Triptych" Opening Night Pics

Me with "Picnic"

Taryn Malzard with some of her works

And for a quick tour around the gallery

"Picnic"

My Zodiac still life series

My linocut series

A triptych in mixed media from Julie Simmons

Work by Julie Simmons

Beautiful peaches by watercolourist Julie Simmons

A musically inspired trio by Julie Simmons

For enquiries regarding the work or artists, please contact me, or check out our websites

Mellissa Read-Devine: http://www.readdevine.com/

Taryn Malzard : http://www.oldschoolhousepastels.com.au/

Julie Simmons: http://juliesimmonsfineart.com/http://juliesimmonsfineart.com/

Invite Time!

The artists will be manning the gallery on Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sundays, so come in and have a chat.

The last of the 'Margaret Preston Inspired" series (well, at least for a while).

"Dahlias, Birds and Sunflowers"

Cutting the block after drawing design with indelible ink

Inking the block (Oil Based ink)

Printing the block on the etching press



Ready for hand colouring



Click to bid for the Artist Proof on Ebay

New work

"Still Life with Flowers"

This is a linocut, hand coloured with watercolour. Image size is approximately 11.8"h x 13.5"w /30cm x 34.5cm

One of the 2 Artists Proofs is currently available on Ebay

Basing this series on inspirations from Australian Artist Margaret Preston - I admired her "Still Life with Flowers" (below) - from the look of it, it is a multiple block print done in the Japanese manner. I have paid homage to it in the the top right corner of my print.

Zodiac Still Life Series

I have completed one third of my task - the remaining 8 are in varying stages of completion. These will eventually debut at an exhibition at The Washhouse Gallery in March.

"Vanitas Aries"

"Mighty Taurus Burger"

"Staffordshire Gemini"

"The Crab"

All Wood engraving on maple, 3 inches square.

I have released one of each on Ebay - but will not sell any more until after the exhibition.

This piece is entitled "Native Waratah" I really like the graphic quality of the American Indian (Hopi) inspired pottery. I could have explored more local indigenous craft, but at the time I liked the idea of Artistic Globalisation.

My first colouring was this:

And then I decided to create the edition in these colours:

Printed on Somerset Paper with Black Offset Printing Ink. Hand coloured with Winsor & Newton Watercolours. Edition of 16.

The Proof that is uniquely coloured (Pink) will be on Ebay for sale.

For an upcoming show next March, I am embarking on a couple of series of prints. Inspired by Australian Painter & Printmaker Margaret Preston I created "Gum Blossom" a year ago:

I have now completed "Flannel Flowers"

Have proofed a 3rd, and am cutting a 4th. Will do 6 in the series eventually. Pictures to come.

If you wish to make a bid for the uniquely coloured proof of Flannel Flowers, I have released it onto Ebay.

Its time I review my year. I would love it if you would vote for your favourite works. 5 if possible, 10 if you cant make up your mind. (I couldnt)

http://www.readdevine.com/cardspoll.html


This weekend is The North Shore Craft Group's Christmas Sale at Thornleigh, NSW. I will have some pieces there.

New Shows I am involved with this week

Christmas Gala Exhibition & Fundraiser for Careflight at The Ferry Artist Gallery
Saturday 13 & 14 November 10am - 4pm
Opening at 2pm Saturday. Auctions, Sausage Sizzle, Raffles, Demonstrations, Handmade & Produced Stalls, as well as a brand new exhibition to celebrate the coming season.

Venue: Shops 1 & 2 Old Northern Road, Wisemans Ferry

St.Josephs College 32nd Annual Art Show
Mark Street, Hunters Hill

Opening Night, Friday 12 November 7pm to 11pm (To order tickets go to website)
Saturday 13 November 10am to 6pm
Sunday 14 November 11 am to 5pm
$5 admission charge which includes catalogue

Murray Farm Public School has their show on this weekend
When: 12 Nov 10 - 14 Nov 10
Friday 12th - 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Saturday 13th - 9am - 5pm
Sunday 14th - 10am - 3pm
Where: Murray Farm Public School Tracey Avenue, Carlingford, NSW
Cost Friday Opening Night - $10 (inc drinks & nibbles)
Saturday/Sunday - Adults $3, High School Students/Seniors $1, Primary Students - Free.

This will be the last week to visit Bowral's
David Turnbull Bequest
■Date: 27 October - Sunday 14 November,
■Venue: Bowral Art Society
1 Short Street Bowral

Redlands QLD & Sebel Hawkesbury still on.

For a look at the winners for Redlands Art Awards go HERE

2 New Paintings at the Sebel - exhibition of Hawkesbury Artisan Trail Members, in bar and foyer.

Last week to visit Norvill Art Prize - see previous post.

