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Gallery 5
5 Sandy Street, Urangan
Phone: 07 4124 9200
Open Hours
Monday to Friday 10am–3pm
Saturday and Sund 10am–3pm
JUNE FEATURED ARTIST
Lynette Mary Skeers
Our feature artist for the month of September is Lynette Skeers
Lynette is a contemporary artist who has recently made Hervey Bay her home, bringing with her a lifelong love of creativity and almost 30 years of painting.
Her work blends realism with abstraction, creating paintings filled with emotion, movement, light and symbolism. In 2024, Lynette made the decision to commit fully to her professional art practice. A graduate of the Milan Art Institute Mastery Program and mentored by renowned Australian artist Donald James Waters OAM, she has developed a distinctive style she describes as Modern Romantic Abstract Realism.
Her paintings range from expressive figurative works and portraiture to evocative Australian landscapes, often exploring feminine strength, beauty, connection and the emotional stories held within people and place. Her work combines traditional painting techniques with abstraction, pattern and symbolism, allowing each piece to reveal its story gradually.
A lifelong dancer before an accident changed her path, Lynette found another way to express movement, emotion and freedom through her art.
“I used to dance on a stage, now I dance on a canvas.”
We are a non-profit organisation that has a huge benefit within our local community. Running since 1971 we offer many enrichments to our area in both mental and physical health as well as featuring the arts to the Hervey Bay region.
As a sponsor you will gain many benefits and all support is tax deductible.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Gallery 5 and The Hervey Bay Art Society acknowledges to the east, the Butchulla (Badtjala) and to the west, the Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) People, their connection to Country (land, sea and sky) and recognises the many places of cultural, spiritual, social and economic significance in the community. We pay respects to their Elders – past, present and emerging. Gallery 5 and The Hervey Bay Art Society also acknowledges other First Nation Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islander people, who reside in the Fraser Coast Region.