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The Australian National Veterans Arts Museum (ANVAM) held an exhibition of veterans art, March to Art: Community, from 25 March to 25 April. Curated by Bruce Copland the exhibition brought together work from across Australia including Darwin, Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and regional Victoria.

The veteran artists represented service with the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force including those who served in Vietnam, Afghanistan, East Timor and Border Protection operations.

Art works include painting, photography and works on paper.

Veteran artist Sean Burton will feature as artist-in-residence during the exhibition. Veteran artists include:

  • Michael Armstrong
  • Daniel Cooper
  • Rory Cushnahan
  • Chad Dobbs
  • Bethany Gallagher
  • David Gillard
  • Geoffrey Jones
  • Clare Randall
  • Saif Shamkhi
  • Anna Taylor
  • Michael Williams

ANVAM would like to thank Michael Christofas for his photograph of Sean Burton from the Persona series on veteran artists.

Barham Ferguson, ‘The Progress’ 2018 (detail), poetry

Ben Pullin ‘War Finish’ 2018 (detail) welded metals, steel, pewter, silver, stone

Ben Pullin, ‘Watch Over Me’ 2018 (detail), steel, alloy, sterling silver

Cassandra Brooker, ‘ANZACs in the landscape’ 2018 (detail), oil and aerosol paint, fabric on canvas

Craig Rohse ‘INTERCONNECTION’ 2018 (detail) digital print on metal plate, triptych.

Freya Jobbins, ‘The THREAD Series #3’ 2019 (detail) 9 digital prints, copy paper, golden cotton.

Guy Warren AM, ‘Figures in the bush’ 1973-2015 (detail), pastel and screen print

Guy Warren AM, ‘Head over heels for Alice’ 2013 (detail), oil stick on paper

James Farquharson, ‘WW1 Shrapnel’ 2018 (detail), 6 digital photographs and 6 drawings

Jonathon Telcher, ‘Extant’ 2018 (detail), acrylic on canvas

Karen McFadzen, ‘Into the light’ 2018 (detail), watercolour

Kim Herringe, ‘Grazing’ 2018 (detail), reduction linocut

Rory Cushnahan, ‘A colourful dark place’ 2018 (detail), acrylic on canvas

Rowan Story AM RFD, ‘Ask these questions’ 2014 (detail), collage:mixed media (torn paper, cloth offcuts, pen and pencil)

Su Baker AM, ‘Night Painting’ 2018 (detail), oil and acrylic on canvas

Rosslyn (Thomas & Jessica) Braithwaite, ‘Father in workshop (Poppie Ernie)’ 2018 (detail), woodblock and monoprint

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