Dianne Gall

"Troubled Beauty" 2009 Oil on Linen 30.5x35.5cms

"One of the first images of my paintings from my upcoming show Noir, which opens in Canberra, at Beaver Galleries on October 15th 2009."

Dianne Gall - http://diannegall.blogspot.com/

Brancusi once said: "Nothing grows under the shadow of big trees."

"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.

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."

Dianne Gall - 2009

Working full time, studying full time, being with Jim Thalassoudis full time and painting so profound because she must, when she must - Brancusi was wrong.

Sometimes two giants can live together and create beautiful works together.

You can see their upcoming show at:

Beaver Galleries,

81 Denison Street, Deakin, Canberra

15 October - 3 November 2009

Jim Thalassoudis - beauty with an edge

Love art - The South Australian Art Gallery

My love - love relationship with Jim started when I read his advice on artforum (http://www.artforum.com.au/) - 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.

"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 Auber's music as: "The work of a barber who lathers but forgets to shave". Daniel Auber 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. "

Jim Thalassoudis

http://www.jimthalassoudis.com/

Jim's current solo exhibition is running at the Greenhill Galleries in Perth until the 13th of June.
http://www.greenhillgalleries.com/exhibitions/exhibition_details_thalassoudis.html

The trouble with Jim is that him, like myself, is an Aries.