Yarra Valley artist Robert Knight has been invited to exhibit in a national virtual exhibition featuring internationally recognised artists who are all inspired to enrich the appreciation of the Australian natural environment through their art.
The exhibition is curated by Queensland based wildlife artist Dr. Pete Marshall for the WAMA Foundation.
This virtual exhibition, curated by wildlife artist Dr. Pete Marshall for the WAMA Foundation, of new works follows the publication of the extremely successful art book – the first published by the Wildlife Art Museum of Australia Foundation.
Thirty of the original Australian Foundation Artists are exhibiting their art works in a virtual exhibition to celebrate nature and environment through art. These artists, all with international reputations, supported the WAMA Project to develop an art museum in a native environment in Western Victoria from its conception, and are still encouraging in their support today.
Robert Knight said he is proud to be a part of this prestigious show.
“From a young age I have been interested in painting the Australian bush,” he said. “As I paint I think of the spiritual connection between the bush and the wildlife that lives there. I have been painting for over thirty years and I never tire from it.”
The artists featured in this exhibition draw their inspirations from the natural world in amazingly diverse ways, creating beautiful and deeply meaningful works of art in a variety of mediums, complementing their subjects, but delving deeper into the wonders of nature with their individual and very personal responses.
These artists are recognised throughout Australia and in many art circles around the world, and include Tony Pridham, Sophie Cape and Noel Hart.
To complement these original artists, two Indigenous artists have been invited as guest artists to exhibit their work. Paul Bong and Daniel O’Shane are deeply inspired by their culture and tell and record their cultural stories in intriguing and thought provoking ways through their art. Both highly acclaimed artists, their work hangs in Parliament House and The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.
“It is my pleasure and privilege to again gather these artists together to showcase their inspiring works which are for sale and to support WAMA,” said Mr Marshall.
WAMA’s online art exhibition, Inspiration Wild: foundation Artists 6 Years On, is available for viewing from the 19 October until 30 November at www.wama.net.au/art-exhibition.
For more information visit: www.robertknight.com.au
