Pearl Beach artist Marijke Greenway is exhibiting her new art in the Colours of Australia exhibition at the Sydney Royal Botanic Garden Gallery from September 20 to October 20.
A professional artist for 40 years, Greenway’s new exhibition features work inspired by the colours of the Australian landscape.
“Last year, I was lucky enough to be on a 10-day small ship cruising Kimberley waters from Darwin to Broome,” she said.
Despite previous extensive travels around Australia with her husband John where she painted ‘en plein air’ every time they put up the tent in a new place, they had not done the Kimberley cruise.
“I was mesmerised by the reds of the rock faces and the colour of the water and so I started painting them from photos this time as soon as I got back,” Greenway said.
“Adding these new paintings to those that I still have from travels with John I felt that I should show them in a new exhibition.
“When I started putting them together all I could see was colours, hence the title for the exhibition.
“After painting the new oils, I decided that my beeswax technique, encaustic, would show off the colours in great depth, so more new paintings were created.”
Greenway will be at the exhibition each day from 10am to 4pm and said she hopes to see lots of Central Coast visitors.
Entry is free and the best transport option is the train to Epping and then the new metro to Martin Place with a short walk through the Domain to get to the Botanic Gardens.