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Gallery 5 - Hervey Bay Art Society Gallery 5 promotes the creative works of our local artists who are members of the Hervey Bay Art Society. Come along and check out our .

We exhibit this fine artwork for all to see and appreciate. In our studio, we conduct tutored workshops and social painting groups available to all. is one of Hervey Bay’s hidden gems, tucked away at 5 Sandy Street, Urangan. https://goo.gl/maps/dWMqJbeR7F9HUxLY9 Gallery 5 promotes the creative works of our local artists who are members of the Hervey Bay Art Society. At Gallery 5 we exhibit this fine artwork for all to see and appreciate. If you see something that would look great hanging on your wall, all our artwork is for sale. In our , we conduct tutored workshops and social groups throughout the year for members and non-members alike. Our workshops and sessions cater for all mediums and styles, acrylic, pastel, water colour, oil, pencil, landscape, portrait, still life, life drawing, etc. Come and join in. PUBLICITY RIGHTS
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❤️ **The Art of Connection – Donna Barnett**There's something special about a portrait that captures more than just a li...
13/10/2026

❤️ **The Art of Connection – Donna Barnett**

There's something special about a portrait that captures more than just a likeness.

Our October Artist of the Month, Donna Barnett, has spent many years painting portraits of children and animals, becoming particularly well known for her commissioned portraits in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast.

Donna describes her love of capturing the emotional connection we feel towards children and animals. It's this sense of tenderness, personality and individuality that makes portraiture such a powerful form of storytelling.

🎨 Today we're sharing a selection of Donna's portraits.

Which one catches your eye? We'd love to hear what you think!

🌊🎨 Congratulations to our Sea Life competition winners!From colourful fish and diving penguins to rays gliding through b...
12/10/2026

🌊🎨 Congratulations to our Sea Life competition winners!

From colourful fish and diving penguins to rays gliding through blue depths, our artists have brought a little underwater wonder to Gallery 5.

🏆 First Prize — Jodi Gray Art and Crochet , *Underwater Porthole*
🥈 Second Prize — Gioa Small, *Pelagic Drift*
✨ Highly Commended — Lynn Harris, *Neons*
👏 Commended — Gioa Small, *Benthic Hydroid*
💛 Encouragement Award — Armella Maria Pratt, *Symphony in the Sea*

Thank you to everyone who entered, and to everyone who joined us for our awards BBQ. Such a lovely chance to celebrate the artwork and enjoy a catch-up together!

Come and see the exhibition up close at Gallery 5, Urangan, until 4 November. While you’re visiting, cast your vote for the People’s Choice Award — there’s still time to choose your favourite! 🐠

🖍️ Pastel Portrait Workshops are coming to Gallery 5!Explore the soft layers, expressive marks and rich colour of pastel...
12/10/2026

🖍️ Pastel Portrait Workshops are coming to Gallery 5!

Explore the soft layers, expressive marks and rich colour of pastel while learning how to develop a portrait from its early sketch towards a near-finished artwork.

📅 Saturday 17 and 24 October
⏰ 12:00–3:00 pm
💰 $25 per class—cash on the day
📍 Gallery 5, 5 Sandy Street, Urangan

Mark Brose’s workshops are designed for artists who have already learned some portraiture or life-drawing basics and would like to build their skills and confidence.

Please register at the Gallery 5 front desk. At least ten attendees are required, so early registration will help these workshops go ahead.

☎️ Registration enquiries: Gallery 5 on (07) 4124 9200
☎️ Class and materials questions: Mark Brose on 0427 244 242

📌 Gallery 5 installation calendar: October to December 🎨Artists and members, here are the entry, collection and awards d...
09/10/2026

📌 Gallery 5 installation calendar: October to December 🎨

Artists and members, here are the entry, collection and awards dates for the rest of 2026. Save this post so they're always handy.

🐠 Sea Life: showing now. Collect entries on Wednesday 4 or Thursday 5 November.

🖼️ General Hanging: collect entries on Wednesday 4 or Thursday 5 November. The next round of entries is due by 10.30am on Friday 4 December.

🏆 Annual Members' Exhibition: entry forms by 12 noon on Sunday 25 October, and entries in before 11.30am on Thursday 5 November. Awards are at 2pm on Sunday 8 November. Collect by 2pm on Thursday 3 December.

✨ Miniatures and Small Works: entries in by 10.30am on Friday 4 December. Awards and BBQ at 12 noon on Friday 11 December.

🎄 Our Christmas Party is on Saturday 19 December, and the gallery is closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

What are you working on for the Members' Exhibition? Tell us in the comments 👇

Hey, guys! We've had some wonderful suggestions from members for improvements to our Gallery lately in our suggestions b...
09/10/2026

Hey, guys!
We've had some wonderful suggestions from members for improvements to our Gallery lately in our suggestions box.

