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Would you like to be included in our Artists listing? To be included in this listing you must reside within our contributing council areas of Upper Hunter Shire Council, Singleton Council, Muswellbrook Shire Council, Gloucester Shire Council or Dungog Shire Council.
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Name: Phillippa Augl
Artist's statement: Having stowed away on a ship from New Zealand, Phillippa won a scholarship to East Sydney Tech and studied Fine Art. Now, since setting up her business in Salisbury, she wants to concentrate on her art practice and getting to know other artists in the region."Ït's all about looking and practice".
Medium: Oil paints
Current projects: Recently awarded the peoples choice prize at the Dungog Art Show for her Williams River painting
Available for: commissions, exhibiting, workshops
Category: painter
Website: www.salisburylodges.com.au
Artist's statement: Having stowed away on a ship from New Zealand, Phillippa won a scholarship to East Sydney Tech and studied Fine Art. Now, since setting up her business in Salisbury, she wants to concentrate on her art practice and getting to know other artists in the region."Ït's all about looking and practice".
Medium: Oil paints
Current projects: Recently awarded the peoples choice prize at the Dungog Art Show for her Williams River painting
Available for: commissions, exhibiting, workshops
Category: painter
Website: www.salisburylodges.com.au
Name: Leanne Barrett
Artist's statement: I enjoy combining found natural objects and everyday materials into sculptures to encourage new views of familar subjects and new uses of familiar objects. After an installation of sticky tape sculptures in 2006, I am now drawn to using wire, feathers, rocks and twine. The grasses, twigs and leaves from around my home also consistently find their way into my small sculptures.
Medium: mixed media
Current projects: “Wire. Feathers. Rock”
Contact details: lbarrett@harboursat.com.au
Available for: exhibition, installation
Category: Sculpture/installation
Artist's statement: I enjoy combining found natural objects and everyday materials into sculptures to encourage new views of familar subjects and new uses of familiar objects. After an installation of sticky tape sculptures in 2006, I am now drawn to using wire, feathers, rocks and twine. The grasses, twigs and leaves from around my home also consistently find their way into my small sculptures.
Medium: mixed media
Current projects: “Wire. Feathers. Rock”
Contact details: lbarrett@harboursat.com.au
Available for: exhibition, installation
Category: Sculpture/installation
Name: Rene Brager
Artist's statement: I am inspired by many things – birds, flowers, landscapes and cityscapes, and I usually try to capture the mood or atmosphere in a scene. My paintings tell a story of some kind, whether it is the tension between an animal and its prey or the vast empty space and light in a remote landscape. I don’t try to achieve a perfect representation but rather to capture the essence of the scene through the use of the many characteristics inherent in the watercolour medium – transparency, granulation leading to texture and spontaneity.
Medium: Watercolour, Ink and wash, Aqua pencils.
Current projects: Continuing to develop my skills as an all-round watercolourist.
Contact details: rensolar@bigpond.com
Category: Painter
Website: http://maitlandartists.com/artist-profiles/57-rene-brager
Artist's statement: I am inspired by many things – birds, flowers, landscapes and cityscapes, and I usually try to capture the mood or atmosphere in a scene. My paintings tell a story of some kind, whether it is the tension between an animal and its prey or the vast empty space and light in a remote landscape. I don’t try to achieve a perfect representation but rather to capture the essence of the scene through the use of the many characteristics inherent in the watercolour medium – transparency, granulation leading to texture and spontaneity.
Medium: Watercolour, Ink and wash, Aqua pencils.
Current projects: Continuing to develop my skills as an all-round watercolourist.
Contact details: rensolar@bigpond.com
Category: Painter
Website: http://maitlandartists.com/artist-profiles/57-rene-brager
Name: Barry Bryan
Artist's statement: A self taught artist, Barry has won numerous awards including twice winner Scone Art Show, second overall winner Inverell, winner at Barraba, Peoples choice award Currabubula
Medium: Pastels
Current projects: currently working on 3 commissions
Contact details: barrybryan@exemail.com.au
Available for: commissions
Category: Painter
Artist's statement: A self taught artist, Barry has won numerous awards including twice winner Scone Art Show, second overall winner Inverell, winner at Barraba, Peoples choice award Currabubula
Medium: Pastels
Current projects: currently working on 3 commissions
Contact details: barrybryan@exemail.com.au
Available for: commissions
Category: Painter
Name: Jean Buettel
Artist's statement: I am basically a colourist and love the clarity of the big skies and beautiful blue sea here in Sydney and like to compliment that with the country and river scenes from my studio in Gloucester. I love to paint animals of all kinds, especially the native parrots, cockatoos and kookaburrus, however in my last exhibition I focused on acrylic paintings containing people going about their daily routines.
Medium: Water colour, acrylic, oils and pastel
Current projects: Portrait of sculptor Alan Sommerville to enter in the Portia Geach, Art trail in Gloucester and completing potrait commissions
Contact details: 02 99382 389
Available for: Weekend workshops and private tuition
Website: www.ozemail.com.au/~buettel/
Artist's statement: I am basically a colourist and love the clarity of the big skies and beautiful blue sea here in Sydney and like to compliment that with the country and river scenes from my studio in Gloucester. I love to paint animals of all kinds, especially the native parrots, cockatoos and kookaburrus, however in my last exhibition I focused on acrylic paintings containing people going about their daily routines.
Medium: Water colour, acrylic, oils and pastel
Current projects: Portrait of sculptor Alan Sommerville to enter in the Portia Geach, Art trail in Gloucester and completing potrait commissions
Contact details: 02 99382 389
Available for: Weekend workshops and private tuition
Website: www.ozemail.com.au/~buettel/
Name: Teresa Byrne
Artist's statement: I have been passionate about drawing and painting all my life. I was brought up with horses and other animals, which has had an influence on my continuing interest in painting them. I paint still lifes and commissioned portraits of people and animals. I try to convey an essence of my subjects. The still lifes are a chance to experiment and play with colour, form and composition. Occasionally, I indulge in a more tongue in cheek humorous approach, usually with an environmental theme.
Medium: Oil, pastel
Current projects:
Contact details: tfbyrne@pacific.net.au
Available for: commissions
Website: www.tbyrne.com.au
Artist's statement: I have been passionate about drawing and painting all my life. I was brought up with horses and other animals, which has had an influence on my continuing interest in painting them. I paint still lifes and commissioned portraits of people and animals. I try to convey an essence of my subjects. The still lifes are a chance to experiment and play with colour, form and composition. Occasionally, I indulge in a more tongue in cheek humorous approach, usually with an environmental theme.
Medium: Oil, pastel
Current projects:
Contact details: tfbyrne@pacific.net.au
Available for: commissions
Website: www.tbyrne.com.au
Name: Shirley Cameron-Roberts
Artist's statement: My landscapes are grounded in memories of the river red gums and mallee soil of my childhood. They portray a living and forever changing environment which is built up of new life and ancient layers of decayed plant and animal matter. Faces, also, are forever changing, a reflection of genetic make-up and a lifetime of experience. In both landscapes and portraits, working in layers, I struggle to portray the present and allow for the element of change.
Medium: Acrylic, paper, digital prints, charcoal, graphite and pastel.
