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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
OCTOBER FEATURED ARTIST
Donna Barnett
Our feature artist for the month of October is Donna Barnett
Donna is a Hervey Bay-based figurative artist whose creative journey spans decades in fashion design and fashion illustration, alongside formal Fine Art studies at the Brisbane Institute of Art.
Working primarily in oils, Donna creates visually tactile figurative works influenced by Fauvism, Pop Art and Surrealism. Her luminous, jewel-like use of colour draws the viewer in, while her subjects explore deeper themes of vulnerability, power, connection and survival.
Previously well known for her commissioned portraits of children and animals, Donna’s work has increasingly explored the fragile balance of innocence and safety for women, children and wildlife. Through beauty and realism with an unexpected twist, she invites us to look more closely at what may otherwise go unseen.
Donna has received recognition in numerous exhibitions and competitions and continues to challenge herself creatively, recently exploring charcoal, pastel and watercolour alongside her established oil practice.
“I hope my artwork leaves an impression more poignant than an appreciation of beauty or technical skill.”
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.