In 1832 the great British painter William Turner travelled to the Channel Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, and Sark.
In 2024 four artists, including Melbourne based printmaker Damon Kowarsky, as well as the UK’s Merlyn Chesterman, Charlie McFarley, and Gideon Summerfield, were invited by Art For Guernsey to follow in Turner’s footsteps and record what they saw in sketches, drawings, paintings, and prints.
2025 is the 250th anniversary of William Turner’s birth. This exhibition celebrates that event through etchings and drawings by Damon Kowarsky.
In them Kowarsky captures a wide range of locations in Guernsey, Herm, and Sark. Places that would have been both familiar and unfamiliar to Turner – much has changed in the last 200 years – and are always conscious of the dramatic landscapes and wild skies for which Turner is so well known, and of which the Channel Islands provide so many examples.
The etchings in this exhibition were printed at Portland Bay Press and Julia Street Creative Space in collaboration with Phemie Chong from Odd One Out Hong Kong.
Meet the Artist Saturday 18 October from 2 to 4pm at The F Project Gallery 224 Timor St Warrnambool VIC 3280
Gallery hours Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm. Exhibition continues 1 October to 26 October.