Current projects: Portrait commissions.
Contact details: cameron-roberts@westnet.com.au
Available for: commissions
Website: www.signededitions.com.
Artist's statement: My landscapes are grounded in memories of the river red gums and mallee soil of my childhood. They portray a living and forever changing environment which is built up of new life and ancient layers of decayed plant and animal matter. Faces, also, are forever changing, a reflection of genetic make-up and a lifetime of experience. In both landscapes and portraits, working in layers, I struggle to portray the present and allow for the element of change.
Medium: Acrylic, paper, digital prints, charcoal, graphite and pastel.
Current projects: Portrait commissions.
Contact details: cameron-roberts@westnet.com.au
Available for: commissions
Website: www.signededitions.com.
Name: Donna Cavanough
Artist's statement: Living in the Gresford area, I am profoundly affected by the natural beauty here. I desire to express what I see and feel, and document my experience of the pattern of country life in both minute and macro images.
Medium: Ink on paper and acrylics
Current projects: set up and is director of the new Gresford Gallery
Contact details: dc@hillofclouds.com.au
Available for: exhibiting and commissions
Category: Painter and sculptor
Artist's statement: Living in the Gresford area, I am profoundly affected by the natural beauty here. I desire to express what I see and feel, and document my experience of the pattern of country life in both minute and macro images.
Medium: Ink on paper and acrylics
Current projects: set up and is director of the new Gresford Gallery
Contact details: dc@hillofclouds.com.au
Available for: exhibiting and commissions
Category: Painter and sculptor
Name: Michel Chatenay
Artist's statement: Artist now in residence in the Hunter Valley Region after having spent 6 years in tropical north Queensland (Cooktown, Cape York) where i was co-ordinator and curator of Nature's Powerhouse and the Vera Scarf-Johnson Fine Art Gallery. I enjoy teaching art and am in the process of setting up art classes, i work in a variety of mediums with varied subject matter but perhaps i have a preference for wildlife art.
Medium: Oil, Acrylic and Watercolour
Available for: commissions, art classes, wall murals (commercial and domestic) and art classes
Category: Painter
Artist's statement: Artist now in residence in the Hunter Valley Region after having spent 6 years in tropical north Queensland (Cooktown, Cape York) where i was co-ordinator and curator of Nature's Powerhouse and the Vera Scarf-Johnson Fine Art Gallery. I enjoy teaching art and am in the process of setting up art classes, i work in a variety of mediums with varied subject matter but perhaps i have a preference for wildlife art.
Medium: Oil, Acrylic and Watercolour
Available for: commissions, art classes, wall murals (commercial and domestic) and art classes
Category: Painter
Name: Georgina Clark
Artist's statement: I am interested in documenting the animals and landscape around my property and the nearby area, and also to make a record of various local identities who are slowly disappearing.
Medium: Oil paints
Current projects: portrait of a local identity and a landscape
Available for: portrait commissions, exhibitions
Category: Painter
Artist's statement: I am interested in documenting the animals and landscape around my property and the nearby area, and also to make a record of various local identities who are slowly disappearing.
Medium: Oil paints
Current projects: portrait of a local identity and a landscape
Available for: portrait commissions, exhibitions
Category: Painter
Name: Paula Cole
Artist's statement: My passion is watching my work emerge from a bare surface to an artwork created from an image in my mind. I get intense satisfaction from translating that sole creative focus and seeing it emerge on the canvas before me. The end product is such an evolution from beginning to end.
Medium: ceramic, glass, marble tiles
Current projects: Stockland School Projects (Newcastle and Sydney);
Contact details: 2290 Bucketts Way, Booral, 2425 NSW
Available for: commissions; commercial projects (signs and logos)
Website: www.peachtreemosaics.com
Artist's statement: My passion is watching my work emerge from a bare surface to an artwork created from an image in my mind. I get intense satisfaction from translating that sole creative focus and seeing it emerge on the canvas before me. The end product is such an evolution from beginning to end.
Medium: ceramic, glass, marble tiles
Current projects: Stockland School Projects (Newcastle and Sydney);
Contact details: 2290 Bucketts Way, Booral, 2425 NSW
Available for: commissions; commercial projects (signs and logos)
Website: www.peachtreemosaics.com
Name: Bev Cozad - Bush
Artist's statement: I choose to paint with watercolour and mixed media and enjoy experimenting with different techniques to capture a variety of subjects. My aim is to always capture and feature the light and resulting shadows. It is also important that I feel a strong connection with all of the subjects I choose to paint. I would like my work to re-educate people’s perception of watercolour by demonstrating the scope of the watercolour medium. As with other mediums, watercolour can be used loosely in an impressionistic manner, however it also has the ability to rival all mediums where realism is depicted. It is my belief that watercolour has the added advantage of a luminous and transparent quality.
Medium: Watercolour, mixed media.
Current projects: Preparing for upcoming exhibitions.
Contact details: Phone: 4938 8323, email: rlbush@idl.net.au
Available for: Commissions, exhibitions.
Category: Painter
Artist's statement: I choose to paint with watercolour and mixed media and enjoy experimenting with different techniques to capture a variety of subjects. My aim is to always capture and feature the light and resulting shadows. It is also important that I feel a strong connection with all of the subjects I choose to paint. I would like my work to re-educate people’s perception of watercolour by demonstrating the scope of the watercolour medium. As with other mediums, watercolour can be used loosely in an impressionistic manner, however it also has the ability to rival all mediums where realism is depicted. It is my belief that watercolour has the added advantage of a luminous and transparent quality.
Medium: Watercolour, mixed media.
Current projects: Preparing for upcoming exhibitions.
Contact details: Phone: 4938 8323, email: rlbush@idl.net.au
Available for: Commissions, exhibitions.
Category: Painter
Name: Leanne Davy
Artist's statement: I just love the Australian landscape and our people, it is so unique. I love the beauty of the simple things that we miss when we are caught up in our hectic lives. This is the direction I want my ART to go.
Medium: Pastel, oil acrylic, charcoal, ink, pencil
Current projects: Working towards an Exhibition at Lake Macquarie , Tutoring adult drawing classes at Singleton Community College and children drawing classes.
Contact details: 0423 812 487 or ldavy@live.com.au
Available for: Exhibitions, Commissions, Private Sales and Tutoring.
Category: Painter
Website: www.artistleannedavy.com
Artist's statement: I just love the Australian landscape and our people, it is so unique. I love the beauty of the simple things that we miss when we are caught up in our hectic lives. This is the direction I want my ART to go.
Medium: Pastel, oil acrylic, charcoal, ink, pencil
Current projects: Working towards an Exhibition at Lake Macquarie , Tutoring adult drawing classes at Singleton Community College and children drawing classes.
Contact details: 0423 812 487 or ldavy@live.com.au
Available for: Exhibitions, Commissions, Private Sales and Tutoring.
Category: Painter
Website: www.artistleannedavy.com
Name: Stuart Dawson
Artist's statement: I havebeen painting for many years after being tutored for 5 years by Fred Roberts renowned Traditional Artist. I am a passionate Rural Australian and enjoy painting traditional subjects eg; landscapes, animals, buildings.
