ART TALK: Geological Inspirations, by Alex Stoneman OAM

Geological Inspirations
10:30am–11:30am, Wednesday 23 July 2025
at Central Goldfields Art Gallery

Guest speaker – Alex Stoneman, OAM

Alex Stoneman, has a distinguished career with the Victorian Education Department and is a long-term and much respected tutor with Maryborough U3A.

Accompanied by visual examples of art works, Alex Stoneman’s focus is on representations of Australian landscape paintings by John Glover, Eugene Von Guerard, William Tibbits, Arthur Streeton, Russell Drysdale and Fred Williams. Reference is made to the critical writing of Bernard Smith, John Berger, Patrick McCaughey and Wally Canuana. The talk raises questions about hidden ideologies in visual images.

ALL WELCOME! Morning tea included.
Cost: $5, U3A Maryborough members free. Bookings essential as places are limited.
To book please call 03 5461 6600 or email Y2dzYyAhIGFydCB8IGNnb2xkc2hpcmUgISB2aWMgISBnb3YgISBhdQ==

Venue: Central Goldfields Art Gallery: Old Fire Station, 1 Neill Street, Maryborough.
www.centralgoldfieldsartgallery.com.au

Featured banner images – Left to right: Eugene von Guerard, Stoneleigh, Beaufort near Ararat Victoria. 1866 Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales; Arthur Streeton,
The purple noon’s transparent might, 1896; Alex Stoneman.

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