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Artist Dianne Woodall and friend Marie Routledge travelled from Murgon to see the exhibition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 11, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The large crowd packed into the Wondai Regional Art Gallery last Friday night had “A Sense Of Wonder” as they explored the unique exhibition mounted for summer.<\/p>\n

Sisters Robyn Dower and Kay Gorring’s “A Sense Of Wonder” project has converted the interior of the gallery into a cottage, complete with a forested entrance, several cosy rooms and a barnyard out the back.<\/p>\n

The exhibition has been three years in the planning, took almost a year to put together, and then took the better part of a week to transport from Robyn’s home at Tingoora to Wondai for assembly.<\/p>\n

It combines a story, written in verse by Kay, with the story’s setting: an artist’s cottage full of weird and wonderful knick-knacks, paintings, sculptures, and the mysterious “Fred” under the bedspread.<\/p>\n

“We wanted people to get the feeling they were walking into a story book,” Robyn said.<\/p>\n

The exhibition features artworks in all media – including a large collection of papier mache animals – throughout the storybook cottage’s bedroom, kitchen and lounge room.<\/p>\n

Apart from Robyn and Kay’s artwork, the exhibition also showcases works by more than 30 other South Burnett artists.<\/p>\n

A video showing how “A Sense Of Wonder” was put together runs on an antique television in the cottage’s lounge room.<\/p>\n

On opening night, guests were enthusiastic about the show and the exhibition’s catalogue was quickly peppered with red dots, recording the Gallery’s largest opening night sales figures for the year.<\/p>\n

Robyn’s papier mache mice – which peek out from furniture, peer around shelves, race over the pendulum of a grandfather clock and even curl up in teacups, quickly proved a favourite. The papier mache chickens, birds, goats and cows also attracted buyers.<\/p>\n

“A Sense Of Wonder” will be open throughout December and January – except for Christmas Day – from 10:0am to 4:00pm, and both the artists and Gallery staff are keen to see families come to visit for summer holiday entertainment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the holidays the Gallery will be running special workshops for children themed around the exhibition.<\/p>\n

they have temporarily converted the Third Gallery into a children’s activity centre where youngsters can draw, colour in and explore different aspects of the show.<\/p>\n

Adults who visit can find how the story of “Wonder Cottage” ends – there are clues everywhere – or buy a printed copy of the complete story for $10 from the Gallery’s gift shop.<\/p>\n