Our next exhibition…… Gillian Carpenter artist profile Adrian Johnson artist profile Gillian Carpenter – Artist Statement These paintings are my response to various daily experiences from which I wished to explore and derive some meaning. Using all my senses I attempt to recreate those felt experiences into art expressions through the medium of watercolour in […]
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Adrian Johnson
Adrian Johnson – Biography Adrian began his painting journey in the early 80s by joining the Wonthaggi Art Group. While attending workshops he was able to gain sufficient knowledge of the painting process to develop his own style of capturing the light in the landscape. Australian impressionists Max Smales, Mac Wilks and English painter David […]
Double Vision
Adrian Johnson and Gillian Carpenter
Adrian Johnson artist profile Gillian Carpenter artist profile Gillian Carpenter – Artist Statement These paintings are my response to various daily experiences from which I wished to explore and derive some meaning. Using all my senses I attempt to recreate those felt experiences into art expressions through the medium of watercolour in different forms. The […]

Gecko Studio Gallery Newsletter – October November 2015
Exhibition page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gecko Studio Gallery exhibitions What’s next? Exhibitions in the pipeline……(NB details may change before these exhibitions open) Double Vision – landscapes in watercolour and oil – Adrian Johnson & Gillian Carpenter – Nov 15 to Dec 12, 2015. Opening event on Nov 15 Findings – Jan Learmonth & Mary Sullivan – Dec […]
Linocutting Workshop with Heather Shimmen
1 Day Workshop 21st November 2015 9.30am to 4pm Cost: $170 BOOKED OUT …..BUT…..NEW, due to demand – 1 Day Workshop Sunday 22nd November 2015. Time: 9.30 to 4pm. Cost: $170 In a relaxed atmosphere explore the expressive potential of the Lino Cut. During the day we will be learning traditional and contemporary cutting skills, printing […]
Ad Wer (Story of the Stars) – Tommy Pau
Ad Wer (Story of the Stars) – Tommy Pau Ad Wer is a body of work by Tommy Pau on constellations used by eastern Torres Strait Islanders. The body of work is lino prints relating to eastern Torres Strait astronomy. There are other star constellation used by Torres Strait Islanders in the west and […]
Gecko Studio Gallery Exhibition Timeline
To celebrate our one hundredth exhibition – a timeline of our exhibitions (in time this will be a permanent page with links to the exhibition pages and to the artist profiles, where they exist) 100 Blown Off Course – recent drawings, paintings & prints – Kerry Spokes. April 2015 – May 2015 99 the whole […]
10th annual Great Southern Portrait Prize – 2015
Judges – Great Southern Portrait Prize 2015 Peter Wegner Shane Jones Dr Suzanne Spunner Peter Wegner CV