In her 40th solo exhibition, prize winning Australian artist Christine Porter shares with us her passion for the Australian shearing shed. This exhibition is about the historic shed at “Nundubbermere” near Stanthorpe - watercolour paintings describing the bold architecture of its construction and the beauty of its interior light.
About the property
‘Nundubbermere’ is a mixed farming and grazing property southwest of Stanthorpe. It was the second registered property in Queensland, after the Leslie Brothers in Warwick.
In the same family since 1905, initially it was a holding station for horses bought from across Queensland to be sold to the Indian Army. Parts of the shearing shed date from the 1860s, with various other changes made, as needs must, resulting in a complicated architectural patina.
My gratitude to the Tulloch family for their welcome and subsequent enthusiasm of this project – the trajectory of which included a small extended-family exhibition of the whole project: a grand celebration of family and place.
My thanks to those who have lent back their works for this exhibition.
- Christine
Christine in the “Nundubbermere”shed , Stanthorpe with Radio National The Arts Show presenter, Ed Ayers.
About the series
When Christine accidentally met Radio National announcer, Ed Ayers, in a caravan park in Armidale, he was keen to interview her in a shearing shed, somewhere near-ish to Brisbane, for the arts program he was hosting at the time. ‘Nundubbermere’ was the perfect site for both the interview and the subsequent painting project that forms the body of this exhibition
About Christine
Christine Porter
Christine Porter is a full-time professional artist living in Lismore, but with a practice that takes her across Australia’s heartland. Her artwork has received more than 300 awards including the McGregor Fellowship for international travel. She has been collected by the National Gallery of Australia, the Brisbane City Council and many regional public, corporate and private collections. Her paintings tell stories of rural Australia, concentrating on the iconic Australian shearing shed – Nundubbermere being one such shed.
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