when: 28 May 2025 - 13 June 2025 | venue: Willoughby Arts Centre | cost: Free | address: 33 Laurel St, Willoughby NSW 2068 | website: https://willoughbyarts.org.au/ewart-gallery/current-upcoming-exhibitions
published: 03 Jun 2025, 5 min read
Yvonne East's students at the Willoughby Arts Centre exhibit their new paintings and drawings in their latest exhibition: Breaking Ground.
Students currently learn from Yvonne in one of three classes:
Exploring painting & drawing
Exploring oil & acrylic painting
Watercolour techniques
About tutor Yvonne East: Themes of the human figure, observational drawing, and portraiture are central to Yvonne's art practice. An award winning artist, Yvonne's work has been hung in major prizes and institutions across Australia including the Archibald Prize and the Doug Moran Portrait Prize. Her portrait of the Honourable Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Susan Kiefel AC was acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in 2020. Yvonne is a passionate educator and teaches painting, life drawing, and observational drawing at the University of New South Wales Art + Design (formally COFA) and Willoughby Arts Centre.
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Yvonne East's students at the Willoughby Arts Centre exhibit their new paintings and drawings in their latest exhibition: Breaking Ground.
Students currently learn from Yvonne in one of three classes:
Exploring painting & drawing
Exploring oil & acrylic painting
Watercolour techniques
About tutor Yvonne East: Themes of the human figure, observational drawing, and portraiture are central to Yvonne's art practice. An award winning artist, Yvonne's work has been hung in major prizes and institutions across Australia including the Archibald Prize and the Doug Moran Portrait Prize. Her portrait of the Honourable Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Susan Kiefel AC was acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in 2020. Yvonne is a passionate educator and teaches painting, life drawing, and observational drawing at the University of New South Wales Art + Design (formally COFA) and Willoughby Arts Centre.
Go see Exhibition: Breaking Ground 2025.

Exhibition: Breaking Ground 2025 is on 28 May 2025 - 13 June 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Willoughby. Call 02 9958 6540 for details. Visit their website at https://willoughbyarts.org.au/ewart-gallery/current-upcoming-exhibitions.
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