Painting Masterclass: ‘Happy Accidents’ with Gonzalo Varela
Schedule
Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 am
UTC+10:00Location
Bass Coast Cultural Venues (Berninneit) | Cowes, VI
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Spend 3 hours with exhibiting artist Gonzalo Varela, exploring the creative potential of working with accidents and chance as a point of departure in your painting practice. Through suggestive stains and spontaneous marks, learn to discover hidden images and how to develop these with character, intention and form.This workshop is suitable for adults and children over 16 years. You will be working with ink and acrylics on paper. Materials are provided, but you are also welcome to bring your own water-based inks or acrylics.
This workshop accompanies Gonzalo Varela’s exhibition ‘The Second Horizon’ at Berninneit Art Gallery 28 March – 17 May. Gonzalo uses this technique of ‘happy accidents’ in his own creative practice: ‘I understand chance not as a mistake, but as a trigger that is then shaped and refined through conscious decisions. From there, we engage with fundamental principles of visual language such as balance, contrast, direction, light, colour and their many variations.’
Painting Masterclass: ‘Happy Accidents' with Gonzalo Varela.
📅 Saturday, April 11
🕒 10am - 1pm
🎟️ Full: $30 Concession: $24
📍 Berninneit, Cowes
91-97 Thompson Ave, Phillip Island
👉 Click the link below to book!
https://bccv.net/BookPaintingMasterclass
For more details on Gonzalo Varela's exhibition 'The Second Horizon' at Berninneit Art Gallery visit
https://bccv.net/TheSecondHorizonatExhibition
This workshop is suitable for adults and children over the age of 16 years.
Spots strictly limited, booking required.
About the artist:
Artist Gonzalo Varela was born in Argentina, where he studied art at the University of La Plata, where he later went on to teach. He then worked in Barcelona for ten years with a collective art studio, before arriving in Melbourne in 2009 where he founded the Magic Lantern Studio with artist Lucy Parkinson. Gonzalo is now settled in Fish Creek, South Gippsland, where he has lived since 2019.
www.gonzalovarela.au
Instagram: @gonzalovarela.artist
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Where is it happening?
Bass Coast Cultural Venues (Berninneit), 91-97 Thompson Ave, Cowes VIC 3922, Australia, CowesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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