Elizabeth Cummings -Landscape artist extraordinaire

More Sydney shows:

At Kings St Gallery is the wonderful Elizabeth Cummings, with an exhibition of her Works on paper covering a period of some thirty years. Drawings in ink and pencil (I especially loved the beautifully spare "Table Top 1", 2001 above and "Bess and Willa at Wedderburn, 2009"), Monotypes and Etchings ("Arakoola Morning, 2009") and small paintings on paper are included in a symphony of rhythm, line and materials which only a dedicated artist of the ilk of this grand lady of art can do. As Rob Linnegar, one of the Directors at King St said to me, "Elizabeth can really make a mark!"

Images: Elizabeth Cummings,L-R: "Bess & Willa at Wedderburn", 2009 Ink & Pencil on Paper, Table Top 1, 2009 Etching; and "Arakoola Morning" 2009, Etching.

Joanna Logue -King St Gallery

Image: Joanna Logue, Essington Field III, 2010; Oil on Linen 122cm x 183cm

I must own up to the fact that Joanna is one of my "Besties", but even so, this is a cracker of a landscape show. Her soulful work is quite well known on the art scene, having won a number of art prizes including the Country Energy and People's Choice Paddington Art prizes.

This show takes it one step further (or should I say, away) as many of the works are of landscapes viewed through the frosty windows which are part of living in the Oberon High Country, rather than directly immersed in the environment. And she has moved more towards abstraction - which obviously appeals to me - in her execution of rough, intuitive brush strokes which give, for a second time, on closer inspection (the first being the overall, dream like quality of her work viewed from afar).

Take a look - it's on till 26th June.