery, and as part of the Incinerator Billboard Project in Niddrie.
Belinda grew up at Toorloo Arm, married and raised her three children in Lakes Entrance. Her grandmother had a huge influence with her large country garden that had to survive on no supplementary water.
“I grew making cubby house’s and flower potions in many corners of it,” Bruthen Village Maker and Gallery’s Penny Unsworth said.
“So my love of plants and nature has always been a huge part of my life. Her creativity has gained momentum and she has attended Rhonda Gray Art School in Bairnsdale for four years.
“On her three-acre property in Kalimna thousands of plants and trees have been planted attracting 40 bird species – three new ones arriving just this year.
“Belinda believes planting trees and plants will be her legacy and hopes the garden will be around for generations to come.
“The majority if this collection of art is quite recent and it shows her love of my garden, and some of the birds that live in it.”
