THIS Thursday, August 6, the second Harbour exhibition will open in Shop7 Artspace at Bermagui Fishermen’s Wharf.
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More than 30 artists of the region have submitted works relating in any way to a marine harbour or to any other meaning of the word harbour.
And 25 businesses of Bermagui have donated vouchers for artists whose work they like the most.
The vouchers must be spent in the shop of the donor.
Business owners will visit the gallery before the opening to make their choices.
Game boat skipper Steve Tedesco will exhibit his stunning ink rubbings of fish on paper.
Karen Mallet’s exhibit is a three-dimensional piece using recycled manufactured waste components entitled ‘Mind Field’.
Pauline Balos has a series of paintings based on jellyfish.
Peter Storey will exhibit power carved bowls in native timbers, the most special of which is that carved from a coastal Cyprus log from Stradbroke Island off Brisbane.
Peter sees that a harbour is in fact a bowl albeit with an entrance. Ozlem Guler has two paintings in gouache of Bermagui River and its harbour entrance.
Kay Whitney meanwhile lives in Canberra but is a frequent visitor to Bermagui.
The environment here has nurtured her and provided enjoyment for many years.
She has been an art teacher for 18 years but now works as an art educator at the Canberra Museum and Gallery providing community art workshops for children and adults.
Her art practice is about love in little things: she takes photographs with her smart phone and is able to focus on fine detail of weathered, used, worn and rusted surfaces.
Her exhibit for this years’ Harbour exhibition is a collection of miniature digital photographs printed onto birch plywood as wearable art in the form of brooches.
Kay found the subjects in Bermagui Harbour and surrounding beaches.
The Harbour exhibition will be open until September 2 and the Artspace is open every day except Tuesdays.