Town Hall Gallery is hosting an en plein air painting experience during the landmark exhibition Australian Tonalism: A selection from the John and Peter Perry Collection.

Judged by Australian Tonalism collector and genre expert Peter Perry, participants will capture the urban landscape around Hawthorn Arts Centre with like-minded art enthusiasts. Five top participants will be selected to later exhibit their painting in the Camberwell Art Show.

By capturing the tonal qualities of natural phenomena, the experience will attempt to tangibly replicate how artists, including Clarice Beckett, saw the world during the time of the Tonalism movement in Melbourne during the 1920s and 1930s.

This event is inspired by the current major exhibition ‘Australian Tonalism: A selection from the John and Peter Perry Collection’ and is presented partnership with the Camberwell Art Show.