Ben Apfelbaum

NICK HOLLO : THE INTERTIDAL ZONE @ THE ROBERT DICKERSON GALLERY WOOLLAHRA

Artist Nick Hollo

 

On most weekends you will find Nick Hollow sitting at his easel with an oversized Akubra hat somewhere along the Bondi to Coogee walk. 

A disclosure, Nick was in my class throughout high school and later on when I discovered his paintings I was delighted by the vibrancy of the eastern sydney coastline – ranging from shimmering turquoise to ochre red. 

His current exhibition is at the Robert Dickerson Gallery in Queen Street Woollahra.

About this exhibition he writes, “Drawing with oil pastels enables me to quickly capture the light and ambience of places…THE INTERTIDAL ZONE is the area along the foreshore between the highest and lowest tides. It  creates a sequence of habitats from coastal rock platforms..tidal lagoons, salt marshes, and wetlands…The minuscule patterns in rockpools, mudflaps and salt marshes bear a similarity to the grand landscapes we see from the air. This serves as a reminder that the web of life on earth is merely a thin, delicate layer on the planet’s surface.”

And after years of wanting one, guess what – we bought a painting from this exhibition!

The exhibition entitled THE INTERTIDAL ZONE runs until the 7th April at the Robert Dickerson Gallery, 34 Queen Street Gallery.

Text and photos by Ben Apfelbaum

Published by Ben Apfelbaum

My photography began when my father handed me the proverbial brownie box camera as a child. As cameras developed I went through Fujica and Olympus range finders graduating to my first single lens reflex camera, the Minolta SRT101, the latter being the greatest facilitator to my growth as a photographer. Digital photography has only added to this. I was a regular contributor to Camera Craft magazine (Australian Camera ) for over three years. During Australia’s Bicentennial year (1988) I made it a personal project to document the celebrations. This culminated in the creation of a book of my photos which was published in 1989. The book was called CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA and came with an accompanying calendar. My works have appeared in a number of publications including the coffee book entitled MY AUSTRALIA (1989), publisher Robertsbridge Severn. This book had a preface by the then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. I was a co-photographer on a book entitled SYDNEY- DISCOVER THE CITY with text written by Robert Treborland. Major Mitchell Press was the publisher. Also for two years I was the photographer for calendars celebrating Sydney’s multicultural communities. The two calendars were entitled MULTICULTURAL SYDNEY. My work appeared in a group exhibition held at Sydney’s Town Hall pertaining to the diversity of life in South America to raise money for orphanages there. I have over one hundred photos stored in the New South Wales State Library archive. I had a solo exhibition held in 2007 entitled Ben’s Lens at the Sydney Jewish Museum which celebrated the vibrancy of the Sydney Jewish community. Some of these photos are on the Museum’s permanent display. I have exhibited internationally firstly at the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta Georgia, united states, and in an exhibition entitled Kosher and Co at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Currently I am a regular contributor to J-Wire and this esteemed publication.

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