In Texas, we are incredibly lucky to have a fantastic Art Gallery in the main street. Numerous exhibitions come through each year and the fabulous Texas Arts Council and their volunteers, man the Gallery. One exhibition that has been bought to my attention is “A Year at Glenlyon”, this exhibition is a chance to see an iconic part of this region in use as inspiration. Entry to the Texas Art Gallery is FREE so get along and have a look at Simone’s works of art. There is also an original piece of artwork that will be raffled with the proceeds going to the Texas Hospital Auxiliary – a great community organisation that has raised a great deal of money for our local Multipurpose Health Service. Have a look below at a snippet from the ‘date reminder’ for “A Year at Glenlyon”.
Simone Peters nee McLeod would love the pleasure of your company in attending her solo exhibition entitled “A Year at Glenlyon” at the Texas Regional Art Gallery – Texas Qld 4385, between the 27th October and the 5th of December 2009.
Inside the Exhibition: Mixed medium incorporating collages of acrylic, wax crayons, coloured inks, washes, coloured pencils and photographic images of the garden at Glenlyon Station and of Glenlyon Dam.
Glenlyon Dam was completed in 1976. The land acquired to develop the dam was originally settled in 1840 by Archibald Garden, then in 1844 Alexander McLeod took possession of Glenlyon Station, where his descendants lived up till 1996. Currently the dam provides irrigation up to 500km away, holding 261, 000 megalitres, has a shoreline of 96km and a reservoir area of 1750 hectares. Glenlyon Dam is also a recreational dam with picnic and camping facilities available as well as great fishing and water sports.
