This exhibition celebrates the artist’s love of live music through a selection of paintings, drawings, and ceramic hand-formed sculptures created over the last few years. In this work, he takes a whimsical and comical approach in depicting musical instruments, musicians, and audience members. The energetic use of colour and line reflects the energy and emotions that can be experienced by both the performers and their audiences.

Steve Roper is a local Canberra artist who has been creating art for five decades in paint, sculpture and illustration. He currently works from his studio at the Australian National Capital Artists (ANCA) studios at Dickson. His awards include the Canberra Times National Art Award (1983), the Doug Alexander Award (2020) and Highly Commended at the Muswellbrook Art Prize (1991). He has taught art at Narrabundah College and Dickson College, and is a father of two.