Engaging through Arting | Artist Trail

Jump on the Art Bus and explore the working spaces of 3 local regional artists. This is the first of three Artist Trails that will be offered this year as part of our Engaging through Arting program. 

Brendon Tohill is a sculptor working in a range of materials including wood, stone, marble, bone and metals. He fabricates my works including bronze casting, working  from my rural studio which is fitted out with a foundry. The process of fabrication is  integral to his sculpting practice, with experimentation informing the resolved works. Brendon's work stems from an idea or concern, often responding to the human condition.  Using metaphors and symbols my works are abstractions of reality, a visual attempt to process the world. This  embedded message remains the primary  importance to his practice, from which  materiality evolves.   This materiality is informed by the  practicality and feasibility of fabrication, all of which is resolved in his studio. 

Veronika Zeil's work involves tuning into the language of nature and motivating new ethical terms for our natural world is the aim of Zeil’s multimedia visual art practice. Zeil‘s artworks evolve around concepts from nature and ecology. The artist uses scientific insights as a starting point for developing semi abstract drawings, paintings, photographs, installation and multimedia works. These artworks represent an intersection between invisible processes in nature and quantitative measurements in science.

Works are based on science data visualizing living organisms within ecosystems, their interaction and communication. Zeil utilizes materials like charcoal, graphite and wood- physical components taken from the earth. She offsets natural materials with metallic paint, acrylics, synthetic veiling, aluminium, glass, glass photographic prints and digital projections emphasizing the manmade and our detachment from the land. The goal is to intersect art, science and psychology to inspire cultural exchange about our relationship with nature and science. 

Ainslie McMahon is an award winning visual artist based in Rockhampton.  Her work responds to local landscapes and the natural environment, capturing the distinct character of Central Queensland. In 2018 Ainslie won the coveted Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award at Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum. 

Approximately 16 years ago Ainslie moved from an urban environment to a rural location, where she became more appreciative of nature, and the effect of seasonal changes in the landscape.  This immersion into her surroundings has in a sense “opened” her eyes.  As Ainslie says “What I’m seeing every day when I step outside the back door, is what I want to paint." 

Price: Free Event for Engaging through Arting Subscribers.

Where: Rockhampton Art Gallery (entry via the front entry of the Gallery, directly off Victoria Parade)

Who: All welcome! This program is aimed at our ageing audience and has been funded through the Queensland State Government initiative: Advancing Queensland: An age-friendly community.

Parking: Victoria Parade or Bolsover Car Park behind the Gallery. Access ramp

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Rockhampton Art Gallery, 62 Victoria Parade, Rockhampton City 4700  View Map

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62 Victoria Parade , Rockhampton City 4700

Rockhampton Art Gallery

62 Victoria Parade , Rockhampton City 4700