Wendy Sharpe

A fund raising dinner was held at Coffs Harbour last Friday night in support of the new regional gallery currently being built.

The Bowraville Racecourse Art Group were represented by Elwin Butler and Bruce Redman. There were also a number of other Nambucca Valley residents in attendance. They had the privilege of hearing about the lifelong achievements of guest speaker and renowned artist  Wendy Sharpe. In addition to her attendance on the night Wendy donated a painting to the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery and provided a second one as a fund raising raffle.

Wendy is a previous winner of the Archibald prize and the Sulman prize. She specialises in large artworks including murals, mainly in Sydney but also in regional Australia. Another interesting aspect to Wendy’s art career has been her acceptance as residence artist to places like Antarctica, with Circus Oz and as the artist with Australia’s peace keeping force in East Timor to name just a few examples.

Elwin Butler and Bruce Redman Enjoy The Night

 

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