The nearby town of Uralla stages an annual art exhibition organised by their Rotary Club and we've been there several times in the past, even buying the odd picture. This year, as in the past, Armidale, Uralla, Walcha and other Rotary Clubs got together and organised a fund-raising dinner in the exhibition hall - a nice venue because we were surrounded by some great art-works, many done by locals, while we ate a delicious meal served by youngsters taking some sort of catering qualification and talked to people whom we had not previously met. These pictures provide some idea of the event's quality. Dot came along too, the first time she's attended a Rotary event as far as I know.
We were asked at the door to nominate our two favourite pictures one from (a) general exhibit and the second from (b) the young artists collection. My choice came down to the two pictures below, the first showing dragonflies on a pond - very impressionistic and the second showing the courtyard and doorway of a home on the Greek island of Mykonos in the Cyclades. The second struck me as very atmospheric and it was my first choice..
This next image shows two of my favourite pictures produced by pupils in years 7 to 9 (roughly 13 to 15 y.o.). They're the two large impressionistic items in the middle - and the bottom one had been given a gong by the exhibition's organisers.
And here's another exhibit that I liked very much. Alas, the most favoured images I gathered from the chatter around me were landscapes or pictures of farms and farm-houses or maybe images of country towns. Am I alone in eschewing the common place and preferring the unusual?
And here's where we were dining, taken shortly after the end of the meal.
My mantra on life is increasingly becoming: 'do something new'. I like to visit new places, countries, cultures, environments, technological developments, innovative businesses, social groups and so on. Thus, for example, Dot and I have just booked our first cruise with some intersting side trips. You'll find out where in the next few months.
AS
We were asked at the door to nominate our two favourite pictures one from (a) general exhibit and the second from (b) the young artists collection. My choice came down to the two pictures below, the first showing dragonflies on a pond - very impressionistic and the second showing the courtyard and doorway of a home on the Greek island of Mykonos in the Cyclades. The second struck me as very atmospheric and it was my first choice..
This next image shows two of my favourite pictures produced by pupils in years 7 to 9 (roughly 13 to 15 y.o.). They're the two large impressionistic items in the middle - and the bottom one had been given a gong by the exhibition's organisers.
And here's another exhibit that I liked very much. Alas, the most favoured images I gathered from the chatter around me were landscapes or pictures of farms and farm-houses or maybe images of country towns. Am I alone in eschewing the common place and preferring the unusual?
And here's where we were dining, taken shortly after the end of the meal.
My mantra on life is increasingly becoming: 'do something new'. I like to visit new places, countries, cultures, environments, technological developments, innovative businesses, social groups and so on. Thus, for example, Dot and I have just booked our first cruise with some intersting side trips. You'll find out where in the next few months.
AS
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