Medium: Watercolour, Pastels, Charcoal
Contact details: 0439821466 or email jenniferdawson5@bigpond.com
Available for: Commissions, Private sale
Category: Painter
Artist's statement: I havebeen painting for many years after being tutored for 5 years by Fred Roberts renowned Traditional Artist. I am a passionate Rural Australian and enjoy painting traditional subjects eg; landscapes, animals, buildings.
Medium: Watercolour, Pastels, Charcoal
Contact details: 0439821466 or email jenniferdawson5@bigpond.com
Available for: Commissions, Private sale
Category: Painter
Name: Hank Den-Ouden
Artist's statement: My Paintings are images of the Australian landscape and rural buildings started 'in the field' and finished in the studio.
Medium: Acrylic with gel and binder
Current projects: A new series of landscapes.
Contact details: hankd@westnet.com
Available for: Private sale and exhibiting
Artist's statement: My Paintings are images of the Australian landscape and rural buildings started 'in the field' and finished in the studio.
Medium: Acrylic with gel and binder
Current projects: A new series of landscapes.
Contact details: hankd@westnet.com
Available for: Private sale and exhibiting
Name: Charlotte Drake-Brockman
Artist's statement: I have always constructed some sort of art/sculpture. As a mixed media artist there is a vast scope for expression using available materials such as recycled metals, plastics as well as paper, canvas and paint. I enjoy the production, experimentations of producing works as well as teaching and making people laugh.
Medium: Mixed and recycled metals and plastic.
Current projects: Painting still life and interiors.
Available for: teaching, commissions etc
Artist's statement: I have always constructed some sort of art/sculpture. As a mixed media artist there is a vast scope for expression using available materials such as recycled metals, plastics as well as paper, canvas and paint. I enjoy the production, experimentations of producing works as well as teaching and making people laugh.
Medium: Mixed and recycled metals and plastic.
Current projects: Painting still life and interiors.
Available for: teaching, commissions etc
Name: Maree Elliott
Artist's statement: It is the excitement and the uncertainty of the journey that fuels my passion for visual communication with the natural world. I find the process more challenging and satisfying than viewing a finished product. Having said that, viewing the finished product reawakens the memories of the journey and refuels the passion.
Medium: varied
Current projects: Bachelor Natural History Illustration at Uni of Newcastle. Latest project on Towarri National Park.
Contact details: maree.elliott78@bigpond.com
Available for: commissions, exhibitions, workshops and residencies
Category: Illustrator
Artist's statement: It is the excitement and the uncertainty of the journey that fuels my passion for visual communication with the natural world. I find the process more challenging and satisfying than viewing a finished product. Having said that, viewing the finished product reawakens the memories of the journey and refuels the passion.
Medium: varied
Current projects: Bachelor Natural History Illustration at Uni of Newcastle. Latest project on Towarri National Park.
Contact details: maree.elliott78@bigpond.com
Available for: commissions, exhibitions, workshops and residencies
Category: Illustrator
Name: Irene Esteves
Artist's statement: Clay is my passion, I love to push its' boundaries. I work in earthenware and porcelain; casting, throwing and hand building. I specialise in primitive firing but also employ dry and shiny glaze and use decals. Some of my work is inspired by the sea, some by human nature. I also create colourful mosaics nipping tiles to form major themes. I have exhibited widely, won many awards, run 54 workshops and led 5 Community Art Projects.
Medium: clay and mosaic
Current projects: Artist in residence Upper Hunter Libraries holiday program
Available for: Workshops in clay, mosaic tiling and body casting, Commissions
Artist's statement: Clay is my passion, I love to push its' boundaries. I work in earthenware and porcelain; casting, throwing and hand building. I specialise in primitive firing but also employ dry and shiny glaze and use decals. Some of my work is inspired by the sea, some by human nature. I also create colourful mosaics nipping tiles to form major themes. I have exhibited widely, won many awards, run 54 workshops and led 5 Community Art Projects.
Medium: clay and mosaic
Current projects: Artist in residence Upper Hunter Libraries holiday program
Available for: Workshops in clay, mosaic tiling and body casting, Commissions
Name: Wendy Fraser
Artist's statement: Wendy Fraser is a photographic artist with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from University of Western Sydney. Her ‘Fourth Dimension’ series explores the mediums documentary ability. Often inspired by surface marks and textures created by time and the existence of life, Wendy’s art also reflects her interest in Abstract Expressionism. Gloucester is Wendy’s hometown which she returned to in 2005 after 6 years in New Zealand.
Medium: Photography
Current projects: Fourth Dimension Series – cross processed abstract images.
Contact details: wendy@wendyfraser.com.au
Available for: Exhibitions
Category: Photography
Website: www.wendyfraser.com.au
Artist's statement: Wendy Fraser is a photographic artist with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from University of Western Sydney. Her ‘Fourth Dimension’ series explores the mediums documentary ability. Often inspired by surface marks and textures created by time and the existence of life, Wendy’s art also reflects her interest in Abstract Expressionism. Gloucester is Wendy’s hometown which she returned to in 2005 after 6 years in New Zealand.
Medium: Photography
Current projects: Fourth Dimension Series – cross processed abstract images.
Contact details: wendy@wendyfraser.com.au
Available for: Exhibitions
Category: Photography
Website: www.wendyfraser.com.au
Name: Jeanne Harrison
Artist's statement: As a printmaker I concentrate on making collagraph prints which may then be combined or overlayed- building layers of colour and textures and thus reflecting my love of Nature.
Medium: Works on Paper
Current projects: Working towards exhibitions in 2011 with the Newcastle Printmakers Workshop Inc at Back to Back gallery in Cooks Hill and the Newcastle Art Space.
Contact details: jeanneh2@bigpond.com
Available for: Exhibiting
Category: Printmaker
Artist's statement: As a printmaker I concentrate on making collagraph prints which may then be combined or overlayed- building layers of colour and textures and thus reflecting my love of Nature.
Medium: Works on Paper
Current projects: Working towards exhibitions in 2011 with the Newcastle Printmakers Workshop Inc at Back to Back gallery in Cooks Hill and the Newcastle Art Space.
Contact details: jeanneh2@bigpond.com
Available for: Exhibiting
Category: Printmaker
Name: Denise Hedges
Artist's statement: My Art comes from the heart, it something that comes from within. My name is Denise Hedges and I was born and raised in the hunter valley. As my ancestors did before me. My family have a close cultural tie to the Wanaruah land and I express my connection through my art. Having been painting for many years and studying at TAFE, I have sold a lot of art to people from all over the world. I have been involved in many exhibitions.
Medium: Acrylic paints
Current projects: WUPA@Wanaruah Aboriginal Art & Culture Event July 2011
Contact details: Bigred195656@hotmail.com
Available for: Exhibition
Website: www.ungooroo.com.au
Artist's statement: My Art comes from the heart, it something that comes from within. My name is Denise Hedges and I was born and raised in the hunter valley. As my ancestors did before me. My family have a close cultural tie to the Wanaruah land and I express my connection through my art. Having been painting for many years and studying at TAFE, I have sold a lot of art to people from all over the world. I have been involved in many exhibitions.
