Annie Tan Memorial Watercolour Solo Exhibition Opening

Venue: Land St Gallery

Date: 31 October

Time: 6 – 8 pm

Exhibition dates: 31 October – 15 November

Remnants: Fragments of life, land, and time

As part of the prize as winner of The Annie Tan Memorial Watercolour Award, Lyn Bartolo and Flying Arts present Remnants, a solo exhibition of previous and new works in a two-week exhibition at Land St Gallery.

In detailed watercolour and ink, Remnants captures the quiet poetry of a landscape shaped by resilience, decay, and enduring beauty. Each piece captures a fleeting moment: a rusted hinge, a watchful eye, a shadow cast across corrugated iron, offering a quiet meditation on what endures and what fades. These works invite you to see not just what lives, but what lingers, etched in line, washed in light, and held in memory.

Lyn Bartolo is a realist painter from Cairns, who specialises in expressive watercolour and intricate ink. She captures the essence of regional Australia, its landscapes, architecture, and wildlife, through delicate layering and dynamic composition. Her work blends contemporary line work with emotive realism, exploring movement, texture, and atmosphere to tell stories from the past.

“I am drawn to old buildings, sheds, and corrugated iron – landmarks of the landscape where I grew up. They will always conjure a feeling of home.”

Lyn Bartolo’s winning artwork of the Annie Tan Memorial Watercolour Award is Abandoned (2024). This work is currently on tour in Resolution, the QRAA touring exhibition, on show now in Charters Towers.

Image: Lyn Bartolo, Abandonded (2024), Watercolour on paper

Photo credit: Joe Ruckli