#collieartgallery

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We talk to Lori Pensini, an awarded artist living and working in Boyup Brook, near Collie, in Western Australia.

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Donald Cook grew up in the town of Paraburdoo, Western Australia, where he became obsessed with drawing and art as soon as he could hold a pencil. In those days in rural Australia, art was not seen as a manly pursuit.

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Marina Chenaux is a world traveller and digital photographer with a gift for capturing the beauty, harmony, composition and design of everyday settings.

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Sally Poole is a Western Australian contemporary artist practicing in a naive style with rhythmic imagery, an absence of perspective with an emphasis on strong, bright colours and shapes.

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Richard Fry is an artist based in Noggerup, just outside of Collie, whose work spans decades, genres and techniques.

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George Dorozenko is a digital photographer and artist living and working in Collie, Western Australia. Through his photography, George examines everyday objects, machines, landscapes, structures, streets and backyards and transforms them into vibrant works of art using colour saturation, contrast and tonal variations.

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We spent an afternoon talking to Collie residents about their thoughts around the new gallery and how they think it will impact Collie.