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    • 24 Mar 2025
    • 10:00
    • 13 Apr 2025
    • 16:00
    • The Gallery

    Travelling Through


    Travelling Through is an exhibition of new and recent works by Coffs Harbour artist Rowena Post (see above) and Port Macquarie artist Tony Williams (see below) where both abstract and surreal visions are brought onto the canvas.


    Travelling Through embodies dual concepts of travelling in time and physically travelling from place to place. it expresses a shared vision for the capturing of light, a moment of storytelling through the raw beauty of the Australian bush and glimpses of the inner world within us all.

    Rowena Post and Tony Williams are both practising artists who are inspired by creatives such as Elisabeth Cummings, John Gleeson, Ross Laurie and Angus Nivison.

    • 14 Apr 2025
    • 10:00
    • 4 May 2025
    • 16:00
    • South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
    • 60



    • 14 Apr 2025
    • 16:00
    • 4 May 2025
    • South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
    • 114
    Registration is closed

    Artists are invited to participate in this prestigious competition.
    Artworks will be accepted for the following categories:

    • Oil/Acrylic
    • Water Based Medium
    • Pastel & Drawing
    • Traditional Mixed Media
    • Youth Award (9-13 years old)
    • Youth Award (14-18 years old)

    Main Prize: $3000 - The Adelaide Swift—South West Rocks Rotary Club Award
    All other categories have monetary awards, you can see the list here.
    Judges: TBA

    Deadline for registration is April 1st.

    Deliver your artwork to the gallery between 3pm and 5pm on Sunday, April 13.
    Size limit: Maximum 1 metre on any side. Limit of two artworks per category.

    The artworks will be on display at The Gallery from April 14 to May 4.

    You can read the terms and conditions for this competition HERE.

    • 19 Apr 2025
    • 16:00
    • School of Arts Hall
    Register


    Please ensure that you RSVP via the REGISTER button.

    The event will kick off at 4pm precisely. Do try to get there in time so that you don’t miss out on hearing who has won the prizes.

    DATE: Saturday 19th April 2025

    TIME: 4 – 6 p.m.

    VENUE:  School of Arts Hall, Gregory St, South West Rocks

    (next to the Gallery)

    Followed by refreshments in the Gallery grounds and viewing of the Exhibition.

    RSVP: Monday 14th April 2025


    • 12 May 2025
    • 10:00
    • 25 May 2025
    • 16:00
    • The Gallery

    We are very proud to present two very talented artists, for the second time, with a plethora of styles and experience to share with us.

    Fred Bullen has won awards for his works in local area exhibitions and many are currently displayed in galleries in Forster, Taree and Port Macquarie.  

    His most recent works have been described as having been executed “by an artist who has developed his own style based on an intuitive execution. The suburban landscape is rendered with an almost photographic naturalism; but the use of bright colours, ambiguous and distorted perspectives, and strange juxtapositions suggest an imagined or dreamed reality”. 

    His inspiration comes from the local area and the urban landscape which are then reproduced in traditional or one of many styles such as ‘abstract realism’.

    Tracey Sales


    Tracey’s work is inspired by the many and varied places she has lived from Port Macquarie, Sydney to Smiths Lake and also extensive travel through Asia and Europe.

    She loves to play with textures, light, movement and patterns and uses a variety of mediums, currently creating both mixed media, acrylic and oil paintings. 

    The playful, fluid, dreamlike quality of Tracey’s art is an expression of her personality and nods to artworks created by family members, whilst the vibrant colours, patterns and texture is worked into nature pieces that portray the personality of her wildlife characters.

    • 26 May 2025
    • 10:00
    • 15 Jun 2025
    • 16:00
    • The Gallery

    Details to follow.

    • 7 Jul 2025
    • 10:00
    • 20 Jul 2025
    • 16:00
    • South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
    • 60
    Register

    We look forward to featuring a wonderful array of our Members' works.

    An email will be sent to our Exhibiting Members when registrations are open.
    Limit of 4 artworks per artist.
    $10 per artwork up to 1m on any side.
    $20 per artwork up to 2m on any side.





    • 4 Aug 2025
    • 10:00
    • 24 Aug 2025
    • 16:00
    • South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
    • 60
    Register


    We’ve increased the maximum size to 300mm x  300mm (or 30cm x 30cm).

    (We’ve found this is a really popular sized canvas by both artist and customer).

    The Tinies Exhibition is the Gallery’s annual small painting exhibition.

    This year you can also opt for any unsold artworks to remain at the gallery to be exhibited in the gallery or in Lil’s Gift Shop throughout the year.

