New exhibition at Bay Gallery in November

Shane Kilby is the newest member of the Bay Gallery Art Studios Cooperative at Ettalong and will be the featured artist during November with his exhibition Outside-Within.

The Woy Woy resident‘s work ranges from landscape to streetscapes and feature bold brushstrokes and wonderful colour palettes worked in oils.

“I am a descendant of convicts and artists on my fathers’ side and shearers and farmers on my mother’s side,” he said.

“My art exploration is driven by a mix of Australian folklore, bush walks, shearing, farming, and long hot summer holidays swimming at the river with my mates.

“My eye responds differently to different environments.

“I am drawn to the Australian landscape for its hard, hot surfaces contrasted with the cool shade created by trees and foliage.

“I love to capture the magic and nostalgia of a hot summer day or the cool of a windswept headland.

“Tapping into my own nostalgia when painting, I love the feeling of déjà vu that some places and scenes give me and hope to capture that feeling (on) my canvas so that the viewer may feel it also.”

Kilby said the experience and excitement of trying to capture various moods and feelings is made all the more tantalising when painting en plein air in the elements.

“There are few things I love more than hiking into the bush with my easel and camera and seeing what magic I can capture on my blank canvas,” he said.

“Something about being in the environment that I am painting helps me to transfer those intangible emotions to the canvas.”

There will be an opening reception for the exhibition of Kilby’s work at Bay Gallery, Ettalong Beach, from 1.30pm-3pm on Sunday, November 6.

Source:
Media release, Oct 8
Bay Gallery