Five Journeys
10am-3pm Fri 11, Sat 12 & Sun 13 April, & Good Fri 18, Sat 19 & Sun 20, Easter Mon 21 at Connect@Gunning Station
Over two glorius weekends discover five diverse individuals bonded by their curiosity and passion for creative journeys and connection to VASY (Visual Arts Society of Yass). Penny Kerr, Pauline Balos, Karen Visser, Jennifer Hudson and Helen MacArthur.
10am Sat 12 April – opening celebration & morning tea. RSVP to attend.
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Pauline Balos
For over thirty years Pauline has worked in several mediums. Her acrylic painting, with details of her household surroundings, invites the viewer to appreciate the simple things from a different perspective. While Pauline’s 3D work is in jewellery and small cut-out sculptures that trend towards female figures.
Her other great love is to create collaged pictures from her imagination where dissimilar images combine to make a new reality. She finds that the challenge in collage is to find the odd piece that will support the story she wishes to tell. Scale, visual direction, colour and tone are all important elements in each selection to make a good composition.
Pauline participated in member and former-member exhibitions with the Shop 7 Artspace in Bermagui for over 10 years and since her recent move to Yass, the Members Exhibition of the Visual Arts Society of Yass.
Pauline Balos, Over Packing 2024
Acrylic and collage on canvas
30cm x 30 cm
$360 enquire about this work
Pauline Balos, Sky Sailing 2024
Acrylic and collage on canvas
30 x 30 cm
$360
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Pauline Balos, Magical Mystery Tour 2024
Acrylic and collage on canvas
30cm x 30 cm
$360 enquire about this work
Pauline Balos, Time Traveller 2024
Acrylic and collage on canvas
30cm x 30 cm
$360 enquire about this work
Pauline Balos, The Princess Line 2024
Acrylic and collage on canvas
30cm x 30 cm
$360 enquire about this work
Pauline Balos, Globe Trotters 2024
Acrylic and collage on canvas
30cm x 30 cm
$360
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Pauline Balos, Navigating by the Stars 2024
Acrylic and collage on canvas
30cm x 30 cm
$360 enquire about this work
Pauline Balos, Conquering new Frontiers 2024
Acrylic and collage on canvas
30cm x 30 cm
$360 enquire about this work
Pauline Balos, The Armchair Traveller 2024
Acrylic and collage on canvas
30cm x 30 cm
$360 enquire about this work
Pauline Balos, Unnamed 2024
Acrylic and collage on canvas
60cm x 30 cm
$555 enquire about this work
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Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer enjoys playing with mark making, colours and textures.
She is always collecting beautiful things she finds in nature – partially chewed eucalyptus leaves, bark, gum nuts, fallen feathers, shells, dried flowers, abandoned nests. As George Harrison said, “everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by Nature”.
Her art mostly reflects the natural world – such as trees, leaves, gum blossoms, sunflowers and feathers.
Jennifer uses watercolour, acrylic, oils, charcoal and ink – often using these all together with mixed media.
Her focus is finding the joy and mindfulness through the journey of creating. Jennifer has previously participated in the Visual Arts Society of Yass Member Exhibitions.
Jennifer Hudson Sentinel in Sunshine
Acrylic
40cm x 60cm
$425 enquire about this work
Jennifer Hudson Cracker
Acrylic
40cm x60cm
$425 enquire about this work
Jennifer Hudson Crowning Glory
Acrylic
40cm x 60cm
$425 enquire about this work
Jennifer Hudson, Sunny Disposition
Acrylic, mixed media
61cm x 91cm
$540 enquire about this work
Jennifer Hudson, Daisy Chain
Acrylic
60cm x 60cm
$460 enquire about this work
Jennifer Hudson, Eucalypt at Dawn
Acrylic, mixed media
40cm x 60cm
$385 enquire about this work
Jennifer Hudson Leafy Lace
Acrylic
40cm x 60cm
$385 enquire about this work
Jennifer Hudson Leafscape
Acrylic, mixed media
40cm x 60cm
$385 enquire about this work
Jennifer Hudson Jeune
Acrylic
30cm x 30cm
$345 enquire about this work
Jennifer Hudson, Cuppa time
Acrylic
30cm x 30cm
$355 enquire about this work
Penny Kerr
Penny is a self-taught willow artisan inspired by the English art of willow sculpture. She creates mostly animals and botanic shapes that engage with the landscape of Yass Valley.
