Ron Curran and Liz Friend have been a fixture of the Northern Rivers art scene since they started Dynamic Drawing classes in 1999 in Byron Bay, Mullumbimby, and Lismore.
The success of Dynamic Drawing saw it expand to Melbourne during 2008 to 2010 with classes based at the Brunswick Street Gallery in Fitzroy with three full classes a week, as well as conducting numerous workshops, schools and corporate groups, etc.
Dynamic Drawing returned to the Byron Shire in 2010, recommenced classes and gathered a renewed momentum, during which time it attracted people locally, from interstate and overseas.
Ron and Liz believe that art is about inspiration, recovering and nurturing your spirit.
‘We all have our language. For most of us the language is already there; it’s just a question of good strategy, accessing those structures and effectively overcoming our resident fears. The language isn’t always just sitting there in our hand; we have to work at it to uncover and to meet ourselves,’ explained Ron.
Exhibition
Retiring from teaching in 2024 Ron and Liz have had the chance to work on their own exhibition which is taking place at the Raft Gallery at M-Arts in Murwillumbah. The opening will be on Saturday, 3 October from 2pm to 4pm and the exhibition will run until 14 October.
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