At an art show

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The Grovedale Rotary Art Show was on this evening and as usual I did my share of taking food and Peceli had spent time helping cart display boards and so on. It was a crowded venue which is good because the club was fundraising for the daily free breakfasts and some dinners given to poor and needy people at Christ Church (Anglican) in the city. Here are a few photos we took, put together quickly.

To me the most important moments were not looking at the art, listening to a speaker, eating fine finger food but the one-to-one conversations when meeting with friends I don't see often, or with strangers. Strong stories can be shared in a few minutes. I'm not comfortable in cocktail kind of gatherings with the noise, the standing around trying to hold a drink, snack food, a bag and camera all at once! Out on the cool of the verandah I enjoyed speaking with one or two people at a time. Of course an opener in a conversation at times was 'What do you think of the winner of the Wynne?'

The photo I think is the best is this one of one of the clients of the breakfasts at Christ Church who had come along to see the paintings.

Rotary Art Show

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Once again it was time for the Grovedale Rotary Club Annual Art Show, this time located at a very classy reception centre, Lyndon Grove, instead of a church hall in Chilwell where it was held for the past four years. There were chandeliers, and gold taps in the bathrooms. Though only 20 years old, the building replicated a mansion of a hundred years ago. Anyway, the art was really well displayed with excellent lighting and so far 27 paintings have been sold. About 300 people seemed to be there enjoying the food and wine etc. I liked about six of the paintings as I am very choosy and really like experimental modern kind of pictures. Peceli liked the Bangkok painting but I don't know whether that's a hat, or a bundle of flowers or clouds above her! Most of the paintings were on sale for about $350 which is not expensive and were in a traditional style. I liked two watercolour paintings of street scenes in Melbourne - of Fitzroy and Carlton. They were fresh looking and not as tired looking as some landscapes in oils. It was not a showing of the work of young local artists but mostly of pictures that were in art shops/galleries.