This exhibition from international jeweller, Dorothy Erickson, is a celebration of 55 years of exhibiting jewellery. It includes a selection of exquisite jewels from her Homage to Klimt and Wildflower collections and her newest work, the Hesperia Collection. The latter pays homage to the women who were among the first to make art as a profession in Western Australia. Many painted the unique flora of this international biodiversity hotspot that the ‘founding father’ had wanted to call Hesperia after the name of the Evening Star. Included are works that were inspired by the paintings of local stars Kathleen O’Connor, May and Helen Creeth, Loui Benham and Marie Tuck. The, at times, striking works evoke or reflect these paintings, aspiration, or inspiration. Some works create doorways for the artists to escape the constrictions of their times, others employ motifs, colour, or take a significant line and turn it into a different kind of artwork.
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