tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26736513923735140252024-03-05T17:15:40.169-08:00Artists that inspireA site dedicated to artists that have, over the years, inspired me.
I hope you enjoy their work and ideas, as much as I do.
Stefan MaguranAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-62683767268692633092010-10-17T17:14:00.000-07:002010-10-17T17:25:29.433-07:00John McNelley<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMbhxPELuIPIgqA137K4jzDUKm1btm3g__zzKtrN5n3KQzVVc90tN7SJCkYDdu7PxMz24jM3WafWsFRX7kb0OvOMlH7O_dbTIZDNhgv6A_FEhovbuAIEqM1KfGnznj93QgZH_fWhQLfc/s1600/PA040035.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMbhxPELuIPIgqA137K4jzDUKm1btm3g__zzKtrN5n3KQzVVc90tN7SJCkYDdu7PxMz24jM3WafWsFRX7kb0OvOMlH7O_dbTIZDNhgv6A_FEhovbuAIEqM1KfGnznj93QgZH_fWhQLfc/s320/PA040035.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529174229574482290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">John McNelley - Quarry</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">I started painting in 2007 december I think and I got interested in painting </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">by watching Ken Harris on community tv. I attended one of his workshops and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">found it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">rather good. Oils tho tend to make me a little ill so I switched to acrylic </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">paint and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">experimented with different combinations of applying the paint until I found </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">a method </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">that brought some success.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">I rather like the Fauve painters Brian Simons of Canada is the current </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">favourite of these</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">I enjoy Cezanne and the Impressionists and have seen a few of the originals </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">in the various </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">shows around Australia when I can - I would love to go to Paris to see the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Louvre and the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Dorsay museum and explore the world of European art a little more. I have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">tried Plein aire</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">but have not been all that good at it, or the results have been somewhat </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">disappointing. I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">prefer the creative process to the finished product but enjoy it when a plan </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">comes together </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">[ more by accident than design ] to get a harmonious result in an artwork.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Currently I would like to use figures in landscape painting that are bolder </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">than what I have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">been doing. Perhaps a stylized form of figure painting that might be more </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">cartoon like than </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">natural drawings. I enjoy Chagall in this regard who more painting free </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">flowing emotional </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">energy than anything like form in his work.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">In painting, I might start out with a plan but it usually turns out that the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">plan is just a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">basic support for a caprice on a theme. The main aim of a painting is a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">harmonious outcome </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">rather than just to paint what is in front of you wither that be a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">photograph or a motif out </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">in nature.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, 'Sans Serif', Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://web.me.com/john.mcnelley/john.mcnelley/welcome.html</span></span><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">When I want to try something different, I usually get to a local quarry - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">where no one goes,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">and paint the landscape in some imagined new way - as there is nothing new </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">under the sun, the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">aim of any painter is to apply paint like no one else has done so. That is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">called "style".</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">I find any artist who is successful at making a living from art an </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">inspiration even tho the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">art produced might not be to my liking. Picasso I can't stand but he was the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">most successful </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">artist of the last century. Pro Hart is another artist I admire for making </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">it - he sold every</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">painting he ever did but some of his works leave me scratching my head as </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">does Ken Done, the Australian </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Fauve painter. Still good on them, they made it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">I would like to teach painting to improve or refine how I paint. There is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">nothing like showing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">others how you paint to discover where you need some work on your technique.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">I was born 1953 in Gatton Qld and worked in dozens of jobs, none of which I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">particularly was suited</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">for. My current job is in an office, its driving me crazy but it keeps me in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">paints and canvas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">and allows me the occasional trip to Sydney Melbourne or Canberra to visit </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">the galleries if there</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">is an Impressionist or Post impressionist or Expressionist show on. My next </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">trip is to Sydney Harbour </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">to take loads of photos of the water, boats and landscape to get some more </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">material for a few</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">paintings.