‘To be a River’ exhibition

Name: ‘To be a River’ exhibition
Start: 2025-04-11T17:00:00+10:00
End: 2025-04-11T21:00:00+10:00
Location: Vacant Assembly

Schedule

Fri Apr 11 2025 at 05:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+10:00

Location

Vacant Assembly | West End, QL

‘To be a River’ exhibition
All welcome ✨
Opening event 🍷🧀 ::
Fri April 11th, 5-9pm ::
Vacant Assembly, 266 Montague Rd, West End, Brisbane, Australia
Musical vinyl offerings by @_m_a_x_winx ✨
To be a River’ is an exhibition of paintings inspired by my travels within inner & outer landscapes. Spanning from Peru, New Mexico, Spain & Scotland the works are a conversation with the elements :: a collaboration with mountains :: an alignment with rivers :: a ‘being with’ the sky :: a one on one w the universe … while walking the epic initiation of love & loss ::
‘To be a River’ is a metaphor for finding your way home, back to the sea… & the distant realms beyond.
✨🌑🦅🌻
Intuitive Watercolour & Charcoal workshops on Sat/Sun :: eventbrite links to book will be posted soon.
To be a River’ documents the artist’s journey traversing inner and outer landscapes. This body of work spans a 2 year trek around the Americas, Europe & Australian mountains and coastlines. The artmaking process begins drawing from nature, quite literally with rolled out canvas on the ground, high up on cliff faces or beside waterways. In charcoal the artist responds to the surroundings drawing with lyrical lines, informed by the rocks and textures beneath.
“I draw what I see and feel, it's a meditational response of being within the landscape, a commune with the elements and sentinel beings as friends or collaborators within the process.”
This body of work also maps the experience of love and loss and the healing power of artmaking, as the artist navigates the heartbreaking journey of losing a child. ‘To be River’ is a metaphor of finding your way home back to the sea, a conscious flow through mountainous chasms while walking the shadowy depths of inner landscapes.
You are invited to join us for music and drinks with DJ offering to be announced. Watercolour and Charcoal workshops will be held across the weekend (2-4pm) with booking details to be announced soon.
Exhibition Opening: Friday 11th of April, 5-9pm
Exhibition Continues:
Saturday, April 12, 10am-4pm,
Sunday, April 13, 10am-4pm.