After significant injury to her dominant hand, Kaye Strange was set on a path to rethink her position as an artist. PostOpPoP is the title for an eclectic body of works created following the accident. A play on words, 'post-op' is utilised to describe the period after a surgical operation and ;pop' employed to play on the idea of 'bursting one's bubble'!
In a physical and psychological transformation, and a re-train her mind's eye, the artist has created a fantastical collection of some 100 drawings of her impairment, colourful abstract paintings, sculptures and even a needlepoint - celebrating life going - on!

‘Ways of Seeing: Miya/Significant Plants – Beginnings’ showcases works from five culturally diverse, female artists – Glynis Lee, Angelina Lewis, Juwayning Lorraine Williams, Linda Yarrowin, Nena Zanos - created during a printmaking project at Wagait Beach. Artworks reflect each artist’s personal connection to chosen plants. Accompanying stories and video communicate cultural knowledge.

The viewer is exposed to obscurities of the universe including artwork, ‘Solar Flare’ depicting a solar explosion also, ‘Meteor Shower’ and ‘Supernova’. Energy and passion are radiating from the paintings, highlighting intensity. In contrast, ‘The Wormhole’ and ‘Galaxy’s Breath’ depict the timelessness and constancy of galaxies and the beyond.