‘Colour Matters’ at the Phoenix Gallery Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad Nambucca Valley News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 15, 2024 Artists in Action members Paul Gibson, Marnie Russell, Jake Durbin, Tim Pearson and Edwards Barns (absent Dieter Kloeckner) promote the Colour Matters exhibition at Bowraville’s Phoenix Gallery. THOSE ‘Artists in Action’ from the Phoenix School of Arts in Bowraville are busily preparing works to go on display and up for auction at the ‘Colour Matters’ exhibition running from 14-30 November. The exhibition runs as part of the Phoenix Gallery Exhibition and Art Auction, being held for the 18th time in 2024. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au Colour Matters will bring together the work of Artists in Action members with creators from the Mud Warriors ceramics group. Both groups receive support through the National Disability Insurance Scheme at the Phoenix Gallery. Art lovers in the district have become familiar, and fallen in love, with the artistic works of Jake Durbin, David Lloyd, Tim Pearson, Edward Barns, Marnie Russell, Dieter Kloeckner and Stephen Goodwin. This year the talented Paul Gibson joins the mix with work that is as colourful as it is fun. “The artists have chosen the theme ‘Colour Matters’ for the exhibition as they wanted to express just how much they love working with colours in all of the art they produce,” Artists in Action facilitator Susie Peake told News Of The Area. “The artists also utilise recycled items such as frames and canvases whenever they can.” Meeting each Tuesday at the Phoenix School of Arts to paint, the cheerfulness and positivity in the room generated by the Artists in Action is palpable. “I have so much fun at this group, it gets me out of the house to do something I love and being with these other artists is like being a part of a family,” artist Paul Gibson told NOTA. Marnie Russell, whose art is always hotly contested at auction, has been developing her style over the past 12 months, adding even more colour to her work and painting subjects that project an air of playfulness. Another artist who has been expanding his limits is Edward Barns. Edward has recently returned from an arts residency at Bundanon held in the studio of the great Arthur Boyd and funded by the Accessible Arts organisation. The art on display at the Colour Matters exhibition will go up for auction on Saturday 30 November at 2:30 pm with Bellingen’s Guya Loveman officiating as auctioneer. News Of The Area was provided with a sneak preview of the works that will be going on exhibit at Phoenix and note that competition between buyers at the auction is going to be fierce. By Mick BIRTLES Artists in Action member Paul Gibson displays work that will form part of the Colour Matters exhibition at the Phoenix Gallery.
