MORE THAN ENOUGH
Rita Carosi
Brian Barker
Graham Cox
Kim Madden
The last two years have been both limiting and challenging. For artists the limitations on freedom of choice and movement have not necessarily been as restrictive as they have been for many, particularly those in the big urban areas. Creativity demands isolation and silence. But ultimately the joy in any artform is in the sharing. Whether it’s Spaniards in their apartments coming onto their balconies and sharing music and song or artists holding an Exhibition no matter whether we’ve experienced a hard or soft lockdown, most of us have had More Than Enough. This exhibition is a celebration of being able to share our art with you, the public, the art lover, the tourist, the passer-by. We want to share with you some of the special moments and places that have motivated and inspired us.
The four artists in this Exhibition live in the Bonny Hills-Port Macquarie area and have become friends through their common membership of Hastings Valley Fine Art Association and a love of painting and the outdoors.
Brian Barker is a noted watercolourist who has captured in paint the many moods and people which tell the story of the coastal environment of Bonny Hills where he lives and paints with his wife Rita, as well as works based on his travels throughout Australia.
Rita Carosi’s small, colourful figurative beach scenes are highly regarded and much sought after as are her larger works depicting Australian native flora. She also paints landscapes and seascapes in oils, acrylics and occasionally, pastel.
Graham Cox is a former ringer who worked in remote regions of Northern Australia and somehow transformed himself into a secondary school art teacher who pursued camp drafting as a hobby. Graham’s choices of subject are eclectic, a nude, a horse, a crab, a joker, in acrylic, charcoal and watercolour. He’ll always surprise you.
Kim Madden enjoys painting in watercolour and oils, occasionally mixed media. Her travels in Australia and overseas inspire her work, landscapes, figures, still life all draw this expressive colourist. Night paintings are a special interest.
By Brian Barker The River View Gladstone
Graeme Cox Dancing Girl
Kim Madden- Late Afternoon on the Barwon
Rita Carosi Happy Wanderer
