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South Burnett Regional Council’s arts portfolio holder Cr Danita Potter with Hivesville artist Shannus O’Sullivan, Cr Kathy Duff and Cr Ros Heit … behind them is Shannus’ stunning depiction of the proposed Kingaroy coal mine called “The Hole”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 13, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A fabulous exhibition” is how Cr Kathy Duff described the latest works by Hivesville artist Shannus O’Sullivan, on show at the Kingaroy Art Gallery.<\/p>\n

Cr Duff officially opened the exhibition last Saturday, emphasising\u00a0 “it’s great that we have such talent in Hivesville!”<\/p>\n

Shannus may be based in the small town between Wondai and Proston but his reputation extends far beyond the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

The former NSW artist studied under some of Australia’s leading artists, including John Olsen and Rodney Milgate.<\/p>\n

His showing in Kingaroy is his 40th one-man exhibition.<\/p>\n

Shannus uses a very time-consuming layering process to create his colourful artworks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five coats of Gesso ground are applied to tempered hardboard. The colours and luminosity are achieved by alternate layers of colours, glazes and coats of varnish.<\/p>\n

The finished work then receives four layers of protective varnish.<\/p>\n

Shannus and his wife Evelyn moved from the Hunter Valley in the NSW to the South Burnett in 2004.<\/p>\n

They watched as coal mines encroached on farming land in the Hunter and are now distressed to hear a new coal mine is planned for the Kingaroy area.<\/p>\n

Shannus has expressed this dismay in his signature work in the exhibition, “The Hole”, which has been featured on the gallery’s “red wall”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The work, which shows a cow peering into a vast pit of hellfire with the peanut silos in the distance, was painted especially for this exhibition.<\/p>\n

He was still applying the final layers of varnish just days before the painting was hung.<\/p>\n

The Shannus O’Sullivan exhibition will be on display until the end of May. Entry is free.<\/p>\n

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Wally Bailey, from Hivesville, with Cynthia Tan and Ian Cornelius, visiting from Davao in the Phillipines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nathaniel Cerezo, from the Glasshouse Mountains, with Murgon-based picture framer Neil Smith, Cr Kathy Duff and artist Shannus O’Sullivan’s wife Evelyn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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