Eastern Suburbs Art Group

The turnoff for the Foundation is large and has been especially constructed for the purpose of feeding traffic safely into the parking area, which is large. The gallery is located about three and a half hours' drive from Melbourne. NCEA has a spacious reception area that spills into a cafe. The tables are magenta and bottle green, which is very colourful and striking. The entry fee is small, or at least it was for the prize show I saw. The show didn’t really have a theme. A lot of the works in the prize exhibition are figurative, such as Jesse Wallace's 'Peekaboo' (above) which shows a fur seal, a species endemic to Australia. The show spaces are large and evidently suited not only to showing works but to accommodating events. I mean there is plenty of space for people to mingle and talk in comfort (see above photo). The facility is well organised and has a cafe as already mentioned, important when you have to go so far just to get to the gallery. The gallery is situate...

This little gallery is in a regional town about 3 hours' drive from Melboure. IT is a pretty part of the world and getting round Victoria is anyway pleasant becasue the landscape is so uniform. I apologise for not posting while away I just got back this morning, had a car wash to get the mud off the car, picked up mail, picked up framing, got some information from the art supply shop, and did other errands that needed doing. Gresham's tapestries are quite small but they are magnificent, full of colour and poise. For some reason they reminded me of banknotes, possibly the ndetail, which is astonishing. The gallery has several rooms but the Gresham show is nearest the front counter. The gallery does not sell works but staff can put you in touch with the artist if required.

The show was set up about a month ago and will come down next week. At the moment we are meeting people there by appointment only, so if you want to see the show please get in touch, I met friends there today and another man, whom I met at Rozelle Markets, also popped in briefly this morning. My friends have always been supportive of my practice. Each time at least they buy a book, one time a book of prose one time a book of poetry. At the markets I also sold paintings and a book each time. That is two weekends in a row. If anyone wants to see the Drummoyne show please get in touch and we can organise a time and date.