Please keep it coming!

We promise we read them all and consider what we can do to enable your great ideas.

🎨 **October Artist of the Month – Meet Donna Barnett!**This month, we're delighted to introduce Gallery 5's featured art...
08/10/2026

🎨 **October Artist of the Month – Meet Donna Barnett!**

This month, we're delighted to introduce Gallery 5's featured artist, **Donna Barnett**.

Donna is a Hervey Bay-based figurative artist with a creative background spanning decades in fashion design, illustration and fine art.

Working primarily in oils, Donna brings luminous colour and emotional depth to her paintings, often exploring the connections between people, animals and the world around us.

But there's often more to her artwork than first meets the eye. Donna uses beauty to invite us closer, encouraging us to discover the stories, emotions and questions beneath the surface.

Throughout October, we'll be sharing some of Donna's fascinating artworks and the stories behind them.

👀 Stay tuned as we get to know Donna and her creative world!

📷 Donna Barnett and her artwork *Local Treasure*

Follow Donna on Instagram:

04/10/2026

🌊🐚 Dive into Sea Life at Gallery 5! 🐠🦀

Our newest competition exhibition is now on show, celebrating the wonderful world beneath the waves. Come in, take a closer look, and cast your vote for the People’s Choice Award any time during the exhibition.

You can enjoy Sea Life at Gallery 5 until 4 November. And join us next Friday, 9 October, at noon for our BBQ and awards celebration! 🔥

We’d love to see you there 💙

As September draws to a close, we’re finishing our Artist of the Month feature with two very different emotional landsca...
29/09/2026

As September draws to a close, we’re finishing our Artist of the Month feature with two very different emotional landscapes by Lynette Mary Skeers.

Scarlet Serenade is rich with romance and intensity. Its deep reds seem to carry their own heat, turning the flowers into part of the feeling rather than simply the subject.

Crossing Into Calm moves in the opposite direction. A bridge leads us into a cool, dreamlike landscape, reflecting the quiet transition from uncertainty into stillness—the moment we move beyond the noise and allow ourselves to breathe.

Together, these paintings show the emotional range in Lynette’s art: one vivid and passionate, the other cool and contemplative.

Thank you, Lynette, for allowing us to share your colour, stories and wonderfully expressive world throughout September. We’ve loved introducing our followers to your work.

You can continue following Lynette’s creative journey online:
lynettemskeers.com
Instagram:
Facebook: Lynette Mary Skeers Artist

🎨💡 **ART INSPIRATION — Painting Water** 🌊Water can be wonderfully tricky to paint — because sometimes the secret isn’t r...
29/09/2026

🎨💡 **ART INSPIRATION — Painting Water** 🌊

Water can be wonderfully tricky to paint — because sometimes the secret isn’t really painting the *water* at all.

Look for what the water is doing.

✨ Where does the light catch it?
🌊 Are there ripples, reflections or movement?
☁️ What colours from the sky are appearing in the water?
🎨 Are your colours helping lead the viewer through the painting?
🌅 How does the time of day or weather change the mood?

And perhaps one of the most useful questions of all:

**Do you really need to paint every detail?**

Sometimes a few carefully chosen shapes, marks, colours and reflections can tell us far more than painting every ripple.

Next time you’re beside the water, spend a moment looking before you reach for the brush. Notice the light. Notice the shadows. Notice which colours are *actually* there.

You might be surprised by what you see. 👀🌊

🖼️ **Featured artwork:** *H20* by **Jilly Kromkant**
🏆 Winner of Gallery 5’s **Wonderful Water** exhibition.

🌊🎨 Dive In — “Sea Life” is coming to Gallery 5! 🐙🐢We’re heading beneath the waves for our next themed exhibition, SEA LI...
27/09/2026

🌊🎨 Dive In — “Sea Life” is coming to Gallery 5! 🐙🐢

We’re heading beneath the waves for our next themed exhibition, SEA LIFE.

Looking for a little inspiration? We dipped into the Gallery 5 archives and found this wonderfully colourful “Octopus Garden” by Lorraine Romaior — a Highly Commended work from our 2024 Animal Attractions competition. 🐙

Sea Life can take you in so many directions…

🐠 Fish, turtles, whales, crabs and corals
🌊 Reefs, rock pools and sunlit ocean depths
🪸 Marine plants and underwater textures
🎨 Or something abstract inspired by currents, reflections, bubbles and sea foam.

Living beside the beautiful waters of Hervey Bay, we certainly shouldn’t be short of inspiration! 💙

Sea Life opens Friday 2 October at Gallery 5, Urangan.

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5 Sandy Street
Urangan, QLD
4655

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm
Sunday 9am - 3pm

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07 4124 9200

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