IMMERSIVE ART
AT COAL LOADER
SAVING SCAPES: SEASCAPES
WHEN: Thursday 26 March 2026 | 5pm-10pm
Friday 27 March 2026 | 5pm-10pm
WHERE: Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability
ENTRY: Free (artworks available for purchase)
Spend the morning soaking up the energy of the Ocean Lovers Festival, and then step into Saving Scapes: Seascapes. It’s an immersive art experience at the Coal Loader near North Sydney, inviting you to pause, feel, and reconnect with the ocean we all love.
This exhibition brings together a collection of artists who thoughtfully document the beauty and fragility of our seascapes through underwater photography, painting, illustration, animation, poetry and AV installations.
In a time of escalating ecological and economic pressures, Saving Scapes offers a space for shared healing and, most importantly, hope.
By pairing powerful imagery with sound and storytelling, the show reminds us that the ocean is more than a backdrop to our lives, it’s a life force we’re all connected to and responsible for protecting.
WHAT TO EXPECT
This reflective, sensory experience includes:
Curated Seascape Artworks: ocean photography, illustration and animation that celebrate the beauty of our natural world.
Audio-Visual Ocean Journey: Sea Through Sound’s AV projection and sound work, blending underwater photography with music to capture the ever-changing nature of our seas.
Art for Impact: 20% of each artwork sold supports ocean and climate charities such as Underwater Earth, with the remainder helping artists continue to document the environments we cherish.
Space for Connection & Hope: A welcoming environment to reflect, converse, and feel inspired to take small actions that protect the “big blue”.
More than just viewing art on the wall, Saving Scapes: Seascapes invites you to really delve in and notice the details, to feel the emotion behind each piece, and leave with a renewed sense of care for the world beneath the waves.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Sea Through Sound (@seathroughsound) is a Sydney-based underwater photographer, music producer and audio-visual artist creating immersive sensory experiences that pair ocean imagery with original sound. Through his work, Nick invites audiences to reconnect with curiosity, memory and the magic of the underwater world.
Fin Blood (@fin_blood) is a Sydney-based landscape artist whose work explores place, memory and the quiet beauty of lived experience. Inspired by time spent in nature and sketching en plein air, his paintings invite a deeper connection to the natural world and the moments that leave lasting impressions.
Anthea Ben-Naim (@antheabn) is a Sydney-based artist and illustrator whose acrylic and watercolour works explore hope, fragility and resilience through the lens of the natural world. Her seascapes invite quiet reflection on our relationship with the environment and serve as a gentle yet powerful call to protect what we love.
Nicky Hughson (@nixhughson) is a multi-disciplinary artist working across watercolour, photography, poetry and digital illustration, known for her deeply emotive and immersive creative voice. A founder of Lucky Last Creative, her work reimagines the world with fresh perspective, blending words, image and experience into powerful sensory storytelling.
Julia Norton (@julianorton_artist) is a Sydney-based artist and former New York fashion designer whose 20-year career across print, swimwear and lingerie for global brands has shaped her refined sense of colour and form. Now painting from her home studio, Julia balances motherhood with a deeply personal practice, creating works that unite technical precision with expressive landscape and purpose-driven storytelling.