Painters of the Flinders Ranges Inc.

Next Exhibition - "The Flinders Revealed VI"

Sunday 9th September to Sunday 7th October 2007

A fine art exhibition of more than 100 quality paintings.

To be held in the historic Wilpena Woolshed in the Wilpena National Park.

Also A Brush with Art is on again in 2007. Head to the website for more details.

A "Mud Map of the Flinders Ranges by David Chalmers

The Flinders Ranges

Far more than the sum of its famous national parks, the Flinders Ranges stretches almost 500 kilometres north from Crystal Brook to the edge of the Strzelecki Desert. Its diverse climate, elevation and soils have fostered a rich assortment of flora and fauna, survivors of its testing extremes.

Habitats of the Flinders Ranges include accessible settled areas and remote rugged wilderness. The open ochre red plains splashed with bluebush rise to fossil studded, sawtooth peaks more than 600 million years old. The turbulent mark of time here is incomprehensibly vast. Some granites in this oldest of mountain ranges trace back more than 1800 million years. These ancient eroded forms preceded and long ago towered over the Himalaya.

Abandoned homesteads, gravestones and mines attest to the trials and demands of this untamed land. The Adnyamathanha people's harmonious relationship with this land has lasted for thousands of years.

Callabonna, Moolawatana, Arkaroola, Balcanoona, Patawarta, Wirrealpa, Parachilna, Moralana, Warrakimbo........ are among many sonorous place names. They sing of earlier people in far away times when rocks were carved and painted and red ochre was traded in distant Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Come and see for yourself!

About Us

Group Objectives

To promote the Network
To promote art and the Flinders Ranges Region
To have exhibitions in different regions to be able to promote different areas of the Flinders Ranges.
To use alternative venues every year
To contribute to the economy of the region
To increase professionalism
To improve artistic output
To encourage commitment to the Network

Personal Objectives

To become known by a wider audience
To gain credibility within the profession
To increase sales
To take up professional development opportunities

Awards

The Painters of the Flinders Ranges Network has won the 2002 SA Great Arts Regional Award.