    For two weeks from 10 June with the possibility of extending for a further 2 weeks.

    Criteria are:

    • Open to paid up Exhibiting Members of the Gallery  (not a member -join here, its only $50 per annum to access at least 3 exhibitions a year).  Join us
    • Price point to be below $200
    • Maximum 300mm (30cm) on any side (you can add a minimal frame to this measurement if you like).
    • Entry fee per piece is only $5
    • Maximum of 8 entries per person.
    • Option to leave your unsold pieces at the Gallery and we will show your work through the year when we have the opportunity. 
    • 1 Sep 2025
    • 10:00
    • 14 Sep 2025
    • 16:00
    • The Gallery

    Details to follow ….



    • 1 Sep 2025
    • 10:00
    • 14 Sep 2025
    • 16:00
    • The Gallery




    • 1 Sep 2025
    • 10:00
    • 14 Sep 2025
    • 16:00
    • The Gallery




    • 29 Sep 2025
    • 10:00
    • 12 Oct 2025
    • 16:00
    • South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
    • 59
    Register

    We look forward to featuring a wonderful array of our Members' works.

    An email will be sent to our Exhibiting Members when registrations are open.
    Limit of 4 artworks per artist.
    $10 per artwork up to 1m on any side.
    $20 per artwork up to 2m on any side.





    • 13 Oct 2025
    • 10:00
    • 26 Oct 2025
    • 16:00
    • The Gallery

    Suzanne Li, a self taught Australian Artist, was born in 1958 in Condobolin, a small farming town in mid western NSW.  Though born in the Central West, most of her growing years were spent in the Riverina region of NSW, along the banks of the Murrumbidgee river.  Much of her adult life was spent in Cairns, far north Queensland raising a family and running a busy restaurant.  During this time Suzanne and her family also spent a wonderful year living in Hong Kong.  


    Throughout her life though her constant companion has been her pencils and sketch pad that were never far from reach.


    This exhibition showcases Suzanne's distinctive style which is greatly inspired by the picturesque Australian landscape and expresses the subjects with great attention to detail.   She loves to portray the birds and animals in the bush, and more recently she has tried her hand at still life.   

    • 13 Oct 2025
    • 10:00
    • 2 Nov 2025
    • 16:00
    • The Gallery

    Details to come …..

    • 3 Nov 2025
    • 10:00
    • 23 Nov 2025
    • 16:00
    • The Gallery



    Jill Cairns is exhibiting with Innes Artists, and we invite all to join us in August. Jill is a mark making artist, who works with oils and pastels and loves to talk art. Innes Artists all have individual styles and subjects to create a visual feast.
    We have held previous exhibitions in this beautiful South West Rocks Community Art Gallery, the Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery and in the Glasshouse in Port Macquarie. We are all members of the Hastings Valley Art Society and many have won awards. Leading into spring, come and celebrate our works.

    • 24 Nov 2025
    • 10:00
    • 7 Dec 2025
    • 16:00
    • The Gallery

    The Rocks Painters Group meet every Wednesday to paint, laugh and share.

    More details to follow .....

    • 15 Dec 2025
    • 10:00
    • 4 Jan 2026
    • 16:00
    • South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
    • 60
    Register

    We look forward to featuring a wonderful array of our Members' works.

    An email will be sent to our Exhibiting Members when registrations are open.
    Limit of 4 artworks per artist.
    $10 per artwork up to 1m on any side.
    $20 per artwork up to 2m on any side.





    • 12 Jan 2026
    • 10:00
    • 25 Jan 2026
    • 16:00
    • The Gallery


    Gwen Bullock Art

    Influences from Greenland, Central Europe, Outback Australia and South West Rocks have intensified Gwen's love of art and painting since 2012.  Gwen works mostly with acrylics and soft pastels.  She creates artworks from her own photography using her freehand skills.

    Gwen's artwork is realistic/representations with impressionistic insights. Through loving to tell a story, she keeps her artwork alive and honest. 

    Experience with a wide range of themes from icescapes, landscapes, seascapes to human and animal portraits (and many more), have resulted from Gwen tutoring workshops for 11 years. 
    Gwen has won awards at art shows and successfully sells her artwork. 
    "When the story of my artwork melds with the story of its audience, then my artwork is complete." Gwen Bullock Art.

