7th August 3pm - 5pm
Exhibition Launch

As part of the 2015 Bendigo Writers Festival, the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre will present an exhibition of works by the much admired author and illustrator Bruce Whatley.

Since 1992 Whatley has written and/or illustrated over 60 children’s picture books published both in Australia and overseas. He has worked with author Jackie French on the rhyming children’s tale Fire and its sister publication Flood and with Ahn Do on the award winning book The Little Refugee.

Curated by La Trobe University’s Paul Morris, the exhibition will provide a rare insight into the mind and practice of this distinguished artist. Whatley uses a variety of mediums including gouache, pen and ink, pencil, oils and watercolour and he has recently experimented with CGI software. He aims to entertain and surprise his readers with illustration styles that vary considerably depending on the text and the age group of his audience.