Caught in Time

Prior to moving to Busselton ten years ago, artist Vonne Mitchell was a curator and university arts lecturer. However shortly after moving, Vonne was involved in a motor cycle accident that left her brain damaged. Like so many accident victims, her life was turned upside down. She was left to re-learn nearly everything that was intrinsically her
Friday 5 March 2021 10:00AM - Tuesday 06 April 2021 4:00PM
To say ‘what my art is about’ is possibly a routine description for most artists. However I have been on a strange journey for the last decade.

About 10 years ago, I moved to Busselton leaving my home in Perth where I taught adult Aboriginal students studying Art at Curtin University. Not long after moving south, I experienced a severe motor cycle accident and I had to re-discover the artist I once was.

The environment here was new and enriching with a huge diversity. I have to capture the smell, touch and luscious language of roses and interpret the landscape in resin. I now find everything alive and fresh and it inspires me to create.

I hope you savour the mystery in my works and fall in love.

Don't miss Vonne's Artist Talk: 10 March, 2pm, Bond Store

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