20/02/2018 – Our February meeting kicked off with a fabulous demonstration by Lake Macquarie artist and teacher Deanne Newland. Deanne has developed quite a name for herself with her wonderfully vibrant alcohol ink paintings and is always happy to share all her tips. It was inspirational just to see the colourful works of art she […]

20/02/2018 – The first general meeting of the year was a big one, and we were pleased to welcome Barbara Nanshe, guest judge at our Charlestown  Square exhibition to present the awards to all our prizewinners. Barbara (pictured above with winner of the Joe Punshon Silver Palette Award, Janet De Vris) took time to discuss […]

08/02/2018 – Week 2 of our exhibition at Charlestown Square and we are still going strong! This is the second year the Joe Punshon Silver Palette Award has been held at Charlestown Square and once again it’s been a huge success. With 12 boards filled with a huge variety of paintings, drawings and encaustics, along […]

30/01/2018 – Judging took place yesterday at Charlestown Square for the annual Joe Punshon Silver Palette Award with first place going to Janet De Vries for her vibrant acrylic painting ‘Bar Beach’ (part of  pictured above). The full painting can be seen at the exhibition, but best be quick as Janet’s paintings are extremely popular […]

29/01/2018 – We’re kicking off the new year in a big way – with our annual Joe Punshon Silver Palette Award beginning today at Charlestown Square. Once again we are situated on the lower level outside Myer however this year the exhibition will run for the full 2 weeks, finishing Feb 11.  Renowned local artist […]

5/12/2017 – We may have made room for Santa in Edgeworth by vacating the pop-up shop we had there throughout the year, but we have been extremely fortunate with another opportunity at Belmont Citi Centre. The window display we have had there for the past year has created a lot of interest, and now Centre […]

5/11/2017 – Another fantastic year of exhibitions and sales opportunities, wonderful demonstrations and social events was celebrated yesterday at our annual Christmas party, held once again at Charlestown Leagues Club. Delicious food, crazy games, a guessing competition, a multitude of lucky door prizes and a chance to catch up with friends made for a truly […]

21/11/2017 – Our last meeting of the year was buzzing as everyone came together to discuss the recent success of our Belmont Citi Centre exhibition and upcoming plans for the year ahead. With a total of 30 paintings sold and a record number of prizes awarded, the Belmont exhibition was a great way to end […]

21/11/2017 – Congratulations to J. Robertson (ticket # 12617) – the lucky winner of our exhibition raffle for the beautiful watercolour ‘Valentine Shore’ by Wendy Lesniak. Also to M. Grieve for being winning participant in our People’s Choice competition. The People’s Choice most popular painting was won by Kate Belton for her ink painting ‘Elephant'(pictured), […]

2/11/2017 – Congratulations to all our winners at the Belmont Citi Centre exhibition. Judge Rod Bathgate spent quite some time looking over the entries, with many positive and enthusiastic comments on the the artwork displayed. A well deserved first place went to Michelle Harris for her gorgeous mixed media ‘Possie’ (pictured) – the full list […]