This is the time of the year to take a short drive down the coast to Lorne where over 50 talented sculptors will have their creative works displayed overlooking Louttit Bay from 17th October to 8th November. This is a biennial event which generates community and artistic enthusiasm. Some works will actually be discovered amongst the shops this year so you don’t even have to make the gentle stroll along the foreshore to be confronted by culture. The word is that some pieces will be challenging while others will be entertaining. Something for everyone.
Sculpture by the sea
I am looking forward to viewing work of artists along the way by using the Self Guided Sculpture Trail kit available on site but you can attend conversations with artists or take a booked guided tour. To discover more about this thoroughly enjoyable artistic event go to
Melbourne Cup weekend (31st October to Cup day 3rd November this year) is our traditional date to visit Lorne and the sculpture exhibition. See you there. And for our previous visit see this link
http://greatoceanroad-torquay.com.au/blog/art-on-the-great-ocean-road
As a practising artist myself I love to be inspired by other artists’ work, so I was thrilled to hear about “the littoral edge” – the inaugural Lorne Sculpture Exhibition on the shores of Louttit Bay on the 
Strolling in bright sunlight beside the water to enjoy the wonderful creativity and variety of shapes – shiny aluminium “car and caravan”, round dry stone “keep”, fibreglass figures hanging on a clothesline, shaped pieces of rusted steel – is hard to beat.
The open air bayside exhibition is the brainchild of Graeme Wilkie of 
