15/01/2019 – Another year has begun, and once again we will be kicking it off with a wonderful exhibition at Charlestown Square on 28th January. This year we are lucky enough to have this stunning Rod Bathgate pastel as our raffle prize! Rod kindly donated this painting after a demonstration at one of our meetings […]

19/11/2018 – Our final meeting for the year kicked off with a fabulous demonstration by pastel artist Gwendoline Lewis, showing us her wonderful style and some new and interesting techniques. Gwendoline is well known for her vibrant pastel paintings, and her generosity is greatly appreciated. The guests we have throughout the year are both informative […]

10/11/2018 – Our current exhibition at Belmont Citi Centre finishes tomorrow after 2 wonderful weeks. The raffle barrel is filling fast with entries to win the beautiful watercolour scene of Lake Macquarie donated by Carol McCrohan, as is the box for voting slips in our always popular People’s Choice competition. Lots of fantastic paintings, including […]

30/10/2018 – ‘It’s Crunch Time’ by Kaylene Gayner is this year’s winner of the Des Vout Memorial Award at Belmont Citi Centre. Congratulations Kaylene, who not only won 1st prize for this beautiful, vibrant lorikeet but also a Highly commended for ‘Angel’s Reef’. Congratulations also to Pamela Rose who took out 2nd place with her […]

29/10/2018 – Belmont Citi Centre was buzzing with art society members from 8am this morning as the annual Des Vout Memorial Award exhibition was set up. An assortment of artworks in a variety of style and medium including acrylic, watercolour, oil, pastel, encaustic, pencil and mixed media has once again created a vibrant display in […]

25/10/2018 – It’s time again for our annual Des Vout Memorial Award at Belmont Citi Centre. This exhibition is always popular with local residents and, being our last for the year, it also draws people from further afield. Belmont Citi Centre has supported us throughout the year with our ongoing shopfront – offering just a […]

17/10/2018 – Huge congratulations to former President June Howard who was awarded life membership by outgoing President Jenny Elks at our meeting on Monday. June has been a great contributor to the society being actively involved in our exhibitions and events, a longtime committee member, President of the society and newsletter editor for many years.  […]

13/10/2018 – It’s wonderful to be supporting Newcastle Theatre Company’s latest play with an exhibition by our members in the foyer of the Lambton theatre. The world premiere of ‘The Third Act’, a fantastic new work by local playwrite Emma Wood,  has been extremely well received with the play running for another week, finishing October […]

19/09/2018 – Central Coast artist Peter Tassell was guest demonstrator at this month’s general meeting, and treated us all to a wonderful lesson in oil painting. Peter’s use of colour and light was impressive as we watched his fabulous scene unfold from nothing to a virtually completed painting within the hour! For those of us […]

22/08/2018 – We were lucky to have Eleanor Anson step in at the last minute for this month’s demonstration at our general meeting.  Well known for her mixed media works, Eleanor shared her tips for using a variety of mediums and her techniques for achieving some fantastic effects with acrylic paint and inks. Exhibitions were […]