Past events

3 Mar 2025 Trudy Allsopp on the Verandah
3 Mar 2025 Norma Flint in the Jamieson Room
3 Mar 2025 Kempsey Neighbourhood Centre in the Macalister Room
3 Mar 2025 Artists of Wallamba in the Mouatt Room
17 Feb 2025 Artists of Wallamba in the Whole Gallery
3 Feb 2025 Gwen Bullock in the Jamieson Room
3 Feb 2025 Temmina Kuijpers & Gloria Malone in the Macalister Room
27 Jan 2025 Marisse de Wet in the Gangway
27 Jan 2025 Fred Bullen & Tracey Sales in the Mouatt Room
20 Jan 2025 Lil's Gift Shop spills onto the Verandah
6 Jan 2025 Sebastian Perri in the Macalister & Jamieson Rooms
6 Jan 2025 Kath & Viv in the Mouatt Room
6 Jan 2025 Mel Stewart on the Verandah
6 Jan 2025 Deb Broughton in the Gangway
16 Dec 2024 Sculptures Rock
16 Dec 2024 Members' Exhibition - Dec/Jan
2 Dec 2024 Rocks Painting Group in the Macalister Room
18 Nov 2024 U3A Art Making Group in the Macalister Room
18 Nov 2024 Trudy Allsopp on the Verandah
18 Nov 2024 Colleen Palmer in the Jamieson Room
18 Nov 2024 Kath Riley in the Mouatt Room and the Gangway
4 Nov 2024 T&K Colourgirls in the Whole Gallery
21 Oct 2024 Deb Broughton in the Whole Gallery
14 Oct 2024 Fred Bullen & Pam Dunne in the Whole Gallery
30 Sep 2024 Members' Exhibition - September/Oct
16 Sep 2024 Alan & Linda Frazer in the Whole Gallery
2 Sep 2024 Suzanne Li in the Mouatt Room
2 Sep 2024 A retrospective exhibition of Jean Goodridge's work presented by Georgina Yerbury in the Jamieson Room
2 Sep 2024 Viv Carmen in the Macalister, Verandah and Gangway
19 Aug 2024 Keir Jamieson & her daughters Sha-lohm and Neshamah in the whole Gallery
5 Aug 2024 Clearance Exhibition
22 Jul 2024 Members' Exhibition - July
22 Jul 2024 Artists from the Kempsey Neighbourhood Centre Art Group in the Mouatt Room
22 Jul 2024 Jan Csaszar in the Verandah
24 Jun 2024 Fred Bullen & Tracey Sales in the Whole Gallery
10 Jun 2024 Tiny (up to 300) Exhibition
27 May 2024 Peggy Eather in the Gangway
27 May 2024 Mel Stewart and Maddalena Piola in the Macalister, Jamieson & Verandah
27 May 2024 Fibre Artists' Network Group in the Mouatt Room
18 May 2024 Pressed Flowers in Glass Workshop
13 May 2024 Rocks Painting Group in the whole Gallery
29 Apr 2024 Members' Exhibition
15 Apr 2024 A Retrospective Exhibition presenting the paintings of Tom Tyne in the Macalister Room
15 Apr 2024 TAFE Students' Ceramic Exhibition present 'United in Mud'
13 Apr 2024 Macleay Youth Laneway Festival
1 Apr 2024 An Exhibition of Works by Volunteers of the Gallery in the Gangway
1 Apr 2024 Trudy Allsopp in the Verandah (2 wks) then the Gangway (2wks)
1 Apr 2024 Elisabeth & Jacomiene Betlem in the Mouatt Room
25 Mar 2024 Kath Riley in the Jamieson
24 Mar 2024 Workshop - Make Your Own Earrings in the Jamieson Room
18 Mar 2024 Dee McLearie in the Gangway
11 Mar 2024 Shirley Adams & Jo-Ann Brinkley presents Luminous Impressions in the Mouatt Room
11 Mar 2024 David Little in the Jamieson
11 Mar 2024 Ross Thompson in the Macalister Room
11 Mar 2024 Viv Carmen on the Verandah
26 Feb 2024 Fred Bullen & Tracey Sales in the Whole Gallery
12 Feb 2024 Judy Williams & Fabia Tory in the Mouatt & Macalister Rooms
12 Feb 2024 Norma Flint in the Jamieson Room & Gangway
29 Jan 2024 Susie Williams in the Mouatt Room
29 Jan 2024 Halia Senu & Jen Hetherington in the Macalister Room
29 Jan 2024 Jo de Graaff, Deb Farrel & Trudi Kirkwood in the Jamieson Room
