Our Vision Works - Art Exhibition

An image showcasing rows of the artist's work in tiles.

About the Exhibition

My Vision Works is a group of legally blind artists who exhibit regularly and offer support to artists with low vision.

The artists share their skills such as finger painting, focused lighting, imagination and strong colours and contrast.

During 10 – 17 May, Our Vision Works will be hosting art from Claire Hogan, Madeleine Popper, Jack Fitz-Walter and Sarah Hocking at the Guide Dogs Victoria Campus: 2-6 Chandler Highway, Kew, 3101.

There will also be a special opening night on Friday 10th May from 6 – 8pm.

Enjoy light refreshments whilst viewing the wonderful artworks of Claire Hogan, Jack Fitz-Walter, Sarah Hocking and Madeleine Popper, as well as the shimmering rich overtones of Harpist Annette Leishman during this immersive experience.

Please ensure you register your interest below to avoid missing out!

Opening Night Tickets

Meet Claire

Claire Hogan

I am sixty-seven, and have been working in the visual arts for twenty years. I started using acrylics and created sculptures from recycled materials. My focus is now pastels for exhibition. I sketch all the time to improve my technique.

There are challenges caused by my low vision. I have Dominant Optic Atrophy, a genetic condition that distorts my sight. For example I am drawing a figure and want to put a white fleck in an eye but it may end up on the eyebrow. However I always have my pastel rubber on hand. It may take fifteen tries but it eventually works to my satisfaction. Often people comment on details such as “I love the blue earrings.” Or “how did you get the circle so perfect?” I can’t see that the earrings are blue,. and the circle I do with my eyes shut.

I am legally blind and have learnt not to get frustrated. My work reflects how I perceive, see the world. So it is brightly coloured, quirky and imperfect.

Artist Claire Hogan standing in her art studio, surrounded by pieces of her work.

Claire's Work | View the Gallery

Claudia Wonders

Dancing Through the War

Fatima

Flower Force

Grandmother

Moments of Peace

Nemesis

Penelope

Quiet in the Turmoil

Universal Peace

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A pastel drawing on paper, of a person with red and blue hair in front of a yellow background

A pastel drawing on paper with two people dancing in front of a pink background.

A pastel drawing on paper of a person with a purple face and yellow hair.

A pastel drawing on paper of a person with a blue face and pink windswept hair.

A pastel drawing on paper of a woman with white hair sitting in a background of leaves and flowers.

A pastel drawing on paper of a person with blue skin with their head in their hands.

A pastel drawing on paper of a person with a bright orange dress, standing next to a black bird with orange beak.

A pastel drawing on paper, featuring an up close portrait of someone with bright blue features,

A pastel drawing on paper featuring a variety of botanical elements.

A pastel drawing on paper featuring a face and a peace symbol.

Meet Madeleine

Madeleine Popper

After 20 years, I am at peace with the loss of my sight. Art has been the magic antidote. For no reason, I left the eye specialist rooms, angry, sad and at a loss. What am I going to do with the rest of my life? The urge to paint was the next phase of discovery. Slowly, my fingers, covered in paint, caressed the canvas, formed shapes, smeared yellows and blues. I was now in my peaceful paradise of imagination and excitement.

The outcome does not really matter. This is peace of mind, peace with the world of shapes and Colours and peace with those who say: but you can’t do this!

Madeleine standing in her studio, in front of three pieces of her art.

Madeleine's work | View the Gallery

Colours of an Island

The Colours of the Night

Embraced by the Trees

Moody Night

Reflections in Red Woods

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A landscape of a rainbow coloured island, featuring palm trees and reflective water.

A cool-toned night landscape overlooking water.

A river flowing through a forest of tall trees.

A landscape of a bright moon shining over a field.

A river flowing through a Redwood tree forest.

A bright orange field filled with ewes grazing, with the sun setting behind them,

Meet Jack

Jack Fitz-Walter

Fitz-Walter has a lifelong involvement in the arts completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Queensland College of Art now Griffith University then as a Primary and Tertiary arts educator. In 2006 a push bike accident resulted in an Acquired Brain Injury with occipital lobe damage and glaucoma. He is legally blind.

Exhibitions include Soapbox, Doggett Street Brisbane and as a finalist in the Doug Moran Prize and artist in residency Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens.

His practice involves haptic techniques involving masking matrices of colours creating uniform illusionary surfaces.

Currently director of Land Street Gallery, Toowong, Brisbane.

Jack Fitz-Walter in the process of creating his art, using his hands and a fine liner pen.

Jack's work | View the Gallery

Interface 1

Interface 2

One

Resonance 2

Resonance 3

Three

Two

Resonance 1

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Two hands using silver pen on black canvas.

Outlines of hands using silver pen on black canvas

Outlined hand shapes using silver pen on black board.

Outlines of fingers on black board using silver pen.

Outlines of fingers using silver pen on black board.

Meet Sarah

Sarah Hocking

Sarah is an artist from Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, who is legally blind. Her work, often inspired by nature, features bright and colorful mixed media pieces that aim to bring joy. For Sarah, creating art is a way to find inner peace or flow amidst her busy life as a mother of three, a part-time student, and a guide dog handler for her dog, Erin. Art allows her to immerse herself in color and creativity.

Her approach to art is spontaneous, letting each piece develop through various layers and techniques without a specific plan. Sarah describes her work as “perfectly imperfect,” reflecting the natural beauty and peace she finds in both her art and the environment. Through her pieces, Sarah hopes to share a sense of calm and happiness with others.