Shacks, Tracks & Vistas
April 12 - April 14 11:00am - 5:00pm FREE
Shacks, Tracks & Vistas
An exhibition of drawings and paintings from the Royal National Park
Saturday April 12 2025 - 4:00-6:00pm
An ode to our natural mistress to the north.
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Shacks, Tracks & Vistas
Lou influenced her daughter Gill to draw and paint while sketching at their family holiday shack at Era Beach in the Royal National Park. Both have spent many hours going out into the landscape drawing and painting with Gill choosing visual arts as her lifelong career. Lou left this mortal coil some years ago now and Gill is proud to exhibit her mothers drawings alongside her own work.
The exhibition aims to raise funds and awareness for the RNP Cabins Community Protection League.
Please come to enjoy some art and discover more about the heritage listed shacks and communities in the RNP.
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Opening Event Details
Opening by Helen Voysey with talks and drinks.
Exhibition Hours
10:00am-5:00pm
Artist Bios
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Gillian Rhyss
A desire to engage in the struggle to protect the natural environment first happened when I was 21 and I stopped at creek in Goulburn for a swim on a hot day while travelling. There was a sign that read ‘No swimming-polluted water’. In 1997 when I arrived in Lismore to begin my honours year there was a fish kill in the Richmond River that was caused by drainage from acid sulphate soils and low oxygen in the water. This event motivated my honours year work and the developments from that work led to a PhD, which involved cross discipline research with the school of Environmental Science. The artworks I am currently making continue to engage concern for our environment, especially water.
I also spend a lot of time in the Royal National Park where I make artworks based on the landscape and animals there.
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