Originality from South Wangaratta, an artist for 30 years, Belinda Wilson took inspiration from the Goulburn Valley region including Benalla to showcase her oil paintings.
These paintings will be showcased in Sydney for a exhibition titled The Joy Effect.
Ms Wilson said she had fond memories working in the region and this gave her the inspiration for her award-winning works, which will be displayed at Brenda Colahan Fine Art centre in November.
The exhibition will be located in Putney, Sydney, with the gallery highlighting the works of contemporary creatives, placing a particular emphasis on Australian female artists.
The exhibition as described by Ms Wilson will take audiences on a voyage of deep elation and spiritual interconnectedness, via Ms Wilson’s characterisation of Australia’s multifaceted and self-possessed physiography.
The work invites the public into a state of harmony and embodies a sense of vivacious glee as the skies, fauna, and earth dance together.
Also on display at the exhibition will be designed glass sculpture works by internationally recognised glass artist Ruth Allen.
The inspiration for the glass work is through the environmental elements of Ms Wilson’s art in three-dimensional form, as well as enhancing the sensations of enduring fulfilment and sensory appreciation.
Ms Wilson hope is to inspire, challenge and strengthen the wider community through creating affordable, beautiful, and thought-provoking art.
“The exhibition The Joy Effect aims to explores an emotional construct of joy and our perceived psychological comprehension of it,” Ms Wilson said.
“The scenes reference my memories of growing up in regional Australia and experiencing an idyllic childhood surrounded by vast, open landscapes with buoyant, floating clouds.”
She said the new body of work symbolically recognises memory as well as sensations of satisfaction, elevation and gratitude within our colourful, exterior surroundings and internal landscape.
She said she was proud the exhibition would be hosted at Brenda Colahan gallery.
“Brenda is highly regarded for her integrity and is a trusted art valuer and advisor to artists, galleries, collectors, and public institutions,” Ms Wilson said.
The Joy Effect exhibition opens Thursday, November 10, and runs until Thursday November 24, at Brenda Colahan gallery.