A behind-the-scenes glimpse into the creative lives of the hosting artists of Paint and Create Darwin. A locally owned business specialising in providing quality pop-up beginner social painting classes.


Join us in an exhibition where creating art helps us release and escape the chaos of everyday life. A visual explosion of different mediums coming together in one space.


Artistic energy is our drive to create and break boundaries, bring joy, and connect with others. Creative energy is a flow; ideas start to unravel, and time moves quickly, great things can be made, and even if they aren't always "great", it's essential to our imaginative lives.


A collection of work created by the following artists:


  • Prue Rathborne - ceramics and acrylic paintings
  • Craig Smith - acrylic paintings
  • Dainna Meyering - acrylic paintings
  • Rebecca McSkimming - acrylic paintings
  • Rosharn Deslandes Knight - digital and acrylic works
  • Sophie Bound - acrylic, oil, textured mediums and foil leaf paintings
  • Kaitlin Durbidge - acrylic paintings
  • Ginger Hobbs - acrylic paintings
  • David Dalzell - pen and ink with watercolour



Opening: Friday 6 October 2023 6pm - 8pm

Showing: 6 - 28 October 2023

Where: DVA - Ground Floor, Harbour View Plaza

1/8 McMinn St, Darwin City, NT


Gallery opening hours for exhibitions:

Wednesday 12 - 5pm, Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm


By Carlos Gonzalez July 10, 2026
Humid Hallucinations  Group exhibition by Forest Hangs
By Carlos Gonzalez July 10, 2026
Ann Owen | Top End Characters
By Carlos Gonzalez July 10, 2026
Jose Patalinghug | This Skin of Light
By Carlos Gonzalez July 10, 2026
Maggie Gleeson Briscoe | Birds of a Feather
By Carlos Gonzalez July 10, 2026
Brendan Hicks, Yuka Hicks & Michael Totham | Polarity
July 10, 2026
Carly Gilera | Lines of Life
June 3, 2026
Sticker Boy | Sticker 100 | 12 June – 4 July. Exhibition opening Friday 12 June, 6-8pm.
June 3, 2026
Roxanne Voulanas | Macro | 12 June – 4 July. Exhibition opening Friday 12 June, 6-8pm.
June 3, 2026
Cathy Hilder | Under the Sea | 12 June – 4 July. Exhibition opening Friday 12 June, 6-8pm.
June 3, 2026
Jess Del Rosario | RejuveNature | 12 June – 4 July. Exhibition opening Friday 12 June, 6-8pm.
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