A glimpse into Donnelly
kate2019-05-31T04:33:20+00:00Tuesday 4:30pm "Rules for residency: respond to surroundings on impulse. Follow impulse. Start two new works each day. No rethinking. Complete all works later."
Kirsty Sadler, first artist to arrive at Donnelly
kate2019-05-31T03:46:30+00:00A glimpse into Donnelly Monday 5:11pm "Lit the fire on Friday and it hasn't gone out yet. Three 8 hour days painting so far, first time in years!" [...]
2019 Donnelly Verandah Residencies artists announced
kate2019-05-01T02:22:11+00:00Kirsty Sadler James Giddy Linda Fardoe Jeana Castelli Mark Welsh As part of the Bridgetown in the Winter Festival held in June, [...]
Peter Barker’s paintings arrive for the 2018 Donnelly Verandah Residencies exhibition
kate2018-11-07T07:52:36+00:00This exhibition features the work of the 2018 Donnelly Verandah Residency artists who each spent a week living in one of the workers cottages at the Donnelly River Village. Selected works [...]
The Donnelly Verandah Residencies exhibition 2018
kate2018-11-07T04:29:37+00:00Beginning with an official launch at 6:30pm on Friday 23 November 2018, the exhibition will be open from 10am – 4pm daily 24 November to 2 December, 2018. The exhibition features the work of [...]
Ben Sherar, managing the weather
kate2018-08-16T05:58:43+00:00Ben Sherar's emails from Donnelly continue the wintery theme, "It's been pretty cold…". As well as working on the verandah, in the village and in nearby Bridgetown farmland, very sensibly, Ben's also set up [...]
Andy Kent joins Ben Sherar as artist in residence at Donnelly
kate2018-08-16T02:46:54+00:00When their latest exhibition Small Works finished on Sunday 12 August, Ben Sherar and Peter Barker invited Andy Kent to join them at Donnelly River Village for the verandah residency. Andy Kent is a [...]
Bronwen Newbury, misty winter forest
kate2018-08-20T07:54:00+00:00Bronwen Newbury's studies of the Donnelly karri forest in winter.
Peter Barker, painting and hailstorms
kate2018-08-11T12:41:37+00:00With a cold front bringing below zero temperatures to the village and a dusting of snow to Bluff Knoll, Peter Barker headed out to paint 'en plein air' at Donnelly River Village. The rain [...]
Referencing Great Uncle Hal
kate2018-08-08T13:45:29+00:00A few more sketches from Donnelly. I'm trying to reference some of my great uncle Hal Missingham's 'Bush images' re style and medium as a loose "conceptual framework" for the drawings. Ben Crappsley, 8 [...]