Art Gallery : Exhibitions : Stockroom

At The Design Gallery we have a passion for art..…………..we exhibit art by local and national artists, both established and emerging……….. and just love being able to provide a small intimate space where we can share art and stories

The Design Gallery has a large collection of Artwork in our stockroom.  Please contact us to assist with your project.

The Gallery is open during Exhibitions 10.00am to 5.00pm Wednesday to Sunday,  other times by appointment or by chance. We are here  at most times but suggest phoning Gael 0414 449930 to avoid disappointment.

Art Consultancy

Looking for Artwork to complete your interior? We offer a design service and can source or commission appropriate artwork and objet for all residential and commercial interiors

Upcoming Exhibition    

Exhibition Duration 26th April to 5th March

Opening Friday 26th April 2024 6.00 – 9.00pm

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Salon de l’Optimisme  a group Exhibition featuring

BETTINA McMAHON        PETER GRIFFEN      DENISE LITHGOW and some special guests

1st April to 30th April 2023         

Opening Saturday 1st April 2023    3.00 – 5.00pm   

Please join us for drinks  at the Opening          ALL WELCOME

Bettina McMahon “Down the Straight”
Bettina McMahon “Profile”
Bettina McMahon ‘Horse & Jockey”

Opening Saturday 1st April 2023    3.00 – 5.00pm   

Please join us for drinks  at the Opening          ALL WELCOME

Previews by appointment. Please phone Gael 0414449930…….we look forward to seeing you

Gallery Hours 10.00 to 5.00 Wednesday to Sunday.    Any other time by appointment

Upcoming Exhibitions….

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Past Exhibitions ………..    

JOHN BUTLER        ‘The Shape of Water’                 28th May to 12th June

New Expressionist Landscapes……. Falling leaves, falling water, falling tensions as Mother Nature is the Muse

JENNIFER VANDELEUR          ‘Ways  of Seeing’              23rd April to 8th May  2022

 Fall under the spell of Jennifer’s dreamlike compositions, with their rich colouration and other worldly lighting. Figures and still life elements all play cameo roles in these dramatic tableaus.

Exhibition Program was interupted by COVID 19     2020 – 2022

JOHN BUTLER

The Road Less Travelled (Winter into Spring)’

14th September 2019  

GROUP EXHIBITION

Wendy Sharp               John Butler        Peter Griffen and Denise Lithgow

‘Wandering West’

JOHN BUTLER ‘Pleading the First………..Freedom of Expression’

Exhibition opens Saturday 1st December 2018 3.00pm – 6.00pm

MEREDITH GILMORE

FAREWELL and EXHIBITION

Exhibition Dates 3rd November – 11th November 2018

Come and thank Meredith for her contribution to the Arts on the Central Coast, and say farewell before she moves to Adelaide in November.

Minimise Meredith’s luggage and take home a memento to cherish!

GROUP EXHIBITION

PETER GRIFFEN : MEREDITH GILMORE : JOHN BUTLER : INGEBORG ZOTZ : DENISE LITHGOW

 11th August June 2018

Peter Griffen                             Denise Lithgow                    Peter Griffen

Pamela Griffith                      Pamela Griffith

INGEBORG ZOTZ  ‘ Imagine’    15th July 2018

JENNIFER VANDELEUR  12th May 2018

‘Inaccessible Muteness of Still Life’

JOHN BUTLER  24th March 2018

‘La Mer – Mistress and Muse’

GROUP HOLIDAY EXHIBITION

MEREDITH GILMORE  :   BETTINA McMAHON   :   JOHN BUTLER

Magnetic Island Rocks #1             Coast Bush Rocks #10

Profile                                           Horse & Jocke

JOHN BUTLER  – Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Artist

“An Architect’s Dream”

Last Exultation John Butler
Bird Song
Ecstacy

DENISE LITHGOW, well known textile artist

‘Coast and Beyond”

An exhibition of 2D textile artworks, felted sculptures and wearable art

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PETER GRIFFEN, renouned abstract artist and DENISE LITHGOW, well known textile artist

‘LANDSCAPE, MY PERSPECTIVE’

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Denise Lithgow

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Denise Lithgow

JOHN BUTLER

‘Smoke on the Water’     Romance Landscapes and maritime Adventures

Smoke on the water

JENNIFER VANDELEUR

Still Life & Mythology

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Stoneware Pot & Fruit

Limes

Sirens Waiting for Odysseus

The Three Graces

INGEBORG ZOLTZ

International artist, sculptor and author

Spring                  Ingeborg Zotz                    The Blue Rabbit            Ingeborg Zotz

Night & Day               Ingeborg Zotz                 A Piece of Nature          Ingeborg Zotz

MEREDITH GILMORE         ‘RETROSPECTION’

A solo exhibition of pastel works –  contemplations and echoes of past and present

Margaret Preston Rocks   Echo # 1                               Coast Rocks

Hawksbury River Rocks Echo #3                                  Bark on Blue Echo

JOHN BUTLER     ‘WATERWAYS’

John is exploring the theme of waterways in his latest expressionist landscapes

The Tide of Memory     John Butler                     Into the Blue        John Butler

February 2015

Christmas Group Exhibition

PAMELA HONEYFIELD     BETTINA McMAHON    FELICITY O’CONNOR              

HELEN MORTIMER    JOHN BUTLER

Bedrock  Pamela Honeyfield                        Ravine   Pamela Honeyfield

 Pamela is the recent winner of the Gosford Art prize 2014 AND 2015

 
 
      
 
       Pink Peek       Felicity O’Connor                    Silver – Blue     Felicity O’Connor
Helen Mortimer

Obsession    Helen Mortimer

Bettina McMahon

James Tyler

Both Sides of the Range                                               Journey West

Christopher Newman

John Butler       ‘In Sunshine or in Shadow’

Remains of the Day                John Butler

Silent Night                                  John Butler

“Mixed Metaphors’

Felicity O’Connor               Helen Mortimer                    John Butler

Melanie De Ruyter             Bob Brown

Sea Clouds    Felicity O’Connor                 High Tide      Felicity O’Connor

The Unknown           Helen Mortimer

Meredith Gilmore – Pastels Rock

       Hawkesbury River Rocks #2  Meredith Gilmore

Meredith is delighted to undertake commissions to draw your special canine friend. 

Please contact Gael P 02 43855390 to discuss possibilities.

David Voigt

Secret River

Experience the magic of David’s mastery of light on water

Some works still available, phone the Gallery for details

 Wendy Sharpe

Woman in Pirate Hat    Etching

If you would like an invitation to our next exhibition please email us, see contact page