Exhibiting in Gulgong
Pearl Beach artist Ms Marijke Greenway has joined with Wollongong artist Ms Doreen Shaw to mount an exhibition that explores "the beauty of colour and light" in different locations around the world.
The Colour My World exhibition opened at Cudgegong Gallery in Gulgong, just north of Mudgee, on September 4.
The exhibition features paintings from Ms Greenway and Ms Shaw at the gallery until November 2.
According to Ms Greenway, most of her watercolour, oil and acrylic works are inspired by trips to the Greek islands of Leros and Lesbos and were painted onsite in the open air.
"I was inspired by the people, places and experiences of everyday life as a tourist and captured my memories along the way," Ms Greenway said.
"My favourite piece would be Windmills of Leros.
"To get the right perspective my easel was balanced on an old wall two feet wide and ten feet up.
"A snake slithered past my feet at one point and I was alone high up the warm mountain with the shimmering blue sea blending into the blue sky."
Ms Greenway, who has been painting for more than 25 years, will also show a few pieces inspired by the trees surrounding her home at Pearl Beach.
"I am living among the trees and I naturally react to the delights of the bright orange, pink and white angophoras and gums," Ms Greenway said.
"I feel that my name is not Greenway just by chance, as my Dutch maiden name was Van den Boogaard meaning from the orchard - I was destined to be a painter of nature or a horticulturist - I think I am a mix of both."
Press release, 14 Sep 2009
Sarah O'Brian, Cudgegong Gallery