exhibition

Denise Anderson, Several Layers of Life, Mixed Media on Canvas, 90x120cm, 2006	Denise Anderson, Suncity, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2006
Leigh Claessen, Heated Spaces 1 & 2 (Diptych), Resin Coated Acrylic on Wood, 11x30cm x 2, 2006	Leigh Claessen, Beneath the Surface 1 & 2 24x24cm ea - Resin Coated Acrylic on Wood, 2006
Veronika Riedl-Schlauss, Australia I & II (Diptych), 40x40cm x 2, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2006	Veronika Reidl Strauss, Layers of Thoughts I, 40x40cm, 2006
Yoko Webster, The Toad, Acrylic on Canvas, 91x91cm	Yoko Webster, Waves of Emotion, Acrylic on Canvas, 130x110cm, 2006

PECEPTIONS
Denise Anderson, Leigh Claessen, Veronika Riedl-Schlauss, Yoko Webster

Opening Night Thursday 18th January 2007, 6.30 - 8.30pm

Revealing their different experiences of the world around us, Leigh Claessen, Yoko Webster, Veronika Riedl-Schlauss and Denise Anderson have brought their combined talents together to present Perceptions.

Denise Anderson explores the outback through her use of colours and subject matter. Having traveled to remote areas in Western Australia she has created a series of work that encapsulates the raw and earthy nature of the outback. In stark contrast to these are her whitewashed works detailing her experience of New York and her rich and textural nudes, which pay homage to Klimt.

Leigh Claessen continues to explore the reflective qualities of resin to create what she calls her 'blocks'. These are small works that are painted, scratched back in areas and then overlaid with Resin. The geometric shapes, lines and interconnection of underlying paint create an interesting, orderly and aerial view of an urban environment. The resin 'window', as it is know, allows us to see into it and depending on the light source, reflects back an image of the viewer

Veronika Riedl-Schlauss, originally from Austria, also brings her own slant, as she works from a European tradition (Masterclasseses of tapestry and painting). Taking inspiration from the Australian Outback and Indigenous Australians, she has created works that have a real sense of place. Her medative works, created using sand from specific sites, hint at the landscape or the mark of the maker.

Yoko Webster's work is very reflective too, as she travels through the unknown landscape of emotions, time, matter, energy and spirituality. Having hailed from Japan and received an art education there it is interesting, having seen her illustrative work in the Japanese Manga Tradition, to see her move into the area of abstraction and how this differs from Western Abstraction, in form, content, suggestion and feel.

A mostly international group with art careers spanning the globe their work is at once raw and earthy, ordered and reflective, textural and symbolic and ethereal and contemplative. For a new take on the world please join us for this delightful, eclectic and alluring exhibition