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">My favourite Australian artist at the moment is Nan Peterson who reminds me </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">so much of Renoir in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">how she paints. I like Colley Whisson's paintings and have seen him </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">demonstrate how he does his </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">work and was most impressed on how quick he can churn out an Australian</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Impressionist piece.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Sans Serif', Tahoma; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://web.me.com/john.mcnelley/john.mcnelley/welcome.html</span></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-13611022217570120012010-02-18T01:19:00.001-08:002010-02-18T01:25:25.312-08:00Jamie Daddo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzrYfKWHVL8o1PZ5W1z-sYBqqNgZwx_eKkmzD-q247luwog6Eb52B7qtmc4sU0PFNTKtlFKBCsz7zDskxaxY_z6Dy4wksN7q3GUziXXOBnw6DEiWC9xSCQiPucXO8KAvS1EXhGb7q2h4/s1600-h/DSCN6098.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzrYfKWHVL8o1PZ5W1z-sYBqqNgZwx_eKkmzD-q247luwog6Eb52B7qtmc4sU0PFNTKtlFKBCsz7zDskxaxY_z6Dy4wksN7q3GUziXXOBnw6DEiWC9xSCQiPucXO8KAvS1EXhGb7q2h4/s320/DSCN6098.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439511813297049378" /></a><br />There are artists that strike a sensible chord in avery one of us and Jamie's work has done just that today at the <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"></span><tr><td class="data" style=" text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; font-size:11px;"><div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Edgewater Gallery 87 Carlisle Street, Ethelton SA 5015</span></div><div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You must see Jamie's work to understand. You must meet Jamie to be overwhelmed.</span></div><div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I did both. I am blessed.</span></div></td></tr>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-89205431139341293612010-02-08T18:32:00.000-08:002010-02-08T18:36:02.911-08:00Betty Anderson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPRnYmLhNrIKuFcrwJZnpqhmFmsaNlDO-ezNlqwHbse9JTDPSH60BkDFUdvaWgWW0Kr1i3abvqIdCnJxm11GrOfo-ruBOx9vN5CSMALWbB9UMo0b41zyvww01upa7mpytZj78elYQgnE/s1600-h/DSCN5487.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPRnYmLhNrIKuFcrwJZnpqhmFmsaNlDO-ezNlqwHbse9JTDPSH60BkDFUdvaWgWW0Kr1i3abvqIdCnJxm11GrOfo-ruBOx9vN5CSMALWbB9UMo0b41zyvww01upa7mpytZj78elYQgnE/s320/DSCN5487.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436066770149943826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pTALDHsjvssVgubGNQlB95juWtWCDh21VpRYInfybNyIWXVTzlfpXY0gvON2pXbx7ToWoidEcGZmiLeSTBGoac8aA5jx_72jFbzOfRyY_MtP0LVpClgcLEosjpCC03ra3NscceftyNM/s1600-h/DSCN5461.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 169px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pTALDHsjvssVgubGNQlB95juWtWCDh21VpRYInfybNyIWXVTzlfpXY0gvON2pXbx7ToWoidEcGZmiLeSTBGoac8aA5jx_72jFbzOfRyY_MtP0LVpClgcLEosjpCC03ra3NscceftyNM/s320/DSCN5461.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436066643734499026" /></a><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Arial; min-height: 12.0pxcolor:#183df9;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Arial; min-height: 16.0pxcolor:#183df9;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px 'Arial Black'; color:#183df9;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Biography – Betty Anderson</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Arial; min-height: 12.0pxcolor:#183df9;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial; min-height: 12.0pxcolor:#ff1d16;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#ff1d16;">1936</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Born: Balaklava SA</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#ff1d16;">1963</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>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.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#ff1d16;">1975-79</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>After Cyclone Tracey, commenced sculpturing in stone – talc, pyrophyllite and other stone – and eventually doing commission work in jade.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#ff1d16;">2008</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Seriously resumed my art interest.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial; min-height: 12.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial; color:#ff1d16;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Exhibitions:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#ff1d16;">1976</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Shoalhaven Art Exhibition – 2nd Prize, painting</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#ff1d16;">2002?</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Rotary Art Exhibition – Blackwood - sculpture</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#ff1d16;">2008</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Rotary Art Exhibition – Blackwood - painting<br />Stirling Organic Market Café</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#ff1d16;">2009</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Rotary Art Exhibition – Blackwood<br />Rotary Art Exhibition – Aberfoyle Park<br />Coastlands Christian Centre<br />Stirling Fine Arts Exhibition<br />Outsiders Exhibition<br />RSASA</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#ff1d16;">2010<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Gallery M -</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> Veritas Winery, Barossa Valley</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 72.0px; text-indent: -72.0px; font: 11.0px Arial; min-height: 12.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">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. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">My sculpture reflects my preference for people, although I tend toward abstract in my larger pieces.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Arial; min-height: 12.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#ff1d16;">Phone:</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> 08 8370 3191 (H); 0404 863 633 (M)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#ff1d16;">Email:</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> bma@primusonline.com.au</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><br /></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-73687545307155228302010-02-03T14:14:00.000-08:002010-02-03T14:18:32.210-08:00Neil Sheppard - landscapes like you have never seen before<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzDXCIXqEdewiRNfeUbut3SWU1WlI7ObfEbu-n1nf4i7e8HYMvaighPGLcF5PMRMhzEmTYr_TqlkPkeFt8AnbJ3NI5xIeJK8sbt-B5Mb2cBXqoq1CIdkAuRrN-QUoQUlhyphenhyphen3fncyopXPo/s1600-h/DSCN5939.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzDXCIXqEdewiRNfeUbut3SWU1WlI7ObfEbu-n1nf4i7e8HYMvaighPGLcF5PMRMhzEmTYr_TqlkPkeFt8AnbJ3NI5xIeJK8sbt-B5Mb2cBXqoq1CIdkAuRrN-QUoQUlhyphenhyphen3fncyopXPo/s320/DSCN5939.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434144778617815330" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica;font-size:11px;">Artwork by Neil Sheppard,(alias SHEP) is represented in private collections throughout the world.<br /><br />Neil was born in the UK in 1956, and migrated to Australia in 1963 with his parents when he was 7 years of age.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><br />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.