Sunday 8 Nov to Saturday 21 Nov 2009

‘Seeing the Light’

by Maggie Millar

The exhibition will be officially opened by Maggie’s brother Geoff Barrett (a former headmaster of Kyneton Secondary College)

This has two meanings for me: the light and its importance in painting, and in finally doing what I think I should have been doing all my life!! I get such joy from transforming the separate elements of colour in paint pastel or ink, on paper, canvas or board into an image. It’s like a miracle, and such fun! In fact I haven’t had so much fun since kindergarten! I think that’s when I first fell in love with colour: I still remember the bright shiny squares of coloured paper we cut out and made into pictures. I was always drawing at school, loved art class, but was not encouraged to go to art school by my adoptive parents. When I connected with my original family, I discovered three people with artistic talent: my mother, my sister and a cousin I’ve yet to meet. So it’s in my blood. I often wonder what kind of work I’d be doing if I’d been encouraged when I was young, but I’m so glad I’ve finally seen the light! So is my glass half empty or half full? Actually it’s BOTH !!