Braemar Gallery

The annual Braemar Gallery Volunteer Exhibition is a wonderful opportunity for our dedicated volunteer team to showcase their artistic talents. The exhibition is a celebration of their invaluable role at the gallery and within the cultural community. The exhibition will include a wide range of mediums and focus on artworks created in the past 18 months. Congratulations to everyone involved and we extend our gratitude again to all the individuals who volunteer and keep Braemar Gallery open.

KERRIE LANDER King Protea 2025, watercolour, 24 x 29 cm

The exhibition celebrates and encourages Certificate III Visual Arts and Certificate II & III Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Cultural arts students from the Katoomba campus of TAFE NSW. The student works were selected by the Braemar Gallery Committee based on the student’s exhibition body of work to showcase the emerging talent produced by these students. 

The students work with a range of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, and photography. The student body includes a diverse range of learners from school leavers to mature age, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. 

These exhibitions encourage participation of emerging artists in their local arts community and fosters relationships between Braemar Gallery and student groups. 

IMAGE: TINARA BRAHAM Strength, Vision, Legacy 2026, lino print on paper 300 x 300 mm

Showcasing the extraordinary landscape of the Blue Mountains Mount Hay area, this exhibition builds upon Owen’s remarkable first Mount Hay series exhibited twenty six years ago.

The current series utilises more additional mixed media than the original, and combines watercolour, acrylic, oils, ink and charcoal to capture the natural drama of the area. The Mount Hay landscape also carries strong connections for him, as memories of some family members linger here, where spirits soar.

IMAGE: OWEN THOMPSON Where Spirits Soar 2025, acrylic oil and mixed media on board, 42 cm x 42 cm

James loves paper.

He also likes bees very much and flowers, food and really loves blue.

With a working background in eclectic fields from styling magazine shoots, designing events of enormous scale, illustration, installations and regularly exhibiting his paintings and objects.

His current body of work has been achieved through a process of hand cutting and painting paper to create dimensional vignettes or dioramas and is inspired by his passion for paper and blue.

IMAGE: JAMES GORDON bees & blue 2026, hand cut and painted French paper, 25 cm x 25 cm

When I go under explores the porous boundary between the external landscape and the artist’s inner world, using the sea as a central metaphor for this psychological terrain. Working with encaustic wax on board, Emma creates works that evoke a deep sense of immersion—descending beneath the surface of both place and psyche. 

IMAGE: EMMA DONLEVY, Breaking over me I, 2026, encaustic wax on board, 30cm x 19cm

Mounted ARI
Let the part tell the whole
8 Jan - 8 Feb 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 10 January.

Sandi Lucock
There and Not There
8 Jan - 8 Feb 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 10 January.

Susie Summers, Katrina Bodey & Anita White
Cotton, Clay & Canvas - life, light and place
12 Feb - 15 Mar 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 14 February.

Judy Thistleton-Martin, Jeannie McInnes, Christine Hyde, Robyn Cook
Inspired by Birdwood Gully
19 Mar - 12 Apr 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 21 March.

Jennifer Gardiner and Louise Fox
Intangible Legacies
19 Mar - 12 Apr 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 21 March.

Rob Gordon
Water Moving Through the Mountains and Highlands
16 Apr - 17 May 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 18 April.

Sheridan Linnell
So You Thought You Could Leave Us Behind
16 Apr - 17 May 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 18 April.

Tafe NSW Kingwood Campus - Student Works
16 Apr - 17 May 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 18 April.

Neil Laredo
Identity - A Self Portrait
21 May - 21 Jun 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 23 May.

Moz Azimitabar with the Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group
Freedom is Beautiful
21 May - 21 Jun 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 23 May.

Pip Alevras
In the company of colour
25 Jun - 26 Jul 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 27 June.

Erin Miller and Jo Chipperfield
Earthformed
25 Jun - 26 Jul 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 27 June.

Maeve Dunnett
Touching Earth
25 Jun - 26 Jul 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 27 June.

2026 Braemar Gallery Volunteer Exhibition
30 Jul - 30 Aug 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 1 August.

Tafe NSW Katoomba Campus - Student Works
30 Jul - 30 Aug 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 1 August.

Owen Thompson
Where Spirits Soar
3 Sep - 4 Oct 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 5 September.

Emma Donlevy
When I go under
3 Sep - 4 Oct 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 5 September.

James Gordon
Bees, blooms and blue
3 Sep - 4 Oct 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 5 September.

Julie Scifo
The Great Western Highway commute
8 Oct - 8 Nov 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 10 October.

Marnie Tomczyk
A Tender Archaeology: Returning to Memory
8 Oct - 8 Nov 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 10 October.

Kerrie Lander, Annette Macrae and Carol McCabe
Drawn to Nature
8 Oct - 8 Nov 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 10 October.

Tim Newman
Bush Lyrics
12 Nov - 13 Dec 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 14 November.

Inga Hope
Attentive: Still Life
12 Nov - 13 Dec 2026
Exhibition opening event at 2pm on Saturday 14 November.