2016 Visit Creative Unlimited to Connect with Creative Locals

Gympie Regional Gallery Gympie Regional Gallery 39 Nash Street, Gympie e. [email protected] w. gympie.qld.gov.au/gallery t. 5418 0733 i. Gympie Regional Gallery f. Gympie Regional Gallery GYMPIE REGION 2016 Visit Creative Unlimited to connect with creative locals.

www.creative-unlimited.com.au project andto individual artistsinvolved in thisproject. given by the Friendsof GympieRegional Gallerytothis The GympieRegional Galleryacknowledgesthesupport regional Queensland. Regional Council to supportlocalartsandculturein between theQueenslandGovernment andGympie The RegionalArtsDevelopmentFund isapartnership Acknowledgements Kate Websdale Tin CanBayartGallery,CooloolaCoastArtGroup Narelle Webber;YellowTailArtatLagoon Pocket Sally Spencer Prue Sheehan;PesartArtandCeramics Elizabeth Sawrey Rhonda Rettke;RRCreations Margie Pocknee;Studio1327 Sue Purnell;SudiStudio Nonie Metzler Sally Luchich Sam Keane;ColourfulClaywork Pam Hopkins Gympie RegionalGalleryTuesdayArtGroup Ian &AudreyGunn;mrandmrsgunn Friends ofAmamoor Café JilartyandGallery Dion Channer;SudiStudio Kym Barrett;TheEdgeStudio Rebecca Baker;AuroraRoseVintage Cooloola RocksandMineralsGallery Zela Bissett...... Claire Bailey;CmbdesignStudio Kerrie Atkins Index byartist ......

...... Page 33 23 21 11 22 31 19 25 32 35 18 24 34 17 10 16 20 26 27 4 5 6 9 3 Gympie andsurrounds gympie.qld.gov.au Gympie RegionalCouncil This projectisaninitiative of Mary Valley Northern Gympie Tin CanBayandRainbowBeach Open Weekends2016 Gympie RegionStudioTrails places tovisitintheGympieregion. Visit gympieregion.com.auformoreexciting creative peopleoftheGympieRegion. visits, thenfollowthetrailtovisitsomeof So explorethisbookandplanoutyourstudio the region. enable youtofollowaculturaltrailthrough specific weekendsindicatedinthebookto Local artistshaveopenedtheirstudiosonthe where Gympie’sartistswork. an excitingopportunitytoexplorethespaces Region Studio Trails.Trailsgivesvisitors Welcome tothefirsteditionofGympie artists work... Follow thetrailtoseewherelocal ...... 8 ...... 14 ...... 30 2

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3 Rainbow Beach • Tin Can Bay • 4 & 5 June 2016 4 Rainbow Beach • Tin Can Bay • 4 & 5 June 2016 2 dabble inwatercoloursandoils.Shealsousescharcoal mediums andavarietyofstyles.Katespendstimedrawing a paintingproposalbeforesheallowsherinstinctstodrive visual referencesinthispeacefulsettingnourishingtoher the paintingprocess.Sheoftenusesacrylics,butwillalso with herartatTinCanBay,andfindsthebroadscopeof Kate Websdaleworkswithanumberofdifferentartistic collage atdifferenttimes.Kateenjoyslivingandplaying Other days by appointment. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekend. e. Open 10am–4pmduring [email protected] WEBSDALE 43 SweetlipCircle, creative energy. t. 0438430631 Tin CanBay Kate Kate hand painted fabric and leadlighting. hand paintedfabricandleadlighting. acrylic painting,oils,silk The artistsworkinmixedmedia, artwork ondisplayatanyonetime. and thereisadiversevarietyof with otherCooloolaCoastartists artistic skillstopainting.Shehasopenedhergalleryshare a historyasfabricandfashiondesignernowturnsher Jill McDonald, isondisplayattheTinCanBayartGallery.Jillhas artistic enthusiasm.Theirartwork,andthatofgalleryowner The CooloolaCoastArtGroupmeetregularlyandsharetheir e. [email protected] t. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekend. Open 10am–4pmduring Tin CanBay 16 KingStreet, ArtGroup CooloolaCoast Gallery TinCan 0458139747 Bayart Bayart

