Bill Yaxley, The death of the Centaur, 2017. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy Bruce Heiser Projects.

Presented in collaboration between Bruce Heiser Projects, Brisbane and Lone Goat Gallery, Byron Bay, now + then brings together an eclectic group of works produced by established Australian artists Stephen Bird, Joe Furlonger and Bill Yaxley.

Weaving between recent and past works, now + then allows audiences to view all three artist’s current preoccupations, while examining and experiencing earlier works upon which their current practices are based. The artworks span a diverse range of scale and mediums including works on paper, ceramics and oil paintings, revealing the maker’s assorted aesthetics and approaches to image making.

now + then celebrates the artistic journeys and careers of three senior practitioners, each with careers spanning over 40 years and whose sustained creative drive and impulses have been honed and refined over many years.