West Gallery Thebarton opens for a one-off exhibition for SALA 2025

DRAWING FROM THE RIVER BREMER
IAN HAMILTON | BILL MORROW

31 July - 24 August 2025

Opening night: 6-8pm Thursday 31 July
Opening speaker: Dr Gavin Malone, Cultural geographer
Artist talk: 2pm Saturday 9 August

After years of painting, drawing and photographing in the Adelaide Hills, Ian Hamilton and Bill Morrow have spent the last six years focusing on the River Bremer and its surrounds. This little-known stream rises near Mount Torrens and flows through Harrogate, Callington and Langhorne Creek before entering Lake Alexandrina. By the 1860s, the river’s valley had been denuded of trees for mining and smelting, with industries using the waterway as a drain—long before cameras could capture what was about to be lost.

The work in this exhibition reflects time spent listening to the sound of the wind, the flow of water, the calls of birds; watching cloud shadows race across folding hills, reflections from rock pools and the flight of birds, observing the changing colours of the seasons, paddocks shifting from summer straw to winter green.

Please note: the gallery will only be open beteen 31 July to 24 August 2025
11am-5pm Thursday to Saturday & 1-5pm Sunday

Stair access only