Artistic Creations

A winter afternoon of sunshine, found Janelle & I outside my studio painting floor matts for Mr.Rainbow & the Studio.

The rainbow floor matt

For Mr.Rainbow of course!

The bleeding heart floor matt

by Janelle Buckley

For my new studio!

Inspired by some folksy painted floor matts Grandma, Mom & I came across while driving across Canada, these colourful explotions are sealed with a polyurethane finish for durability & ease of cleaning.

It's almost a shame to walk on them!

Dragonfly Cafe Exhibition

I did, I did! Got two separate write ups in the Northern Rivers Echo about my art!

Got the centre spread!

and then a follow up in the Scene, thanks Goba!

Dragonfly Cafe Closing Night

36 Carrington Street, Lismore NSW
Thursday, March 29th 6pm

The Devil Knows Your Dreams

A solo exhibition of original paintings that explore the vibrant, unbridled passions of women, showing both their strengths and vulnerabilities.

A Silent Auction is being held on the "Breaking the Chains of Bondage" Series throughout the month, winnners to be announced Closing Night.

CLOSING NIGHT
Thursday March 29th, 6pm
Live Auction, Sensual Food, Delicious Wine, Tasty Music

This is an open event, please invite & share with other creative minded souls!

Dragonfly Cafe Exhibition, March 2-31, 2012

36 Carrington Street, Lismore Northern NSW 

Dragonfly Cafe

My art exhibition has been hung, everything went amazingly smoothly & efficiently considering I'm in the countryside and don't have my own transportation at the moment!

  

"Dreamscapes"

I've got a room full of ladies with one male and a couple of abstracts. They look awesome all together in the one big open space AND they have already been censored! One photograph of a painting, two paintings and seven title labels have been pulled out, I'm taking it as a bit of a compliment. Paintings are obviously a bit too risque & potentially offensive for those of milder tastes. 


Ahhh... Censorship....The sign of a real artist!

Oldfield Commission IV

There's been a fair bit of development with this peice in the last couple of weeks, so there's a fair few progression photos to catch up on….

Had been sketching out our lady flat & it was only when I raised her up vertical that I realized I’d drawn her body out of proportion to her head. So first things first… lets re-proportion her! 

She’s been fleshed out, with a touch of colour added.

Now for all the critters in her hair, she’s a bit like Snow White in that she will be surrounded by an assortment of butterflies, insects & birds, all tangled & partially hidden in her wind blown hair.

 She has a bird on her shoulder & butterflies in her hair…

 The Australian Bee

 The Lady-Bird in flight!

Background Layer 01 - Building up the background layers

 Background Layers 02-03 - Its getting exciting now!

Background Layers 04-05

Defining her face.

Am really pleased with her expression, she has very strong, and yet soft features with very direct looking eyes :D

Lady Celine SOLD!

"Lady Celine"

Happily sold via the BeanBank Coffee House in Ballina. Thanks Effie!

HOMELEIGH SIDESHOW

My Second Solo Art Exhibition

Art Contemplation :: Co-hosts, Talitha & I 

This exhibition was a lovely intimate affair, held in conjunction with Talitha’s houseparty in Homeleigh, Northern NSW. A divine evening of ‘Delicious Music’, ‘Creative Dance’ and ‘Live Art’.

 "An Infinity of Silence"

Best pic of the evening, thanks Sal!

In the eye of the storm... Myraine & "Breaking the Chains of Bondage"

Talitha

Many thanks to Talitha for hosting the evening, for Shey & her sharing their music, home & introducing my art to yet another lovely group of open-minded individuals.

The stunning photography of the evening was provided by Sally Fields.

To view more of the works that were on display at this private function, please go to my website, www.artegaragem.com or my Facebook page. 

Oldfield Art Commission

Have started a new art piece for a beautiful young family living in Brisbane.  It’s to be a vibrant & imaginative figurative painting on 1.2 x 2m timber board.

Inspiration for the project.

Although I was originally thinking to do it on canvas, as per the norm, the framework of large canvas paintings often have the tendency to twist & bow over time. 

So have decided to try a new technique… well a new technique to me anyways! I have recently met an amazing artist, Gareth Deakin, who constructs & paints his larger paintings on timber boards, all of which are all extremely solid & structurally sound.

Thinking this would be an ideal substrate for my new project, I approached him to see if he would show me how it’s done.  Wonderfully he agreed!

My new mentor for this project; Gareth Deakin

To view some of Gareth's work go to;  http://www.serpentinearts.org/artists/gareth-lindsay-deakin or

http://www.facebook.com/gareth.l.deakin

Sanding & prepping the board.

Notching out the fretwork frame.

Timber fretwork.

Weighting the board to set the glue!

It's to sit for a min. of 24hours, then we'll lift the weights, ensure framwork is set & straight, tack the corners as required and it's ready to start painting. My strategy is in place, I can't wait to start! 

Artist's Favorites

Ok, let's ge this started with one of my favorite paintings...



'The Devil Knows Your Dreams'
Mixed Media on Board, Framed
64 x 74cm

Fondly refered to as the "Devil" by my closest friends, this lady is by far my favorite peice these last couple of years.

She is a blend of her structured outline and chaotic background, reflecting an inner turmoil that is being barely held under control. Her expression can be difficult to interpret, often changing depending on the mood of the viewer.

The Devil is a painting that simly breathes with life, I feel she epitomises a favorite quote of mine,

"Joyful Abandon - The ability to lose oneself in the moment, while still holding true to yourself."