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Nanango artist Gary Wilson with a small selection of his “Faces Of Nanango” exhibition which was officially launched at The Shed on Thursday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 2, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

The faces of Nanango – or at least, 100 well-known faces of Nanango – went on public display for the first time on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The small portraits of local identities were created by Gary Wilson over a period of about three months.<\/p>\n

Gary, who was born in New Zealand, said he began painting about 35 years ago by accident.<\/p>\n

One day he was playing pool in a hotel with a friend, and after the game he drew a chalk caricature of his opponent on the hotel’s blackboard.<\/p>\n

Another acquaintance who was a professional artist saw him do it, and suggested Gary drop around his studio one day to see how “real” artworks were put together.<\/p>\n

Gary took up the offer, soon found he could use paints, and began selling his own paintings of local landscapes to tourists.<\/p>\n

In 1982 Gary emigrated from New Zealand to Redcliffe, where he met and married “the love of my life” and moved to Nanango in 1994.<\/p>\n

These days the former brickie and welder is learning guitar at The Shed – Nanango’s default performing arts centre – and his “Faces Of Nanango” project came out of discussions with other Shed regulars.<\/p>\n

Gary said he painted most of the portraits from photos, and each one took him about two hours to create.<\/p>\n

“Some days I might do three or four of them,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I enjoy it.”<\/p>\n

And to judge by the comments of invited guests who packed The Shed at Thursday night’s opening, so do most people.<\/p>\n

Gary’s portraits drew many positive comments and guests had fun seeing how many they could identify.<\/p>\n

All 100 portraits are now on sale for $15 each. Gary intends to donate a portion of each sale to The Shed as a fundraiser to assist the popular community arts venue.<\/p>\n

Guests at Thursday night’s opening were also treated to a performance by the Nanango Acapella Group, which practices at The Shed every Thursday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The singing group was formed last year and now boasts about 15 regular members, as well as others who join in as time permits.<\/p>\n

On Thursday night the group demonstrated their versatility with five songs, which ranged from acapella standards to African American spirituals.<\/p>\n

Shed founder Jane Erkens also showed off The Shed’s new wood heater, which had its first official firing on Thursday night and kept everyone comfortably warm against the winter chill.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The heater was purchased with a grant from the South Burnett Regional Council’s RADF fund to help the venue operate year-round.<\/p>\n

“We have musicians and artists performing or practising here every week, but it’s been hard to do that in winter when everyone is freezing,” Jane said.<\/p>\n

“So Council’s assistance with this has been just terrific.”<\/p>\n

Jane also paid tribute to Kingaroy builder David Pratt, a Shed regular who volunteered to install the heater as part of a recent working bee.<\/p>\n

“He did a brilliant job and the heater fired up without a hitch the moment we tried it out,” Jane said.<\/p>\n

The Shed is located in Little Drayton Street, Nanango (immediately next to Scott Car Park) and is open every Thursday night from 5:30pm for guitar lessons and Nanango Acapella Group practice sessions; and every Friday night from 7:30pm for local musicians to bring their instruments and jam in a relaxed and informal setting, as well as anyone who enjoys music to come along, listen and chat.<\/p>\n

The Shed is also a regular venue for arts functions. In the last few years these have included music CD launches, poetry readings and book launches.<\/p>\n

More information about The Shed can be obtained by phoning Jane on 0400-631-677.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Members of the Nanango Acapella Group entertained guests with five numbers from their repertoire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Shed founder Jane Erkens proudly showed off the centre’s new wood heater to Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington; the new heater will help make the venue comfortable and usable for local artists and community groups year-round<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cr Roz Frohloff congratulated artist Gary Wilson on his new exhibition, and said she was surprised – but very pleased – he’d picked her as one of his subjects<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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