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); ">www.visualartist.info/shep</span></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-79066268690159351042010-01-13T12:59:00.000-08:002010-01-13T13:06:44.560-08:00Julie Corfe - a very talented artist and teacher and a lovely lady<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yD-cG4wS45xO6rHJrhyphenhyphentkbv69pMI6CXzVodC_INL2swR6zB2ahGRmjLI1phkYX4YZhpJ63QB7Oc4TetZQbrV5SR5745k38woRwc-bL5aYhPWERdtFVnyMSdlbFFcUVgOo3rAq_3IzKE/s1600-h/DSCN5742.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yD-cG4wS45xO6rHJrhyphenhyphentkbv69pMI6CXzVodC_INL2swR6zB2ahGRmjLI1phkYX4YZhpJ63QB7Oc4TetZQbrV5SR5745k38woRwc-bL5aYhPWERdtFVnyMSdlbFFcUVgOo3rAq_3IzKE/s320/DSCN5742.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426332578531620898" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><h3 style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; ">ART SALE: Julie Corfe and Students</h3><div><br /></div><div>A wonderful collection of works on scrapeboard. Some oils, some watercolours. Most of them sold at the opening.</div><div>A showcase of Julie's passion for art that is clearly visible in her and her student's works.</div><div><br /></div><div>A must see show</div><div><br /></div><div>At The Tranquillo restaurant </div><div>3/4 Mt. Barker Rd., Stirling</div><div><br /></div><div>Until 13 february 2010</div></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-10156653950214880152010-01-08T23:15:00.000-08:002010-01-08T23:16:53.863-08:00Robert Brokenmouth by Mike Retter<object width="400" height="220"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8629755&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8629755&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="220"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8629755">Robert Brokenmouth</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2328281">Mike Retter</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-84024367499982162842010-01-07T17:22:00.000-08:002010-01-07T17:24:06.934-08:00Little moon lady<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIer1Cf1k9Ltg4aK3Ha89FGBkg6uvb2fkvx9onbrYbhk0zYf-CUDyAhE1F19I0-iTUVMhUL0T2lfV6eSSbaUtU_sJiJPS9GingkkFCM_SIxUj4XCnL4CArL0gyRPggQroUWhTnxy-D2I/s1600-h/xmas1s134_350x467.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIer1Cf1k9Ltg4aK3Ha89FGBkg6uvb2fkvx9onbrYbhk0zYf-CUDyAhE1F19I0-iTUVMhUL0T2lfV6eSSbaUtU_sJiJPS9GingkkFCM_SIxUj4XCnL4CArL0gyRPggQroUWhTnxy-D2I/s320/xmas1s134_350x467.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424173461842837826" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; ">Dedicated to you Stefan<br />Unafraid to pursue your dreams encouraging others along the way!<br />This little moon lady has been in my mind for a while.<br />She represents standing up for your own personal beliefs - no matter how ridiculous they may seem to others, even if it is only your pets and bystanders that give you support in your pursuits - you must keep going to stay true to yourself and gather strength.<br />This allows us to appreciate ourselves and others and give generously to the world.<br />Remain open to possibilities as there are no rules!<br />Best wishes always.<br />Wendy Olsen</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-15173744791932507282009-10-02T14:26:00.000-07:002009-10-02T16:26:30.815-07:00Peter Wallfried - a passion for water in the driest state of Australia<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7JR6EfvTGumIxywPGRLaScngnJ9Hn0RE6cUsNxhHtpaWIYGebU0Pb_LRiIGbQRuH8j3LaKUV1Sb9no5KpWJ-9f_aKv7V1764zUoxvPi1Mr51VpPmf5hzAA2u8LA0d2AOM07_miIhmRXA/s1600-h/industry+repro.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 186px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388122965214954594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7JR6EfvTGumIxywPGRLaScngnJ9Hn0RE6cUsNxhHtpaWIYGebU0Pb_LRiIGbQRuH8j3LaKUV1Sb9no5KpWJ-9f_aKv7V1764zUoxvPi1Mr51VpPmf5hzAA2u8LA0d2AOM07_miIhmRXA/s320/industry+repro.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Peter <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wallfried</span> was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1952. His family emigrated to Australia in 1955, moving from state to state until finally settling in South Australia. His childhood was spent in the Port Adelaide/Semaphore area. Tertiary studies were completed at the S.A. School of Art (Stanley Street), Western Teachers College and the University of S.A. Peter is primarily a teacher of art but has concentrated more on his own work in the last 8 years, having four solo exhibitions in that time as well as entering various competitions and prize.<br /><br />His works have very strong tonal qualities and demonstrate a lively observation of nature and its surrounds. They capture the very real image and transpose the viewer into a relaxing and peaceful space. His handling of reflections is entrancing, and one of the most <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">noticeable</span> features of his work.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.peterwalfried.com.au/">http://www.peterwalfried.com.au/</a><br /><br />Current exhibition:<br />Reflections on the Murray<br />2 - 30 October 2009<br />Pepper Street Arts Centre558 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Magill</span> Road, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Magill</span>(Corner of Pepper Street and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Magill</span> Road)Open Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 12noon-5pm<br />Contacts: Alex <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cornwell</span> and Sally Patterson<br />Phone: (08) 8364 6154<br />Email: <a href="mailto:pepperstreet@burnside.sa.gov.au">pepperstreet@burnside.sa.gov.au</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-26709950196609448872009-09-23T11:50:00.000-07:002009-09-23T12:34:44.359-07:00Dianne Gall<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigr-SU-6wVrvUgoEIWBQEk1ikq_QLV7mV2pXqFoCmaHepmWuIpJt-5tyU5JilW3WrBWI4H2K1vivJecLkgaWQJET1JcWQFnsV7bIsoeRhnhiNBLF1JxIlTiJ5jUxj7jbcVnhwjLb27fAA/s1600-h/troubled+beauty.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 275px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384748073761586578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigr-SU-6wVrvUgoEIWBQEk1ikq_QLV7mV2pXqFoCmaHepmWuIpJt-5tyU5JilW3WrBWI4H2K1vivJecLkgaWQJET1JcWQFnsV7bIsoeRhnhiNBLF1JxIlTiJ5jUxj7jbcVnhwjLb27fAA/s320/troubled+beauty.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxoUc7JZaSoO6K-68vdMV81UIAYeoir30Z8Dn6JalvJPSlywKzjazi0jyZ9zOfhLOTvtMxt8YIDdVzfsncB2Q2QC1y-gNh49CUcFgXO3XXvi_CRzKrj31acEYMbOhlx_7jL621Nz8vCUY/s1600-h/Stanley.jpg"></a>"Troubled Beauty" 2009 Oil on Linen 30.5x35.5cms</div><br /><div align="center">"One of the first images of my paintings from my upcoming show <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noir</span>, which opens in Canberra, at <a href="http://www.beavergalleries.com.au/">Beaver Galleries</a> on October 15<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> 2009."</div><br /><div align="center">Dianne Gall - <a href="http://diannegall.blogspot.com/">http://diannegall.blogspot.com/</a> </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="justify"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Brancusi</span> once said: "Nothing grows under the shadow of big trees." </div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">"Australian Artist, Dianne Gall, graduated from the South Australian School of Art over 20 years ago and has had over 14 Solo exhibitions and more than 50 group shows.