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Although the works produced by the three artists are radically different they never the less are all created by manipulating elements of the natural environment that surrounds the artist in their everyday lives.

Fran Wachtel & Charlotte Drake-Brokman also known as the Chicken in the Window Collective have worked together in the upper Hunter township of Murrurrundi for many years where their most memorable works are seen everyday by hundreds of viewers, these pieces being the two large sculptural signs welcoming travellers to the town. “Without going into a lot of detail”, Fran explained “we had to do that job under the cover of darkness. I doubt we would have received the appropriate approval to erect those signs which have now become a nationally known landmark.” The pieces in this show (while not requiring a crane to put into place) are still made from metal found in the upper hunter such as roofing iron which has been crafted into whimsical characters found in the local area.

The third artist involved in the exhibition is Central Coast based, Peter Reddy whose studies of the visions of Tuscany have been produced by a combination of digital montage and painting. “This work is all about the romantic view people have of Tuscany everyone has it, so the things you will see are more about what you would image Tuscany to be like rather then the reality,” Reddy explains “Some of the
trees I have photographed here in Australia and I have taken a hillside from somewhere else and a background from another place and combined these elements to create a visually pleasing work that transports the viewer to another time and space.”