‘Nostalgia’ by Cecile Michel

Name: ‘Nostalgia’ by Cecile Michel
Start: 2025-03-08T13:00:00+11:00
Location: 183 Post Office rd, Smythes Creek, VIC, Australia

Schedule

Sat, 08 Mar, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC+11:00

Location

183 Post Office rd, Smythes Creek, VIC, Australia | Ballarat, VI

Ross Creek Gallery is pleased to present ‘Nostalgia’ by Cecile Michel

Cecile Michel is returning to the Goldfields region with an exhibition entitled “Nostalgia”, which will take place at the Ross Creek Gallery in Smythes Creek, from the 8th of March to the 23rd of March 2025.
Her first solo exhibition took place in Ballarat in 2022 and featured realistic graphite pencil drawings of beer caps and quirky objects.
Staying consistent with her black and white style, her Nostalgia series focuses more on the connection that we have with some objects, and the happy memories attached to items from the past.
Covering multiple decades of memorabilia, you will see drawings of a typewriter, the indestructible Nokia phone, for those who might remember it... the good old cassette tape, and many more.
These drawings are all done on stretched canvases with the use of graphite pencil, charcoal and makeup brushes.
Her process involves browsing Antiques shop to find the object that calls out to her and triggers an emotion, photography it against a white background, and after choosing the perfect image out of dozens of shots, draws it onto the canvas. Even the sizes are decided depending on the items themselves. Some are cute and are better suited to a small frame, and some just beg for the majesty of a larger canvas.
“Every drawing has a story behind it. Most of the pieces have an anecdote from my own past... Some of them are borrowed from friends and family members. I believe that the feeling of Nostalgia triggers happy thoughts and builds a connection between all of us. In a room full of people, we will be sure to find a common story about a toy or gadget...”
There will be an opening event on Saturday, 8th March, 1-4pm
This exhibition is on from 8th - 23rd March. The Ross Creek Gallery will be open every weekend 11-4 and by appointment any other time during this exhibition. To book an appointment outside gallery hours email [email protected]