Artist Jan Spencer cycled the CWC trail in May 2021 and was inspired. Part of the sale of her CWC focused artworks will raise funds for the trail.
Jan has completed three collages of her trip which have been selected in the MiniSeries Arts Prize at The Corner Store Gallery, 382 Summer St Orange NSW, to be held 15-25 Sept 2021.
If there’s no lockdown it will be a great opportunity to see an exhibition with 35 artists. If there’s a lockdown you can look through the windows, or go online to the website http://www.cornerstoregallery.com/.
Jan is donating $150 to the CWC trail from each collage sold . The three works are of Birriwa Road hill Gulgong to Dundeoo; Crop to hill, Avonside West Road, Dunedoo to Mendooran via Cobbora (see above); and Uamby Road Wellington to Goolma.
Jan uses caran d’ache oil crayons on coloured papers which are torn or scoured so that the edge of the coloured paper plays with the thick dense crayons. These are collaged and glued onto a handmade Japanese or Korean paper and glued onto the art board. When dry the collages are sealed with an archival varnish.
“When I cycle, camp, travel, walk I draw en plein air into my travel diaries, then work these up into the collages in my studio in Rozelle” Jan said, who was impressed with the help she received from the coummunities she cycled through. .
Below are links to Jan’s work and the Corner Store Gallery studio visit to Jan:
http://www.cornerstoregallery.com/jan-spencer
http://www.cornerstoregallery.com/blog/2019/2/20/studio-visit-with-jan-spencer
Jan’s Instagram is @spencerjanjan
The Corner Store Gallery is curated by Madeline Young.