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5 Rainbow Beach • Tin Can Bay • 4 & 5 June 2016 6 Rainbow Beach • Tin Can Bay • 4 & 5 June 2016 many yearsandhasattendedafewshortcoursesbutismostly is workinginacrylic,Elizabethusesmixedmediaandproduces large, abstractbrightcompositions.Shealsoworksincharcoal enjoys producingrealisticportraitsandlandscapes.Whenshe 4 Elizabeth Sawreyhasbeenworkinginpastelandacrylicfor Plein AirePaintersgroupforthe CooloolaCoastArtGroup. and pencilrunsasmalllifedrawinggroup.Elizabethis self taughtasanartist.Whenworkinginpastel,Elizabeth Food Trail Food involved withfellowartistsandco-ordinatesthelocal Octopus ElizabethSawrey Other days by appointment. Other daysbyappointment. e. the StudioTrailsweekend. StudioGallery Open 10am–4pmduring [email protected] 38 MarlinWay, t. 0439 683690 Tin CanBay Sweet Medusa Sweet Discover produce precious from Ocean Earth to all goodVisitor Information Centres Available onlineatgympieregionalproduce.com.au and Gympie region Ar borcre scent Road Glenwood

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9 Northern Gympie • 11 & 12 June 2016 10 Northern Gympie • 11 & 12 June 2016 bark for the pulp or shredding linen for his next paper creation. bark forthepulporshreddinglinenhisnextpapercreation. 6 Sudi Studio, he makes exquisite paper, sourcing and preparing Sudi Studio,hemakesexquisitepaper,sourcingandpreparing when he learnt the craft while living in Italy. In his art studio at when helearntthecraftwhilelivinginItaly.Inhisartstudio at his own raw materials to create unique pieces. When you visit his ownrawmaterialstocreateuniquepieces.Whenyouvisit his papermaking studio, you may find him stripping mulberry his papermakingstudio,youmayfindhimstrippingmulberry Papermaking has been Dion Channer’s passion since 1978, Papermaking hasbeenDionChanner’spassionsince1978, He also creates beautiful, useful art objects He alsocreatesbeautiful,useful artobjects with a love of book binding and uses the with aloveofbookbindingandusesthe handmade paper to produce his books. handmade papertoproducehis books. Dion has coupled his passion for paper Dion hascoupledhispassionforpaper using paper as the principal medium. using paperastheprincipalmedium. e. [email protected] t. Other days by appointment. Other daysbyappointment. 54857020,0414798214 the StudioTrailsweekend. DionCHANNER Open 10am–4pmduring SudiStudio 68 Fleming Road, 68 FlemingRoad, Glenwood e. t. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekend. Open 10am–4pmduring Glenwood 68 FlemingRoad, handmade paper. paints withwatercoloursand crafts coloured glasssections.Suealso crafting exquisitepiecesusingtiny of artisticforms.Sheiscurrentlyfocusingonmosaics, adult lifeengagedinartpracticeandcreatesavariety pursue theircreativeinterests.Suehasspentmuchofher workshop spaceforresidentartistsSueandDionto at SudiStudio,Glenwood.Studioprovidesindividual Sue Purnellcreatesdelicatemosaicartpiecesinherstudio SuePURNELL SudiStudio 5485 7020, 0402 207 677 54857020,0402207677 [email protected]

Ksenia byEleanorRobinson 7 11 Northern Gympie • 11 & 12 June 2016 The Gympie region is your events n destination MAY 1-31 APRIL 2 Eat Local Month Kilkivan Great Horse Ride gympieregionalproduce.com.au MARCH 18 & 19 kilkivangreathorseride.com.au Goomeri Show MAY 29 goomeri.countryshows.com.au Goomeri Pumpkin Festival goomeripumpkinfestival.com JULY 1-9 Rainbow Beach Fishing Classic JUNE 17-19 rainbowsportsclub.com.au International Car Rally AUGUST 5-7 rallyqueensland.com.au Kybong Rock & Mineral Festival coolrocks.com.au OCTOBER 1-31 RUSH Festival AUGUST 25-28 rushfestival.com.au Gympie Music Muster SEPTEMBER 16-19 muster.com.au Mitchell Creek Rock N Blues Festival OCTOBER 6-9 mitchellcreekrocknbluesfest.com.au Heart of Gold Film Festival heartofgold.com.au SEPTEMBER 24 Tin Can Bay Seafood Festival OCTOBER 15 DECEMBER 31 tincanbaytourism.org.au Gold Rush Festival Tin Can Bay Foreshore Carnival goldrush.org.au tincanbaytourism.org.au DECEMBER 31 Goomeri New Year’s Eve Rodeo NOVEMBER 12 nationalrodeoassociation.com.au Mary River Festival DECEMBER 31 maryriverfestival.com.au Gympie New Year’s Eve Family Fun Night visitgympieregion.com.au | 1800 444 222 To Maryborough