29 Jan 2024 Trudy Allsopp in the Veranda
29 Jan 2024 Jan Csaszar in the Gangway
8 Jan 2024 Innes Artists in the Whole Gallery
18 Dec 2023 Members' Exhibition in the Whole Gallery
4 Dec 2023 Graeme Shevellar in the Whole Gallery
13 Nov 2023 LIFE and LIGHT in the Whole Gallery
1 Nov 2023 Men's Art Exhibition at Coastline Art Hub
30 Oct 2023 Jan Csaszar in the Verandah and Gangway
30 Oct 2023 Viv Carmen in Mouatt Room
16 Oct 2023 Liz Harriott in the Mouatt Room
16 Oct 2023 Kath Riley & Julie Holt in the Jamieson Room
16 Oct 2023 Katherine Ackland in the Macalister Room
16 Oct 2023 Anna Fouracre in the Gangway
27 Sep 2023 Adelaide Swift Exhibition in the Whole Gallery
26 Sep 2023 Adelaide Swift Awards Presentation
11 Sep 2023 Trish Cameron & Susie Gunn in Mouatt, Macalister & Gangway
28 Aug 2023 Katherine Ackland in the Jamieson Room and the Verandah
14 Aug 2023 Norma Flint on the VERANDAH
14 Aug 2023 INNES ARTISTS in MOUATT and MACALISTER rooms
14 Aug 2023 Dee McLearie in the GANGWAY
14 Aug 2023 Brooke Engledow in the Jamieson Room
1 Aug 2023 Tiny 200 Exhibition in the Whole Gallery
24 Jul 2023 GALLERY CLOSED for MAINTENANCE
10 Jul 2023 Members' Exhibition in the Whole Gallery
3 Jul 2023 Adelaide Swift Historical in the MOUATT Room
3 Jul 2023 NAIDOC in the Jamieson and Macalister Rooms
26 Jun 2023 Norma & Viv on the VERANDAH
12 Jun 2023 Black-White-Blue in the Whole Gallery
29 May 2023 Aviary by Katherine Ackland on the Verandah
29 May 2023 Rocks Painters in the Jamieson Room
29 May 2023 Trudy Allsopp in the Macalister Room
29 May 2023 Jan von Schoenberg & Peggy Eather in the Mouatt Room
15 May 2023 Art from the Heart in the Mouatt Room and the Gangway
8 May 2023 Nature of Play in the Jamieson Room
8 May 2023 Lustrous and Compelling on the Verandah
1 May 2023 Aviary by Katherine Ackland in the Macalister Room
24 Apr 2023 Vivian Carmen & Dee McLearie
24 Apr 2023 Serenity by Myffie Coady
10 Apr 2023 Members' Exhibition
27 Mar 2023 Works by Katherine Ackland
27 Mar 2023 A Touch of Glass
20 Mar 2023 My Son, My Inspiration
6 Mar 2023 Works by Katherine Ackland
27 Feb 2023 Coastal ClayMakers
20 Feb 2023 Exploring the Joys of Colour and Harmony
13 Feb 2023 The Rocks (of South West Rocks) Series
6 Feb 2023 Creative Connections
6 Feb 2023 Works by Anna Fouracre
30 Jan 2023 Works by Katherine Ackland
30 Jan 2023 Dawn by Kathy Edwards
9 Jan 2023 Different Strokes by Innes Artists
19 Dec 2022 Members' Exhibition
10 Dec 2022 Exhibition Opening
5 Dec 2022 TWIN VIEW
5 Dec 2022 TARANTELLA - A Dance with Art
3 Dec 2022 Open Studio
14 Nov 2022 Things the Desert Taught Me
10 Oct 2022 Art Rox @ South West Rocks
3 Oct 2022 Collection of Works by Sara Morgan
26 Sep 2022 Black to colour by Caroline Baker & Peggy Eather
26 Sep 2022 Bright Eyes by Sarah Isbel Hill
19 Sep 2022 The Big Picture by Jill Cairns
29 Aug 2022 Black-White-Red
12 Jul 2022 Members' Exhibition JULY
3 Jul 2022 NAIDOC Week
20 Jun 2022 Tiny 200 Exhibition
30 May 2022 Wildlife of the Macleay
9 May 2022 Rocks Recollections
26 Apr 2022 Tony Williams & Sara Morgan
11 Apr 2022 Members' Exhibition
29 Mar 2022 T&K Colour Girls
7 Mar 2022 Scott Jackson
8 Feb 2022 Pop-Up Exhibition Invitation
8 Jan 2022 Pop-Up Photography Exhibition
18 Dec 2021 Pop-Up Art Exhibition

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