St Albans artist Paul Borg is passionate about Brimbank’s creative community
As one of the founding members of the Hunt Club Community & Arts Centre in the 1980s, Borg helped establish the centre as an arts community and run its first art class.
Borg has now returned to the centre to take part in its new exhibition, ‘Re-Present’.
Borg said his painting of the landscape in Cairnlea was included in the exhibition.
“Cairnlea is known for its native trees planted many years ago,” he said.
“In fact, my father who was a migrant from Malta aged 19 years planted those trees back in 1955. He was part of a small group of migrant men who worked there when it was an industrial site.”
Borg has been an artist for 35 years and said he often paints Cairnlea.
“What inspires me is the colour of an environment I know well. The land I was born to. I travelled overseas years ago to seek other subject matters, but when I came back, I was drawn to suburbia even more,” he said,
“Its unique Melbourne light is not like any other I’ve seen. People may see suburbia as ugly but to me I see its beauty. Especially in Melbourne’s west it has its own particular atmosphere or presence that’s is so us.”
‘Re-Present’ is at 775 Ballarat Road, Deer Park, until April.
