Thursday-Saturday 12-6pm, Sunday 12-4pm. Opening celebration Saturday 9 November 3-5pm.
'We walk a delicate line to maintain equilibrium amidst chaos in our lives, a balance between hope and despair, love and loss, survival and defeat. "A Fine Balance" is what I strive for in each piece of art I make and in the way I live.
Of course balance is one of the principles of design, and in my artmaking I constantly seek a "just right" arrangement of shapes, colour, texture and space.
This show brings together work from the last 5 years (with a few older pieces thrown in).
The two larger bodies of works within this show are " Disappearing Traders" 2020 - 22 and "Interior Motives" 2023 - 24. Sprinkled amongst these, are land/sea scapes, interiors and landmark pieces.'
About Maggie Stein
'I have been following a creative path since I was quite young, growing up in Goulburn NSW, I had one of those art teachers who was a true mentor. I only realised fairly recently that art has been my anchor, helping me survive the early loss of my mother. At 21yrs old, I attended COFA , Sydney (Then the City Art Institute ) from 1985 -87 and absolutley loved it. It was there I developed my first printmaking skills, but ended up doing a bit of everything. In 2006 I created a linoprint again after a big break, it was then I realised that lino was such an accessible medium - perfect for me trying to squish some creative time in between parenting and teaching. Over the last 15 years as I have had more time and desire I have been able to delve more deeply into lino carving and printing techniques. Then, in 2023 -24 I switched my focus to mixed media as it provided more immediate satisfaction, leading me to recapture a sense of play in my work.'