Stedroy Farrell

Stedroys unique artworks are created using timber objects with the idea of helping the environment.

He has always had an affinity to timber, enjoying the medium since he was a boy. He was to find endless inspiration in the diversity of shape and texture each piece offered and was led to make his first guitar as a teenager.
With retirement looming, Stedroy seized the opportunity to dedicate his time to his childhood passion.

‘As a retired software engineer, the thought of retirement without a plan worried me’ said Stedroy. ‘So, several years prior, my wife and I planned where we would live and what I would do with my time.’ Hence, my workshop was born.

Here I spend my days creating objects from salvaged timber. I let the wood talk to me to determine the article I will create. It might be a box, a chopping board, a chess set or a lamp stand. Even odd pallets can become vertical gardens… ‘waste not, want not is my mantra.’

Rod Ellis

Rod Ellis’s background is in sign writing and graphic artist working in Melbourne, then WA and finally moving to Ballina in the 1981’s.

Relying on his skills from the last 40 years, bringing colour and composition into his work, he has progressed into the arts.
‘I have no favourite subject or style, I just paint what I like, usually in acrylics. You could say I have had a paintbrush in my hand most of my life.

However, having started painting at an older age brings its own doubts and confidence issues. I decided that if I am going to fail, I might as well do it in spectacular form, so I picked the hardest subject I could and painted in oil. The reason being, that even if I could maybe make it look like some form of art, I might have a chance.

My work varies from day to day, and I am conscious of not becoming stereotyped.’

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