</div><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">I believe in creating art for the right reasons, because you want to create as a method of expression, not to make a dollar. This is why I have always worked full-time in another profession, to support my art, so as not to be in the position of painting for money, I cannot bare that scenario. Nor can I stand myself to just walk up to the easel and blindly paint just because I can. It is not a good way to conduct your art career (except when you are just out of art school and finding your feet), to exhibit just because its your turn in your galleries cycle. You must have something to say, it is for this reason, I sometimes don't paint, it is always on my mind, but I don't see the point of painting to fill an exhibition just because your dealers space needs 30 paintings to fill it. Its just not on, it is better to have 10 large, well constructed images, that are the best that you can do at the time, with a couple of studies on the walls, than more dross for the mill. I also feel that painting is a continuum throughout your life, whilst your subject matter may change over time, it is still this journey, one that I started when I was about 5 or 6 years old in earnest. I've always wanted to paint, I feel unsettled if I don't paint, all those things swimming around in my head just waiting to get out, its almost a cathartic process, that I need to go through."</div><br /><div align="justify">Dianne Gall - 2009</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">Working full time, studying full time, being with Jim <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thalassoudis</span> full time and painting so profound because she must, when she must - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Brancusi</span> was wrong.</div><br /><div align="justify">Sometimes two giants can live together and create beautiful works together.</div><br /><div align="justify">You can see their upcoming show at:</div><br /><div align="justify">Beaver Galleries, </div><br /><div align="justify">81 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Denison</span> Street, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Deakin</span>, Canberra</div><br /><div align="justify">15 October - 3 November 2009 </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-11354530996677665382009-09-09T12:57:00.000-07:002009-09-09T13:03:27.684-07:00Julie Stephens - Capturing the Spirit of Australian Wildife and Nature on canvas<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjla3CfCih4HsQQuB_iIbIjhGsXn5aIYnM3zhOIzZ2pr1yjvIrC4ZtfoxN_2S0kgCOQQ4S5E-8eCfi26E4VuIOpo9cDJAWvuOi1IhtTGEGUe5XQmioAbA4wwHfGUYJLjS0Vkeqz5nd4ATY/s1600-h/P7050509.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379559642017086786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjla3CfCih4HsQQuB_iIbIjhGsXn5aIYnM3zhOIzZ2pr1yjvIrC4ZtfoxN_2S0kgCOQQ4S5E-8eCfi26E4VuIOpo9cDJAWvuOi1IhtTGEGUe5XQmioAbA4wwHfGUYJLjS0Vkeqz5nd4ATY/s320/P7050509.JPG" /></a><br />"I live in Northern Country Victoria , and ever since I can remember I have been interested in art, I have painted in oils on and off for most of my life, and now I am retired I am taking my painting very seriously and paint every day, I also have a passion for Australian wildlife, especially birds, Even when I was a little girl I would spend hours just watching the habits of birds, and still do that today. I now concentrate on painting birds, but I also paint portraits, seascape and landscapes.<br /><br />You can also view some of my work at<br /><a href="http://julie-stephens.blogspot.com/">http://julie-stephens.blogspot.com</a>"<br /><br />Julie StephensAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-29182785595390686942009-08-26T13:49:00.000-07:002009-09-01T16:03:27.152-07:00Amanda van Gils - with an end in mind<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdTXisph_X0FP7YQYAIyLn_p6aj5iEuKU_BpS7HiKl6likTq1vNpVDSPDPhK_Li25Jqxj3xlvQvgIEOFb108_TnkvmbEnWH6xfnKht3L_lJYMw2yAbQyJn61MffwCRXIVa7lIGCa_WLM/s1600-h/With+an+end+in+mind.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 241px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376630510686505026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdTXisph_X0FP7YQYAIyLn_p6aj5iEuKU_BpS7HiKl6likTq1vNpVDSPDPhK_Li25Jqxj3xlvQvgIEOFb108_TnkvmbEnWH6xfnKht3L_lJYMw2yAbQyJn61MffwCRXIVa7lIGCa_WLM/s320/With+an+end+in+mind.jpg" /></a> With an end in mind - oil on linen<br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">I love her early works and her quest for new expressive ideas.</div><br /><div align="left">I admire her willingness to help - her posts on Art Forum and Australian Art Forum are always informative and very helpful.</div><div align="left"> </div>Talking with Art Interview about her work in 2006 Amanda said:<br /><div align="center">"My postgraduate was at the <a href="http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/" target="_blank">Victorian College of the Arts</a> and my undergraduate was at Chisholm Institute (now <a href="http://www.monash.edu.au/" target="_blank">Monash University</a>) in Melbourne.</div><br /><div align="left"></div>I started by creating very abstract landscapes. You could tell they were landscapes but they were not intended to be very accurate representations. I was painting the idea of a landscape. I also played with other things, but I would say that I have always been heavily based in figurative work. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="center">Everything has evolved over time. If I look at the work I have created over the last seven years there has been an apparent evolution of the ideas. What I am doing now is very different from what I was doing seven years ago. There has been a natural progression from one piece of work or from one theme to another. I am currently painting children playing in the sky. That evolved from painting people snorkeling in the sky, which was one of those happy accidents. I just happened to put a photograph of myself snorkeling, while I was on holiday, next to a photograph of one of my drawings and the idea just somehow came to me. It was the first time that I actually worked with figures. I liked that idea and I began playing with the notion of limitless possibilities of being in the sky".</div><div align="justify"><br />Amanda van Gils - Art Interview - 006</div><div align="left">Enjoy Amanda's figurative work and more recent landscapes here:</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://www.amandavangils.com/">http://www.amandavangils.com/</a></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="center"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-49373493764124159222009-08-19T13:19:00.000-07:002009-08-19T13:24:39.610-07:00Gerhard Ritter - one of my dearest friends<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmrZMrBCe68PHAO3CnEjJ0gVaQ7UaAVQBJNkEawcFrTR1DlFNf6aNaru6UeSatkbJuJscTiXF8h67UWCvWlA5NLbONYQK8C8G-q-d3quDFJdTlqHm52EEJj3hIHTDNqJtoKst-2ePLDE/s1600-h/Michael+Atchison.