By Tyler Wright
An Olinda artist’s exhibition ‘Rescued from the Storm,’ at Sherbrooke Art Gallery will run for a month starting from Saturday 2 July.
Robert Gerber’s studio was damaged by a fallen tree in a sudden storm in November 2021, and he is now looking to showcase and sell his landscape and seascape paintings which still remain.
“I was hoping to get [the studio] repaired under insurance, but that hasn’t happened yet…they’ve taken the tree away and put a sheet of metal over the hole,” Robert said.
“I’ve taken all the paintings out…a few were lost completely but some are slightly damaged.”
Those that remain intact will be on display at the gallery for viewing and to purchase.
While Robert has recently stopped painting regularly, his passion began at a young age.
“My mother was an artist many years ago and as I was looking at a picture of someone’s painting, I said ‘If I painted I’d like to do something like that’.
She said well ‘there you are,’ got some brushes out and she set up a little still life for me and said ‘get on with it’
“So I did and I’ve been painting ever since basically.”
Robert reached out to the Sherbrooke Art Gallery to have his paintings displayed and sold after already giving some away to family, and the venue agreed to host his artwork after the Sherbrooke Arts Societies’ Streeton, Roberts and McCubbin Awards Exhibition ending on Saturday 25 June.
Sherbrooke Art Gallery is located on 62 Monbulk Rd, Belgrave VIC 3160.
Fore more information on the gallery, visit www.sherbrookegallery.com.
