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Part of a recent commission iterating on an older painting, via @akbellingergallery

I enjoyed revisiting the folds of this mustard-green velvet in a different light.

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🎨 The wonderful Narrabri Portrait Prize exhibition is on now at @tourist_hotel_narrabri until 23 October

Come along and meet some real Narrabri characters through an incredible collection of portraits. And don’t forget to cast your vote for the People’s Choice Award, announced on 23 October! 🏆

A huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors for helping make this inaugural prize so special. ❤️
@the_narrabri_portrait_prize

#NarrabriPortraitPrize #RegionalArt #Narrabri #PortraitArt #SupportRegionalArtists

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📸 MEET OUR ART PRIZE 2026 SPONSORS 📸

This year, we’re shining a special spotlight on PHOTOGRAPHY as our Special Feature category, celebrating the incredible talent behind the lens across our region and beyond.

✨ SPECIAL FEATURE — PHOTOGRAPHY
AMATEUR CATEGORY

We’re thrilled to have this category proudly sponsored by:

🌿 Vital Health
🖼️ AK Bellinger Gallery

Thank you for supporting the arts, encouraging emerging and amateur photographers, and helping us make the Inverell Art Prize 2026 such a special event.

We can’t wait to see the incredible photography entered this year! 📷✨

Stay tuned as we continue introducing the wonderful sponsors who make Art Prize possible. ❤️

#InverellArtPrize2026 #InverellArtGallery #Photography #AmateurPhotography

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2026 23rd Annual National Acquisitive $30,000 Paddo Painting Prize Finalist

Gary Abkin

Rider in landscape, 2026
Oil on Plywood
105 × 79 cm

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Part of an Australian landscape series.

Artist Bio

Gary Abkin was born in northern California in 1967. He studied painting at the California Institute of the Arts and then the San Francisco Art Institute where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting. In 2003 he relocated from California to Queensland where he now resides.

He has exhibited throughout the United States and Australia. In 2004 and 2010 he was invited to exhibit in Sacramento, California at Pamela Skinner Gallery and more recently at the Ipswich Art Gallery.

The artist has also exhibited at the Caloundra Regional Gallery for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize, the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Palma Rosa Art Gallery, the Churchie National Emerging Art Prize exhibition and his work was toured throughout Queensland by Flying Arts Inc. as part of the Regional Art Award exhibition.

𝙴𝚡𝚑𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝚃𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙾𝚌𝚝 15, 6-8𝚙𝚖
𝙻𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 1, 111 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚂𝚝
𝚆𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚑𝚛𝚊, 2025

EXHIBITION DATES
Oct 16 - Oct 25, 11am - 5pm

𝙵𝚁𝙴𝙴 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍,
𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎

#paddingtonartprize
#paddopaintingprize

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Currently upstairs at BAMM are works by artists represented by A.K. Bellinger Gallery, a partnering gallery of the BAMM Regional Art Fair. The exhibition celebrates the creativity of artists from across New South Wales with a connection to the regions.

All artworks are available for purchase.

If you are interested in any of the works shown here, please contact BAMM on 02 5764 0955 to speak directly with gallery staff during our opening hours, or email hello@bamm.org.au

BAMM’s opening hours are from Tuesday to Friday 10am to 4pm, and Saturday 10am to 1pm. The BAMM Regional Art Fair is on exhibition at BAMM until 10 October.

Please note: Works shown here may be sold before you contact BAMM.