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371773342382606466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmrZMrBCe68PHAO3CnEjJ0gVaQ7UaAVQBJNkEawcFrTR1DlFNf6aNaru6UeSatkbJuJscTiXF8h67UWCvWlA5NLbONYQK8C8G-q-d3quDFJdTlqHm52EEJj3hIHTDNqJtoKst-2ePLDE/s320/Michael+Atchison.jpg" /></a> Michael <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Atchison</span> oil on canvas, 140cm x 75cm<br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Gerhard grew up in Berlin and in Adelaide attending both Adelaide University and Uni SA, where he received an MBA. </div><br /><div align="center">Gerhard is proud to be a fellow and Director of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts. </div><br /><div align="center">He has won numerous prizes in painting and sculpture and believes in sharing his experiences and giving back to the art community. </div><br /><div align="center">He has been a contributor to Australian Artist magazine and has produced a series of instructional DVD’s. </div><br /><div align="center">His popular demonstrations and workshops are filled with examples of his work, frequent anecdotes and an abundance of tips. </div><br /><div align="center">For more information you can visit his website</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.portraitsinoil.com.au/">http://www.portraitsinoil.com.au/</a> or his popular blog </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://ritterart.blogspot.com/">http://ritterart.blogspot.com/</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-19812111931767542952009-08-12T15:03:00.000-07:002009-08-12T15:16:02.048-07:00David Arandle - The Extraordinary Tourist<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tg1bawUd-eMrxEavWKtlqbleN6dB1MqCTLpEF0rv1JR_cBRUKMQ8jrWtAlCOg9tN5mIjJwOIA2KV7mjzgCuX4LKg41RVFCfUPl0X6U6kOW6A2BElHp6YHC4KSNG1PcfGO4LuMnaw34A/s1600-h/Jac-cat-butterfly-bys.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369204505185158642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tg1bawUd-eMrxEavWKtlqbleN6dB1MqCTLpEF0rv1JR_cBRUKMQ8jrWtAlCOg9tN5mIjJwOIA2KV7mjzgCuX4LKg41RVFCfUPl0X6U6kOW6A2BElHp6YHC4KSNG1PcfGO4LuMnaw34A/s320/Jac-cat-butterfly-bys.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>"Generally I describe myself as an Artist but this tends to suggest only one aspect of my creativity. I have a creative interest in so many things. I write stories, poems, comedy, articles. I paint, draw, cartoon. I'm a graphic designer. I design and code web sites, program computers, create animation, video and multimedia presentations. Sometimes I'm a photographer, a model and a problem solver. Sometimes I invent things, design games, build stuff and manage people.<br />The point is that I'm a creative person. I don't put a limit on where I apply my creativity. You can't put me in a pigeon hole. I'd get bored if you did. It's just who I am. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>My real name is David <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Arandle</span>. It is only online that I am known as The Extraordinary Tourist. Most people just call me TET. In chat rooms I use the nickname <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">etourist</span> or some variation of it (as occasionally it's taken).<br />In April of 1999 I needed a new nickname for a message board, forum style, chat site called 'Whispers'. I was hoping to meet new people and make new friends so I wanted a nickname that would get me noticed.<br />Two years earlier I had created a character 'The Extraordinary Tourist', a traveler between perceptions. A guy who was different depending on your point of view. The character's name was a variation of a book title "The Accidental Tourist", which was later made into a film staring Gina Davis and William Hurt. I really liked that title and wanted something similar for my character.<br />To cut a long story short, the character had a cool name so I adopted it as my own. To some degree I have also superimposed the character into my own life - mostly adopting the idea of being 'Extraordinary'. I think it's an ideal worth striving for." </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>TET is one of my greatest inspirations, as one who has been where I am now.</div><br /><div>Enjoy his journeys here:</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.extraordinarytourist.com/">http://www.extraordinarytourist.com/</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-8570947953252348232009-08-05T14:13:00.000-07:002009-08-05T14:25:53.029-07:00Wendy Olsen - raising children and painting<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WxUpeOT6WpHaZ_rHH75zkfZqQPN8bGKBu73RaleWzk5wwpmwRSxFgDs9rYwY2vH1CY9b-02mD3I1rESJIvCoLd2Zb7_TiR_yg2UvfQEZGLLy3S3__npMCOJSwNhUPHOE8FUytdJFyyM/s1600-h/pp+041.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366593396043495026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WxUpeOT6WpHaZ_rHH75zkfZqQPN8bGKBu73RaleWzk5wwpmwRSxFgDs9rYwY2vH1CY9b-02mD3I1rESJIvCoLd2Zb7_TiR_yg2UvfQEZGLLy3S3__npMCOJSwNhUPHOE8FUytdJFyyM/s320/pp+041.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingS62Oij8t3rRnL3jodwQ2o_cAv4Cf5C7HZqPsnCKpjat1D8td-H9MLfmdgN75usTvilhCi5etXJT9vlMV4513_bDUVMLQiecCW4PQnhT8obr8rOK779m7cbhamJ6NMQ0iMzuO-iWMYE/s1600-h/pp+088.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366592485874925298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingS62Oij8t3rRnL3jodwQ2o_cAv4Cf5C7HZqPsnCKpjat1D8td-H9MLfmdgN75usTvilhCi5etXJT9vlMV4513_bDUVMLQiecCW4PQnhT8obr8rOK779m7cbhamJ6NMQ0iMzuO-iWMYE/s320/pp+088.jpg" /></a>I am Wendy Olsen, a 35 year old mother of three. I am a Gippsland artist who specialises mainly in acrylics and playing around with soft pastel, and the odd mixed media.<br />I am also self employed painting giftware and selling it locally and online as well .<br />I have always wanted to be an artist, and somewhere around four years ago it dawned on me that I actually had to create art to be one!<br />So... I began experimenting with pastels and mixed media and acrylic paints.<br />I then took 2 years off from painting art to have my third child, resuming earlier this year.<br />I have exhibited in several local shows and have work in many private collections across Australia and a few overseas. I have several pieces on show at The Town and Country Gallery in Yarragon Victoria.<br />I recently had a demonstration day showing the public how I create... this generated a lot of interest and I have been booked in to teach a workshop in Yarragon Victoria on saturday the 8th of August, to teach students (experienced and beginners alike) how to paint a realistic bird painting, covering composition, lighting and the small details that bring a painting to 'life'. </div><div>I paint wildlife, pets and people. I love creating contemporary portraits with mixed media and pastel, as well as contemporary florals.<br />I spend hours per day painting, and create at least one to two new works weekly...<br />I love painting, and I aim for this to show through in my work.<br />I have a website dedicated to showing some of my works. It is being updated on a regular basis, as new works get completed, I also have a blog, featuring some of my alternative art, and the stories and notes that accompany them.<br /><a href="http://www.wendyolsen-art.com/">http://www.wendyolsen-art.com/</a><br /><a href="http://wendyolsen-art.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://wendyolsen-art.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /></div><div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-8100295934895816912009-07-29T13:56:00.000-07:002009-07-29T14:15:35.796-07:00Martin Clarke - where the land meets the sea<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdQRd2AYLDRHpJ-s7eUxTa_qptRhHuo653EW-vHueAlV8f5w09IMvfHRskVjAlbakdOfGwyTEUhVYQqEIWl4_3hoQ44kNP7pv5gsQIkcyHQJtgr6gRcM8NUA-vuBBMYlFNBxTRakRSfc/s1600-h/Where-the-Land-Meets-the-Se.