Date: 20 September – 5 October.
Terry Cooke
As a landscape photographer, bushwalker and gardener the dry dams and rivers, the out of control bushfires, the dense smoke choking towns, starving livestock, gritty red dust storms and thousands of dying gum trees has left an indelible impression on me as it has on many others particularly those living on the land.
My photographs illustrating the extremes of this horrendous year form part of my exhibition along with drawings contrasting our lifestyle with the damaged environment.
Maybe not for hanging on your lounge room walls but a reminder of what was and what is possible in the future.
A retired land surveyor and information technology manager, Terry photographs and draws the landscapes and people of the New England High Country.
He has published five books of his photography and has held several exhibitions of both his photography and drawings.
Terry’s exhibition in 2020, “Seven Billion Blind Mice”, of environmentally themed drawings at the Armidale Art Gallery was followed in November 2022 by his very successful “Drawing the Line” exhibition, a collection of drawings of imagined local landscapes. Terry published a book of his drawings in late 2023.
For the last 20 years Terry has photographed the Armidale Drama and Musical Society’s musicals and plays with many of his photographs on display at the Armidale Playhouse Theatre. He also photographs various sporting events including the Duval Dam Buster Trail Run.
Terry’s photography and artwork can be seen here: