{"id":1249,"date":"2019-07-26T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:42:16","slug":"up-down-main-gallery-and-rainforest-trees-of-australia-by-peter-poropat-in-the-solo-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/up-down-main-gallery-and-rainforest-trees-of-australia-by-peter-poropat-in-the-solo-space\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201dUp & Down\u201d Main Gallery and \u201cRainforest Trees of Australia\u201d by Peter Poropat in The Solo Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


\u2018Up & Down\u2019 is the new member\u2019s exhibition at Blue Knob Hall and it has been a challenge to artists who exhibit here but the work that has come in represents many aspects of the theme with some confronting images and many loosely interpreted ideas. It was felt that this theme could cover a host of ideas as we often describe things in terms of \u2018up and down\u2019 with \u2018what goes up must come down\u2019, \u2018I\u2019m feeling a bit up and down\u2019, up hill and down dale\u2019…….and of course Sisyphus the king who was punished for his self-aggrandizing, craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down when it nears the top, repeating this for eternity. We have landscapes, large and powerful totems by Rebekah Webster, 3D and 2D artworks from recycled bedsprings to ceramics and wood carving.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Birds
Birds on Bed Spring by Wendy Cain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Up
Up and Down & In and Out by Rupda Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\"View
View towards Koreelah by Rodney Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Rainforest Trees of Australia<\/strong>\u2019 by Peter Poropat in The Solo Space at the Gallery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter\u2019s work spans four decades, since the age of 17. Peter interest in identifying Australian rainforest trees has led him to publish two popular books on the subject;\u00a0Barks and Trunks<\/a><\/em> and\u00a0Barks and Trunks Vol 2<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Peter\u2019s skill and experience is such, that he is able to link rainforest trees to their family by bark characteristics, textures and trunk shapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Cryptocarya
Cryptocarya macdonaldii Cooloola Laurel
by Peter Poropat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus Afternoon by Andrew Kapitzke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

His passion for rainforest trees was initially sparked by the work of Queensland Botanist WD Francis. First published in 1929, Francis\u2019s book\u00a0Australian Rainforest Trees\u00a0<\/em>recorded large rainforest trees for botanical literature.\u00a0Inspired by this work, Peter set out to record these trees in colour to contribute to the botanical identification of eastern Australian rainforest trees. There are over 2500 Rainforest tree species in Australia and this solo exhibition will represent a small selection of tree species that represent a large number of genus\u2019s and families in the rainforest floristics of Australian Rainforest\u2019s from the Illawarra region NSW to Cape York FNQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both exhibitions will run concurrently until Sat Sept 15th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Knob Ceramic Studio Artist<\/strong> of the month is Genevieve Davies. Genevieve has taken up a traineeship at the Ceramic Studio and is currently giving classes one morning a week. Her work is very pictorial and depicts her passion for our natural environment.  She is currently working with underglaze stains and slips on functional ware, and includes hand-built as well as thrown pieces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artists & Friends<\/strong> The next lunch will be held on Thurs 29th August at 12.30pm with a set menu for $20 incl Main & Dessert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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