This quirky little exhibition in rural NSW is based on the work of our Australian Impressionists. It has been a fun excercise to paint in this format and I have put works in over the last three years. One received a ‘Highly Commended’ which is always encouraging!

The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition was an art exhibition in Melbourne, Australia. It opened on 17 August 1889 at Buxton's Rooms on Swanston Street and featured 183 works, the majority of which were painted by Charles Conder, Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. The exhibition's name references the dimensions of most of the paintings—9 by 5 inches (23 cm × 13 cm), the size of the cigar box lids upon which many of the works were painted—as well as the impressionist techniques employed by the artists. (Wikipedia)