july newsletter ― director’s message

Left: Peter Gouldthorpe, Old Friend, 2025, hand coloured linocut, edition of 6, 84 x 71cm framed.
Right: Rodney Alexander, Verdure, 2025, oil on linen, 156 x 105cm framed.

This Friday we present one of our most exciting exhibitions, Handmark’s annual celebration of National Tree Day. Every July our artists showcase a work paying homage to trees – and the results are astonishing in their variation.

Tasmanian Land Conservancy CEO, Dr Katherine Tuft, will open the show and we are thrilled to announce Handmark has plans to work closely with the organisation. Stay tuned! This exhibition brings awareness to the importance of trees within our lives. Another of my passions, is cancer research, and 10% of exhibition proceeds will be donated to the Cancer Research Foundation.

Please come and marvel (and maybe purchase!) at the 81 works created by our very talented artists.

In this newsletter, Melanie McCollin-Walker unveils an incredible painting of Tasmanian wilderness; Faridah Cameron exudes joy with a vibrant abstract; while Phil Gordon finds connection between wood and whisky in colonial inspired flasks.

Allanah Dopson
Director

Celebrating National Tree Day exhibition, opens at Handmark 5:00pm tomorrow July 25 until August 11.