Braemar House & Gallery

Braemar House is home to the treasured Braemar Gallery, a Council operated community exhibition space for visual artists.

Thu – Sun, 10 am – 4 pm Free admission

See the Cultural Centre website for the latest on Braemar Gallery exhibitions.

Shape-Shifting

16 Mar – 9 Apr

Peta uses papier mache sculpture, mixed media and scrolls to explore shape shifting as a metaphor for physical and psychological change experienced through life cycle changes and illness.

16 Feb – 12 Mar

LOOKOUT encapsulates Jennie’s exploration and rediscovery of the natural landscape of the Blue Mountains from the time of pandemic lockdowns.

Abstraction and Ambiguity

16 Mar – 9 Apr

In Abstraction and Ambiguity, Laurent’s steel sculptures propose multiple possible interpretations – mostly along marine themes. All works are made from recycled steel, some of which has been scavenged from the bushlands of the Blue Mountains.

The Art of Foraging

16 Feb – 12 Mar

Foraging for fragments of the natural world, locally & beyond, is an absorbing activity for Louise and Cathie. Among the items collected are leaves, weeds, seeds, pods, discarded fragments and lifeless insects. These feature as tools for mark-making, dye sources, sculptures or images.

Living in the Lower Blueys

16 Mar – 9 Apr

Betty shares her lived experiences of enjoyable times in the Lower Blue Mountains. Her painting style is described as naïve, and while depicting a good natured scene in her paintings, she creates a new perspective by distorting proportion.

11 May – 4 Jun

Wild is an exhibition of paintings that focus on remote landscapes that are visually full of drama and emotion. Frances wants the audience to be able to feel the beauty and awe that you can experience when immersing yourself in such a landscape.

Helen Shields

Trove – that which connects

11 May – 4 Jun

Trove – that which connects is a series of mixed media works on paper consisting of groupings of the artist’s letters, invitations, cards, photocopies, photographs and recent drawings.

Shadows and Light

11 May – 4 Jun

Shadows and Light represents responses to the terrain in different media including hand printed linocuts, oil paintings, mixed media and collage combining linocuts and photographs of bush textures.

Tipping Points

8 Jun – 2 Jul

This group exhibition serves as a reflection on climate emotions through visual arts. Each of these artists lived through the Black Summer and many serve as practicing psychologists and/or art therapists in this community. As a group they aim to represent the subtle difference between affect and emotion.