Exhibition | Katherine E. Seppings

After the Fire exhibition

The Loddon Valley Arts Trail festival – 2-4 October 2026

After the Fire exhibition – Inglewood Town Hall

Photographers: Lana Bertoni, Katherine Seppings, Anthony (Red) Webster

This premiere photographic exhibition documents the aftermath of the devastating Harcourt bushfire, gathering images that show the shock as well as the courage of the people who lost so much and those who responded to help.
Out of the tragedy, the photographers have captured a harsh beauty that will – and must – be remembered.

On 9 January 2026, as the Fogarty’s Gap Rd fire approached, Katherine evacuated from Harcourt town to North Harcourt, experiencing the fire twice. Katherine has captured the terror and devastation on the day, and the following weeks of recovery and renewal. She has documented the aftermath of major bushfires in Victoria since Ash Wednesday, 1983. Living in Harcourt, documenting the fire was deeply personal. ‘It felt imperative to share what I witnessed, and to honour the impact on our whole region.‘

Event: After the Fire – a Conversation, with Katherine Seppings and Gardens of Fire author Robert Kenny, Friday 2 October from 3.45pm, Inglewood Town Hall.

The 2026 Loddon Valley Arts Trail festival transforms heritage venues, tiny towns and unexpected places into a shire-wide 3-day celebration of creativity – art, music, creative writing and workshops. More than 30 exhibitions!

https://www.loddonvalleyartstrail.com.au

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June 11, 2025

‘Best Photographic Work’

Best Photographic Work – ‘Fewa Lake, Pokhara, Nepal’ by Katherine Seppings

I won ‘Best Photographic Work’ at the Rotary Castlemaine Art Show on 5 June, for a photograph I took of Fewa Lake, Pokhara, Nepal, at sunset, 1998, looking across at the Annapurna mountain range.

‘This quiet and serene work captures the atmosphere of the dusk over the water in this remote place so well. You can feel the sense of stillness and cripsness in the air that I felt to be quite meditative. I particularly liked the composition, the water in the foreground, and the subtle tonal shifts in the layers of mountainous landscape. I also like the energy of the cloud hovering across the snowy mountain peak that can be seen towering in the top corner.’
Judge Artist Greg Wood

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December 12, 2021

Brickworks Gallery Historical Show

The 40th Anniversary of the first exhibition held at ‘The Bricky’ is being celebrated with a ‘Historical Show’ at the Castlemaine Brickworks Gallery this December.
It was an honour and a joy to curate it.
Of the twenty artists selected from Castlemaine Artists Co-Op/Inc (1980-1992) – painters, printmakers, photographers, potters, sculptors – many are recognised nationally and internationally.
Castlemaine Artists Co-Operative was a group of 30 artists and craftspeople who came to the district in the 1960s and 70s. They held their shows at the old brickworks in 1981, 82 and 83. In 1986, with more artists in the area, the group became Castlemaine Artists Incorporated. In 1992 the group folded and merged into the fledgling Castlemaine Fringe.
I am recording, archiving and writing the History of Castlemaine Arts (1960-90).