However, the prolific artist's push to move on hit a snag late last week when she and husband Dave, got caught in the floods out west.

After selling their Victoria Point home, the couple packed up their possessions and had driven to their new home in Mitchell when the flood waters hit, stranding them and ruining everything they own.

Although Joan is busy dealing with the flood, some good friends have pulled together to ensure her exhibition will go ahead at Yurara Art Gallery, Thornlands.

Joan has won many awards in a long career and has works in public and private collections around the world.

She is inspired by local and remote Australan landscapes.

"There's no use storing anything. You can replace it for what you spend on storage. So this is part of a fire sale," she said.

Joan said she and her husband Dave had already become involved in the Mitchell community, intending to "entertain the grey nomads" as they come through.

"There is an artesian spa there and they come through in droves every April. The aim is to keep them entertained so they will stay for a few more days," Joan said.

Joan is already a member of the Mitchell Art Council and will run workshops for children.

She said that besides her working in her studio on the property, Dave would take up pottery after an absence of 17 years.

"We've already been taking up kiln bricks. Raku is lots of fun and a startling thing to do at night."

o Moving On will be staged at the Yurara Art Gallery at Pinklands, Cleveland Redland Bay Road, Thornlands. It will be opened by Cr Karen Williams (Div 9) on Friday, February 10, and on February 11 and 12. The gallery will be open that weekend from 10am to 4pm.