LAND
Artists on the Land of Three Rivers

2026 Exhibitions:

EXHIBITION:

6 February – 8 March, 2026

Opening night: Friday 6 February

Cowra Regional Art Gallery

77 Darling Street, Cowra NSW 2794

ELISABETH CUMMINGS, SOPHIE CAPE, DAVID COLLINS, KATE DORROUGH, CHARMAINE PIKE, SALLY STOKES, BELINDA STREET, LEAH THIESSEN, ANA YOUNG

LAND brings together nine celebrated Australian artists responding to the atmosphere of place. Developed following a 2025 residency at The Corridor Project on Wiradjuri Country, the exhibition emerges from direct, embodied experience tracing geology, weather, memory, and cultural histories through abstraction and material experimentation. Collectively, the works extend contemporary Australian landscape painting through engaged, site-responsive practice.

LAND: Artists on the Land of Three Rivers

  • The Land That Breathes Light Oil on Canvas 90x110cm
  • Heat of the Day Oil on canvas 90x110cm
  • Drift of Land and Light, acrylic on board, 51x40cm
  • Holding the Warmth, acrylic on board, 51x40cm
  • The Space Between Remembering, acrylic on board, 51x40cm
  • The Time it Takes for Light to Arrive, acrylic on board, 51x40cm

In Wyangala, the land holds its own quiet rhythm — light glancing across granite forms, wind bending through grass, the slow turning of time inscribed in every contour. Immersed in this landscape, Belinda Street paints not only what she sees, but what she feels: the shimmer of heat, the memory of footsteps, the echo of presence that lingers long after we pass. The artist’s brushstrokes move like weather — bold, searching, alive — translating sensation into colour and rhythm. Each gesture speaks of connection and transience, of how place imprints itself upon us. Created both on site and later in the studio, they reflect a dialogue between direct experience and remembered impression, revealing the landscape as a living, breathing presence.