August Highlights
With the winter chill still upon us and beautiful crisp days this newsletter is to highlight the coming exhibitions at Blenheim Gallery and Garden commencing from the 1st day of September in Spring.
Blenheim and Garden has not been idle during the last few months with many visitors booking appointments to view works on hand. A focus on the garden has been required as well in preparation for a number of group bookings we have from September through to Christmas. These visitors not only view the garden but the gallery as well.
We have been out and about both intra and interstate negotiating with artists for not only 2022, but 2023 and we have some exciting news in that artists David Marsden, David Hamilton, Penny Mason and Wayne Hudson will be joining us and exhibiting during 2023. We will keep you posted as their works progress leading up to their shows.
Blenheim Gallery is very pleased to not only work with the private sector with works of art, but also the corporate sector where some really exciting things can happen and it is quite empowering to see the end results.
Matt Sloane’s “The Eagle”
A new commissioned work by Matt Sloane has arrived at Blenheim Gallery and is looking splendid. Matt is a master sculptor using recycled materials mostly implements and old farm machinery to create wonderful works.
“The Eagle” is a commissioned work for a new multi-million-dollar, new build veterinary practice in Mount Gambier in South Australia and this wonderful sculpture will greet all who visit the site.
From September 1 2022 the client has made possible for the public to view this magnificent work before it heads away. So do drop in during September to view this beautiful work.
Lucy McEachern
Congratulations to Lucy McEachern on achieving a major commission which she has been working on during the winter months. A life size bronze sculpture.
Initially Lucy as part of her sculpture making process has been working on a figurative maquette for a commission by the Victorian Government and Linton Council thus, moving from her normal genre of bronze bird sculptures, a challenge but one she is totally capable of commanding and producing an outstanding piece.
Photo courtesy of Lucy McEachern.
The statue 1.75m bronze will recognise the contributions of Linton born war surgeon and Director of Infant and Maternal Health during World War I, Dr Vera Scantlebury OBE who, born in 1889, was the daughter of local Linton GP, Dr George Scantlebury, and the former Linton postmistress,
Artist Lucy McEachern has created a clay version of the statue, which is now ready to be sent to a foundry where it will be enlarged as a 3D printed replica and the face, hands and feet of the statue will be modelled from plasticine. The full-size statue will then be poured in bronze, ready for installation in the historic township of Linton.
The artwork will be sited in the memorial Avenue of Honour and sit opposite an existing memorial of men who served in World War 1, becoming the first public artwork in the township recognising or representing women.
Tasmanian Native Hen
A group of Tasmanian clients has also commissioned a second exciting commission for Lucy McEachern of a bronze sculpture of The Tasmanian Turbo Chook’. We look forward to seeing the end result.
Drawing by M Lindell.