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 158px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363992999807960610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdQRd2AYLDRHpJ-s7eUxTa_qptRhHuo653EW-vHueAlV8f5w09IMvfHRskVjAlbakdOfGwyTEUhVYQqEIWl4_3hoQ44kNP7pv5gsQIkcyHQJtgr6gRcM8NUA-vuBBMYlFNBxTRakRSfc/s320/Where-the-Land-Meets-the-Se.jpg" /></a> <div align="justify"><br /><div>"I'm an ordinary bloke with an extraordinary interest in painting. I've been told I'm talented, but I have to disagree. It's not talent, it's a knowledge and love of the subject, it's painting many, many pieces, it's making mistakes and learning from them, it's observing the light and the colour, it's the hope and belief that the next piece is going to be your best piece, it's the constant, unending striving for the perfection you know you will never attain, but for which you reach nonetheless. I'm fascinated by water, the coast and waves, the result of many years of surfing and searching for that perfect wave. Along the way I have picked up a pretty good knowledge of the ocean, and I'm interested with the way light can interact with the ocean, or with lots of objects for that matter. Light plays a major role in my work, the way it shapes and colours form, the way it can reflect and refract, causing a dazzling bright or a warm and mysterious dark. </div><div> </div><div>People ask where my inspiration comes from. Have you ever walked on to a beach on an early Summer's morning, and seen the ripples dance over the multicoloured shallows with a dark ocean beckoning beyond? Have you ever sheltered behind a rock in a Winter's storm and seen the sun rays lancing down to light storm tossed, angry waves? Have you ever stood on the shore and watched and listened to the boom of huge Autumn surf pounding out the back, with the sun glistening off towering wave faces and the spray sparkling like a million diamonds as it's blown off the lip? Have you ever seen Spring's warming waters change colours as the weather changes, from steel greys to dazzling blues, from sandy yellows to breathtaking turquoises? If you have, you know where my inspiration comes from. If you haven't, I hope my work can help to take you there."</div><div></div><br /><div>Marty</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.martinclarke-art.com/">http://www.martinclarke-art.com/</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-91417496713554328432009-07-15T14:57:00.000-07:002009-07-15T15:02:59.486-07:00Bob Abrahams - Artist<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmbBH1Z_GopCPWI0ZvPhHRdQGUrRvobgKkiOcLtkS0M-_qEK9n9EykQv-VUh0qhAmYQGWU0Q2ruA2jzkQhzeY10bcidYa6OLheXIs1Gdzzsldp8dNX9YdHD7wayT1ePS0UB0v_CIhWg0/s1600-h/Bob2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358810739214112098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmbBH1Z_GopCPWI0ZvPhHRdQGUrRvobgKkiOcLtkS0M-_qEK9n9EykQv-VUh0qhAmYQGWU0Q2ruA2jzkQhzeY10bcidYa6OLheXIs1Gdzzsldp8dNX9YdHD7wayT1ePS0UB0v_CIhWg0/s320/Bob2.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TccQxXYq-Jr2yfFq4tEji3vgYgNoZDVFUtpZFTqiVMSE9X9Uas3UCcEKEIrD5uHO0AEG-jT3oDU7WcL1oU3j76DpIxahPsFRGgYo79tDxp72c7IMNU4SOC07GQAjouH8C8xhpplRxpo/s1600-h/Bob.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 188px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358810594303765858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TccQxXYq-Jr2yfFq4tEji3vgYgNoZDVFUtpZFTqiVMSE9X9Uas3UCcEKEIrD5uHO0AEG-jT3oDU7WcL1oU3j76DpIxahPsFRGgYo79tDxp72c7IMNU4SOC07GQAjouH8C8xhpplRxpo/s320/Bob.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br />Paintings by Bob Abrahams are impressionistic in style. Essentially a tone and atmospheric painter, Bob searches for the light, using creative colour and painterly brushstrokes to enhance the effects. Since retiring from a successful business career in 2000 he has taken a more professional approach, painting most days.<br /><br />Bob’s interest in art became serious when he completed an Arts Diploma at Perth Technical College while working full time in a demanding business career. As an artist specialising in landscape and still life, he spends much of his time painting from life and on location in and around the city of Perth. He has also made regular painting expeditions to the north west of the state and other regions. Recent works can be viewed from his Resident Artists studio at Ellis House Community Art Centre in Bayswater<br /><br />Many paintings have been sold through local and regional art galleries, Artisan Gallery Subiaco, Monet Gallery Guildford, The Mill Gallery York and community exhibitions by WA Society of Arts, Riverside Painter’s, Ellis House and other. Successful exhibitions have been held at Dalkeith Dome with Bernice Wright and at the Old George Gallery with Maureen Silc and Panisca Carnaby, and with David Hinchliffe at Ellis House. A growing list of Bob’s painting awards such as the Presidents Selection and Laurie Bennet plein award at WASA and the hundreds of happy art collectors on E-Bay are a good indication of the quality of his work.<br /><br />Bob’s E-Bay Painting Store<br /><a href="http://stores.shop.ebay.com.au/ABRAHAMS-ORIGINAL-PAINTINGS__W0QQ_armrsZ1">http://stores.shop.ebay.com.au/ABRAHAMS-ORIGINAL-PAINTINGS__W0QQ_armrsZ1</a><br /><br />Bob’s Every Day Painting Blog<br /><a href="http://abrahams08.blogspot.com/">http://abrahams08.blogspot.com/</a> </div><br /><div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-22659456739046482692009-07-08T06:02:00.000-07:002009-07-08T06:20:28.457-07:00Ursula Theinert - the power to start again<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1ehJStmRap3D2I25kS2qJfqdkLaU-h-a79o4UDnxFnwRh_RhULim_g41mYRfXfTyPfz860LDp1dkVikeX_oN_S0mnda4c3M4UevYUYyLchtQtae5qDBdzZ86cNNUx0lvLT3_QyGPXw8/s1600-h/2-sea-of-poles-acrylic-on-canvas-1500-x-1200mm-230x300.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356074966602725842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1ehJStmRap3D2I25kS2qJfqdkLaU-h-a79o4UDnxFnwRh_RhULim_g41mYRfXfTyPfz860LDp1dkVikeX_oN_S0mnda4c3M4UevYUYyLchtQtae5qDBdzZ86cNNUx0lvLT3_QyGPXw8/s320/2-sea-of-poles-acrylic-on-canvas-1500-x-1200mm-230x300.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><br />"Werner and I are a small part of the whole of Victoria<br />affected by the Black Saturday Fires. We all felt that<br />we were under siege and that we had to deal with<br />what life had dealt us.<br />The stresses and hardships varied from person to<br />person, but what was shared was the bonding of that<br />terrible summer and that soul searching day. Out of the<br />darkness of the fires came the great spirit of the<br />community to help and heal each other.<br />Werner and I feel incredibly lucky and will never<br />forget all the support and kindness, and we will carry<br />all of these experiences into our future.<br />Thank you."</div><div align="center">Ursula <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Theinert</span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://ursulatheinert.com.au/">http://ursulatheinert.com.au/</a></div><div align="center"><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://staging.rav.net.au/storyboard/assets/black-saturday-callignee-7th-feb-2003.pdf');" href="http://staging.rav.net.au/storyboard/assets/black-saturday-callignee-7th-feb-2003.pdf">staging.rav.net.au/storyboard/assets/black-saturday-callignee-7th-feb-2003.pdf</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-79670872714092065162009-07-01T14:13:00.000-07:002009-07-01T14:43:56.908-07:00Adam Bogusz - a family man<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIWRdi45hx4qzI3itJgZSxGGdqDusSfXz9ROHb4dWYDezbW7zOftwhY9odvgdl-3W1GCFLWF_FvG5kyOtCkp1r42EYivzvZHaDKUY_G2qhi3Blrmf8DN45VJPPOawvndaEU-sMhJS7FU/s1600-h/Adam+Bogusz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353603176486639906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIWRdi45hx4qzI3itJgZSxGGdqDusSfXz9ROHb4dWYDezbW7zOftwhY9odvgdl-3W1GCFLWF_FvG5kyOtCkp1r42EYivzvZHaDKUY_G2qhi3Blrmf8DN45VJPPOawvndaEU-sMhJS7FU/s320/Adam+Bogusz.jpg" /></a> Our favourite spot - Adam <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bogusz</span></span></div><p align="center"><br />"My passions in life are my family, my wife Sarah and my two awesome kids John and Sophie. I love painting and the freedom it gives me to work at home. I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">wouldn</span></span>’t change it for anything."