Medium: Acrylic paints
Current projects: WUPA@Wanaruah Aboriginal Art & Culture Event July 2011
Contact details: Bigred195656@hotmail.com
Available for: Exhibition
Website: www.ungooroo.com.au
Name: Alison Hodges
Artist's statement: Did you know a butterfly has to flap its wings 897 times to cross Trafalgar Square?
Medium: Acrylic/oils
Current projects: Landscapes from the verandah
Contact details:
Available for: Commission work
Artist's statement: Did you know a butterfly has to flap its wings 897 times to cross Trafalgar Square?
Medium: Acrylic/oils
Current projects: Landscapes from the verandah
Contact details:
Available for: Commission work
Name: Pauline Jollow
Artist's statement: My work is inspired by nature and our interconnectedness with it. I love to experiment with both natural and man made materials along with art mediums. I find a playful and experimental approach allows me to work more intuitively with the materials. Working with natural materials helps me to connect with a particular place.
Medium: Mixed media, clay, found objects, natural materials
Current projects: Just completed a solo exhibition and now working on new works
Contact details: 6559 1733 or 0422 640 271
Available for: Exhibiting, mixed media workshops, ceramic sculpture workshops
Category: Mixed media painter and clay sculptor
Website: http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/paulinejollow
Artist's statement: My work is inspired by nature and our interconnectedness with it. I love to experiment with both natural and man made materials along with art mediums. I find a playful and experimental approach allows me to work more intuitively with the materials. Working with natural materials helps me to connect with a particular place.
Medium: Mixed media, clay, found objects, natural materials
Current projects: Just completed a solo exhibition and now working on new works
Contact details: 6559 1733 or 0422 640 271
Available for: Exhibiting, mixed media workshops, ceramic sculpture workshops
Category: Mixed media painter and clay sculptor
Website: http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/paulinejollow
Name: Hanna Kay
Artist's statement: My artwork is essentially an outpouring of uncertainties; a dialogue between the probable and the improbable. A painting of mine is not a statement, rather, it is a droplet of urges in an infinite stream of images, some of which will become artworks, while others will remain solely in my imagination.
Medium: visual artist
Current projects: working for project exhibition, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Contact details: hanna@hannakay.com
Available for: commissions
Category: artist / painter
Website: www.hannakay.com
Artist's statement: My artwork is essentially an outpouring of uncertainties; a dialogue between the probable and the improbable. A painting of mine is not a statement, rather, it is a droplet of urges in an infinite stream of images, some of which will become artworks, while others will remain solely in my imagination.
Medium: visual artist
Current projects: working for project exhibition, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Contact details: hanna@hannakay.com
Available for: commissions
Category: artist / painter
Website: www.hannakay.com
Name: Muriel King
Artist's statement: I have lived all my life with a strong connection to the earth, the changing seasons and colour. Growing up in the Middlebrook Valley gave me the inspiration and appreciation of nature and it's beauty. I paint what touches my heart and sole. Painting and gardening with all its beauty lifes me into another time and space. I love to experiment with colour and texture, mixing different images and reactions. Creating and expression is what I have done all my life and I wil continue to do this while I am in this beautiful place.
Medium: Oils, pastel, acrylic, sketching,
Current projects: Works for the Scone Art Prize
Contact details: mooicoo@bigpond.com
Available for: For exhibitions
Category: Painter
Artist's statement: I have lived all my life with a strong connection to the earth, the changing seasons and colour. Growing up in the Middlebrook Valley gave me the inspiration and appreciation of nature and it's beauty. I paint what touches my heart and sole. Painting and gardening with all its beauty lifes me into another time and space. I love to experiment with colour and texture, mixing different images and reactions. Creating and expression is what I have done all my life and I wil continue to do this while I am in this beautiful place.
Medium: Oils, pastel, acrylic, sketching,
Current projects: Works for the Scone Art Prize
Contact details: mooicoo@bigpond.com
Available for: For exhibitions
Category: Painter
Name: John Kisi
Artist's statement: "My experiences of craftmanship in Arts would be summed up in one word - MATTER. The refinement of all "the elements" (quantum physics). All things made through space, time and man are from "wonders of the world". From the Old World through to the New world. Throught the elements of time." Elements: EARTH - material: stone/wood FIRE - shaping, creating from the heating of materials WATER - colling, shaping AIR - wind creates shelter, life These are the elements as I see them.
Medium: Mixed medium, timber, cermanic, bone, and crystal mineral.
Current projects: Commissioned piece titled "Horse powered".
Contact details: 02 6545 4247
Available for: Commissions, exhibiting
Category: Sculptor
Artist's statement: "My experiences of craftmanship in Arts would be summed up in one word - MATTER. The refinement of all "the elements" (quantum physics). All things made through space, time and man are from "wonders of the world". From the Old World through to the New world. Throught the elements of time." Elements: EARTH - material: stone/wood FIRE - shaping, creating from the heating of materials WATER - colling, shaping AIR - wind creates shelter, life These are the elements as I see them.
Medium: Mixed medium, timber, cermanic, bone, and crystal mineral.
Current projects: Commissioned piece titled "Horse powered".
Contact details: 02 6545 4247
Available for: Commissions, exhibiting
Category: Sculptor
Name: Marie Lunney
Artist's statement: Creating art is what makes me happy and excited about what will emerge on the canvas. I use a variety of mediums, including oils, acrylics, pastel, ink and charcoal. I have explored a variety of subjects including portraiture, landscapes, still life and nudes. Recently I have worked with different printing processes to broaden my artistic techniques. I’m inspired everyday by the beauty of nature and my surroundings.
Medium: a variety
Current projects: Workshop in printmaking at Newcastle TAFE and working towards an exhibition.
Contact details: lunney10@bigpond.com
Available for: Commissions
Artist's statement: Creating art is what makes me happy and excited about what will emerge on the canvas. I use a variety of mediums, including oils, acrylics, pastel, ink and charcoal. I have explored a variety of subjects including portraiture, landscapes, still life and nudes. Recently I have worked with different printing processes to broaden my artistic techniques. I’m inspired everyday by the beauty of nature and my surroundings.
Medium: a variety
Current projects: Workshop in printmaking at Newcastle TAFE and working towards an exhibition.
Contact details: lunney10@bigpond.com
Available for: Commissions
Name: Danny Mackay
Artist's statement: I draw on aerial views of landscape as inspiration but they are totally abstracted, although Indigenous Symbols are sometimes added. I am just as interested in the physical act of painting and the context of colour as the subject matter. I do not plan arduously and the freedom of my underpainting dictates entirely the outcome of the work albeit the work will eventually take on a very finished and structured appearance.
Medium: gouache, acrylic pastel
Current projects: work on paper
Contact details: Mackay Screen Media, 42 Toocan Lane Dungog NSW Australia
Available for: Teaching and commission
Artist's statement: I draw on aerial views of landscape as inspiration but they are totally abstracted, although Indigenous Symbols are sometimes added. I am just as interested in the physical act of painting and the context of colour as the subject matter. I do not plan arduously and the freedom of my underpainting dictates entirely the outcome of the work albeit the work will eventually take on a very finished and structured appearance.
Medium: gouache, acrylic pastel
Current projects: work on paper
Contact details: Mackay Screen Media, 42 Toocan Lane Dungog NSW Australia
Available for: Teaching and commission
Name: David Mahony
Artist's statement: I am a painter, untutored and ‘new primitive’ in style. Subjects are often ‘whimsical’ with narrative and strong colour. Established an art gallery/cafe in Sandy Hollow in 2002. Represented locally, in Europe, Asia, Russia and at the Ourimbah TAFE NSW.
Medium: Ceramics, sculpture and painting.
Current projects: Developing a mosaic and sculpture park.
Contact details: 02 6547 4533
Artist's statement: I am a painter, untutored and ‘new primitive’ in style. Subjects are often ‘whimsical’ with narrative and strong colour. Established an art gallery/cafe in Sandy Hollow in 2002. Represented locally, in Europe, Asia, Russia and at the Ourimbah TAFE NSW.
Medium: Ceramics, sculpture and painting.
Current projects: Developing a mosaic and sculpture park.
Contact details: 02 6547 4533
Name: Bernie Meyers
Artist's statement: The circle of life—eternity, unity, dependency, perfection, infinity……………………………………….. It is my intention, that my artworks cause people to slow down and notice the exquisite details we are surrounded by. Each precious feather, leaf or pebble is shaped by time, water, wind and sun. They are affected by the changing seasons. Fragments of a larger picture, each one is reliant on all of the others to continue the circle of life. We are all knitted into this circle.
Medium: Works on paper
Current projects: I am working on a long term series of nature pictures including etchings, collage and mixed media works.
Contact details: 303 Dungog Rd Martins Creek 2420
Available for: Teaching, commissions
Website: www.berniemeyers.com
Artist's statement: The circle of life—eternity, unity, dependency, perfection, infinity……………………………………….. It is my intention, that my artworks cause people to slow down and notice the exquisite details we are surrounded by. Each precious feather, leaf or pebble is shaped by time, water, wind and sun. They are affected by the changing seasons. Fragments of a larger picture, each one is reliant on all of the others to continue the circle of life. We are all knitted into this circle.
Medium: Works on paper
Current projects: I am working on a long term series of nature pictures including etchings, collage and mixed media works.
Contact details: 303 Dungog Rd Martins Creek 2420
Available for: Teaching, commissions
Website: www.berniemeyers.com
Name: Ira Morgan
Artist's statement: I enjoy doing plein air because there is so much inspirational material around in nature and that in my travels I get excited about a subject and either do a pen sketch or paint straight away. My main love is watercolour and also pen drawing. I do a variety of different subjects and am always trying different approaches.
Medium: Watercolour, acrylic,
Current projects: Exhibition 'Birds'opening 5 March , Dungog Studio workshops, running Beginners Watercolour workshops, commences Tues. 22 March for 5 weeks, 9:30-12:30
Contact details: iramorgan@live.com.au
Available for: commissions and exhibiting
Website: www.iramorgan.com
Artist's statement: I enjoy doing plein air because there is so much inspirational material around in nature and that in my travels I get excited about a subject and either do a pen sketch or paint straight away. My main love is watercolour and also pen drawing. I do a variety of different subjects and am always trying different approaches.
Medium: Watercolour, acrylic,
Current projects: Exhibition 'Birds'opening 5 March , Dungog Studio workshops, running Beginners Watercolour workshops, commences Tues. 22 March for 5 weeks, 9:30-12:30
Contact details: iramorgan@live.com.au
Available for: commissions and exhibiting
Website: www.iramorgan.com
Name: Lesley Nixon
Artist's statement: My works are inspired by personal experiences. I use my sketches and photography as a visual aid for work in the studio. I prefer that each work tells a story or highlights a particular social, rural or environmental issue. I enjoy using watercolour, acrylic and pastel mediums, and exploring new techniques. I like to paint subjects from the natural world with their wealth of colour, variety and detail.
Medium: Watercolour, pastel, acrylics
Current projects: Sales at Haydon Hall, Murrurundi; & Shared exhibitions
Contact details: mwapk@bigpond.com
Available for: Exhibiting & private sales
Category: Painter
Artist's statement: My works are inspired by personal experiences. I use my sketches and photography as a visual aid for work in the studio. I prefer that each work tells a story or highlights a particular social, rural or environmental issue. I enjoy using watercolour, acrylic and pastel mediums, and exploring new techniques. I like to paint subjects from the natural world with their wealth of colour, variety and detail.
Medium: Watercolour, pastel, acrylics
Current projects: Sales at Haydon Hall, Murrurundi; & Shared exhibitions
Contact details: mwapk@bigpond.com
Available for: Exhibiting & private sales
Category: Painter
Name: Peter Norvill
Artist's statement: "They say life is a journey. Some say art is also a journey. I say art is a journey, within the journey of life".
Medium: Oils, pastels, charcoal, enamel, photography and music
Current projects: Founder of the biennial "Norvill Art Prize" in Murrurundi
Contact details: peternorvill@bigpond.com
Category: Painting
Website: www.norvilleaustralia.com.au
Artist's statement: "They say life is a journey. Some say art is also a journey. I say art is a journey, within the journey of life".
Medium: Oils, pastels, charcoal, enamel, photography and music
Current projects: Founder of the biennial "Norvill Art Prize" in Murrurundi
Contact details: peternorvill@bigpond.com
Category: Painting
Website: www.norvilleaustralia.com.au
Name: Katrina Partridge
Artist's statement: A multi-award winning photographer, my work showcases images that reflect the shape, colour and movement that mould our world.
Medium: Digital
Contact details: Katrina Partridge on 0419 439 429 or via www.katrina-partridge-photography.com
Available for: Specialist in equine photography. Also regularly commissioned for event, portrait, pet, aerial and real estate work.
Category: Photographer
Website: http://www.katrina-partridge-photography.com/-/katrina-partridge-photography/default.asp
Artist's statement: A multi-award winning photographer, my work showcases images that reflect the shape, colour and movement that mould our world.
Medium: Digital
Contact details: Katrina Partridge on 0419 439 429 or via www.katrina-partridge-photography.com
Available for: Specialist in equine photography. Also regularly commissioned for event, portrait, pet, aerial and real estate work.
Category: Photographer
Website: http://www.katrina-partridge-photography.com/-/katrina-partridge-photography/default.asp
Name: Gillian Paterson
Artist's statement: Since moving to Murrurundi in 2007, has studied chiaroscuro (tonal) techniques at the Upstairs Art Studio and won a variety of awards and commendations.
Medium: Acrylics, charcoal and pastel
Current projects: currently working on 4 commissions
Contact details: 6546 6001
Available for: commissions, competitions and exhibitions
Category: painter
Website: gilly.upstairs-art.com.au
Artist's statement: Since moving to Murrurundi in 2007, has studied chiaroscuro (tonal) techniques at the Upstairs Art Studio and won a variety of awards and commendations.