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© 2015 [email protected] Other days by appointment. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekends. w. 298 CalicoCreekRoad, RebeccaBAKER Open 10am–4pmduring RoseVintage aurorarosevintage.com e. felting toexpress aurorarosevintage who sheisand t. vintage styled what inspires 0417643150 handcrafted, her, through aio Creek Calico the medium of beautiful, @gmail.com items. w. e. Cecile herselfcanoftenbefound paintingontheverandah. ever changingdisplayandisavailable forviewingdaily. The galleryhangingspaceprovidestheopportunityforan and thatofotherartists. and usesthegalleryspacetoexhibitbothherownwork Cecile hasalongconnectionwithlocalartistsandgalleries, Steenbergen alsohasherownstudionextdoor. Cooloola RocksandMineralsShopowner/artistCecile Cooloola RocksandMineralsGalleryislocatedwithinthe t. weekends. 9am–5pm onStudioTrails Studio byappointmentand Open: Gallery9am–5pmdaily Kybong Lobwein Road, Gallery andMinerals CooloolaRocks 5483 5252 54835252 [email protected] coolrocksforart.com.au Goldfish

by KerrieAitkin Cecile Steenbergen Our Journey Journey Our by Breakthrough Breakthrough by LisaStamos 9 17 Gympie • 18 & 19 June 2016 • 8 & 9 October 2016 18 Gympie • 18 & 19 June 2016 • 8 & 9 October 2016 10 We left and the landscape flourished landscape the and left We Audrey andIanGunnhaveamulti-disciplinedcontemporary drawing andprinting.Theirworksarebasedmainlyonboth the naturalworldandfigurativesubjectsincludingflora, art practicewhichispresentlybasedaroundpainting, Both AudreyandIanusemixed media intheirartspracticeand Audrey&IanGUNN mrandmrsgunn have arangeofworkson Other days by appointment. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekends. Open 10am–4pmduring display intheirgallery. fauna andlandscape. w. mrandmrsgunn.com e. 13 MeadsRoad, mrandmrsgunn01 t. i. 0400084114 ian.gunn.140 ian.gunn.140 @gmail.com @gmail.com Studio Tandur

tableware isavailableforsale in localgalleries. during theschoolholidays.Prue’sbrightlycolouredceramic teaches children’sclassesattheGympieRegionalGallery weekly classesinGympiefromherhomestudioandalso learn newskillsandtoenjoytheartisticjourney.Sheconducts ceramicist andteacherwithapassionforhelpingothersto all agesandeveryexperiencelevel.Prueisaqualifiedartist, specialising inclayhandbuildingandceramicclassesfor Pesart ArtandCeramicsbyPrueisadynamicbusiness byPrue PesartArtandCeramics f. e. t. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekends. Open 10am–4pmduring Southside 52 BushlandDrive, PrueSHEEHAN CeramicsbyPrue Pesart 0401586638,54837646 [email protected] [email protected] Artand I Can Breathe Now Breathe Can I