<br /><br />"<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bosusz</span> says becoming a painter was partly a<br />quest for identity.<br />The artist concedes the other <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">inpetus</span> to<br />becoming a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">painter</span> was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">financial</span>. He wasn't<br />making a living <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">from</span> music and was still<br />living at home. However, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bogusz</span> says it is<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">hard</span> to be true to the creative <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">impulse</span> when<br />commercial considerations come into play.<br />"I<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">t's</span> like this monkey over your head all the<br />time," he says. "When a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">gallery</span> phones and<br />says, ''We could have sold that painting 20<br />times over', a part of me wants to rush off to<br />the studio and reproduce the work - almost<br />like rubber stamping. I've done that in the<br />past, but as soon as you do... something dies.<br />You don't know it is happening, but it's no<br />longer fresh."<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bogusz</span> feels the best work results from<br />spontaneous moments. "The best way I can<br />describe it is when a piano player is able<br />to stop looking at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">keys</span> and just play<br />the music," he explains. "It's the same with<br />painting. When you're not thinking about<br />it and it just happens. There's such a sense<br />of magic and you have no control over it."</p><p align="center">Affair - Arts and entertainment<br />I love Adam's almost naive style and his contrasting colours - there is so much life in his paintings.<br />The two works I own are two of the happiest places on my wall. Take a look at his impressive collection. Enjoy!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.adambogusz.com.au/">http://www.adambogusz.com.au/</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-10406940577457536082009-06-20T18:02:00.000-07:002009-06-27T20:31:44.650-07:00Mike Barr - always loves a challenge<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_k9z6VZDYokiRaBdA6HReSg5nqK1q8PTE4s2YHK5XYp2A2BNhkxubltp4paZqY-0l2bEks9uxhtKrXuo-ZG7skdOaa_HdTyP_BfK23nbQYuP8VgN0tqN6BW_sn5bU9Z6vz5vWzSkJC4/s1600-h/winterbeach.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352216001852855874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_k9z6VZDYokiRaBdA6HReSg5nqK1q8PTE4s2YHK5XYp2A2BNhkxubltp4paZqY-0l2bEks9uxhtKrXuo-ZG7skdOaa_HdTyP_BfK23nbQYuP8VgN0tqN6BW_sn5bU9Z6vz5vWzSkJC4/s320/winterbeach.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6ToNuyN8vaqNF-s-dWro4Al8dBt9Sz5TNTDdX6y0I_aOFJE1rEnBoOfLIhC6NNiPAPSeUTCJJSdTZviJH2KEAowF_tMpVb0ij-PaKd0Tz34b5eTvkFivrh0QM0f2pNu2MKiE3VRkkWo/s1600-h/Barr+-+small.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Walkerville Art Show</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Walkerville Town Hall, 66 Walkerville Tce, Gilberton, July 16-19</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;">10 paintings in 3 hours -painting challenge</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">During the show on Saturday July 18 Mike will set himself the challenge of painting 10 paintings from 1pm - 4pm.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">These small demonstration paintings will all be for sale as soon as they have left the easel.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">They will be nicely finished and ready to hang.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">All demonstration paintings will go for $150 each.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Come and see art in the making and chat to the artist at work.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.theartofbarr.com/">http://www.theartofbarr.com/</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-77048099876158476292009-06-17T14:29:00.000-07:002009-06-17T14:43:29.458-07:00Murray Edwards<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQG_TaXvgt9MXaVUNPN_kw7khXLq2awwiQ88PG2CTlJY8U3bWGb5GxvD5TXqm3Vt7SYKSDcSLWX-TMJXWtKc6nWq1iyCBgiVESuOr_jZe2U_5lX2es5GjhT0xS1NFVSBs523kWG05zJMk/s1600-h/Distant+Light.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348412838168139666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQG_TaXvgt9MXaVUNPN_kw7khXLq2awwiQ88PG2CTlJY8U3bWGb5GxvD5TXqm3Vt7SYKSDcSLWX-TMJXWtKc6nWq1iyCBgiVESuOr_jZe2U_5lX2es5GjhT0xS1NFVSBs523kWG05zJMk/s320/Distant+Light.jpg" /></a> Distant Light - Murray Edwards</div><br /><br /><div align="center">"There's more to life than art - but not much more.</div><br /><br /><br />Painting in a distinctive style with a strong use of colour, I use all mediums, mainly in landscapes and figure works with an occasional still life. Impressionist technique and style with emphasis on communicating my response to subject matter. More involved with concepts, moods and personalities of things than with realism. " - Murray Edwards<br /><br />If in your travels you ever come to South Australia, you must go to Clare to see the Corella Studio.<br /><br />The experience is well worth the trip. The views are magnificent, the man is a blessing to talk to and his art is an inspiration for anyone who loves colour and landscapes and art.<br /><br />Corella Hill Gallery studio is usually open to the public seven days a week, from 10am to 5pm. It is closed only on Christmas Day.<br />The studio offers a glimpse of personal and intimate aspects of the creative side of being an artist. It's located 2 kilometres out of the small village of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Watervale</span> in the Clare Valley wine region. Only about 1.5 hours drive North of Adelaide.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.murrayedwards.com.au/">http://www.murrayedwards.com.au</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-18072916542846918182009-06-10T13:57:00.000-07:002009-06-10T14:01:53.976-07:00Ian Roberts - inspiring passion for nature<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBKbflGSUcNBRgQlvBbHWsJ8F4fteELMSdR-jAeyrMSltO1H5ZrdFAgbc7pWi04bd1U4AzXMI9i2wuncm_AHXmjpZSwAIKF_k4G8UfBVlCgEdxi6qucTr1ljt_Yc6Ri-BzO3JqvX7QTc/s1600-h/Ian+Roberts.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345806637016940978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBKbflGSUcNBRgQlvBbHWsJ8F4fteELMSdR-jAeyrMSltO1H5ZrdFAgbc7pWi04bd1U4AzXMI9i2wuncm_AHXmjpZSwAIKF_k4G8UfBVlCgEdxi6qucTr1ljt_Yc6Ri-BzO3JqvX7QTc/s320/Ian+Roberts.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Splendid Wrens on Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp megalocarpa </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Born and raised on a farm at Blyth in the State of South Australia, Ian is recognized as one of Australia’s premier bird painters. The combination in almost every art work of birds and flowers make his images somewhat unique in the world of bird painting. Ian’s earliest paintings were of the seedlings of Eucalyptus species (Gum trees). From these humble studies Ian has progressed to painting the flowers of eucalypts and other native plant species of Australia and to combining that passion with painting of Australian birds. Ian was introduced to Australian plants (& in particular Eucalypts) by his grandfather at an early age. He was encouraged by him to collect seed & grow these to plant on his Father’s farm. Since 1980 Ian has grown 500 – 4000 plants each year; some 60% are species indigenous to Blyth and district and are used to revegetate roadsides and degraded woodlands. The balance are grown to provide subject matter for the paintings that can be viewed on his site:</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.medikagallery.com.au/">http://www.medikagallery.com.au/</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-14017452977923204382009-06-02T14:49:00.000-07:002009-06-03T02:03:18.760-07:00Jim Thalassoudis - beauty with an edge<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Tf7FkYTdY-ZC37zkF0KisFTXAATF7fWuIAZ-PNYVZ-dP1kqKDkfOc471NrJ_6iIJMtAcLQVMJIC_UczSI2JIfPrhfMI-drKQ1vPSPnpC8UNuWLoTBG67DDlvw_LsLLtfQQyNV4QgKAI/s1600-h/loveart.