16th February - 8th March 2017

In Passing
Mel Andrewartha
Oil on canvas
92 x 61.5 cm
$750

One More Step
Jhon Entrop
Digital Photograph
Edition 2 of 10
$375

Zephyr
Mel Andrewartha
Oil on canvas
76.5 x 38 cm
$550

Shipwreck
Jhon Entrop
Digital Photograph
Edition 1 of 10
$375

Stillwater II
Mel Andrewartha
Oil on canvas
61.5 x 46 cm
$480

Dunalley Sunset
Jhon Entrop
Digital Photograph
Edition 3 of 10
$375

The Surfers Entrance
Mel Andrewartha
Oil on canvas
36 x 28 cm
$270

Remarkable Cave
Jhon Entrop
Digital Photograph
Edition 2 of 10
$375

Break
Mel Andrewartha
Oil on canvas
41 x 31 cm
$300

Sonorous
Jhon Entrop
Digital Photograph
Edition 3 of 10
$375

Sentinel
Mel Andrewartha
Oil on canvas
61.5 x 30.5 cm
$400

Hobart Waterfront
Jhon Entrop
Digital Photograph
Edition 2 of 10
$375

One location, two perspectives.

This exhibition explores the dichotomy between the painter and the photographer, man and woman, fiancé and fiancée.  Mel Andrewartha and Jhon Entrop often work together and find inspiration from similar seascapes, share a studio space and support one another’s creative practice, yet their finished works can often end up very different to one another.

Dichotomy showcases a painter’s perspective versus a photographer’s perspective of some stunning Tasmanian seascapes.

Jhon Entrop is a Tasmanian based photographer who arrived from the Netherlands in 2013.  Embracing the photogenic nature of his adopted home, he began to explore the art of photography in earnest.  Jhon has since developed his talents across landscape, portrait and food photography, and his recent work is featured in the national award winning Garlic Feast Cookbook.  Jhon’s work is also available to view on his website www.entropmedia.com.

Mel Andrewartha is a self-taught artist from a family of painters, whose vivid seascapes capture the shifting moods of the sea and the shore.  She takes her inspiration from the diverse coastline of the south east coast of Tasmania, using painting knife to explore the many colours and textures.  

Mel’s work reflects her fascination with the intense patterns of Tasmanian weather and its effects on shaping the coastal environment, and in turn the lives of the people who live by the sea.  Mel’s paintings are also on her website www.artbymelope.com.

Mel and Jhon’s current home studio is based on a farm on the outskirts of Dunalley, overlooking beautiful Norfolk Bay.