Native Flora

KATE BUTLER DE CASTRO, PHILIP DAVEY, BRONWEN GIBBS, SARAH HASSETT, KIT HILLER, HERTHA KLUGE-POTT, HANNAH LEWIS, MARY TONKIN, CHRISTABEL WIGLEY, JOHN WOLSELEY

Flora native to this continent is a source of wonder and inspiration, and this exhibition brings together a group of contemporary artists who share a passion for the natural world.

Tonkin is well known for her sensory depictions of the bush at her Kalorama home in the Dandenong Ranges. Following her sell out show in Sydney, we are excited to present a new painting she has created especially for this exhibition. Tonkin’s semi abstract works on linen depict the forest as patterns of light and shadow shift among trees, ferns and undergrowth capturing the Australian bush alive with all its swirling undercurrents.

Butler de Castro’s black and white etching captures a sense of whimsy with an adult and juvenile cockatoo eyeing each other beneath the arching bough of a sheoak tree, while Gibbs’ hand coloured etchings are miniature odes to each month of the year, documenting the seasons through the indigenous flora growing at her home in Somers. Wolseley creates maps of a different kind. Part artist, part scientist, he uses drawing and printmaking techniques to document his findings of minutiae such as moth wings, leaves and seeds to illuminate aspects of living systems and shifting planetary dynamics.

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Philip Davey, Kit Hiller, Hertha Kluge-Pott, Mary Tonkin & John Wolseley exhibit in collaboration with Australian Galleries Melbourne & Sydney.