Our Vision Works - Art Exhibition

About the Exhibition

Discover the Power of Vision Through Art

Step into a world where imagination outshines limitation. Our Vision Works is a collective of legally blind artists who use creativity to challenge perceptions and celebrate possibility. Their work showcase bold colour, striking contrast, unique techniques like finger painting, and the transformative use of light.

Special Opening Night

Wednesday 15 October, 6-8pm

Be among the first to experience the exhibition at our exclusive evening event. Enjoy light refreshments as you connect with the artists and immerse yourself in their remarkable works.

Opening Night Tickets

Exhibition Dates

15 – 17 October
Guide Dogs Victoria Campus, 2–6 Chandler Highway, Kew 3101

Featuring inspiring pieces from Claire Hogan, Jane Spraklan, Madeleine Popper, Noora Remi, and Sara Partow, this exhibition is a celebration of resilience, expression, and artistry.

Meet Claire

Claire Hogan

At sixty-seven, Claire Hogan has spent two decades immersed in the visual arts, beginning with acrylics and sculptures made from recycled materials before shifting her focus to pastels for exhibition.

Despite the challenges of dominant optic atrophy, a genetic condition that distorts her sight, she continues to refine her technique, sketching constantly. Precision can be elusive – placing a white highlight in an eye may land on an eyebrow – but with patience and a pastel eraser, she perseveres.

Legally blind, she has learned not to be frustrated but to embrace the quirks of her vision. Her work is brightly coloured, imperfect, and full of character, reflecting her unique way of seeing the world.

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

Claire's Work | View the Gallery

Wilbur

Perched

Martha

Guardian

Growth

Sean

Fearless

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An abstract painting of a face with exaggerated features, including large eyes, a long nose, and red lips. The background is filled with red and white colors, and the face is outlined in black and pink lines.

A colorful painting of an owl with a blue body, brown wings, and a pink head, perched against a dark background with a golden crescent moon and a purple circle in the sky. The foreground is deep magenta.

An abstract painting of a face, with blue and teal strokes resembling hair, yellow necklace and purple shirt, all set against a pink background.

An abstract painting with a blue background, featuring swirling patterns and organic shapes in yellow, orange, red, black, and green, resembling flowers and curved lines.

ChatGPT said: A colorful painting of a person in red with a pink headscarf holding a large owl, both adorned with jewelry, set against a deep blue background.

Surreal painting of a black-feathered bird with an orange beak and white flowers, beside an elderly figure with a cane, set against a red and purple background.

Abstract painting with colorful shapes, including a blue vase-like form, red curved elements, and a purple flower on a patterned background.

A whimsical painting of a figure in a bright green outfit and pink pointed hat sitting inside an orange cave, interacting with a white bird-like creature with red feet. The background features dark tones with purple and orange hues framing the cave entrance.

Abstract painting of a pink coloured face looking shocked surrounded by a grey backdrop.

Abstract painting with red and white fish-like shapes on a blue background, transitioning into orange and yellow waves, and a red lower section with yellow circles, blue squiggles, and bright yellow dots.

Meet Madeleine

Madeleine Popper

Diagnosed with Macular Degeneration 20 years ago, Madeleine Popper was devastated to learn she would soon lose the ability to drive, read, or recognise faces – an overwhelming loss for an artist.

Unsure of how to continue, she adapted, embracing a tactile approach to painting allowing her to remain deeply connected to her work. She feels joy daubing her hands in paint, then manipulating the medium with her fingers, as she cannot see the end of a brush. By applying different pressures, textures, and movements, she interacts effectively with the canvas.

Inspired by her surroundings, stories, and sounds, her vibrant, sensory-driven art reflects her curiosity about the world. Passionate about inclusion, she encourages others with vision loss to explore visual art, proving that creativity transcends sight.

Madeleine Popper in her home surrounded by her art.

Madeleine's work | View the Gallery

Pink flamingo by the river

Country promenade

La mer

Secret woods

Blooming happiness

Where is home

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A colorful impressionist-style painting of a flamingo drinking from a vibrant pond surrounded by lush greenery and flowers.

A vibrant painting of a person walking along a colorful, flower-lined path through a bright, sunlit landscape with trees in the distance.

A sea turtle swims through a vibrant coral reef surrounded by colorful fish and illuminated by sunlight filtering through the water.

A colorful autumn forest with tall trees lining a flowing river that reflects the vibrant reds, oranges, yellows, and greens of the foliage and sky.

A vibrant garden scene with clusters of white, purple, and blue flowers in the foreground, pink and purple hydrangeas in the middle, and three large green trees against a bright blue sky in the background.

Four abstract human figures stand on a textured red landscape with geometric white and yellow shapes in the background, resembling buildings under a gray sky.

Meet Noora

Noora Remi

Noora Remi is a writer, artist, and designer by training, a poet and human rights activist. She lives with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a condition that causes progressive vision loss over time.

Noora began her artistic journey by painting the world around her, but as her sight fades, she paints the unseen. Her art reflects the inner world of a woman navigating motherhood, disability, displacement, and, above all, the human experience.Nothing you see is a mistake—it is all the touch of a blind painter

Noora Remi smiling holding up two pieces of her artwork.

Noora's work | View the Gallery

Untitled

Choice

Prison

Vortex

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bstract red brushstrokes on a white canvas with the repeated text “Blindness, I will fight you until we are friends.”

Abstract painting with a swirling white line looping across a textured dark blue background, creating a sense of movement and depth.

Monochromatic painting of a black silhouetted winged figure on a white background, with handwritten white text on the wings.

Abstract painting with a central white area and textured dark blue and black brushstrokes radiating outward in a starburst-like pattern.

Meet Jane

Jane Spraklan

Now in her 60s, Jane has enjoyed creating with papier-mâché for a number of years. The medium is very tactile, making it well-suited to her vision impairment.

She was diagnosed with a form of retinal dystrophy at age 19 and has been legally blind for many years, with no central vision.

Jane holds an MA in pure philosophy, has travelled the world, and previously owned a retail business. She has two children and lives in Lalor.

Jane's work | View the Gallery

Magpies

Oliver, the family dog, immortalised

Rainbow lorikeet

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Two paper mache sculptures of black and white birds with orange eyes, standing on a coloured surface.

Paper mache sculpture of a dog sitting with brown fur and white belly, legs, and tail tip, head tilted upward and ears flopped back.

Colorful paper mache sculpture of a parrot with a blue head, yellow neck, green wings, red chest, and blue tail, set against a pink textured fabric background.

Meet Sara

Sara Partow

Dr Sara Partow’s artwork reflects her values of nature, kindness, connection, diversity, and resilience. Once a passionate drawer, vision loss led her to poetry, with four published collections before immigrating to Australia.

Language barriers made creative expression difficult until she discovered acrylic painting, drawn to its rich textures and vibrant colours. With blurry sight making it hard to discern details and colours, she adapts by working quickly in bright light and relying on high contrast.

Painting with her fingers, she embraces broad strokes and tactile elements like sand and impasto gel. Her work aims to encourage others, especially those with disabilities, to embrace art as a powerful form of expression.