Painting, stitching and kindness rocks filled the Narrandera Arts and Community Centre over the weekend for the Arts and Creative Fair. 

The free event featured a demonstration of encaustic art, or painting with wax, by Sharon de Valentin on Sunday.

Encaustic is an ancient painting medium first practiced by Greek artists as far back as the fifth century BC, and combines molten bees wax with dry pigment and tree resin.

The Arts and Creative Fair was hosted by the Narrandera Arts and Creative Network Inc and built on the success of an earlier exhibition of local artists organised by Tracey Lewis.

Chair Julie Briggs said around 12 local artists either exhibited or held workshops over the two days.

“We were pleasantly surprised by how many young families attended and visitors from Griffith and Leeton,” Ms Briggs said.

“We were really trying to activate the art centre to get people involved in fun activities, and get to know the local artists and have some of them working on site.

“We wanted our artists to meet and greet each other. The feedback we have had so far is they were really happy with the day.”

Ms Briggs said the encaustic demonstration on Sunday proved quite popular.

Becky Merrit is known for placing Kindness Rocks throughout the local region for children and adults to find, and she held a painting workshop at the Arts and Creative Fair. Artists included ex-Narrandera resident John Beattie with his landscapes and still life paintings, Betty Bradney with visual art, Matong painter Linda Nolan, Lindee Russell with her handicrafts, Cassie Patterson, Barb Cassidy, Grong Grong artist Christina Peters, Narrandera photographer Mike Perrott and Kerrie Perrott with her handmade cards.

Ms Briggs said another Arts and Creative Fair would follow on with a date to be set.