Members’ exhibits at The Foundry

“All members, whether they are craft people, artists or anything anybody wants to make can be part of the group members exhibition over the summer,” Elaine said.

“To become a member of The Foundry, you fill in an application form and pay a membership fee, it is as easy as that.

“Members obviously have lots of benefits because we can enter our work into exhibitions like this and we can put in applications to have solo shows, as well.

“But then anybody can exhibit, have exhibitions, you don’t have to be a member to have an exhibition of your own at The Foundry.”

Elaine also regularly volunteers to mind the gallery.

“I enjoy sitting there being surrounded by other people’s artwork,” she said.

“I am actually a printmaker, so I do etchings and woodblock prints, but I am also putting in some little paintings.

“I am mainly a landscape artist, most of my work is based in places I have been to, seen or remembered.

“I do all around, it depends where I have been.

“A lot of it is based locally.”

Based in Heathcote, Elaine’s work draws from the environment there, as well as the surrounding area of Castlemaine.

“I have always travelled, I’ve got some work based in WA or up at Mallacoota, so it is always an experience place that I depict, it might even be remembered,” she said.

“I do a lot of my work sketching and then I work from the sketches.

“The Foundry is just great, absolutely a great place for people to exhibit.

“I think it is a wonderful space in itself and the committee do a fantastic job of hanging any exhibitions there.”

Echuca Moama Arts Initiative, Foundry Arts Space annual Members Summer Salon runs until the end of January 2024.