KILMORE Picture Framers have collaborated with Kilmore artist Helen Miles to exhibit a collection of her original pastel and acrylic artworks this Friday night.
The art exhibition – Wonder, Whimsy and Wild – will showcase Ms Miles’ original artwork, inspired by Australia’s flora and fauna, alongside unframed work, prints and greeting cards in Kilmore Picture Framers Danish Room gallery space.
Ms Miles’ work will be the first exhibition at Kilmore Picture Framers – a business that has served the community for more than 35 years under the previous owner – and was taken over in recent years at a new location on Victoria Parade.
Framing and sales manager Emma Brown said the business was excited to host the exhibition showcasing Ms Miles’ work.
“I think just timing and space because we’ve had a few different things move around in the office, we think we’ve got enough space now,” she said.
Ms Miles said the exhibition was a ‘new venture’ for the business.
“They haven’t had a gallery as such before, they have had prints and so forth, but this is the first actual official exhibition that they’ve had,” she said.
“It seems to be calming for a lot of people, and most paintings whether they’re by someone say like me who’s been doing it forever, there’s always something that draws your eye.”
Ms Miles has presented her work in numerous art shows over the past 30 years, winning more than 125 awards.
She was also the artistic director for the Kilmore Expo for the past 14 years.
Ms Miles said art was an integral part of her life.
“I’ve always drawn and been creative, either in one way or another, I’ve always sewn and knitted … but I just started painting just before my children went back to school because I’d always wanted to do it, but never had the time,” she said.
“I think creating something that wasn’t there in the beginning is always rewarding.”
Opening night will be from 6.30pm until 9.30pm on Friday, at Kilmore Picture Framers, at 44 Victoria Parade.
The exhibition continues until September 8, with gallery opening times from 9am to 4.30pm between Monday and Friday, and 9am to 12pm on Saturdays.
For enquiries, people can contact Helen Miles at 5781 1756.
