AN ART exhibition at Williamstown’s Substation will highlight a group of local artists that are often under-represented.

Yarraville resident Peter Cave will be one of the many artists with disabilities to exhibit their work at A4 @ The Substation exhibition, which opens this Friday.

Pathways and planning co-ordinator at Annecto -The People Network, Kate Warlond said it was a great way to get their community together and show the wider public what they could do.

“It was the Substation and Hobsons Bay that identified that we do have a range of artists from a different community that aren’t often represented, and other people had identified that we have artists from a slightly different perspective,” she said.

Mr Cave has been oil painting since he was 16 and said he’ll continue to paint “as long as kangaroos are in Australia”.

“It’s a personal love, a true love of art,” he said.

The artist has had several exhibitions including one at the Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre.

“I have three going in this weekend, one of a tram from the western suburbs, one of Maribyrnong river and one of the West Gate Bridge in the Western suburbs,” he said.

Hobsons Bay mayor Peter Hemphill said there were almost 16,000 people, or 18 per cent of Hobsons Bay residents who had a disability.

“The aim of A4 @ The Substation is to promote social understanding, acceptance and inclusion of people with a disability, while highlighting some of the outstanding local talent of our residents,” he said.

Mr Cave is a landscape painter who works with oils.

“I started with brush strokes and canvas boards, I always stuck with oils all my life.”

He’s marked and categorised all his artworks and has “too many to count”.

“I keep on going every day of the year since I was 16 and a half,” he said.

“I’m happy because it’s part of my life, isn’t it? It’s part of my life and growing up as well.”

The exhibition will include glasswork, jewellery, a group mosaic, media, sculptures and paintings.

The exhibition runs from 16-25 October and is open Thursday to Sunday from 10am-4pm. For more information contact The Substation on 9391 2736 or visit www.thesubstation.org.au.