DONNA MARCUS
Scatter, 2026
Vitreous enamel on steel
ABOUT DONNA MARCUS AND SCATTER | Donna Marcus is best known for her sculptural work made of vast collections of discarded aluminium kitchenware: teapots, lids, jelly moulds, steamers, colanders and egg poachers. Their original use in post-war kitchens is recalled and extended by the process of assemblage as they are combined into the repetitive forms of modernist grids and spheres. The materials themselves generate another layer of reference and further extend the modernist impulse to regularity, repetition and dream. Scatter features three enlarged seed pod forms that reference growth, multiplication, and expansion. Familiar kitchen objects are recast and transformed into a complex sculptural arrangement where repetition and accumulation suggest a sense of potential. The work evokes the generative processes of nature and the ways in which simple forms can evolve into intricate and interconnected structures.
Scatter is part of the Central Coast Council Art Collection and is on permanent display under the trees in the Gallery forecourt.
EDEN PAYNE
Fragments in Flux, 2025
Salvaged plastic, aluminium, tin, copper, ply, glue
ABOUT FRAGMENTS IN FLUX | Journeyed from the depths of the earth as energy and time materialised, pumped through hot pipes and refined to be transformed. To be held or to hold; beloved or useful. Until a moment when human care was withdrawn from them, no longer deemed loveable or useful they became discarded. Some piled in skip bins, redirected by the hands of tip workers. Others escaped as fragments; riding on wind, floating on ocean. None could find a true way to return to where they came from, the earth couldn’t recognise them in their current form. So it falls to humans to do the recognising, to act as nature does in turning our byproducts of living, that which is trying to decay, back to new life. Eden Payne
ABOUT EDEN PAYNE | Eden is a South African born artist and designer working on Darkinjung Country. Her practice is grounded in connecting deeply with our shared ecology and embracing more-than-human perspectives.
Fragments in Flux was commissioned by Gosford Regional Gallery in 2025. The commission developed from the exhibition Futurescapes curated by Anna Seymour. The collaboration with Eden, aims to foster a commitment to support emerging practitioners. You can view Fragments in Flux near the entrance facade of Gosford Regional Gallery.
JOE WILSON AND CHANELLE COLLIER
Flower, Bird, Flower, 2026
Screenprint on cotton canvas, brass eyelets, nylon guy rope with timber runner, brass hooks, brass plated tent poles
ABOUT JOE AND CHANELLE AND FLOWER, BIRD, FLOWER | Joe Wilson and Chanelle Collier share a conceptual practice making artwork using textiles and sound. They create audio-visual worlds for intimate experiences, wielding personal emotions of love, friendship, sincerity, and grief.
The three textile banners that form Flower Bird Flower are made of recycled vintage tent canvas and feature unique screenprints of flowers and birds. The artworks make a nostalgic reference to camping, featuring guy ropes, timber runners, and brass plated tent poles. For Joe and Chanelle, who spent years visiting family on the Central Coast, these works tell a story of love and grief.
The bird motif in the work depicts the Australian darter, large, slim birds with extremely long, slender necks and sharp, dagger-like bills. They are sometimes called snakebirds because they often swim with their bodies submerged, leaving only their long neck visible above the water. The Darter is a bird that Chanelle sees on her morning walks and is one of her favourites. Being in nature is an integral part of Chanelle’s health management routine, seeing the cycles and behaviours of local birds brings a small joy to each morning.
The flower motif featured in the work is a ‘highway daisy’ which grows along the coastal motorways of NSW. Joe and Chanelle first encountered this daisy while stopping on the side of the road on a visit to Joe’s mum’s mobile home at Avoca Beach. The flower represents resilience and rebellion, often growing in hostile spaces (and yet it also has a sunny disposition).
The ‘highway daisy’ is a symbol used by the artists in their Farewell Tour band posters. Joe and Chanelle’s ambient psych-rock band Farewell Tour is an art project where they advocate for conversations around mortality. It is an epic love story of a band where every song is their last. A never-ending farewell tour.
Flower, Bird, Flower was commissioned for the Verandah Gallery and will remain on display until May 2027.
The Verandah Gallery is located on the left as you enter the Edogawa Commemorative Garden.