Medium: Acrylics, charcoal and pastel
Current projects: currently working on 4 commissions
Contact details: 6546 6001
Available for: commissions, competitions and exhibitions
Category: painter
Website: gilly.upstairs-art.com.au
Name: Christine Pike
Artist's statement: As an artist living in the country Christine is inspired to capture the beauty and power of the Australian landscape. Christine’s paintings are semi abstract style, incorporating mixed medium techniques. “My work is usually spontaneous from drawing which I commence on location and then further developed in my studio.” I also find the human body a beautiful form that offers challenges and possibilities to mark down on paper. I try not only to portray the form but the mood and feeling of the pose. In a way I find life drawing not dissimilar to capturing the landscape.
Medium: Charcoal, mixed media
Current projects: Working on a body of figurative and landscape
Contact details: cpike@bravo.net.au
Artist's statement: As an artist living in the country Christine is inspired to capture the beauty and power of the Australian landscape. Christine’s paintings are semi abstract style, incorporating mixed medium techniques. “My work is usually spontaneous from drawing which I commence on location and then further developed in my studio.” I also find the human body a beautiful form that offers challenges and possibilities to mark down on paper. I try not only to portray the form but the mood and feeling of the pose. In a way I find life drawing not dissimilar to capturing the landscape.
Medium: Charcoal, mixed media
Current projects: Working on a body of figurative and landscape
Contact details: cpike@bravo.net.au
Name: Rebecca Rath
Artist's statement: "Since moving to rural New South Wales, my connection to and respect for the Australian landscape has increased. My art has been affected by what I have seen here, from the deep red ochres of the drought to the lush greenery that came with the rains. . "
Medium: Oil, acrylic, charcoal, pastel, photography, printmaking
Current projects: ‘Transferring the Image 2011’, August, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney, ‘ Monotype’, September, Cessnock Regional Art Gallery
Contact details: r.rath@sandamire.com
Available for: Exhibiting, commissions
Category: Visual artist
Website: www.rebeccarath.moonfruit.com
Artist's statement: "Since moving to rural New South Wales, my connection to and respect for the Australian landscape has increased. My art has been affected by what I have seen here, from the deep red ochres of the drought to the lush greenery that came with the rains. . "
Medium: Oil, acrylic, charcoal, pastel, photography, printmaking
Current projects: ‘Transferring the Image 2011’, August, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney, ‘ Monotype’, September, Cessnock Regional Art Gallery
Contact details: r.rath@sandamire.com
Available for: Exhibiting, commissions
Category: Visual artist
Website: www.rebeccarath.moonfruit.com
Name: Brian Roberts
Artist's statement: My work is concerned with an emotional response to the natural world. I paint semi-abstract land and seascapes representing specific locations that have left a memorable impression. I like the sensuality and depth of colour of oil paint used in gestured and direct brush strokes asserting the materiality of paint and the painted surface. My current work is in oil on canvas allowing me to use the palette knife to add movement and depth to the wet paint.
Medium: Oil on canvas, digital prints
Contact details: brianroberts@westnet.com.au
Available for: commission
Website: www.signededitions.com.au
Artist's statement: My work is concerned with an emotional response to the natural world. I paint semi-abstract land and seascapes representing specific locations that have left a memorable impression. I like the sensuality and depth of colour of oil paint used in gestured and direct brush strokes asserting the materiality of paint and the painted surface. My current work is in oil on canvas allowing me to use the palette knife to add movement and depth to the wet paint.
Medium: Oil on canvas, digital prints
Contact details: brianroberts@westnet.com.au
Available for: commission
Website: www.signededitions.com.au
Name: Chris Russell
Artist's statement: Remote sun-drenched Australia with its brilliant colours, wide sky, and silence, plays a large part in my work. Relentless searing sun, ridges and red sand. But whether in my rainforest home or in the western deserts, I am trapped by the fleeting images released by water. I bring back fragments, clicks from a timeless land, entirely natural images, unique, vibrant splashes of colour and beauty, to invite the imagination to stray.
Medium: Metallic-based abstract photographic images
Contact details: chrisr@skymesh.com.au
Category: Photography
Artist's statement: Remote sun-drenched Australia with its brilliant colours, wide sky, and silence, plays a large part in my work. Relentless searing sun, ridges and red sand. But whether in my rainforest home or in the western deserts, I am trapped by the fleeting images released by water. I bring back fragments, clicks from a timeless land, entirely natural images, unique, vibrant splashes of colour and beauty, to invite the imagination to stray.
Medium: Metallic-based abstract photographic images
Contact details: chrisr@skymesh.com.au
Category: Photography
Name: Fran Shaw
Artist's statement: I aim to capture the beauty of the femal and nature. I photograph for portraits and use photoshop manipulation to enhance / combine images. My recent successes include; Winner of Regional Art Prize - Weston Art Show 2010, Winner of Champion of Show - Singleton Show 2009, First prize, Painting - Singleton Show 2009, Highly Commended - Art in the Vines 2010, Highly Commended - Art in the Vines 2010, Highly Commended - Singleton Art Prize 2009, Commended - Singleton Art Prize 2010.
Medium: Oils, acrylics
Current projects: Painting landscapes, still lifes and portraits, especially sensual female.
Contact details: 6571 4246, 0402 948 964 and frannishaw@gmail.com
Available for: Commissions and sales.
Category: Painter
Website: http://www.facebook.com/people/Fran-Shaw-Paintings/100001015873578
Artist's statement: I aim to capture the beauty of the femal and nature. I photograph for portraits and use photoshop manipulation to enhance / combine images. My recent successes include; Winner of Regional Art Prize - Weston Art Show 2010, Winner of Champion of Show - Singleton Show 2009, First prize, Painting - Singleton Show 2009, Highly Commended - Art in the Vines 2010, Highly Commended - Art in the Vines 2010, Highly Commended - Singleton Art Prize 2009, Commended - Singleton Art Prize 2010.
Medium: Oils, acrylics
Current projects: Painting landscapes, still lifes and portraits, especially sensual female.
Contact details: 6571 4246, 0402 948 964 and frannishaw@gmail.com
Available for: Commissions and sales.
Category: Painter
Website: http://www.facebook.com/people/Fran-Shaw-Paintings/100001015873578
Name: Gaye Shield
Artist's statement: For me it is the best way I know to express myself. It is fulfilling and something I have been trying to do all my life. Now I feel I have the time and space to actually embed myself in it. and I am loving it.
Medium: oil painting
Current projects: Best of the Best, Lorne Gallery 2011
Contact details: 0409313996
Available for: to exhibit
Artist's statement: For me it is the best way I know to express myself. It is fulfilling and something I have been trying to do all my life. Now I feel I have the time and space to actually embed myself in it. and I am loving it.
Medium: oil painting
Current projects: Best of the Best, Lorne Gallery 2011
Contact details: 0409313996
Available for: to exhibit
Name: Roger Skinner
Artist's statement: Light is the basis of all life. Photography is described as light writing. Hence it becomes the written language of light. The light etched image of itself, the new hieroglyphics, the story teller of now for the future, the history of life. It is good to be an interpreter in that history.
Medium: Photography and Mixed Media
Current projects: I am currently working on the production of my third book of photographs from my tour of the Western Balkans
Contact details: Mobile 0407 002777,
Available for: Teaching, Commissioned Work Portraiture, Industrial ,The Nude, Consultancy etc
Category: Photographer
Website: www.progalleries.com.au/rojpix
Artist's statement: Light is the basis of all life. Photography is described as light writing. Hence it becomes the written language of light. The light etched image of itself, the new hieroglyphics, the story teller of now for the future, the history of life. It is good to be an interpreter in that history.
