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Samford artist Shan Woods\u2019 encaustic works reflect her experience of Namibia, one of the driest countries in Africa \u2026 Shan spent a month at the country\u2019s national gallery as an artist-in-residence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 13, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

A one-month residency at Namibia’s national art gallery was a dream come true for artist Shan Wood.<\/p>\n

She only took up art after retiring from a long teaching career and stumbled on the opportunity of the residency by accident.<\/p>\n

Shan said she had a life-long fascination with out-of-the-way destinations and only turned up the Namibia opportunity one night while randomly surfing the internet.<\/p>\n

“I’m over 60 and really didn’t think I’d stand a chance,” Shan said.<\/p>\n

“But I filled in the application. And when I found I’d been accepted a short time later I almost fell off my chair.”<\/p>\n

Shan, who specialises in encaustic painting, said the residency involved a roughly equal mix of painting in public at the national gallery in Namibia’s capital Windhoek and teaching disadvantaged children.<\/p>\n

In between, she took trips around to learn more about the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n

The results of her visit form the core of her exhibition “Sense Of Place: My Response To The Namibian Landscape” which is on show this month at the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shan’s technique involves applying and then “fusing” coloured wax to boards, then applying different media to the surface of the wax to form an image.<\/p>\n

Once this is done, she textures the wax and cuts it back to incise or reveal previous layers, then polishes the finished work.<\/p>\n

The results are among some of the most unusual artworks seen at the gallery for a long time.<\/p>\n

Local residents who would like to learn her methods will be able to take part in a two-day workshop on August 31 and September 1 where they will be able to get “hands-on” with encaustic techniques and produce six 20cm x 20cm works.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The workshop costs $260 and is limited to 10 participants. Bookings can be made by phoning the Gallery on (07) 4189-9323.<\/p>\n

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This month the Gallery is also hosting “Your Way And Mine”, a mixed exhibition by the Cupcakes and Canvases art group which features everything from pottery to painting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Artists Lois Vreeken, Sue Flintham, Roslyn Smith and Lois Hamilton have put together an exhibition that is eccentric and inspiring by turns.<\/p>\n

Sue Flintham’s pottery pieces – which include an intricately constructed model Queenslander – are simultaneously whimsical and mesmerising; and other member’s oils and watercolours cover the spectrum of themes, styles and techniques.<\/p>\n

Cupcakes and Canvases members have also contributed pieces to a silent auction which is running all this month to assist local resident Josie Potter’s fundraising efforts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Josie has multiple sclerosis but has been tackling the Brissie to the Bay bike ride since 2011 to raise funds for MS Queensland.<\/p>\n

She will be taking part again next year which she believes will be her last big cycling effort.<\/p>\n

The Cupcakes and Canvasesartists will donate the auction’s proceeds to Josie’s 2020 fundraising drive.<\/p>\n

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  • “Sense Of Place” and “Your Way and Mine” will remain on display at the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery in Haly Street from 10:00am to 4:00pm Mondays to Fridays, and 9:00am to 1:00pm on weekends, until Thursday, August 29. Admission to view both exhibitions is free.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Sue Flintham’s quirky pottery Queenslander is one of several fascinating pieces she has on display at the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery this month<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    Josie Potter and artist Lois Vreeken with some of the artworks on offer in a silent auction running at the Gallery this month … the proceeds will go to MS Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    Kingaroy’s Mary Robinson and Rhonda Sempf enjoyed the exhibition on its opening night, which attracted a very large crowd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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