ART

Just when you thought Susan and I had stopped buying art, we started again. I think it’s all to do with the great state Archibald St was in when we bought it. We’d put aside money to do some renovations just in case we needed to (a new kitchen perhaps, retiling the bathroom maybe) but we haven’t had to do anything more than cosmetic work. So when we saw a work called I love these warm afternoons at exhibition of Albany artists, curated by a WA ballet colleague from years ago, at the Gallows Gallery in Mosman Park, we lashed out – again.

It's a collograph with gouache, acrylic and pencil by a young artist called Laura Newbury and, in her words, it’s about “capturing the joy, chaos and whimsy of communal gatherings.” Laura is “particularly interested in the things that are left behind after a meal shared; not just empty bottles and food stains, but memories and relationships forged and fortified.”

You can see the attraction both in the work itself and its meaning. The beach paintings on the wall. The glasses of rose. The record waiting to be played. The summer afternoon with friends.