Artists from Clifton and nearby towns are taking over the Warwick Art Gallery for their ‘Lost Conversations’ exhibition.

The exhibition opened last Thursday and runs until 7th October.

Since forming a few years ago, the Back Road Artists, with members hailing from Clifton, Nobby, Greenmount and the region to the north towards Toowoomba, have held several exhibitions in the art space at the Clifton Library. Over fifty artworks by thirteen Back Road Artists will be exhibited in Warwick.

The artists included Krissy Bange, Rhonda Jenner, Kerry Chant and Merlene Konz from Clifton, Angie Hart from Nobby and Karina Cheetham, Donna Hockey and Cynthia Moffatt from Greenmount.

The ‘Lost Conversations’ theme was inspired by Rhonda Jenner, who growing up with hearing loss, has had to face and overcome “lost conversations” in her life.

Back Road Artists Angela Hart and Kerry Chant said each artist had their own take on how to incorporate this topic into their work, which resulted in a “hugely diverse” range of art.

Building upon hearing loss, other artists represented ‘Lost Conversations’ through the topics of dementia, inter-generational differences between parents and their children, electronic communication breakdown, loss of mail service and communication between humans and animals.

The Back Road Artists will be back in Clifton for Country Week in late October.

Several members have also been accepted into the Downlands Show in September and Angie Hart in the Toowoomba Art Show.

Warwick Art Gallery is located at 49 Albion Street, Warwick.

It is open from 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 1pm on Saturday and closed on Sunday and Monday. Entry is free.

To see more from the Back Road Artists, visit their website backroadartists.com

This article appeared in the Allora Advertiser, 30 August 2023.