Blenheim Gallery and Garden is a member of the National Association for the Visual Arts and represents artists throughout Tasmania.

“The Vessel and other things” is an exhibition which focuses on the object whether physical or painted and includes the work of renowned artists Dawn Oakford and other artists.

A part of daily life the “vessel” since Grecian times has been an object of admiration and this exhibition will highlight its significance in daily life.

Penny Mason “To the Side”

An opportunity to view and enjoy Blenheim Gallery artist Penny Mason’s recent works having undertaken an Artist residency at Scotch Oakburn College. Carmel Dilger, Community Arts Coordinator at Scotch Oakburn College is very pleased to invite you to our s.p.a.c.e. Gallery exhibition: Penny Mason, To the Side.

The exhibition will be opened Wednesday 1 May at 5:30 pm by Jennie Caswell, Director of Blenheim Gallery and Garden.

About the artist:

‘A graduate of the Tasmanian School of Art, (1970), and Monash University MFA (Research) (2004) Penny’s painting career spans four decades. Her main interests exist in ideas that circulate around the idea of landscape in the context of Tasmania, particularly the representation of land, country, sites, and views.

Her work is generated by using several randomising techniques while exploiting temperature, gravity, vibration and frost etching to create fields and surfaces that evoke landscape features and details within.

Penny has participated in many group shows and undertaken regular solo exhibitions since first exhibiting at the George Paton Gallery, Melbourne (1977). Recent solo exhibitions include; Weather Events, Moonah Art Centre, Contemplations, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston (2018), Floating Worlds, Raft south, Hobart (2016) and Found in Translation, s.p.a.c.e Gallery Launceston, (2014)’ (Penny Mason Artist Profile — Blenheim Gallery And Garden).

Penny is a finalist in the 2024 UniSQ Biennial Art Award.

Our gallery is open Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. 
s.p.a.c.e. Gallery
85 Penquite Road
Please sign in at reception before visiting the gallery.

CARMEL DILGER
Community Arts Coordinator at Scotch Oakburn College

Gene McLaren - “Winter’s Embrace: A Fusion of steel, light and fire”

Gene McLaren has been exhibiting at Blenheim Gallery over a number of years with his unique sculptures and each show has brought a new and refreshing angle to sculpture and his use of mixed metal materials.

This year will be no different, on the eve of winter solstice which symbolises the turning point of the year, with the gradual lengthening of daylight hours ahead. It is a time to reflect on the past year & welcome the gradual return of longer light.

Gene’s illuminated sculptural works will effectively light the Blenheim sculpture garden and gallery.

Over a glass of wine the opening evening will be something to remember and the exhibition then continues until 13 July 2024.

New Works by Alison Aplin who is showing at Blenheim Gallery for the second exhibition.

Alison is a multi award winning sustainable landscape designer of over 25 years and she has been painting for many years. Her vibrant, lively paintings are full of joy and celebrate ‘abstract’ painting with a freedom to work the palette to a high orchestration of colour.

You will see from this exhibition how the works enjoy space and colour to bring life into the spaces.

Feathers, fur, fins and foliage exhibition

The Newfield artist group come together to exhibit at Blenheim Gallery as the final exhibition for 2024.

The group includes Julie Irvin, Gaynor Peaty, Justine Vaughan, Liz Royce, Rose McManamey and Jacqueline Senior who work in printmaking mainly but some works include other elements on paper.

We look forward to this exhibition at the end of November.