We are two artists living together for over 40 years with a shared interest in our environment, our landscape, our wildlife, our waterways. It is timely for us to explore these themes of commonality in our respective practices and to exhibit together.
Kerry McInnis has been painting and drawing the River for many decades. The focus of her renditions of a waterway, wet or dry, has always been to represent the interconnectedness between the river and the earth that shapes it – to investigate the rhythms of liquid and solid form, – to layer in paint, the inconstancy of the river – in both its power and vulnerability. Moving away from direct representation, Kerry’s recent work explores the idea of the river as a conduit of life, a metaphor of survival.
Mike MacGregor’s sculptural oeuvre has had, as its primary theme, the interaction of man and nature. In his recent work, Mike has juxtaposed the forms of Man and the Raven, illustrating what is, between the two, a remarkable connection, both physical and spiritual. In this exhibition, Mike’s drawings and sculptures take a deeper look into the Raven’s being. Years of observation of the movements, antics, and posture of this bird will become the reference material for this sculptor’s work at the forge.
About the Artists
Kerry McInnis graduated from University in Middlebury, Vermont, USA, and the Sorbonne, Paris with an Honours Degree in Art and in French. She later completed her Masters Degree in the Conservation of Art from University of Canberra. Kerry has been painting the landscape for five decades and is also known for her portraiture work. She exhibited in Canberra with Solander Gallery and Nancy Sever Gallery, and in Sydney at Wagner Contemporary Gallery where she exhibited her landscape oeuvre for over 12 years, holding numerous solo and group exhibitions. She has been selected as a finalist in many national art competitions, including the Archibald (2025 and 2015) and Salon des Refusés Prizes (winning the Holding Redlich People’s Choice Award in 2019), The Portia Geach, The Fleurieu, The Kilgour, The Calleen, The Dobell Prize, the Kedumba, the Ravenswood, and most recently, the Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize (2026 and 2024, winning People’s Choice that year).
Mike MacGregor’s tertiary background is founded in Industrial and Graphic Design, studying in London and then teaching at UC in these subjects. He studied Printmaking in Japan, specializing in mezzotint and other intaglio processes which he exhibited in numerous galleries in Tokyo and in Sydney. During the past 20 years, Mike has focused his creative energy into sculptural work, especially working in forged metal and in combinations of iron with glass, marble, and wood. He has been a finalist in Sculpture by the Sea on three occasions, and has been included in many other national competitions, including Bermagui’s Sculpture on the Edge, Sculpture on the Lake at Jindabyne, Sculpture at the Trial Bay Gaol, South West Rocks, NSW.
Images
(L) Raven’s Wing (detail) by Mike Macgregor, (R) The Untidy River (detail) by Kerry McInnis.
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