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 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.
Catalogue:
After Turner - Damon Kowarsky
Etchings and Drawings
1 October - 26 October
1. Fort Hommet 10/12 $360
2. Castle Cornet 6/16 $240
3. La Corbiere 7/14 $320
4. Vale Castle I 6/12 $340
5. Vale Castle II 3/12 $340
6. Petit Port 5/12 $240
7. Drawing- Loophole L’Ancresse $5600
8. La Moinerie 11/12 $360
9. Sark 3/16 $360
10.Panorama St. Peter Port 12/12 $1200
11,From Mansell Street 4/12 $360
12.Burnt Lane I 12/12 $340
13.Burnt Lane II a/p $340
14.Burnt Lane III 4/14 $440
15.St. Sampson Harbour 3/12 $360
16.St. Martin I 5/12 $340
17.St. Martin II a/p $360
18.St.Tuguals 5/12 $220
19.Clifton Steps 3/12 $360
20.Constitution a/p $360
1. Fort Hommet 10/12 $360
2. Castle Cornet 6/16 $240
3. La Corbiere 7/14 $320
4. Vale Castle I 6/12 $340
5. Vale Castle II 3/12 $340
6. Petit Port 5/12 $240
7. Drawing- Loophole L’Ancresse $5600
8. La Moinerie 11/12 $360
9. Sark 3/16 $360
10.Panorama St. Peter Port 12/12 $1200
11,From Mansell Street 4/12 $360
12.Burnt Lane I 12/12 $340
13.Burnt Lane II a/p $340
14.Burnt Lane III 4/14 $440
15.St. Sampson Harbour 3/12 $360
16.St. Martin I 5/12 $340
17.St. Martin II a/p $360
18.St.Tuguals 5/12 $220
19.Clifton Steps 3/12 $360
20.Constitution a/p $360