Artist Focus: Rae and Joie’s ‘Ray of Joy’
Joie Villeneuve and Rae Gooch have built their collaborative art partnership on a foundation of friendship. For their latest piece, ‘Ray of Joy’, the two merge the mediums of painting and sculpture …
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recent sculpture news
The sculpture ‘Competitive Ground’ was recently refreshed by artist Peter Hill. Originally commissioned in 2008, as an ephemera artwork, the piece was never intended to be permanent. Over …
Trail guide
The Trail Guide is your Treasure Map for adventure. A printed copy is available upon request, per group when you pay your entry fee at the Northcliffe Visitor Centre. To minimise our eco-impact we …
Summer Holiday Opening Hours
Understory and the Painted Tree Gallery are closed for Christmas and Boxing Day. We are open New Years Day and all other days over summer, 9am-4pm. Please note that our office does not reopen until …
Our Partners
Southern Forest Arts is a small organisation in a small community. We magnify our impact through the power of collaboration. We are extremely grateful to all our partners for their contributions large …
Our Community
Northcliffe, in the South West of Western Australia (map), has a population of around 770 (census data). The town is the gateway to the extensive and unspoilt coastline of D’Entrecasteaux …
SCULPTURES
There are over 70 sculptures along the Understory trail. Each been created in response to the unique landscape, people and history of the Southern Forests region (Northcliffe in particular). New …
Site specific art
Understory is a ‘site-specific’ art trail. This means all artworks have been created in direct response to the Understory experience. Each artist has visited Northcliffe, spent time …
Our trail
BOOK NOW TRAIL LENGTH & SURFACE The trail is 1.2km in length. It is an ‘easy walk’ circuit – beginning and ending at the Northcliffe Visitor Centre. It has minimal inclines and a …
CONSTRUCTION & LAUNCH
TRAIL CONSTRUCTION Local volunteers constructed the trail, wielding shovels, rakes, GPS’, tape measures and wheelbarrows. The assistance of the Ministry of Justice (through the Walpole Prison …