His Sacrifice His Freedom 11 19 Gympie • 18 & 19 June 2016 • 8 & 9 October 2016 20 Gympie • 18 & 19 June 2016 • 8 & 9 October 2016 12 Claire specialisesindigitaldesignforbothprintandonline Claire isatalentedpainterandhasseverallargecanvasses in herstudio.Sheisanawardwinninggraphicdesigner, Seductive Longing edit andrestorephotographs using and Photoshopcanbeautifully high qualityvisualcommunication publications. Claireisamasterof e. with 15years’experience. Open 10am–4pmduringthe [email protected] [email protected] w. Studio Trailsweekendsand 9.30–3pm Monday–Friday. 9.30–3pm Monday–Friday. cmbdesignstudio.com.au creative techniques. Cmbdesign ClaireBAILEY 11A VioletStreet, f. cmbdesignstudio t. 0413 869 840 840 869 0413 Studio Gympie Reflect f. RhondaRettke i. e. t. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekends. Open 9am–4pmduring Rhonda RRCreations Rhonda tobookaworkshop. mini workshopsovertheStudio Trailsweekends.Contact in groupexhibitionsfor20years.Rhondawillconduct artwork. Shehasheldsoloexhibitionsandparticipated her artandusesnatureasasourceofreferencefor regards thecreativejourneyasanimportantaspectof She createsbothwearableartandwallpieces.Rhonda use print,paper,wax,paintandfoundobjectsinherwork. Artist RhondaRettkelovestocombinefeltandfabric, RR Creationshasmanyfacets,allrevolvingaroundtextiles. Gympie 41 FraserRoad, 0402107896 Rhonda.Rettke Rhonda.Rettke [email protected] RETTKE 13 21 Gympie • 18 & 19 June 2016 • 8 & 9 October 2016 22 Gympie • 18 & 19 June 2016 • 8 & 9 October 2016 14 part inexhibitions,tovolunteeringatgalleries,learningmore Regional Galleryin2015.Nonieenjoystheworldofart;from collaborating withotherartists,visitinggalleriesandtaking Nonie Metzlerisrecognisedasaskilledpainterandenjoys ideas, andhasexhibitedherartworkformanyyears,most She alsoexperimentswithnewmediums,techniquesand recently holdingaretrospectiveexhibitionintheGympie drawing, paintingandprintmakinginherartpractice. about artandthegreatartists. NonieMETZLER 206 McIntoshCreekRoad, Other days by appointment. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekends. Open 10am–4pmduring @skymesh.com.au e. noniemetzler t. 54824344 Gympie SallySPENCER origins. our common reminder of and considersherworkanessential and symbolsinacontemporary way existence. Sallyportraysthese myths us ofthedepthandmeaningour manifest ineverydaylifeandremind the mythsandsymbolsofourancientancestorsemerge tracing therootsofcivilisation.Sally’sartworkexamineshow history hasformedthefoundationofherpersonalgenre different countriesandcultures.Herinterestinancient a careerspanning50yearsandexperienceworkingin Sally Spencerisasculptureandinstallationartistwith w. e. t. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekends. Open 10am–4pmduring Gympie 15 LadyMaryTerrace, 0413 199 510 0413199510 [email protected] sallyspencer.net 15 23 Gympie • 18 & 19 June 2016 • 8 & 9 October 2016 24 Gympie • 18 & 19 June 2016 • 8 & 9 October 2016 In hergardenstudio,ZelaBissettmakeshandmadepaperfrom 16 local plants,weeds,pruningsandofficepaper(shredded art practicesincludingcasting,papermache,papersculpture, re-purposed). Thisbeautifulpaperisthenusedinarangeof collage, paintingandartistbooks.Itisalsocombinedwith Memories of the Burning Bush Burning the of Memories mediums suchaswallpanels.Zela also createsfeltwithwoolrovings textiles andusedinotherart and makesscarves,booties Other days by appointment. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekends. e. and otherusefulitems. Open 10am–4pmduring 3 CarringtonAvenue, [email protected] ZelaBISSETT t. 0400366195 Gympie Sam Claywork Colourful and function. a heavyemphasisonform fun andcheekinessinherworkwith many colourswithafocusonbrightness.Thereissenseof by the50’s&60’s,PopArt,MemphisandArtDeco.Sheuses Collection oftheArtGallerySouthAustralia.Samisinspired Medal forherjewellery.Twopiecesofworkareinthe Australia. HerworkhaswonseveralprizesincludingaGold participated inmanygroupshowsandsolothroughout Sam Keanebeganworkingwithclayinthelate60’s.Shehas w. e. t. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekends. Open 10am–4pmduring Gympie 27 CrescentRoad, 0418 715 052 0418715052 [email protected] sam-keane-claywork.com KEANE 17 25 Gympie • 18 & 19 June 2016 • 8 & 9 October 2016 26 Gympie • 18 & 19 June 2016 18 the mediumofoilsandcoldwaxonpanelwillordinarily hours eachdayworkingatherartwork;preparing,drawing, painting andfinishing.Kymiscurrentlyprimarilyin have multiplepanelsinvariousstatesofprocess.Sheworks intuitively andinevitablyreferenceselementsofthenatural of bushlandnearapicturesquecreek.Shespendsseveral Kym Barrettisanawardwinninglocalartistwhoworks in alargepurposebuiltstudionestled5acres Into The Blue The Into

Photograph by Molly Hanrahan TheEdgeStudio Other days by appointment. Other daysbyappointment. f. kymbarrettmixedmediaart the StudioTrailsweekend. Open 10am–4pmduring Kym 71 RammuttRoad, @spiderweb.com.au w. world inherart. t. kymbarrett.com 0428 383 196 0428383196 BARRETT Chatsworth e. barretts Viriditas KerrieATKINS group exhibitions. comes fromnatureandsheworkstowardsbothsolo and haswonvariouscompetitions.Herinspirationoften studies tolargeworksoncanvas.Kerrieacceptscommissions watercolours andpastels.Herworkrangesfromminiature painting inavarietyofmediaincludingacrylics,gouache, she movedtherein1984.Sheenjoysdrawing,sketchingand Sandy Creek.ItisalocationwhichhasinspiredKerriesince Kerrie Atkinspaintsfromherstudiowhichsitsalongside t. Other daysbyappointment. the StudioTrailsweekends. Open 10am–4pmduring Downsfield 1783 SandyCreekRoad, 54865187 19 27 Gympie • 18 & 19 June 2016 • 8 & 9 October 2016

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