Images:
1. Kiata Mason, ‘Sketching Afternoon with Lucy’ (left), acrylic on canvas, framed $4900; Kate Pittas, ‘The in-between moments’ (top right), acrylic on canvas, framed $1450; Kate Pittas, ‘If You Really Truly See Me’ (bottom right), acrylic and oil on canvas, framed $1450
2. Kate Pittas, ‘Just playing it by ear’, acrylic on canvas, framed $850
3. Kiata Mason, ‘Nicky’ (left), acrylic on board, vintage painted frame $3300; ‘Bridget’ (right), acrylic on board, vintage painted frame $3800
4. Kiata Mason, ‘Hannah’ (left), acrylic on board, vintage painted frame $3000; ‘Mario’ (right), acrylic on board, vintage painted frame $2700
5. Kiata Mason, ‘Jess’, acrylic on board, vintage painted frame $1700
6. Kiata Mason, ‘The Outsiders’ (front), oil on board, framed $670; ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ (back right), oil on board, framed $1290; ‘Lord of the Flies’ (front left), oil on board, framed $710
7. Kiata Mason, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (front), oil on board, framed $910; ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ (back right), oil on board, framed $1050; ‘The Great Gatsby’ (back), oil on board, framed $1190
8. Catherine Cassidy, ‘Edge 5’, diptych, polymers, aerosol on wood panel, unframed $6800
9. Catherine Cassidy, ‘Edge 16 Cascade’, diptych, polymers, aerosol on polycotton, framed $3000
10. Catherine Cassidy, ‘Big Spring Kati Thanda’, diptych, polymers, aerosol on wood panel, unframed $6800

#BAMM #KamilaroiCountry #regionalgallery

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Second week - let’s go.

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Just a very reasonable 12 feet of red velvet. Cozy bedroom with an oversized deep red velvet headboard, crisp white bedding, a vintage patterned lumbar pillow, black nightstand, red flowers, and original artwork.

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I'm really happy to have some paintings showing at @bammoree BAMM Art Fair in Moree with @akbellingergallery
Alongside wonderful @kiatamasonart @catherinecassidyartist

From September 10- October 11th

I've popped a link to the catalogue in my bio. Or head online to @akbellingergallery

'The In between moments '
60x50cm

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“Floodlines” shining in the morning light before it headed off to @akbellingergallery
This major work showcases my use of a palette knife and the subtleties of capturing water………a recurring theme in my artworks, etched in childhood memories. Living a dry and arid environment, these moments were rare.💦 🌊 🖼️

“Floodlines”
Oil on canvas
154cmx122cm
Contact: @akbellingergallery

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We’ve been busy installing new artwork in the gallery, ready for this evening’s opening of the BAMM Regional Art Fair (BRAF). Join us at 5:30pm for a 6pm start to celebrate BRAF 2026. Everyone is welcome and all artworks are for sale.

Partner galleries, collectives and artists include A.K. Bellinger, The Space Between Collective, Cicada Press, Rene Bolten and Claudie Frock, Tibby and Anna Duncan, and Euraba Paper Company. There is also a salon hang of independent artists’ works.

Images:
1. BAMM Exhibitions and Collections Manager Sarah Vickerman with Elisabeth Cummings’ etchings and aquatints, Cicada Press
2. BAMM Education and Engagement Officer Cate Gaston levelling an artwork
3. BAMM Gallery Installer Josh Henley installing works by Peta Moore, The Space Between Collective
4. Partnering artists Rene Bolten and Claudie Frock in the upstairs gallery installing their exhibition, ‘We are Drawings’
5. Works on paper, ‘We are Drawings’

BAMM Regional Art Fair opening tonight, Thursday 10 September 5:30pm for 6pm at BAMM
Exhibition: 11 September to 10 October

#BAMM #KamilaroiCountry #regionalgallery

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You’re invited to join us to celebrate the opening of the BAMM Regional Art Fair tomorrow evening, Thursday 10 September at 5:30pm for 6pm.

The 2026 BAMM Regional Art Fair (BRAF) celebrates the exceptional talent of artists with a connection to regional New South Wales.

Partner galleries, collectives and artists include A.K. Bellinger, The Space Between Collective, Cicada Press, Rene Bolten and Claudie Frock, Tibby and Anna Duncan, and Euraba Paper Company. There is also a salon hang of independent artists’ works.

All works exhibited at the Art Fair are for sale.

RSVP: hello@bamm.org.au or 02 5764 0955

Exhibition: 11 September to 10 October

Image: Euan Macleod, ‘Burning Boat (Yellow)’, 2025, etching and aquatint, courtesy Cicada Press

#KamilaroiCountry #BAMM #regionalgallery

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'Dreams live in those hills '

I love the warm earthiness of this one.

Available with the wonderful @akbellingergallery

101x101cm

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