All of her materials are currently sourced in and around her property just outside Yass, but Penny is contemplating incorporating other materials, such as wire, to provide greater structural integrity and to lengthen the life of those sculptures that are continuously exposed outdoors to the harsh Australian elements.
Penny has exhibited with the Visual Arts Society of Yass and has run several well-attended willow sculpting workshops.
Penny Kerr, Pig
willow, random weave
POA enquire about this work
Penny Kerr Hunter’s trophy
willow, random weave
$200 enquire about this work
Helen MacArthur
Helen is a visual artist based in Yass NSW and likes to express herself usually though 3D sculptures. Recently she has been exploring connections with nature. She has travelled extensively and draws inspiration from ancient ruins, artefacts, and cultures she encounters.
Using recycled objects, copper and various fibres, Helen experiments with methods and treatments to create unique surface finishes.
Using crochet, knitting, and weaving techniques Helen turns stories into abstract but recognisable shapes that she creates. She is motivated by process and allows her work to evolve through textures, patterns, and patinas, drawing on negative space to explore and re-build what she imagines once was.
Helen studied at Canberra Institute of Technology, completing her Diploma of Visual Arts in 2019.
In 2020 Helen was the winner of the Strathnairn Arts Association, Squares2020 Exhibition with her work “Twenty Twenty”. She has also exhibited locally at M16 ArtSpace, Yarralumla Gallery and Visual Arts Society Yass.
Helen was a finalist in the Sculpture@Shaw Cellar Door Exhibition 2022 with her work “KRAAL”.
Helen MacArthur, Marrakesh 2025
Palm Bark, Paper String, Seagrass
450cm x 500cm x 250cm
$185 enquire about this work
Helen MacArthur, Alleyways, 2025
Palm Bark, Paper String
730cm x 400cm x 200cm
$185 enquire about this work
Helen MacArthur, Tannery, 2025
Palm Bark, Pinecone, Gumtree, dyed string
400cm x 400cm x 120cm
$185 enquire about this work
Karen Visser
Karen is a photographer, painter and crocheter and has been the chairperson of the Yass Art and Craft Cooperative for more than 25 years. Recently she has collaborated with local author Rhian Williams using crochet to bring the animals, insects and emergency vehicles featured in her children’s books to life.
Karen’s photography features birds, landscapes and macro fauna and she contributed to the Reflections on Nature – An Artist in Residency Exhibition in February 2023 held at The Old Barn in Pialligo.
Karen is a member of the Art of Flow Creative Community led by Gabbi Lancaster Kitchener and is particularly drawn to multimedia works of abstracted reality featuring strong colours. Her Tidbinbilla bark inspired watercolour was included in the Belconnen Arts Centre ‘Earth Unframed’ Exhibition in March 2023, she exhibited acrylic and oil paintings at the Yass Show Society in 2022, 2023 and 2024, participated in the ‘Squares’ Exhibition at Strathnairn Gallery, ACT in August 2023 and has been part of the Visual Arts Society of Yass Member Exhibitions for the last three years.
In January 2024 Karen held her first solo exhibition ‘Where do you find Hope?’ at Tyger Gallery in Yass. She was included in the FOCUS: Artists of the STA Region exhibition from November 2024 at Connect@GunningStation.
Karen Visser, Beauty-Terror-Day 2025
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
80cm x 100cm
$900 enquire about this work
Karen Visser, Beauty-Terror-Night 2025
Acrylic on canvas
80cm x 100cm
$900 enquire about this work
Karen Visser, Blue Waterfall 2025
Mixed media on canvas
80cm x 60cm
$600 enquire about this work
Karen Visser, Red Waterfall 2025
Mixed media on canvas
80cm x 60cmwide
$600 enquire about this work
Karen Visser, Are there Crocodiles? 2024
Acrylic on canvas
30cm x 30cm
$300enquire about this work
Karen Visser, Pod 2024
Mixed media on wooden panel
30cm x30cm
$300 enquire about this work
Karen Visser, Cave 2025
Acrylic on canvas
45cm x 45cm
$480 enquire about this work
Karen Visser, Fungi 2025
Acrylic on canvas
50cm x 50cm
$500 enquire about this work
Karen Visser, Alien Reflection 2024
Acrylic on paper
68cm x 51cm (framed)
$300 enquire about this work
Karen Visser, Red Acropolis 2024
Acrylic on paper
68cm x 51cm (framed)
$500 enquire about this work
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