Wild Places
Jenni Mitchell & Mervyn Hannan
The Barn Gallery
18 October - 12 November 2023
OPENING EVENT: Thursday 19 October 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Nibbles and drinks.
All welcome, free event; RSVP essential
Jenni and Mervyn are both Eltham born artists with a lifetime of art in their blood. They were influenced early through the Montsalvat family. They have travelled extensively together and independently to wild places including the Australian deserts, Antarctica, The Artic, Mongolia, Norway, and Africa. In 2016 they relocated their studios from Eltham to Hamilton in the Western District of Victoria. For the past few years, they have put their creative energies into exploring nearby Gariwerd, The Grampians.
Much of the work in this exhibition depicts recent work from the Grampians and the Western District; the wilderness of the Mountains and the landscape of the cultivated plains and formal gardens, included are selected paintings from previous journeys to Wild Places.
Mervyn Hannan, Canola Fields with Grampians, pastel on paper
Jenni Mitchell, Wild Grass fields and Grampians, oil on canvas, 76cm x 102 cm
Jenni Mitchell, Cloud lifting over Serra Range, oil on canvas, 76 cm x 102 cm
Jenni Mitchell, Siberia - Petchel House Birch and forget-me-nots, oil on canvas, 122 cm x 122 cm