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Launched this month at The Old Butchers Shop Gallery in Soldiers Hill, Where Colour Finds Its Shape showcases Callil’s innate facility with colour, structure and geometry, in a series of striking designs.<\/p>\n
Through simple forms, clean lines, repeating patterns and a vibrant colour palette, viewers are immersed in the distinct emotional world of each painting, ranging from calm and meditative to dynamic and joyful.<\/p>\n
Now returned part-time to nursing, Callil is quick to own the elements of restraint and discipline that can be seen in the mindful, recurrent geometry of her art.<\/p>\n
She laughs, and muses that maybe the training that saw her become a theatre nurse working in ICU – and now on the recovery ward – may have rubbed off here as well.<\/p>\n
“I love it. I do it every day. It’s been a real find and a real blessing,” she said.<\/p>\n
“People say ‘it just makes me happy looking at it,’ which has been really nice, reaffirming. A lot of my friends have pieces now.”<\/p>\n
Where Colour Finds Its Shape runs through to 29 March with the artist on site during gallery hours – 12pm to 4pm Saturdays and Sundays, or by appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CAROLE Callil’s story of finding art is a satisfying one that reminds people there’s more to life around the corner. A professional nurse working in ICU, Callil was among those who “got slammed” during the COVID-19 pandemic as hospitals struggled to cope with the virus onslaught and the threats it posed. At around the same […]<\/p>\n