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Lyn Anstey SALA Exhibition – Our Murray River

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This exhibition will embrace our story of life on the river. The good, the bad and the ugly.

Exhibition Dates
Wednesday 24 July to Saturday 17 August
Available for viewings Wednesday to Friday 12.30pm – 4pm and during scheduled events
Exhibition entry only: FREE

Artist Talk & Official Opening
Friday 2 August at 2pm
Special Guest speaker: Conny Wilson, CEO West Adelaide Football Club and Board Director, Destination Riverland. Former Chair SALA Festival
FREE event – Everyone Welcome
Includes afternoon tea

Lyn Anstey – Waterlily Sip.Eat.Paint.Create Workshop

$45 tickets for Saturday’s workshops will include the 2-hour workshop with Lyn, a take home canvas, materials (paints and brushes etc), a drink on arrival, shared nibbles, morning/afternoon tea.

Participants are encouraged to attend the Painting The Modern Garden – Monet to Matisse screening at 2pm as part of the experience.

Special workshop participant film ticket price $18, please quote promo code CREATE when booking.

Artist Statement

I find inspiration in the narratives woven into the landscapes and people that share my life along the River in Loxton.

My chosen medium is oil paint as it allows me to paint wet in wet with ease.

The breathtaking beauty of the Murray River never fails to inspire me. I try to echo the vibrant hues of its cliffs, the rhythmic flow of its waters, and the diverse array of local birdlife and native flora that inhabit its banks.

Often my painting journey begins with sketches in acrylic paint or pen. Sometimes I just imagine the painting in my mind and start straight away on a large piece, otherwise it’s a small sketch to delve into my idea. Whichever way I begin, I complete the artwork back in the comfort of my studio.

I hope to evoke a sense of awe and appreciation for the array of flowers that dance in a breeze, and riverscape that ebbs and flows around us.

I am moved by the dawn of each day and the hope it brings; the flowers that appear delicate and beautiful but are tough and survive a variety of weather conditions; our hot fiery sunsets; a little boat pulled up to a bank; a face; my paint is the voice that explores the stories behind the everyday.

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