Annual Exhibition

2020

Best Seascape: Kerry Rocchi

Graeme & Gay Scaddan Award:

Yvonne Hirst

Blackrock Watercolour Award: Gillian Morey

Best Landscape: Denny Sanbrook

Best Fauna: Ella Leder

Best Flora: Margaret Sargant

Best Abstract: Barbara Reid President’s Choice: Pat Pomeroy

Best in Show: Vic Fazakerley

Best Figurative/Portrait: Doris Nathan

The Joys of Longevity

Dunsborough Art Society is a very blessed

Society indeed, having the privilege of six

nonagenarians numbered in our ranks.

Sheila Saw (Dec.), Gloria Smith (Dec.), Betty

Edwards (our patron), Felicity MacLeay,

Margaret Sargant and now, our current

President, Laurel Ashley who joined the ranks

on Monday, 3rd February, 2020

A bevy of our wonderful members organised

a great splash at the Dunsborough Lakes Golf

Club. Lunch, balloons, chocolates; a

delightful poem by Margaret; The Birthday

Times News sheet by Yvonne; an hilarious

cartoon by Barbara Reid, of Laurel cleaning

cupboards; a tablecloth by Ann Dexter, of

Chux, Laurels favourite cleaning cloth; a

spectacular birthday cake made by Colleen

Riley and many, many other presents for this

truly amazing and wonderful lady, Laurel

Ashley.

Laurel spoke beautifully about her 90th

birthday saying this was the icing on the cake

to the best day of her life on Saturday, 1st

February, 2020 when over 100 of her

relatives joined her in Busselton for a day of

celebrations. She continued to celebrate on

Sunday and Monday, rested Tuesday and was

as bright as a button on Wednesday for her

Dunsborough Art Society knees-up.

As Margaret would say, “What a girl!”

GLORIA MAY SMITH

3 MAY 1924 - 30TH JANUARY

2020

Longevity can also bring sorrow in its

wake. DAS members were saddened

by the passing, at the age of 95, of

our long-time member and wonderful

friend, Gloria Smith.

We are absolutely certain Gloria will

pass through the Pearly Gates with

her palette and brushes in hand and

inform St Peter, that like Barbara

Reid, he is the watercolourist’s worst

nightmare!

Requiescat In Pace

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Art Exhibition 2020

It was apparent to me that the Friday morning class has been a real success with many

very appealing still-lifes on offer.

In this category first time Exhibitor Kerry Rocchi received two awards.

Well done Kerry. Such beautiful passionfruit. I asked Kerry what it felt

like to exhibit in the hall for the first time. She said “Terrifying! Quite a challenge really

but I enjoyed the process”. May the awards be the first of many.

A professional artist joined me in my visit to the exhibition and it was

interesting to have his comments which I would like to share.

On Kerry’s work “that the use of oil instead of acrylic adds atmosphere

to her subtle still life”.

“Good drawing is evident in the work of another first-time exhibitor, Rob Wilson, and

the strong forms in his landscapes stand out.”

“It’s refreshing this year to see some artists including humorous subject matter. Laurel

Ashley for example with her fun depictions of Andrew Denton and Barry Humphries as

Dame Edna.”

“Phyllis Hill has something of a Cezanne-like style in her paintings

with beautiful use of texture and colour that emphasises her forms,

especially in her small work Dancing Trunks.”

Colleen reports that while on duty she noticed that people are

returning to buy more work from artists they have purchased from at

previous exhibitions. Also, how fortunate we are to have such an

active art society in our area. Congratulations to all those who participated in the

organising of the exhibition. It takes a lot of work and it was well done. G. Knight 31gle

Web Page: Photographs of

the Jeffrey Smart workshop are

now posted.

“…..still life is the touch stone of

painting.” Edouard Manet

“Photography is an immediate re-

action, drawing is a meditation.”

Henri Cartier-Bresson

The Best in Show: ‘Jug, Bowl &

Oranges’ reinforces these axioms

and demonstrates the incalculable

value of working with models

more and using photographic

references less. Ed.