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A detail from a scene painted by Ces Small after a rainstorm about 50 years ago; a typical South Burnett rural timber bridge can be seen in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A David Bryce pottery sculpture of a possum and its offspring on a tree branch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 23, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visitors to the Kingaroy Art Gallery only have one more week to view rarely-seen paintings and sculptures from the South Burnett Regional Council’s collection.<\/p>\n

The paintings and sculptures were executed by artists Ces Small and David Bryce.<\/p>\n

While some capture foreign landscapes, others provide views of the South Burnett as it looked about 50 years ago.<\/p>\n

Both collections were given as bequests to the Council when the artists passed on.<\/p>\n

They are rarely exhibited in public, but a small selection of Ces Small’s landscapes and David Bryce’s landscapes and sculptures will be on display in Gallery 2 and 3 until Saturday, August 1st.<\/p>\n

The Main Gallery, meanwhile, is hosting “Colours For Walls”, the fourth annual exhibition by South Burnett artist Lee Brewer, who paints under the pen-name “Anon”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lee is a self-taught artist and has been exhibiting his works at the Gallery since 2012.<\/p>\n

He uses “Anon” as a nom-de-plume because he believes a viewer’s perception of an artist unconsciously colours their view of how they perceive that artist’s works.<\/p>\n

“If you were going to a Picasso exhibition, you’d go knowing he was a world-famous artist and knowing most people thought his work was brilliant,” Lee said.<\/p>\n

“Those thoughts would colour your perception of what you saw, probably without you even knowing it. And it might make you grade a sub-standard work higher than it deserved because your view was coloured.”<\/p>\n

Each of Lee’s exhibitions has thrown a spotlight on new techniques he has been experimenting with over the previous year.<\/p>\n

For his latest exhibition, Lee has moved into bold, colourful patterns – a radical departure from the style he exhibited in 2014.<\/p>\n

This month’s exhibition is also significant because it will be the Gallery’s final exhibition under the control of South Burnett Regional Council staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n

From August 1st, the Gallery will in future be operated by the Kingaroy Art Group, a non-profit community group composed of local artists and art-lovers.<\/p>\n

The arrangement will mirror the way the Wondai Regional Art Gallery and Blackbutt’s Butt Art Gallery both operate.<\/p>\n