Anticipation is building as the Art Hall Group prepares for the installation of its collective show at Gosford Regional Gallery’s Community Gallery, set to open on Thursday, August 21.
Organiser Steven Fisher coordinates the event with the gallery, ensuring readiness of artworks, allocating wall space, and managing logistics.
“There’s quite a lot to do,” he said.
An accomplished landscape artist working both en plein air and in the studio, Fisher will exhibit works from Warrumbungle National Park and an imagined scene with a lake and erupting volcano.
When on location, he travels with artist friends in his caravan, painting mainly in oils; overseas, he uses watercolours.
He also paints using credit cards – “similar to palette knives, but more direct so you can move a fair bit of paint around”.
A Fellow of the Design Institute of Australia, Fisher balances painting with his career as an architect.
Known for his Sydney Harbour Bridge painting, he notes that architecture informs his art through engineering knowledge and geometry.
His accolades include winning the Newcastle Art Prize, being a finalist in the Camberwell Art Prize, and multiple Gosford Art Prize selections, with works shown overseas.
Stevon Orlando, another exhibitor, works mainly in oils, pastels and watercolour, producing two-dimensional, representational pieces.
Focused on people, emotions, and reactions, his current series uses self-portraits to explore the impact of social media and esoteric themes.
“I don’t do landscapes, I’m more interested in the human condition,” he said.
A former Sydney resident and career art teacher, he worked at the National Art School.
He has undertaken overseas residencies and local shows.
Now living by Tuggerah Lake, he joined the group after meeting artists “working at their own pace and doing their own thing”, which helped him refine his practice and do what he loves.
With 18 local artists exhibiting in the show, Fisher says the Art Hall Group showcases “some of the finest painters in the region”.
The gallery will be manned throughout the residency, providing visitors with opportunities to connect and be inspired.
Art Hall 25 runs from Thursday, August 21, to Wednesday, September 3.
Opening night will be on Friday, August 22, at 6pm, with refreshments offered.
The celebration will feature the Poco Loco Latin Jazz group, led by David Baker, also an exhibiting artist.
Angel Manuel Serrano will be on flute and trumpet, with Alex Croke on bass and Paul Carruthers on drums.
Ivona Rose
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