Arte Garagem: Painting

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An Official Horizon Gallery Welcome!

Albert Woodroffe; prominent outback artist, mentor and Director of Horizon Gallery has officially welcomed me into his stable of artists!

Check out what he has to say about me at Horizon Gallery Silverton.

What a great way to start the New Year :D

Studio Works II

I found an old sunflower sign last month, so have repainted it & decided to call my new studio the ‘Sunflower Studio’! I’ve even picked up some Mexican Sunflower seeds once the season is ready for planting...

Have also been collecting old pallettes to build a deck between the studio & Mr.Rainbow, am looking forward to getting myself out of the mud!

Studio Works

Renovations to my warehouse studio are well & truly underway...

The Studio in its original condition.

A work in progress.

Design plans...

Am picking up new skills along the way.

The clean undercoat.

Outdoor reflections & new door hardware installed par moi!

I had been hoping to have all the works completed & ready for a "Studio Opening" within the first month of moving in, but alas, due to budgetary constraints and a very firm idea on design (this is afterall my first design project without a Client!), I've now been here 2 months & I have still to finish!

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!

Scarlet 2012

Current Members Exhibition at Serpentine Gallery

This is the Serpentine’s 6th annual ‘Scarlet’ exhibition.

Opening night was held on June 1, artworks are on display until the end of the month.

This exhibition is about delving into people’s perceptions of sexuality, beauty, love, seduction and lust - concepts that many of us struggle with in today’s world.

Seeing as it is extrememly unlikely that any of you from home will be hoping a plane by then I thought I'd share some of my favorite local artist-friends contributions to the show...

Kristine

Gareth Lindsay Deakin

Heat

Kane Bowman

"Is it love? Is it lust?

These are the things the artists struggle with."

- Sue Alford, Serpentine Gallery Volunteer

Corinne Batt-Rawden

Skin

Janelle Buckley

And last, but certainly not the least, my own contribution!

Le Fetichiste

Jennifer Harnett

Art Lifestyle is Powering in LISMORE

My artwork published yet AGAIN!

Mine is the B&W dangerous looking man...

My new love... this little guy seems to have adopted me :)

Now hanging in my studio (the painting, not the man!)

2012 Scarlet - Annual Group Show at the Serpentine Gallery

Look there's that dangerous looking man again!

April Road Trip

Clint 'Dundee'

Had a fun intense week with Clint exploring southern Queensland; Brisbane, Glasshouse Mountains, Maleny, Australia Zoo, Sunny Coast, Caloundra Beach, Buderim, Gold Coast, Burleigh Heads…

Niesha

Followed by a totally spur of the moment art exploration trip to Melbourne with Niesha! It was one of those times where I offered to drop her off at the airport & she said, 'Why don’t you come with me?' OK! Mr.Rainbow was left in Clint's very capable care and off I went!

Returned through Sydney and drove back to where I am now in my new warehouse studio at Gallery 33.3 in Lismore, Northern NSW.

New Studio

My first week here was amazing, there was lots of different artistic events going on, so you can be sure that I took advantage of them all!

Wednesday :: There was an Art Flashmob happening in the town centre, where artists were encouraged to show up & create... Not much of a "mob", but there sure was alot of art & creativity flowing!

Friday :: Found me teaching an art collage workshop for Lismore’s “Art in the Heart” efforts.

Serpentine Gallery

The Serpentine Gallery opened another group show titled 'Metamorphosis' that same evening.

Fellow Artists

Saturday :: Gallery 33.3 opened a group show titled

'Journey Through the Subconscious'

Lismore Mayor, Jenny Dowell

Sunday :: The Serpentine Gallery had its Annual Art Auction at the Pop-Up Gallery in the heart of Lismore on Magellan Street.

What a great re-introduction to Lismore & its thriving arts community!

Art Residency III

Tuntable Falls Community, Northern NSW
Wow, so much to catch up on!

I completed my third 'Art Residency' in April, spent two weeks at Peter's place on Tuntable Falls Community where I learned to build mud bricks, how to make mud paint & apply it to walls, painted out all his trim work, doors & windows in vibrant turquoise & red and learned a few new valuable kitchen skills... ie, how to store & cook delicious wholesome foods without a fridge!

Check out the before & after pics on FB

More Dragonfly Cafe Promotions

Exhibition is being featured on a couple more community web pages;

Lismore Tourism
http://bookings.visitlismore.com.au/events_monthly.asp

Arts Northern Rivers (This is probably the best one)
http://artsnorthernrivers.com.au/events
http://artsnorthernrivers.com.au/exhibitions

My Community Connect
http://www.mycommunityconnect.com.au/?rt=event&event_id=46366

Absolute craziness!

My art is powering these last 3 days!

~ Sydney commission for 4no. paintings is all go,

~ New trade commission, a moon goddess painting for custom fitted leather outfit,

~ Commission to design wedding invites, thank-you cards & wine labels for girlfriend in Canada,
~ New Art Residency, painting/construction work trade, to start soon,

~ Dragonfly Café Exhibition is being featured on a number of community web pages;

NBN TV

http://www.nbntv.com.au/community/index.html

ABC North Coast NSW

http://www2b.abc.net.au/EventCentral/View/Event.aspx?ci=0&p=15&e=9472903

~ AND I may have the centre arts spread for the Northern Rivers Echo!

Woohoo! So exciting!

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!

HAPPY HERBS GRAND OPENING!

This Friday, February 24th, 6pm!

"Come on down, sweet tunes, free herbal elixir, great people, & good times. Bring friends as it's an open house."

Check out the finished shop where I did the mural last November!

NOW THESE ARE EXCITING

Another great way to make my art more visible & accessible on a daily basis, I've been stoked to be carrying it around in my pocket!

Decorative mobile phone skins & hardcases.

Produced by GelaSkins.com, Gela Skins offer ultra-thin removable scratch protection with style.

This is the same company that created the Blow Fish sticker on my MacBook, which I love and am always getting comments & complements on. So why not put my own artwork on?!

Protective Hardcase for iPhones

GelaSkins for almost any electronic device.

And why not get some "GelaSkin-Love" on all your technological devices?! They make beautiful skins for almost every phone, iPod, MP3, iPad, Tablet, eReader, laptop, gaming equipment & more.

Of course I'd recommend you select from one of my paintings on line :P

Sneak Preview - Mini-Art Booklets

Inspired from market days with Jessica.

Measuring 3.5" x 2.5" [ 9 x 6.5cm ], these little art booklets will fit in your pocket, wallet or purse. Each booklet is filled with 20 pages of beauty to uplift the soul & imagination and can be pulled out at anytime you need some extra colour in your life :)