2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies exhibition

Opening

Friday 18 October 2024, 6-8pm

Exhibition continues
19-27 September 2024

open daily 10am – 4pm

The 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies.

Each year the Donnelly River Village invites artists to visit the village and respond to the iconic 1950s timber milling village in WA’s south west. This exhibition showcases a selection of work by six of artists who took part in the 2024 Donnelly Verandah residencies; Cim Sears, Sue Leeming, Robert Gear, Floeur Alder, Holly O’Meehan and Jill Paynter-O’Meehan.

Photos courtesy of the artists, copyright of individual images rests with artists

For more information about Donnelly River Village visit the website – donnellyrivervillage

Robert Gear

Remnants - Donnelly River Mill, oil on board 9 x 9cms

Photo by Cim Sears, taken at Donnelly River at the 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies showing pink sky and silhouettes of trees reflected in water near a granite rock covered in bright green moss

Cim Sears

Donnelly River I (2024), digital print on Tesuki-Washi EchiZen smooth handmade Japanese paper, 98cm x 66cm. (detail)

Developmental textile artwork by Holly O'Meehan

Holly O’Meehan

Work in Progress, 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies. Photo: Holly O'Meehan

Sue Leeming

Echoes II, ink on board, 2024, Donnelly River

Jill Paynter-O’Meehan

Crochet lichen in the wild

Flouer Alder, dancing with a kangaroo at Donnelly River Village - Through the Eyes of a Child, residency performance development.

Floeur Alder

Through the Eyes of a Child, performance development.

