Pastel on paperSigned and dated 'Bellany '83' in lower right corner of drawing.

Pastel on paperSigned and dated 'Bellany '83' in lower right corner of drawing.

Pastel on paperSigned and dated 'Bellany '83' in lower right corner of drawing.

Pastel on paperSigned and dated 'Bellany '83' in top right corner of drawing.

Pastel on paperTitled, signed and dated 'Bellany '83 Lower Plenty Gorge' in lower right corner of drawing.

Pastel on paperTitled, signed and dated 'Lower Plenty Gorge Bellany '83' in lower right corner of drawing.

Pastel on paperSigned, dated and titled 'Bellany '83 Lower Plenty Gorge' along bottom of drawing.

Pastel on paperTitled, signed and dated 'Lower Plenty Gorge Bellany '83' in lower right corner of drawing.

Pastel on paperTitled, signed and dated 'Lower Plenty Gorge Bellany '83' in lower right section of drawing.

Pastel on paperTitled, signed and dated 'Lower Plenty Gorge Bellany '83' in lower right corner of drawing.

Pastel on paperTitled, signed and dated in lower right corner of drawing: Jeff Makin Artist and friend Bellany '83

Pastel on paperTitled, signed and dated in lower right corner of drawing: 'Jeff' Bellany 83'

Pastel on paper

Watercolour and pastelSigned

Charcoal and pastel on paper

Oil paint and pastelNot signed, not dated.

Watercolour and pastel on paperSigned and dated in bottom right corner of drawing

The artist’s comment on her work: “The Rowitta”, Flagstaff Hill. Warrnambool: "This boat was the venue for our daughter’s Wedding. The pastel work was undertaken after a beautiful day at Flagstaff Hill in 2012. I enjoyed working with the shadows and the foliage. Carmel Beavis” The popular steam ferry Rowitta is featured in this pastel picture on canvas by local artist Carmel Beavis. The iconic Norfolk pines stand tall against a blue sky, while colourful reflections shimmer in Flagstaff Hill’s harbour. The historic lifeboat “Warrnambool” is dwarfed by Rowitta’s size. Carmel’s daughter celebrated her wedding on board the Rowitta, which had been a very popular exhibit visitors for around forty years. This picture is one of several that were created by Carmel for her family and friends as a memento of the wedding and a way to keep the memory of Rowitta alive. Some of Carmel’s other works illustrate Flagstaff Hill’s 2017 publication “Tearooms Cookbook”. Some of Carmel’s paintings featured in the Tearooms Cookbook, produced around 2017 for fundraising for Flagstaff Hill. The Rowitta was a timber steam ferry built in Hobart in 1909 using planks of Huon and Karri wood. She was a favourite of sightseeing passengers along Tasmania’s Tamar and Derwent rivers for 30 years. Rowitta was also known as Tarkarri and Sorrentoand had worked as a coastal trading vessel between Devonport and Melbourne as well as along the southern coast of Australia. In 1974 Rowitta was purchased by Flagstaff Hilt to convert into a representation of the Speculant, a historic and locally significant sailing ship listed on the Victorian Heritage Database. (The Speculant was built in Scotland in 1895 and traded timber between the United Kingdom and Russia. Warrnambool’s P J McGennan & Co. then bought her to trade pine timber from New Zealand to Victorian ports and cargo to Melbourne. She was the largest ship ever registered with Warrnambool as her home port, playing a key role in the early 1900s in the Port of Warrnambool. In 1911, on her way to Melbourne, she was wrecked near Cape Otway. None of the nine crew lost their lives.) The promised funds for converting Rowitta into the Speculant were no longer available, so she was restored back to her original configuration. She represented the importance of coastal traders to transport, trade and communication in Australia times before rail and motor vehicles. Sadly, in 2015 the time had come to demolish the Rowitta due to her excessive deterioration and the high cost of on-going repairs. She had given over 100 years of service and pleasure to those who knew her. Early in 2019 Carmel gifted this picture to her friend Shirley Lindsay, who had been President of Wadas Artist Society. A few months later Shirley and her husband John (founding Director of Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village) thought the picture would be appropriate to Flagstaff Hill and presented it with pleasure to the Friends of Flagstaff Hill group later that year.The Rowitta represents the importance of coastal traders to transport, trade and communication in Australia before rail and motor vehicles. The painting is also significant as a record of an exhibit at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village from is early beginnings. The painting is locally significant for being connected to a local and well known artist Carmel Beavis.Picture, coloured pastel work on canvas in timber frame behind glass. The artist, Carmel Beavis, depicts the steam boat “Rowitta” moored beside the historic lifeboat “Warrnambool” on the lake at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The Rowitta is reflected in the water. The background includes the iconic Norfolk Pine trees. The work was framed by Warrnambool Picture Framing & Gallery in 2012.Signed on front, bottom left “C.L. Beavis”. Artist’s printed label on reverse “The Rowitta, Flagstaff Hill. Warrnambool: / This boat was the venue for our daughter’s / Wedding. / The pastel work was undertaken after a/ Beautiful day at Flagstaff Hill in 2012. / I enjoyed working with the shadows and / The foliage. / Carmel Beavis / Warrnambool. VIC. 3280. / Telephone (03) 5562 1806. / Price: $” Handwritten on artist’s label “250.00” Framer’s printed label “Warrnambool / Picture Framing / & Gallery / 42 Kepler St, Warrnambool 3280 03 5561 5722 / www.wboolframing.com.au” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, picture, pastel, carmel beavis, rowitta steam boat, warrnambool picture framer & gallery, wedding on the rowitta, the rowitta, tearooms cookbook, hobart steam ferry rowitta 1909, tarkarri, speculant, coastal trading vessel, p j mcgennan & co, peter mcgennan, sorrento

Local artistPastel coloured abstract work

Graeme McGREGOR ( - 25 July 2023) After completing studies at the Ballarat University College (now Federation University Australia) Graeme McGregor worked as a Gallery Assistant at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery for many years. During that time Margaret Rich was the Director of the Gallery. Graeme McGregor is also represented in Art Gallery of Ballarat and Shepparton Art Collections. Framed oil pastel drawing."A Restless Soul ???? or a Uncompromising Idealist!! (M. Rich Quote)"graeme mcgregor, available, margaret rich, alumni, art gallery of ballarat, ballarat fine art gallery, portrait

significant as a work of art by local Pyrenees artist, locally significant to the Central Highlands Region of Victoria as a representation of local landscape and/or culture Cockatoos flying in the bush in pastelSigned: H LEACH '06 (lower right) Verso: "COCKATOO'S Langi Ghiran" $830 and GST