FireWorks Gallery’s third annual showcase of drawing and sculpture brings together artists from across Australia for Evidence of Scale III including Alick Sweet, Daryl Hewson, David Paulson, Maruku Arts Centre artists, Michael Eather, Miles Allen, Phil Gordon, Phillip Piperides, Rod Moss, Rosella Namok and Stephen Hart.

Upstairs, Rod Moss presents five new meticulously detailed graphite on paper drawings of the landscape around his hometown of Alice Springs. Aware of his stated context of climate change and the environmental impact of colonization Moss comments, “With these factors in mind I started describing the country which I share with Arrernte families, and walked, camped and hunted over during the decades. This was the country that held the stories and law crucial to Arrernte well-being.” 

On the ground floor are graphite and mixed media drawings by local master draftsman David Paulson. These skilfully executed abstractions oscillate within the metaphysics of still life and portraiture. 

A newly released work on display is Temple Bay by Rosella Namok. This engaging sculpture with 16 upright bronze ribbons is premised on her linear paintings of the Mangrove. “When you go walking, or when you go past in a dinghy, you see a lot of different size mangroves. We always go in and get the mud shells and crab and get eaten alive by sand flies” says Namok.

Brisbane based Stephen Hart observes the exhibition title Evidence of Scale with gusto, presenting multiple works in hand carved timber and bronze that range in size from three centimetres to three meters!  Displayed alongside the artist’s sketch pads are 10 statuettes and two large works. Hart notes, “Continuum in this exhibition is a larger scale work, made possible by the commissioning of its original iteration in timber to a bronze translation for an outdoor setting.”

New artists to FireWorks Gallery are longtime art collector and art advocate Dr Daryl Hewson and internationally renowned sculptor and Churchill scholar Phillip Piperides.

Gallery Director (and fellow artist) Michael Eather remarks, “Over the years FireWorks has become a sculptural destination. We are adept with working with our artists, clients and fabricators to create commissions for curators and architectural application. This exhibition also gives a glimpse into the critical role of drawing in art making and thinking”.