Medium: Photography and Mixed Media
Current projects: I am currently working on the production of my third book of photographs from my tour of the Western Balkans
Contact details: Mobile 0407 002777,
Available for: Teaching, Commissioned Work Portraiture, Industrial ,The Nude, Consultancy etc
Category: Photographer
Website: www.progalleries.com.au/rojpix
Name: Jean Spokes
Artist's statement: Jean is part of the Sealy family where "art is always a way of life". Studied under many tutors since 1977 and believing knowledge is to be shared, teaches a variety of mediums in Australia and overseas for her "Art Journey". Exhibiting since 1987, Jean has held many solo and joint exhibitions and has won numerous awards.
Medium: Porcelain, glass, oils, watercolour, pastel, acrylic, silk and drawing
Contact details: jeanspokes@gmail.com
Available for: Commissions, exhibiting, teaching
Category: Visual Artist
Artist's statement: Jean is part of the Sealy family where "art is always a way of life". Studied under many tutors since 1977 and believing knowledge is to be shared, teaches a variety of mediums in Australia and overseas for her "Art Journey". Exhibiting since 1987, Jean has held many solo and joint exhibitions and has won numerous awards.
Medium: Porcelain, glass, oils, watercolour, pastel, acrylic, silk and drawing
Contact details: jeanspokes@gmail.com
Available for: Commissions, exhibiting, teaching
Category: Visual Artist
Name: Robyn Stanton Werkhoven
Artist's statement: My artworks are usually modern figurative paintings with the use of vivid colour and strong line. Portraiture is a keen interest, I am an exhibiting member with Portrait Artists Australia. At present some of my work involves developing multiple images to depict a subject or theme. The works evolve as a personal journey and documenta. Also portraying the landscape has become a new focal point in paintings, capturing the dynamic and powerful moods to the delicate nuances of nature. The main highlight of my artistic career is the collaborative drawings and paintings – observations of humanity, with artist Eric Werkhoven.
Medium: oil and acrylics on canvas or board. Drawing with aqua pencils / graphite and oil pastels.
Current projects: working for major exhibition –CAPRICE:” a holy tirade of the heart uncovered” collaborative works with Eric Werkhoven for Maitland Regional Gallery July 1st 2011.
Contact details: werkhovenr@bigpond.com
Available for: commissioned works
Website: www.studiolaprimitive.com/
Artist's statement: My artworks are usually modern figurative paintings with the use of vivid colour and strong line. Portraiture is a keen interest, I am an exhibiting member with Portrait Artists Australia. At present some of my work involves developing multiple images to depict a subject or theme. The works evolve as a personal journey and documenta. Also portraying the landscape has become a new focal point in paintings, capturing the dynamic and powerful moods to the delicate nuances of nature. The main highlight of my artistic career is the collaborative drawings and paintings – observations of humanity, with artist Eric Werkhoven.
Medium: oil and acrylics on canvas or board. Drawing with aqua pencils / graphite and oil pastels.
Current projects: working for major exhibition –CAPRICE:” a holy tirade of the heart uncovered” collaborative works with Eric Werkhoven for Maitland Regional Gallery July 1st 2011.
Contact details: werkhovenr@bigpond.com
Available for: commissioned works
Website: www.studiolaprimitive.com/
Name: Clare Tilyard
Artist's statement: I love working with clay. I love the alchemy and physicality of the material. I’m particularly interested in human’s impact on our natural environment, and how that affects our relationship to the natural world and each other. I work mostly with stoneware clays making large vessels, tiles and functional ware, and also enjoy experimenting with locally dug clay and oxides. I hope my work brings beauty into the everyday in a thought provoking way.
Medium: Clay
Current projects: Abstracted aerial landscape tiles and vessels
Contact details: 7 Brown Street, Dungog. claretilyard@hotmail.com. 02 49 923 370
Available for: commissions, exhibitions, workshops
Category: ceramic artist
Artist's statement: I love working with clay. I love the alchemy and physicality of the material. I’m particularly interested in human’s impact on our natural environment, and how that affects our relationship to the natural world and each other. I work mostly with stoneware clays making large vessels, tiles and functional ware, and also enjoy experimenting with locally dug clay and oxides. I hope my work brings beauty into the everyday in a thought provoking way.
Medium: Clay
Current projects: Abstracted aerial landscape tiles and vessels
Contact details: 7 Brown Street, Dungog. claretilyard@hotmail.com. 02 49 923 370
Available for: commissions, exhibitions, workshops
Category: ceramic artist
Name: Simone Elizabeth Turner Ryan
Artist's statement: Exhibiting since 1987 at Gresford, Gloucester, Stroud, Dungog, Maitland, Sydney Royal and Camberwell, Victoria. Over 50 commissions in twenty one years, landscapes, homes, pets and signs on canvas, board, cross saws and milk cans.
Medium: Acrylic, enamel
Current projects: Preparing a body of works on milk cans for exhibition
Contact details: 100 Hooke St., Dungog NSW 2420 Australia
Artist's statement: Exhibiting since 1987 at Gresford, Gloucester, Stroud, Dungog, Maitland, Sydney Royal and Camberwell, Victoria. Over 50 commissions in twenty one years, landscapes, homes, pets and signs on canvas, board, cross saws and milk cans.
Medium: Acrylic, enamel
Current projects: Preparing a body of works on milk cans for exhibition
Contact details: 100 Hooke St., Dungog NSW 2420 Australia
Name: Cath Varcoe
Artist's statement: My paintings come from many sources of inspiration, some are created purely from my love for vibrant colour and the fascination I have with seeing colours dance and blend on the canvas. These paintings also reflect whatever mood I am in at the time that the painting is done. Usually my abstract landscapes are no planned and often seem to take on their own story as the paint is applied. When I paint a portrait is often to depict a feeling or a personality. Portraits come from a deeper place in my heart and are carefully thought about and are meaningful to me. I find these paintings difficult to part with. My floral paintings are purely for joy and to brighten a room. I like these paintings to be big and colourful and uncluttered. I paint in both oils and acrylics, sometimes I use pastels or charcoal for portraits of people and pets. Ideas for art are all round me and constantly filling my head, paintings seem to come easily and quickly and it is the most relaxing thing I can ever image doing. Inspiration is always there, the trick is to sit still, listen to a good cd and let it flow.
Medium: Oils, acrylics, pastels
Current projects: Pet portraits
Contact details: 4938 5632, cathvarcoe@gmail.com www.patersongallery.com.au
Available for: Commissions and exhibitions.
