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Barracks Art StudiosThirroul · Est. 1998

Artists & Members

Six practices, one barracks

Painting, sculpture, prints, artist's books and textiles. Each artist keeps a private lockup studio in the heritage building and opens their door to the public at designated weekends.

Resident artists

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Judy Bourke· photograph forthcoming

President

Judy Bourke

Prints, sculpture, artist's books, textiles

Judy Bourke's diverse practice spans prints, sculptures, artist's books and textiles. Her inspirations include women's achievements, family interactions, climate change, relationships, community events, found materials, colour, and the patterns of seascapes and landscapes. Recent notable work includes SacredOpportunity (cast aluminium, dyed silk). Bourke was awarded the Thirroul 2024 Arts and Cultural Achievement award. Current thematic focus: climate change.

At open days: woollen beanies, silk scarves, prints and artist books.

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David Hull· photograph forthcoming

Secretary

David Hull

Contemporary painting, works on paper

David Hull studied art in England and Canada and taught drawing and painting for 28 years. He helped establish the School of Contemporary Arts at the University of Western Sydney. His work interprets an area's industrial landscape and explores the sounds of a place and the interactions of humankind with place through free improvisation. Hull displays small and large canvases plus works on paper.

Canvases and works on paper available for purchase at open days.

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Graham Sinclair· photograph forthcoming

Vice President

Graham Sinclair

Painting

Graham Sinclair is a painter based at the Barracks Art Studios and serves as Vice President of the incorporated association.

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Skye (TS) Zaracostas· photograph forthcoming

Treasurer

Skye (TS) Zaracostas

Visual art

Visual artist and committee Treasurer at the Barracks Art Studios Thirroul Incorporated.

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Frank Nowlan· photograph forthcoming

Associate Member Coordinator

Frank Nowlan

Painting

Frank Nowlan became interested in art while at Teachers College in the 1960s, then set painting aside for 30 years to pursue life as a high school history teacher. He recommenced his practice in 1992 and now works from his studio in Thirroul.

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Lyndon Keene· photograph forthcoming

Member Artist

Lyndon Keene

Landscape-based abstract painting

Lyndon Keene studied art in England but has lived mostly in Aotearoa New Zealand before moving to Australia in 2015. His work is landscape-based abstract art; he aims to capture something of nature's poetry through discovering and reimagining remembered landscapes.

Meet the artists in person

Studios open at designated public weekends — free entry, no bookings, work available for purchase.

See open daysEmail the studios