6th - 23rd December

THE SUMMER SHOW - Group Exhibition
The Summer Exhibition is a prestigious exhibition catering for the growing demand in collecting art. Many of Australia’s elite, established and emerging artists are represented depicting their various interpretations of the Australian landscape along with still lifes and figurative works. Approximately 60 works by the following artists: Arthur Boyd • David Boyd • Charles Blackman • Garry Shead • William Boissevain • Judy Cassab • John Coburn • Ray Crooke • Robert Dickerson • Melissa Egan • Sidney Nolan • Susan Sheridan • Brett Whiteley • Mike Worrall • Margaret Woodward • Celia Perceval • John Perceval • Robert Juniper • John Olsen • Margaret Ackland • Ernesto Arrisueno • Patrick Carroll • Kathleen Petyarre • Donald Friend • Frank Hodgkinson • Penelope Long • Neil Taylor • Patrick Carroll • Judith White • Nigel Hewitt • Martine Emdur and sculpture by Stephen Glassborow.

The gallery shall close for Christmas holidays on Tuesday 23rd December at 6:00pm
and re-open on Saturday 10th January 2009 at 10:30am with THE SUMMER SHOW - 25th February 2009

27th February - 26th March

JOHN RIGBY - Landscapes of North Queensland
JOHN RIGBY is highly revered in Queensland. He has served as a Trustee at the Queensland Art Gallery for 18 years; his paintings are in all major Australian galleries and he recently retired as Senior Instructor at Queensland College of Fine Art, where for over a decade he inspired thousands of students who passed through the institution. Rigby's paintings are bold, colourful, vibrant and extremely well executed.

TWO EXHIBITIONS: 28th March - 23rd April

MIKE WORRALL - Windows of the Mind
Mike Worralls' paintings are immediately recognizable. They can be likened to a medieval Magritte - absurd, surreal and alluring. By combining contemporary concepts with historical content, Mike Worrall evokes a compelling view into an enchanting, dramatic and mysterious world - that of his unrestrained imagination of women and interiors.

PETER GRIFFEN - A line takes a walk
Abstract images are a presonse to abstract thinking. Peter Griffen's paintings begin with a wandering line and the images evolve by a process of breaks in the line followed by a continuum of wanderings - the painterly line following the wandering mind of the artists. The paintings Peter Griffen creates form this process are honest, energetic and highly expressive.

24th April - May

SUSAN SHERIDAN - New Work
The Kimberley Coast has long been a source of inspiration to artists and for Susan Sheridan, the absolute wilderness of this remote region is the subject of her new exhibition. The mesmerising radiance of the submerged coral reefs through the water and the extraordinary colours of aquas, rich reds and crisp whites of the silica beaches are the focus of Susan Sheridans loose style.