Category: Painter
Website: www.patersongallery.com.au
Artist's statement: My paintings come from many sources of inspiration, some are created purely from my love for vibrant colour and the fascination I have with seeing colours dance and blend on the canvas. These paintings also reflect whatever mood I am in at the time that the painting is done. Usually my abstract landscapes are no planned and often seem to take on their own story as the paint is applied. When I paint a portrait is often to depict a feeling or a personality. Portraits come from a deeper place in my heart and are carefully thought about and are meaningful to me. I find these paintings difficult to part with. My floral paintings are purely for joy and to brighten a room. I like these paintings to be big and colourful and uncluttered. I paint in both oils and acrylics, sometimes I use pastels or charcoal for portraits of people and pets. Ideas for art are all round me and constantly filling my head, paintings seem to come easily and quickly and it is the most relaxing thing I can ever image doing. Inspiration is always there, the trick is to sit still, listen to a good cd and let it flow.
Medium: Oils, acrylics, pastels
Current projects: Pet portraits
Contact details: 4938 5632, cathvarcoe@gmail.com www.patersongallery.com.au
Available for: Commissions and exhibitions.
Category: Painter
Website: www.patersongallery.com.au
Name: Jenny Vaughan
Artist's statement: Jenny has worked on a commission base for many years, working for ‘Country Look’ magazine, illustrating novel covers and undertaking business promotional artwork, as well as many commissions for historic buildings, and private homes. Studies include Australian botanics, shells, herbs, butterflies and insects, feathers, birds, and, as well as landscapes
Medium: Pen and ink, gouache, pastel, and varying textiles, wools etc for ‘woollypots’
Current projects: Study of potatoes in pastel – examining the variety of shape, colour and texture of potatoes
Contact details: Grasstrees Gallery, Timor, NSW or cavesridge@ipstarmail.com.au
Available for: Available for both – specialising in commissions, particularly illustrations for magazines and promotion, property/building studies/architectural, flora and fauna detailed studies, book illustrations etc
Category: Illustrator, painter
Artist's statement: Jenny has worked on a commission base for many years, working for ‘Country Look’ magazine, illustrating novel covers and undertaking business promotional artwork, as well as many commissions for historic buildings, and private homes. Studies include Australian botanics, shells, herbs, butterflies and insects, feathers, birds, and, as well as landscapes
Medium: Pen and ink, gouache, pastel, and varying textiles, wools etc for ‘woollypots’
Current projects: Study of potatoes in pastel – examining the variety of shape, colour and texture of potatoes
Contact details: Grasstrees Gallery, Timor, NSW or cavesridge@ipstarmail.com.au
Available for: Available for both – specialising in commissions, particularly illustrations for magazines and promotion, property/building studies/architectural, flora and fauna detailed studies, book illustrations etc
Category: Illustrator, painter
Name: Hugh Walker
Artist's statement: My art is influenced by the beauty & grandeur of the landscape. I am passionate about untouched landscapes, without man and remind us how unique and overwhelming the nature is. The peace, beauty, sights and smells offer me a sense of freedom and peace. My paintings are very traditional and detailed. I love the technique and craftsmanship required to paint this style. I show respect to the landscape by attempting to paint it in the detail and grandeur it deserves.
Medium: Oils
Current projects: Landscape of Braidwood NSW for Singleton Art Prize 1200 x 1500 and outback scene Kata Tjuta 1700x2400mm
Contact details: Hugh Walker
Available for: Small exhibits, commissions, etc
Category: Painter
Website: www.hughwalkerartist.com.au
Artist's statement: My art is influenced by the beauty & grandeur of the landscape. I am passionate about untouched landscapes, without man and remind us how unique and overwhelming the nature is. The peace, beauty, sights and smells offer me a sense of freedom and peace. My paintings are very traditional and detailed. I love the technique and craftsmanship required to paint this style. I show respect to the landscape by attempting to paint it in the detail and grandeur it deserves.
Medium: Oils
Current projects: Landscape of Braidwood NSW for Singleton Art Prize 1200 x 1500 and outback scene Kata Tjuta 1700x2400mm
Contact details: Hugh Walker
Available for: Small exhibits, commissions, etc
Category: Painter
Website: www.hughwalkerartist.com.au
Name: Lorna Wall
Artist's statement: I don't really have a style. I love the creative process. I am always looking for new ideas.
Medium: everything and anything
Contact details: xwallart@gmail.com
Available for: Exhibitions and commissions
Category: Painter
Website: www.lornawall.com.au
Artist's statement: I don't really have a style. I love the creative process. I am always looking for new ideas.
Medium: everything and anything
Contact details: xwallart@gmail.com
Available for: Exhibitions and commissions
Category: Painter
Website: www.lornawall.com.au
Name: Leanne Ward
Artist's statement: I have a passion for colour and am constantly decorating around the home. Moroccan spices are my favourite colours. I was inspired by ancient mosaic art forms and participated in a workshop approximately 12 years ago. Since then, I have been bitten by the ‘mosaic bug’. I have conducted several workshops throughout the valley, (in schools and for art groups). A number of my ‘pieces’ found their way to various galleries and some live with friends or family.
Medium: Tiles, stones, beads, oil and acrylic paint.
Contact details: mobile 0439 498941
Available for: Mosaic workshops, mosaic commissions and beaded lamp shades.
Category: Mosaic artist
Artist's statement: I have a passion for colour and am constantly decorating around the home. Moroccan spices are my favourite colours. I was inspired by ancient mosaic art forms and participated in a workshop approximately 12 years ago. Since then, I have been bitten by the ‘mosaic bug’. I have conducted several workshops throughout the valley, (in schools and for art groups). A number of my ‘pieces’ found their way to various galleries and some live with friends or family.
Medium: Tiles, stones, beads, oil and acrylic paint.
Contact details: mobile 0439 498941
Available for: Mosaic workshops, mosaic commissions and beaded lamp shades.
Category: Mosaic artist
Name: Eric Werkhoven
Artist's statement: “My sculptures are borrowed from antiquity and stolen from the future, to create a heady mix of what the present entails. Sculpture for me entertains these positions of thought, piety and flight in solid form.” Eric is primarily a sculptor but also loves drawing and print making. For the past few years Eric & Robyn Werkhoven have collaborated on drawings and paintings –poignant observations of humanity for exhibitions in Australia and Europe. Eric’s sculptures and artwork are also represented at SOHO Gallery in Sydney. And SOAG Gallery Newcastle.
Medium: Mixed media -Autoclaved aerated cement / cement, sandstone, wood and bone.
Current projects: Preparing works for major exhibition at Maitland Regional Gallery with Robyn Werkhoven July 1st 2011
Contact details: werkhovenr@bigpond.com
Available for: commissioned works
Website: www.studiolaprimitive.com/
Artist's statement: “My sculptures are borrowed from antiquity and stolen from the future, to create a heady mix of what the present entails. Sculpture for me entertains these positions of thought, piety and flight in solid form.” Eric is primarily a sculptor but also loves drawing and print making. For the past few years Eric & Robyn Werkhoven have collaborated on drawings and paintings –poignant observations of humanity for exhibitions in Australia and Europe. Eric’s sculptures and artwork are also represented at SOHO Gallery in Sydney. And SOAG Gallery Newcastle.
Medium: Mixed media -Autoclaved aerated cement / cement, sandstone, wood and bone.
Current projects: Preparing works for major exhibition at Maitland Regional Gallery with Robyn Werkhoven July 1st 2011
Contact details: werkhovenr@bigpond.com
Available for: commissioned works
Website: www.studiolaprimitive.com/
