Roland Hemmert
 Interior Journeys
30 July to 30 August  2011

                                     
                
a solo exhibition of oil paintings & pastels

An exhibition showcasing my love affair with landscapes from
The Blue Mountains, to Broken Hill, and Alice Springs to The Flinders Ranges.
The exhibition will  open at Links House, Bowral on Saturday 30th July & will include readings
by poet and essayist  Mark Tredinnick and author & cultural critic Deborah Bird Rose.


Following the exhibition launch The Milk Factory Gallery and Links House (19 Links Rd. Bowral) will be hosting a special evening event:
 Landscape as the Beloved


This will be a unique opportunity to join myself & my 2 creative colleagues over dinner where the discussion shall range from the creative process & our mutual love & concern for landscape which is the inspiration behind much of our works.
Deborah and Mark shall also be reading from some of their many works.

 Books will be available for sale and signing.
 
                 All are welcome at the opening of the exhibition  on   30 July 2011 @ 4pm.
                     Bookings for dinner are essential as seating is limited.  02 48621077  or enquiry@linkshouse.com.au 
                      Dinner @ 6pm.    accomodation available                  
         
 For further details please enquire at The Milk Factory Gallery. 
                                              02 4862 1077   www.milkfactorygallery.com.au                           

      

Landscape as the Beloved


    Deborah Bird Rose is Professor of Social Inclusion  at Macquarie University. She has worked with Aboriginal people in their claims to land, and in other decolonising contexts. As an author & cultural critic her numerous
     books including : Reports from a Wild Country, Dingo Makes Us Human, Country of the Heart and her new book
Wild Dog Dreaming.  Debbie will also be guest author at this years Brisbane Writer’s Festival.



        Winner of the Qld Premier’s Prize for his landscape memoir The Blue Plateau, Writing Teacher  Mark Tredinnick's work  has been published in literary journals here and overseas. He was the inaugural winner of the Blake Poetry Prize and he will be reading from his first published collection of poetry A Fire Diary.  Mark is also a champion and promoter of Nature Writing in Australia.

                                                         
Visitors to The Milk Factory will be familiar with Roland Hemmert’s artworks which have featured with us for the past 3 years. His successful solo Red Earth Country featuring his images of the country around Alice Springs was held in 2009. His works are to be found in private & corporate collections.