It is getting on to three years since I started photographing the ocean.  The catalogue of images is growing to bursting point. The Warrahwillah website shows a selection but the truth is there is way more depth to it than the 40 or so on the net.

I can feel a growing acceptance of the images in the community. My time spent in the markets has been productive and flattering. I like showing the images but love seeing a print or two disappear down the aisle to be displayed in someone else’s home.

The last two months have been about these “markets days”. Lot’s of down days in between but they are about to go.

Sometime in the next six weeks Warrahwillah will be set up with a permanent base. The space is in Margaret River, close to home. It will be dedicated to showing ocean images and will allow the prints to shine in a way that the randomness of the markets can’t quite achieve.

It allows greater range, better lighting and, what I am really excited about, the opportunity to show the images in larger sizes.  I reckon they will be amazing.

The location is perfect. It’s right in the heart of town, the building is super funky and it has amazing windows onto the street. (I love a good window, takes me back to Military Rd, Mosman).

The aim is to have this fab exhibition space and use it for exactly that, exhibitions. Now I say exhibitions and not a permanent display because when we are not exhibiting we won’t be here.  And those that know me know what I am really saying is that come winter and the quiet months and I am out of here.

Seems practical to me. Winter is really quiet here and I’m of the opinion of “why flog a dead horse”. If there is no one here to look, why show? Also it is winter and the ocean comes alive and it is time to get out there and shoot. This is when you focus on the creative and not the day to day “stuff” of running a commercial entity.

Now I have been really cagey here and not stated “it’s all me”. Not going into detail now but the next “thing” to announce is good, really good (top of the tree stuff). Better stay close to hear the “gos” as it comes about.

The attached image shows the outlook and a bit of the architecture of the new gallery space. Won’t look like this for long but it has me pretty excited. Can’t wait.

Speak soon.

Tony