Kim Maple, Liz McKay & Shabbi Exhibition 1st July 2023

A wonderful collaborative exhibition featuring three inspiring women artists, working in a diverse range of colours, textures, and forms. View an eclectic display of paintings and free form ceramics in a beautifully curated group show. Each artist drawing enthusiasm from the beauty of memories, surroundings, and environment.

KIM MAPLE

Kim Maple uses strong and bold colours in her paintings to express a contemporary appreciation for the unique Western Australian landscape. Her powerful works were initially inspired from memories but have now developed into a broader statement to capture the passionate nature of our environment in all its forms.

Kim states, “Trees give a sense of place, a timelessness of the land.” 

Working in oils, she looks to simplify elements and push boundaries. Abstract in composition and structure, while balancing the shapes and colour within the space, Kim builds rhythmic movements across her canvases using layers of colour and glazes. 

LIZ McKAY

Liz McKay’s vibrant works draw their essence from smoky bars, sultry jazz singers, romantic couples, European cafes and childhood memories. Characteristic of Liz’s painting style is the attention to expression and colour.

The focus of the paintings is the intriguing expressions and interaction between the painted figures, which invite the viewer to explore the unwritten thoughts and feelings between them. 


Liz McKay has created a unique perspective on the emotional connection between music, colour, shape and mood, to creating unusual and compelling images.

SHABBI

Inspired by a short hobby course in ceramics many years ago, Shabbi developed a love of clay.

The smell, the feel and the positive outcomes of working with clay were fundamental in her passion to create forms reflecting nature. Her passion to re-create the beautiful rock formations nature has provided, the rock pools, pebbles and the native bushland are evident in her sculptural pieces. Shabbi applies unique techniques to achieve her tactile and organic finishes.

She works entirely by hand using coils of gritty clay to build her pots. The pots are finished with mediums such as seaweed, copper wire, salt, salt laden bandages and ferric chloride then fired in a saggar which is often, simply, alfoil.

Exhibition Opening: Saturday 1st July at 5pm.

Open 10am – 4pm every day until Sunday 16th July.