Rick Anderson, Karen Charlebois, Julie Bradley - Ivy Hill Gallery

Rick Anderson - Paintings using hand ground ochres, oils and acrylics on canvas and paper.
Exhibiting for the fourth year in a row at Ivy Hill, this exhibit marks a shift in subject, from landscape to figure.
Any depiction of the human form has always been absent from my landscape but when I started adding a figure it immediately dominated the whole canvas. Landscapes can be a metaphor for the human journey so the figure can be a more deliberate but risky articulation of that subject.

Karen Charlebois - ceramic and steel sculpture.
My scupltures are inspired by the aged and weathered rock formations along the coastline where I live.
This landscape expresses many geological processes and the layers of stories held within them. I incorporate manmade elements into my sculptures to symbolize human movements and actions within nature.
I have been working and exhibiting within the arts since graduating from the National Art School in 1996. I currently teach Fine Arts at the Illawarra Institute of TAFE. This is my third exhibit at Ivy Hill.

Julie Bradley - "Whistling up the Fox"
In a series of works created using paper collages and gouache drawings, Julie explores the symbolic representations of plants and animals from the Australian landscape, species both indigenous and introduced. Her work explores the contrasts and tensions created by these elements and reflects her personal interpretations of an Australian landscape.
Julie exhibits nationally and locally in the Canberra region - most recently winning the M16 drawing prize - and has been a practising artist for over 25 years. She is also a dedicated and highly experienced arts educator currently holding the position of lecturer in Graphic Design at the University of Canberra.