Opening Friday 18 October. The 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies. Continues 19-27 October 2024, daily 10am – 4pm. Each year the community @donnellyrivervillage invites artists to visit and respond to this iconic 1950s timber milling village on Pibelmen boodjar in WA’s south west. This exhibition showcases a selection of work by the six artists who took part in @thedonnellyverandahresidencies 2024; Cim Sears, Sue Leeming, Robert Gear, Floeur Alder, Holly O’Meehan and Jill Paynter-O’Meehan. Image: Sue Leeming, Echoes of Home, oil, ink, cold wax on board, 20 x 20cm, (Black box frame 34 x 34cm)
Floeur Alder, Work in Progress, 2024. 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies. Exhibition opens: Friday 18 October 2024, 6-8pm. Continues 19-27 October 2024, daily 10am – 4pm. Each year the community @donnellyrivervillage invites artists to visit and respond to this iconic 1950s timber milling village on Bibelmen boodjar in WA’s south west. This exhibition showcases a selection of work by the six artists who took part in @thedonnellyverandahresidencies 2024; Cim Sears, Sue Leeming, Robert Gear, Floeur Alder, Holly O’Meehan and Jill Paynter-O’Meehan.
Holly O'Meehan, Work in Progress, 2024. 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies. Exhibition opens: Friday 18 October 2024, 6-8pm. Continues 19-27 October 2024, daily 10am – 4pm. Each year the community @donnellyrivervillage invites artists to visit and respond to this iconic 1950s timber milling village on Bibelmen boodjar in WA’s south west. This exhibition showcases a selection of work by the six artists who took part in @thedonnellyverandahresidencies 2024; Cim Sears, Sue Leeming, Robert Gear, Floeur Alder, Holly O’Meehan and Jill Paynter-O’Meehan.
Cim Sears, Donnelly River II (2024), digital print on Tesuki-Washi EchiZen smooth handmade Japanese paper, 98cm x 66cm. 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies. Exhibition opens: Friday 18 October 2024, 6-8pm. Continues 19-27 October 2024, daily 10am – 4pm. Each year the community @donnellyrivervillage invites artists to visit and respond to this iconic 1950s timber milling village on Bibelmen boodjar in WA’s south west. This exhibition showcases a selection of work by the six artists who took part in @thedonnellyverandahresidencies 2024; Cim Sears, Sue Leeming, Robert Gear, Floeur Alder, Holly O’Meehan and Jill Paynter-O’Meehan.
Jill Paynter-O'Meehan, Crochet lichen in the wild, Donnelly River Village, 2024. 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies, Opening: Friday 18 October 2024, 6-8pm. Exhibition continues – 19-27 October 2024, open daily 10am – 4pm. Each year the community @donnellyrivervillage invites artists to visit and respond to this iconic 1950s timber milling village on Bibelmen boodjar in WA’s south west. This exhibition showcases a selection of work by the six artists who took part in @thedonnellyverandahresidencies 2024; Cim Sears, Sue Leeming, Robert Gear, Floeur Alder, Holly O’Meehan and Jill Paynter-O’Meehan. #bibbulmunboodja #donnellyrivervillage #artresidencyprogram #textiles #crochet #sitespecific #karriforest #funghi
Jill Paynter-O'Meehan, Installation of crochet organic growth and fungi, lichen, 2024. 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies. Exhibition opens: Friday 18 October 2024, 6-8pm. Continues 19-27 October 2024, daily 10am – 4pm. Each year the Donnelly River Village invites artists to visit the village and respond to the iconic 1950s timber milling village in WA’s south west. This exhibition showcases a selection of work by the six artists who took part in the 2024 Donnelly Verandah residencies; Cim Sears, Sue Leeming, Robert Gear, Floeur Alder, Holly O’Meehan and Jill Paynter-O’Meehan.
Robert Gear, Primeval Land, 9 x 9 cms, oil on board. 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies, Opening: Friday 18 October 2024, 6-8pm. Exhibition continues – 19-27 October 2024, open daily 10am – 4pm. Each year the community @donnellyrivervillage invites artists to visit and respond to this iconic 1950s timber milling village on Bibelmen boodjar in WA’s south west. This exhibition showcases a selection of work by the six artists who took part in @thedonnellyverandahresidencies 2024; Cim Sears, Sue Leeming, Robert Gear, Floeur Alder, Holly O’Meehan and Jill Paynter-O’Meehan. #bibbulmunboodja #donnellyrivervillage #artresidencyprogram #landscape #landscapepainting #oilonboardpainting #karriforest
Robert Gear, Repossesion, 2024, oil on board, 30x40cms. 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies. Exhibition opens: Friday 18 October 2024, 6-8pm. Continues 19-27 October 2024, daily 10am – 4pm. Each year the Donnelly River Village invites artists to visit the village and respond to the iconic 1950s timber milling village in WA’s south west. This exhibition showcases a selection of work by six of artists who took part in the 2024 Donnelly Verandah residencies; Cim Sears, Sue Leeming, Robert Gear, Floeur Alder, Holly O’Meehan and Jill Paynter-O’Meehan.
Flashback: Donnelly Verandah Residencies exhibition, 2023. Sarah Elson and Ric Spencer, 'Finding our micellular connection'. Sarah Elson and Ric Spencer are giving a talk about their work together @artcollectivewa this Saturday, 12 October at 2pm. @sarahjelson, @12b_or_not_12b Part of the current exhibition: Sarah Elson + Ric Spencer, 'I can't help but pull the earth around me to make my bed' @artcollectivewa 21 September - 26 October 2024 Images: Sarah Elson: Mushroom pins. Made from unwanted jewellery, recycled electrical wires and redundant currency (silver and copper) Ric Spencer: Mushroom studies I-IV, Pencil on paper, 215 x 250mm
Sue Leeming, Echoes, Untitled, ink and oil on canvas, work in progress. Exhibition opens: Friday 18 October 2024, 6-8pm. Continues 19-27 October 2024, daily 10am – 4pm. The 2024 Donnelly Verandah Residencies. Each year the Donnelly River Village invites artists to visit the village and respond to the iconic 1950s timber milling village in WA’s south west. This exhibition showcases a selection of work by six of artists who took part in the 2024 Donnelly Verandah residencies; Cim Sears, Sue Leeming, Robert Gear, Floeur Alder, Holly O’Meehan and Jill Paynter-O’Meehan. @donnellyrivervillage @earlywork.gallery