February 5, 2013
North Burnett artist Sue Lederhose has braved the floods to bring her latest exhibition “Bites Of The Burnett” to the South Burnett.
Her new exhibition was on show in Gayndah prior to the Australia Day weekend, and had been booked by the Kingaroy Art Gallery for February.
So when Lederhose left her Mundubbera home for Gayndah last Friday to pack up her paintings – just as the Australian Army was arriving to relieve the town – she had every intention of simply bringing them straight down the Burnett Highway.
But when she was unable to get through Ban Ban Springs because of flood damage, she shrugged, drove back to Mundubbera and crossed the Boyne River with water lapping at the bridge.
From there she made her way to Durong, finally reaching Kingaroy very late in the day.
Then after an evening’s rest, she spent the weekend at the Wondai Art Gallery’s Studio conducting a watercolour workshop for 15 students.
Lederhose has lived most of her life in the North or the South Burnett and many of her extended family members (the Mollenhauers) still call the South Burnett home.
Her watercolour, pastel and mixed media works have been exhibited many times in the South Burnett in recent years.
Lederhose says the entire Burnett is her “stomping ground” .
Her latest show covers a wide variety of subjects drawn from the local rural area. Kingaroy Art Gallery believes local viewers will find a lot in it that resonates with their own experiences of rural life.
“Bites Of The Burnett” will be officially opened at the Kingaroy Art Gallery this Friday night, February 8, at 6:30pm. Admission to the opening night is free.
It will then remain on show at the Gallery daily through until early March.
[UPDATED with corrections February 6]