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342852082548040466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Tf7FkYTdY-ZC37zkF0KisFTXAATF7fWuIAZ-PNYVZ-dP1kqKDkfOc471NrJ_6iIJMtAcLQVMJIC_UczSI2JIfPrhfMI-drKQ1vPSPnpC8UNuWLoTBG67DDlvw_LsLLtfQQyNV4QgKAI/s320/loveart.jpg" /></a> Love art - The South Australian Art Gallery</div><p>My love - love relationship with Jim started when I read his advice on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">artforum</span> (<a href="http://www.artforum.com.au/">http://www.artforum.com.au/</a>) - a real inspiration. And then I've discovered his sunsets. His sunsets are the most beautiful things I've seen in my life. I simply fell in love with them. </p><p>"Beauty with an edge is the aim. As an artist working with and using imagery that can be seen as beautiful, I keep myself from slipping into mere beauty by the haunting words of Wagner. In one of the best artistic put downs ever Wagner dismissed the composer Daniel <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Auber's</span> music as: "The work of a barber who lathers but forgets to shave". Daniel <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Auber</span> was hugely successful in his time, with 50 operas to his name, he became wildly rich, but little of his music has survived into this century....mainly because so much of it was light, fluffy, beauty for the sake of beauty and for success."The work of a barber who lathers but forgets to shave". It should haunt ever artist.......I should write it on a note, pin it on top of my easel and have it remind me never forget to have an edge! To use beauty and not be seduced by it, nor to use beauty as the only means to seduce the viewer of the painting. "</p><p align="center">Jim <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thalassoudis</span></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.jimthalassoudis.com/">http://www.jimthalassoudis.com/</a></div><br /><div align="center">Jim's current solo exhibition is running at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Greenhill</span> Galleries in Perth until the 13<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> of June.<br /><a href="http://www.greenhillgalleries.com/exhibitions/exhibition_details_thalassoudis.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.greenhillgalleries.com/exhibitions/exhibition_details_thalassoudis.html</a> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">The trouble with Jim is that him, like myself, is an Aries.</div><br /><div align="center"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-66358113462028477152009-05-27T00:32:00.000-07:002009-05-27T12:57:40.450-07:00Grant Gittus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzAGXqUpweUXafvW7PZinuqdz5B68svbyh_905mcTrADwbyScePrDUd9pLRggNjrtfshlw0jA6HaWEP90cWEkwJq41AEhH9e4utY3siZNHtaYgUbVFCLnM4vXcvilTtymMNsEYv4RvPM/s1600-h/Grant+Gittus.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 269px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340404475509204482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzAGXqUpweUXafvW7PZinuqdz5B68svbyh_905mcTrADwbyScePrDUd9pLRggNjrtfshlw0jA6HaWEP90cWEkwJq41AEhH9e4utY3siZNHtaYgUbVFCLnM4vXcvilTtymMNsEYv4RvPM/s320/Grant+Gittus.jpg" /></a><br /><p><br /><br />"There is a Moreton bay fig in Albert Park, which is one of my favourite trees. It cries out to have something secretive amongst its massive roots, that most people walk past without noticing." - Grant Gittus</p><p>Grant inspires by simply being him - a child with a huge heart that refuses to grow old.</p>With an exceptionally subtle and kind sense of humour, he keeps the school kids in line on Art Forum: <a href="http://www.artforum.com.au/">http://www.artforum.com.au/</a>. He is also a great Rotarian.<br /><br />His works are always an inspiration, coming from a guy who believes that if he can do it, anyone can. Take a look at his works to see how wrong he is:<br /> <a href="http://www.gggraphics.com.au/">http://www.gggraphics.com.au/</a><br /><div> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-84082253329566997562009-05-20T15:31:00.000-07:002009-05-21T20:56:37.595-07:00Tony Moffitt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOCRFJsah49u6FudS5P4Vz9NZmPOO8Ht5y6vsHeSi6ICuu0-uvSYFuYuENAwDOdsgya8EBarmUh4DT1Od9Kirq3hNi3WnUQNr2M2u3nDGCjWL-M2HU5rRWY1pKK945VVtbXStT2jNXgA/s1600-h/Tony.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 193px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 245px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338045401422577586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOCRFJsah49u6FudS5P4Vz9NZmPOO8Ht5y6vsHeSi6ICuu0-uvSYFuYuENAwDOdsgya8EBarmUh4DT1Od9Kirq3hNi3WnUQNr2M2u3nDGCjWL-M2HU5rRWY1pKK945VVtbXStT2jNXgA/s320/Tony.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXAmiDgu827X5uCznMPaROFL9jz90C4kZedDwjIywmYLQYS2R__-0RXJXoWegfTQyYVpOz21jb5dak5vw-h4akAMexdTmjI63YXO90Zi9fllsUYoDhut8Cbt34cbuBhz9Hr2e2hGgbt4/s1600-h/Tony+Moffitt.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div>"In 6 years Tony <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Moffitt</span> went from a guy who had never picked up a paintbrush before in his life, to one of the "outstanding artists of the new millennium". He has won prizes in national competitions and prizes in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">juried</span> shows in America. His work has been exhibited in Australia, The USA and China. His art has been featured in over 50 articles worldwide in magazines, newspapers and radio.All this without ever reading an art book, never attending an art class... and never going to an art gallery in his life..."</div><div></div><br /><div>Needless to say why I am so attached to this guy. </div><br /><div>Today Tony is helping emerging artists to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">kick start</span> their careers with his Art World blog:</div><a href="http://www.tonymoffitt.blogspot.com/">http://www.tonymoffitt.blogspot.com/</a> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673651392373514025.post-16370208679573509222009-05-20T14:10:00.001-07:002009-05-20T14:13:56.708-07:00Welocme to Artists That Inspire<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzYktqA1UiLX5kmSmX1UPwfZdyWXWU6YeLHPuh52hDgFew9F2qV2G5Vt9RGVxWIw0HXEpWQMrl-DFY3MjfCPIOqJLxs-vus-_F7uz9wNFr-xJefdr6IZT_da0M5t_CcDtVZjLtQoqdic/s1600-h/Santorini.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 244px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338017369273195362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzYktqA1UiLX5kmSmX1UPwfZdyWXWU6YeLHPuh52hDgFew9F2qV2G5Vt9RGVxWIw0HXEpWQMrl-DFY3MjfCPIOqJLxs-vus-_F7uz9wNFr-xJefdr6IZT_da0M5t_CcDtVZjLtQoqdic/s320/Santorini.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div>A site dedicated to artists that have, over the years, inspired me.</div><br /><div>I hope you enjoy their work and ideas, as much as I do.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424584021650134892noreply@blogger.com