This week Redland Art Awards opens. I am a finalist with "Across the River"



Three shows running  this week!

Parramatta Foundation Art Awards (Opened last week) Flyer

I recieved a Commended for one of my paintings

Bright Landscape

Macquarie Towns Art Society "A Spring Affair" Opens Friday 29 Oct 7pm  BLOG

Elizabeth Plays the Cello





St.Madeleines Primary School, Kenthurst ARTFEST 2010

Hillside XV

Still have work on exhibition at Kiama & Murrurundi & The Sebel, Windsor

Norvill Art Prize
Murrurundi

We went on a road trip last weekend to beautiful Murrurundi; past Scone, before Tamworth. It was lovely, in between the pouring rain and catastrophic wind. (Murrurundi recorded the highest wind in the state that day). When we got to our Motel - it was announced that there was no power in town; so all we could do was go have a lie down - which was very welcome.

More welcome was the miracle of electricity which came on after an hour or so, so we could have a cup of tea and I could get dolled up and check out the Norvill Art Prize of 2010. As I was a finalist, I wanted to check out the competition - which I knew from some of the names, would be tough.

Raced into the RSL Hall (it was raining) and have a wonderful time checking out the beautiful work displayed there. Some very nice people also. Alas, I was not a winner for this one; for pictures of the prize winners check out Norvill Art Prize 2010

Some other work I particularly liked are here:

 

"Echoes of a Distant Land" by Danelle Bergstrom 

"Golden Gully-Hill End" by Sue Smalkowski

And some more artists to check out:

Damien Baumgartner

Tim Allen

And here is the winner!

"South Coast Pastoral with Butcher Birds"

A hefty oil painting with lots of impasto by Paul Ryan

"Pansy"
Acrylic on Canvas 24"x20"

RSPCA Art Exhibition

■Date: 8 - 10 October

The opening night takes place 7pm, Friday 8 October 2010 (viewing from 6:30pm).

There is a $20 champagne supper organised for the opening night with proceeds going to RSPCA Illawarra.

Enquiries, please contact Barbara Willis on 02 4257 1896.



■Venue: Br Pelin Hall

Edmund Rice College

Mount Kiera West, West Wollongong

RSPCANSW Blog

Willoughby Spring Festival-Northbridge Art Prize 2010 - The Arts - Events - North Shore Times

I have a couple of paintings in this exhibition. (Pictured: "Cuckoo Dove", mixed media)

New Exhibition Opens At The Ferry Artists Gallery

"Secrets of the River"

Offical Opening Saturday 18th September, 6pm

Old Northern Road

Wisemans Ferry

http://www.ferryartists.org/

My latest painting, "Cockatoo Secrets"

Mixed Media on Canvas, 24" x 20"

Its On Again

Hawkesbury Artists and Artisans Trail

This weekend - 28 & 29 August 2010, 10am - 4pm

Various Venues including my studio at 231 Mud Island Road, Sackville North

Bookplate for Judy Brownlie

Bowerbird building her nest. "Le Nid" in the background.

Judy Brownlie is an active member of a number of arts organizations including being a Signatory Member Victorian Artists Society, Australian Guild Realist Artists (Melbourne), Sherbrooke Art Society, Royal Art Society NSW, Macquarie Towns Art Society, National Association for the Visual Arts and Friends of the Hawkesbury Art Collection.

She tutored painting at Sherbrooke Art Society and also ran own classes at Burwood. In 1982, Judy moved to Sydney and now tutors painting at the Hawkesbury Community Arts Workshop situated in the grounds of the University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury.
Judy has won over 60 major awards in all mediums and tutors workshops in oil, water colour and pastel. In 1990, she won the Camberwell Rotary Travel Grant enabling her to travel extensively throughout Europe and Turkey to study and paint.
Judy has had several solo exhibitions and several mixed exhibitions and is represented in collections throughout Australian, Italy, England, Switzerland, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Holland, Japan and New Zealand as well as the Swan Hill Regional gallery and many councils’ permanent collections and corporate business houses.
She has appeared in a number of publications including 3rd Edition of Australian Artist Today, Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists, Max Germaines Artists and Galleries 1997 CD Rom, Australian Artists Magazine, Jan. 1996, May 1999, Aug. 2001, and the Baulkham Hills Shire Show Case 2002.

Veronique Pengilley: From mud to stone

Opens 27th July, Hornsby

"PELICAN DREAMING"

What do pelicans dream about I wonder. This would be a very good dream.

Woodcut - 44.6cm x 30cm, Oil based ink on rag paper.

You can see it at the 2010 launch of the Hawkesbury Artists and Artisans Trail opening

next Friday 16 July

7pm

Richmond School of Arts

March Street, Richmond NSW

or you could be lucky and get the one I posted onto Ebay