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Art exhibition launch for Pier Paolo Vittone

Posted on 2 April 2026

Launching ‘POP BANG SNIP’, in the Cocoon Gallery for emerging artists

Thursday 9 April, 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Join us in celebrating Pier’s exhibition launch in the Cocoon Gallery for emerging artists. Light refreshments will be provided with the chance to chat to the artist about his technique and style.

As well as viewing the pop-art style works, a feature of this evening event is to showcase some work that doesn’t fit on the gallery walls. Pier will be bringing his illustrative line drawings in architectural style showing how versatile he is.

For more information about the exhibition or to RSVP to the launch, please contact Pier directly. Email: pier42art@gmail.com

POP BANG SNIP: an exhibition by Pier Paolo Vittone

Posted on 23 March 2026

Exhibition launch at the Margaret River Library Cocoon Gallery for emerging artists

Thursday 9 April, 5.30pm – 6.30pm with light refreshments provided

Pier is an eclectic artist with a background in film and languages. He is driven by curiosity and a stubborn hope that art can make the world a little bit better.
His practice is all about exploration – new techniques, supports, styles and subjects – with painting as his main playground. Working in acrylics, his work is built from bold black lines, solid, punchy colours, and the occasional speech bubble or onomatopoeia.
His work draws inspiration from Pop Art icons like Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Roy Lichtenstein, but also from the cartoons, anime, video games and comic books I grew up with in the 90s.
POP BANG SNIP is a nod to Pop Art, comic-book language, and the joyful collision of influences that fuel his work.

Join Pier in celebrating the launch of Pop Bang Snip. Please RSVP if you can make it. Email: pier42art@gmail.com

Pier also creates illustrative line drawings in architectural style showcasing iconic buildings and some of these will be available at the launch.

Mo L’Artiste on display at Augusta Library

Posted on 13 January 2026

Call in at the Augusta Library to view the beautiful framed artworks by Morgane Chebahi. Working primarily with acrylics, she has developed a distinctive style that blends rich textures, often incorporating jarrah sawdust as both pigment and material to evoke the beach. Her signature figures help bring stories and emotions to life on canvas.

She hopes that viewers find something of themselves in her characters, each one carries a story, an emotion, and her love for life.

The exhibition is made up of framed original paintings and framed prints of some of her more popular images and all works are for sale through the artist.

The Augusta Library is open:
Tuesday to Thursday
10am – 12pm and 1pm – 4pm
The Augusta Library is closed on Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The exhibition will continue until June 2026.

‘Colour Journey’: an exhibition by Sally Poole

Posted on 17 December 2025

Sally hangs more works in the lead up to Christmas

*Artist Sally Poole in the Cocoon Gallery with her artworks*

There has been a great response to Sally’s art in the Cocoon Gallery for emerging artists, so she has let the sold work get picked up, and has hung some new work for you to see. Pop into the library to view the vibrant work in acrylic, they are sure to inspire. The exhibition will continue when the library opens in the New Year on 5th January 2026. Work on display is for sale through the artist.

The exhibition can be viewed during open hours and the Margaret River Library is an easily accessible venue. All welcome.

The Cocoon Gallery welcomes Sally Poole

Posted on 29 October 2025

The Cocoon Gallery for emerging artists is now alive with the vibrant and playful exhibition Colour Journey by Sally Poole.

Sally’s art is a testament to her resilience following a car accident. Through bold acrylic colours and repeated patterns, she used painting as a mindful practice and a powerful tool for recovery and healing. Her lively works of flowers and birds are uplifting and joyful. Artworks on display now till the end of December.

Sally holding her painting Spring Birds

Join Sally for the Colour Journey – Midway Celebration
Thursday 27 November, 5.30pm to 6.30pm at the Margaret River Library

Please RSVP by email to: kelvin.poole@hotmail.com as refreshments are provided.

The Margaret River Library is an easily accessible venue.

Social media lessons for artists

Posted on 23 July 2025

Artists who would like to improve their social media presence are invited to attend this workshop series to:

Optimise your page for art promotion
Discover tools for engagement and sales
Leave with actionable steps

Session 1: Using Facebook to promote artists and their work

Wednesday 30th July, 4.30pm – 5.30pm

Session 2: Using Instagram to promote artists and their work

Wednesday 6th August, 4.30pm – 5.30pm

RSVP to Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Phone: 9780 5600

Our e-Services Librarian, Ana Brawls will do a presentation in the first half hour then spend time with participants answering questions and looking at individual scenarios in the second half. Seats are limited so please RSVP.

Invitation to Linney’s exhibition launch in the Cocoon Gallery

Posted on 21 July 2025

The new work is up in the Cocoon Gallery for emerging artists and we welcome Linney Thomson with her exhibition titled ‘Sea Daze’

Exhibition Launch – Thursday 31st July, 5.30 – 6.30pm

All welcome. Please RSVP to Linney. Email: riverdog74@bigpond.com or Txt 0400 096 003

“The ocean is my inspiration, water and waves make me feel alive and surfing is my passion”.

In this exhibition, Linney presents some recent creations using acrylic mediums and gold leaf on canvas, including some ‘Seagull Photobombs’.

These works will be on display until the end of August and the library is an easily accessible venue.

The Cocoon Gallery for emerging artists welcomes Linney Thomson

Posted on 15 July 2025

Linney Art: ‘Sea Daze’

“The ocean is my inspiration, water and waves make me feel alive and surfing is my passion. I love the raw beauty, vibrant colours, amazing sunsets, and the intense power & energy of this unique region and WA. I love being creative & splashing colour around.”
In this new Cocoon Gallery exhibition, Linney presents her recent creations using acrylic mediums and gold leaf on canvas, including some ‘Seagull Photobombs’.

Exhibition launch

Thursday 31st July, 5.30 – 6.30pm

All welcome! Please RSVP to Linney for catering purposes: Email – riverdog74@bigpond.com or Ph – 0400096003 (Please call or leave a text/message)

The exhibition continues until the end of August.

The Cocoon Gallery for Emerging Artists Welcomes Amy Thurston-Whiting

Posted on 9 May 2025

Dust: an exhibition by Amy Thurston-Whiting

Amy is a young New Zealander who has fallen in love with Australian wildlife. Passionate about art she has been drawing since she was a young child.

Her exhibition features quirky depictions of animals and mammals exploring dot work, black pen on paper.

Amy has always been interested in producing art that is outside the box. This is why she has called her exhibition DUST. “Dust meaning dots.”

Art calms Amy’s mind. “It’s like being in a loud room, then as soon as my pen hits the paper, the room is quiet and peaceful.”

These framed pen and ink drawings can be viewed in the entry to the Margaret River Library Cocoon Gallery space until the end of June and all artworks are for sale directly from the artist.

The Cocoon Gallery for Emerging Artists Welcomes Jan Harwood

Posted on 5 March 2025

In this exhibition Jan has sought and found her happy place. She has created mixed media works with a focus on the Cyanotype printing technique which uses the sun and elements of leaves and flowers from the local environment.

Jan has dabbled with art over the years but more recently in retirement, she has found time to really explore more fully her favourite mediums and creative processes.

In working towards this exhibition Jan has discarded perfectionism and found expression through her appreciation of the patterns, form, texture and intricate beauty of nature. This exhibition finds her refining printmaking techniques and style to represent this.

“When a leaf drops from the tree in the forest, it is not done nor ‘over’. It continues to evolve and change the structure of its presence.” The works she presents in ‘Reflection’ is her interpretation of that evolution.

The exhibition can be viewed in the entry to the Margaret River Library Cocoon Gallery space until the end of April. Artworks can be purchased through the artist.