Lee Bethel is a finalist in the Ravenswood Woman’s Art Prize 2020 with her work Spreading Wide my Narrow Hands to Gather Paradise, encaustic and paper on board , 84 x 84 cm.

Congratulations Lee!

Lee Bethel is a finalist in another four art awards this year, well done!

She was highly commended in the https://artsmildura.com.au/with the work Floreo. Exhibition continues until 1 September.

Flow; Wollongong Art Gallery National Contemporary Watercolour Prize 2019. Opening Friday 16 August at 6.30pm. Exhibition continues until 10 November 2019.

Both Lee Bethel and Nick Santoro are finalist in the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2019. Congratulations guys!

First image (detail): Lee Bethel, Hybrid, 2019, watercolour on hand cut paper, 1,500 x 1,000 cm.

Second images: Nick Santoro, Goya Soda, 2018, pen on restaurant placement, 43 x 32 cm

Congratulations again to Lee Bethel who is now a finalist in two more art prizes!

A big congratulations to Lee Bethel who is a finalist in both the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2018 with her work Petal and also Splash: McClelland Contemporary Watercolour Award 2018, with her artwork Komon.

Congratulations to Lee Bethel, a finalist in the Professional Artist and Emerging Artist categories of the Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize 2018. The winners are announced this Friday 15th June. Lee's finalist work seen above: Labyrinth, 2017, encaustic and seeds on hand cut paper on board, 50 x 50cm. 

The 5th Annual Egg & Dart Xmas Show opened Friday 8th December,

With less than two weeks to go, we have a few works still available for purchase. We are open Wed through Saturday 11am to 6pm. The show will come down Saturday 23rd December. 

Our very own Lee Bethel is a finalist in this years Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award. Lee is already had a busy year being a finalist in both North Sydney Art Prize and the Paramore Prize. She has also been awarded a residency at the excellent Footscray Community Art Centre in Melbourne mid year.

Sixteen artists question the value we invest in places, spaces and objects from everyday life. Sentiment is a co-curated exhibition that explores notions of sentimentality that exists in the realms of imagination and personal experience. Artists were invited to shape and express their thoughts on the things that create emotional connection and disconnection. Using a variety of media, the works move between light and dark, fact and fiction, interest and disengagement.

For the fourth year in a row The Egg & Dart Xmas Show yet again drew a queue of anticipating visitors at opening night. With 30 artists and 200 works, the familiar theme of 12 x 12 cm artworks in all kinds of different media are dressing the walls from floor to ceiling. We are also super excited to have artist Rosie Deacon's Fun Foam Koalas added to the mix this year. Last day of the exhibition is 24th December.

The Egg and Dart Gallery finds inspiration and provocation in being a gallery outside of the large cities that, historically, have been perceived as the most important centres of art. The gallery is located in Thirroul, a village on the coast between Sydney and Wollongong. The area has a distinct history that inflects the practices of artists that work in the area, but has also, historically, looked to the north for sustenance. However, this model of dependence is being thoroughly challenged.