During exhibitions the gallery is open daily from 10am - 4pm
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
bravo!
celebrating our life in art together
Friday 2 - Sunday 11 October
Opening Friday 2 October at 6pm
Donaldson siblings Karin, Mike, Chris and Sadhana have exhibited together at BDAS since 1995. This is their 10th and final exhibition, and light-hearted elements of the show celebrate their joy in togetherness.
Chris booked the gallery after their 2023 exhibition, anticipating a swan song for the family shows. Sadly, Chris died after a short illness in 2024 but was very keen for the exhibition to go ahead.
Karin’s work includes pastels, printmaking, mixed media and hand built ceramics.
Mike’s photos of the Kimberley reflect his love for the region.
Chris’s retrospective work includes new and old favourites on loan from friends and family.
Sadhana has ceramic sculpture and domestic ware from her wood kiln and her electric kiln.
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Official Opening on Friday 2 October at 6pm
Fiesta with live music on Saturday 10 October 2pm-4pm
awash with colour
Thursday 15 - Tuesday 20 October
Opening Saturday 17 October at 4pm
Rod Smart
Angela Dunlop
“Awash” is back again!
For more than a dozen years, a group of BDAS artists in Bowral sharing a passion for watercolour, has been meeting regularly to practise and delight in this difficult and elusive medium. Watercolour has unique challenges for artists, not least of all to allow pigment and paper to do their exciting thing while being coaxed by a restrained but practiced hand.
Our mentors over the years have guided us to creating paintings that sing, that vibrate with transparency and freshness (possibly a stark contrast and relief in worrying times).
The “Tuesday Watercolour Group” is delighted to exhibit the best of our work in “Awash with Colour 2026”
The official opening function will be at 4.00pm on Saturday 17th October.
We hope you will join us at the opening on the 17th to share the excitement of watercolour with some like minds. Nibbles and refreshment will be provided.
Everyone welcome.
organically challenged
Thursday 22 October - Tuesday 3 November
Opening Friday 23 October at 6pm
From The Light
Rambling Through
An Exhibition of Sculptures by Award-Winning Artist Walter Brecely
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Organically Challenged explores and employs a mostly-recycled range of diverse materials. These materials embody Walter’s love for the creative challenges that arise when working with them. Such challenges include problem-solving by adapting materials to fit an individual work (or as he likes to think of it, a process of constantly re-inventing the wheel).
Walter aims to create sculptural pieces that invoke a sense of life at its essence. These works are created to encourage a viewer to question or pause, leading them to wonder about each sculpture’s existence: whether the form each one takes might actually exist in living form (in some way), or even if it might move or come alive through its own fantastical volition.
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Opening night 23rd October 6pm
Artist talk 25th October 1:30pm
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Everyone welcome
Thank you to our generous 2026 Sponsors
