Thursday, February 18, 2010

Jamie Daddo


There are artists that strike a sensible chord in avery one of us and Jamie's work has done just that today at the
Edgewater Gallery 87 Carlisle Street, Ethelton SA 5015

You must see Jamie's work to understand. You must meet Jamie to be overwhelmed.
I did both. I am blessed.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Betty Anderson




Biography – Betty Anderson


1936 Born: Balaklava SA

1963 Whilst living on a remote Aboriginal Settlement in the 60’s commenced painting in oils A number of moves and work commitments meant that she only painted spasmodically, all without tuition.

1975-79 After Cyclone Tracey, commenced sculpturing in stone – talc, pyrophyllite and other stone – and eventually doing commission work in jade.

2008 Seriously resumed my art interest.


Exhibitions:

1976 Shoalhaven Art Exhibition – 2nd Prize, painting

2002? Rotary Art Exhibition – Blackwood - sculpture

2008 Rotary Art Exhibition – Blackwood - painting
Stirling Organic Market Café

2009 Rotary Art Exhibition – Blackwood
Rotary Art Exhibition – Aberfoyle Park
Coastlands Christian Centre
Stirling Fine Arts Exhibition
Outsiders Exhibition
RSASA

2010 Gallery M -

Veritas Winery, Barossa Valley


My painting is realistic and detailed. I love the play of light with its shadows and reflections and graduation of colour on objects, thus I prefer painting flowers, birds and portraits rather than landscapes. The flowers I paint are taken in their natural settings, portraying nature as it is and not contrived.

My sculpture reflects my preference for people, although I tend toward abstract in my larger pieces.


Phone: 08 8370 3191 (H); 0404 863 633 (M)

Email: bma@primusonline.com.au


Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Neil Sheppard - landscapes like you have never seen before


Artwork by Neil Sheppard,(alias SHEP) is represented in private collections throughout the world.

Neil was born in the UK in 1956, and migrated to Australia in 1963 with his parents when he was 7 years of age.

Neils’ family settled in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. After leaving High School, Neil spent a few years touring Australia and New Zealand, working at a variety of jobs, then studied and graduated as a teacher.

From an early age Neil always enjoyed drawing, and started his art career working in pen and ink. In 1998 Neil ventured into colour, painting in acrylics, and in 2005 began experimenting with oils.

Neil is on a continual creative journey, exploring new subjects, new styles, new techniques. He is a skilled and adventurous artist, sometimes using bright colours, and at other times soft subdued tones, mixing mediums, or sometimes adding 3-dimensional texture with interesting materials like silver foil or wood. Neil has the ability to alternate his style with ease between landscapes, seascapes, traditional, modern, abstract, impressionism or realism.


Neil lives at Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island with his wife, in a strawbale and stone loft home he built himself. He currently works full-time as an artist, maintaining his own gallery, Sheps’ Studio, built adjacent to his residence.

www.visualartist.info/shep