Colin Rogers: Where I Walk

March 25 – April 25, 2021

Exhibition and book launch Friday March 26 at 6pm

Guest Opening Speaker Kit MacFarlane, Lecturer in Creative Writing and Literature at UNISA

‘Where I Walk’ – reflects Colin’s abiding interest in the natural environment particularly in the Adelaide Hills, the Riverland and the Flinders Rangers. Several works have been drawn directly from his Adelaide Hills property where he has undertaken extensive revegetation and rehabilitation work over many years.

Colin has exhibited in group exhibitions and has had eight solo exhibitions in city and regional galleries where he has exhibited paintings, drawings and sculptures in ceramic, metal and wood. He has been an active committee member in local art groups and art-orientated institutions.

His many awards including the Coonawarra Art Prize and two categories of the Heysen Prize and has been selected as a finalist in the Moran National Portrait Prize and the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize on three occasions.

In recent years Colin has published two volumes of Australian short stories through Ginninderra Press - including ‘Of Gods, Guitars and Grafters’ which will be launched at the opening.

Colin Rogers ‘Sunlit Trees’ acrylic on canvas 2021

Colin Rogers ‘Rivers Cliff’ acrylic on canvas 2020