27 Feb2026
Art Exhibition: Quirky Art @Raglan Gallery, Cooma
27/02/2026-19/04/2026, 10:30 am-3:30 pm9-11 Lambie Street, Cooma
Art Exhibition: Quirky Art @Raglan Gallery, Cooma
WHAT’S ON: “Our QUIRKY ARTS exhibition has been designed around a collection of Paint By Numbers artworks that Sean McClure will be showing. The history of Paint by Numbers tells us that in 1950’s a guy named Dan Robbins worked for Palmer Show Card Paint Company. At first, Robbins was hired to illustrate children’s books, but was soon tasked with a new, more urgent mission: sell more paint. His solution was to devise a hobby kit that would promote the sale of Klein’s paint products.
Robbins based his concept on Leonardo da Vinci’s teaching system of numbering sections of his canvases for apprentices to complete. “I remembered hearing about how Leonardo da Vinci would challenge his own students or apprentices with creative assignments,” Robbins recalls in his autobiography. “He would hand out numbered patterns indicating where certain colours should be used in specific projects such as underpainting, preliminary background colours or some lesser works that did not require his immediate attention.”
So next time you do a Paint by Numbers artwork know that you are in good company with Mr Da Vinci.”
WHEN: Wednesday 11 March until 19 April (Gallery hours: 10:30am – 3:30pm Wed to Sun)
WHERE: Raglan Gallery, 9-11 Lambie St, Cooma NSW
COST: FREE
Raglan Gallery
9-11 Lambie Street
Cooma
9-11 Lambie Street
Cooma
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