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Gallery Bodalla is in the heritage Post Office building Bodalla
open Thursday to Sunday | 11am – 4pm and by appointment ph 0421 238 1 74
 

DEB JOHANSEN - 'Wollumbin, also known as Mount Warning, is a volcanic core located in the centre of
the Tweed Valley in the far north east of NSW. Wollumbin, meaning cloud catcher, is
central to the massive Tweed Caldera and central also to this series of paintings.

This volcanic remnant wrapped in subtropical forest and capped with cloud remains
significant to the Bundjalung Peoples and has always held a presence over all who have
lived there. Like the cloud catcher, growing up in the valley I gathered the weather and
forest in me. These works explore my internal landscape, they evolved from the
memories of weather and adventures that formed my early experiences. From clouds to
reflective cool pools, waterfalls to dripping mosses, enjoy the fall into this world.’ Deb Johansen

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MELISSA SELBY-BROWN - ‘The ‘Wapengo’ series of work is about discovering. As a recent arrival to this area the
paintings investigate the elements of this littoral ecosystem: The estuarine waterways,
serene and horizontal traversed by aging wooden bridges, the rhythmic trunks of the
forests slowly returning to their pre-colonial glory with their dusty unsealed tracks.
These contrasts reveal the uniqueness of this landscape and its story.’ Melissa Selby-Brown

click or hover on slideshow to see details of Melissa's works

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