Summer Salon at Defiance Gallery, Mary Place
23rd November - 20th December 2024
These 3 still life oil paintings are available through Defiance Gallery in Sydney and are currently showing in the group show - Summer Salon.
For further details go to Defiance Gallery
For further details go to Defiance Gallery
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They are, from left to right: Perch, Lamb Cutlets and Blousy Blooms - all oil paintings, 50cm x 50cm, framed at $1,600- each
Portia Geach Memorial Award for female portraiture 2024
at the S H Ervin Gallery Sydney from 24th October
The Portia Geach Memorial Award is an annual prize exhibition for portraits made by female painters here in Australia. It's been going for 60 years now and has been an incredible showcase and support for women painters over this time.
It's also my personal favourite prize exhibition so I'm really thrilled to be a finalist again this year with my work, "Self portrait - Screwed up".
'This work deliberately crosses genre boundaries – it’s a portrait painting, but also a still life and, by the last image, perhaps even an abstraction of a portrait. It’s more than one thing at once – as we all are.
The title also has variable interpretations - from an object being physically crumpled, to a task failed, to a state of mental anguish. Whether it’s the painting itself being crushed, or the subject of the painting – an identity, crumpled and increasingly obscured.
Over the last 5 years, since my cancer diagnosis, I have felt a loss of identity. I’m glad not to have lost my life, but the journey of allowing one identity to slip away and another one to form is difficult.
There are still positives. In our western cultures we usually read images from left to right – in this case, the screwing up process. Others read from right to left - an uncrumpling or blossoming of the image. It’s all in how you look at things.
There’s also a light-hearted reference here to my English heritage, as this work is hung like the decorative Beswick Flying Ducks so often found on English lounge room walls half a century ago.'
It's my 9th time in the Portia Geach and I'm just as excited to be in this year's show as I was over a decade ago!
It's also my personal favourite prize exhibition so I'm really thrilled to be a finalist again this year with my work, "Self portrait - Screwed up".
'This work deliberately crosses genre boundaries – it’s a portrait painting, but also a still life and, by the last image, perhaps even an abstraction of a portrait. It’s more than one thing at once – as we all are.
The title also has variable interpretations - from an object being physically crumpled, to a task failed, to a state of mental anguish. Whether it’s the painting itself being crushed, or the subject of the painting – an identity, crumpled and increasingly obscured.
Over the last 5 years, since my cancer diagnosis, I have felt a loss of identity. I’m glad not to have lost my life, but the journey of allowing one identity to slip away and another one to form is difficult.
There are still positives. In our western cultures we usually read images from left to right – in this case, the screwing up process. Others read from right to left - an uncrumpling or blossoming of the image. It’s all in how you look at things.
There’s also a light-hearted reference here to my English heritage, as this work is hung like the decorative Beswick Flying Ducks so often found on English lounge room walls half a century ago.'
It's my 9th time in the Portia Geach and I'm just as excited to be in this year's show as I was over a decade ago!
You can find out more about the prize and exhibition here: Portia Geach
"Thinking Inside the Box"
at Olsen Annexe from 11th-28th September
Opening: 5-7pm Thursday 12th September
These distinctive paintings on unfolded domestic packaging explore the eclectic interiors of houses in Far North Queensland. The irregular shapes of the tiny panoramas highlight the dimensionality of each space, whether inside or outside. Up close, the detailed observations celebrate everything from interior décor to the patterns on tropical fish.
The unfolded packaging – repurposed tea and drug packets, food and takeaway containers and collaged book pages – shows the surrounding circumstances, both mental and physical, for the artist. Books being read, food consumed and even Covid test packets from the height of the pandemic when some of the works were made.
These works reference concepts of recycling and consumer culture but are also an exploration and celebration of places that are important to the artist.
Click here to see all works available at the Olsen Annexe: "Thinking Inside the Box" works
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'The Inty'
Interiors Prize at Weswal Gallery, Tamworth
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My work, 'B & W's Paris Bathroom' is included in Australia's newest art prize - 'The Inty' at Weswal Gallery, Tamworth. This prize celebrates paintings of interiors and my work features a romantic bathroom in my friends' apartment in Montmartre, Paris where I recently stayed. Like much of my current work it is painted on recycled, unfolded packaging - in this case a tea box. You can find out more about 'The Inty' at: Weswal Gallery |
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Aurora Expeditions Arctic 2024 - Artist in Residence
My trip as Artist in Residence to the Arctic - Iceland, Greenland and Svalbard - with Aurora Expeditions was the trip of a lifetime. Amidst the excitement of seeing unfamiliar and overwhelming landscapes of rocks and ice, there was also incredible flora and fauna right up to the apex predator, the Polar bear.
It was tricky finding time to make art but, as well as lecturing about polar artists and spending time with other artist passengers, I did manage to create some visual memories of the places and the experiences both from plein-air studies and painted works made in my 'cabin studio'.
It was tricky finding time to make art but, as well as lecturing about polar artists and spending time with other artist passengers, I did manage to create some visual memories of the places and the experiences both from plein-air studies and painted works made in my 'cabin studio'.
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At the end of the trip some of my artworks were auctioned as a fund-raiser for the organisation 'Take 3 for the Sea' - they aim to raise awareness of pollution (particularly plastics) in our oceans and encourage people to find ways to clean up the sea.
You can find out more about them on this link:
www.take3.org/
Aurora Expeditions is an Australian company that continues to pioneer small-scale environmentally-concerned polar trips.
You can find out more about them and about their trips on the following link:
Aurora Expeditions
You can see more of this work on the Arctic page
You can find out more about them on this link:
www.take3.org/
Aurora Expeditions is an Australian company that continues to pioneer small-scale environmentally-concerned polar trips.
You can find out more about them and about their trips on the following link:
Aurora Expeditions
You can see more of this work on the Arctic page
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Artist in Residence with Aurora Expeditions - The Arctic 2024
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I'm really excited and honoured to be taking up a position as Artist in Residence on one of Aurora Expeditions' polar expeditions. I'll be joining the Greg Mortimer - a bespoke polar vessel - to explore Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard in July/August 2024. Aurora is an Australian company that continues to pioneer small-scale environmentally-concerned polar trips. You can find out more about them and about the trip on the following link: Aurora Expeditions |
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Affordable Art Fair - Sydney
13th - 16th June 2024
These works will be available through Project Gallery 90 at the Sydney Affordable Art Fair in June 2024.
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Comfort Zone - At Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra
from 9th March - 4th May 2024
Comfort Zone is on the walls at the Shoalhaven Art Gallery right now so, if you're in Nowra, do drop in and check it out.
You can also find out more about the background of this show by clicking on the link below for my Youtube interview with Richard Morecroft.
Exhibition with Richard Morecroft "Thinking Inside the Box"
You can also find out more about the background of this show by clicking on the link below for my Youtube interview with Richard Morecroft.
Exhibition with Richard Morecroft "Thinking Inside the Box"
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Comfort Zone - Joint exhibition at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery
9th March-4th May 2024
'Comfort Zone' is a joint show (with Nicci Bedson) which includes my 'recycled packaging' interior drawings. These distinctive works explore the eclectic interiors of The Artists' Houses, Kulki Beachhouse and the surrounding reef and rainforest of the Daintree in Far North Queensland. The works are all made on unfolded domestic packaging, giving them a unique appearance whilst referencing concepts of recycling and consumer culture.
These works will also be shown in Sydney later in 2024 under the title "Thinking Inside the Box".
You can look at a pdf of the works included in this show here:
These works will also be shown in Sydney later in 2024 under the title "Thinking Inside the Box".
You can look at a pdf of the works included in this show here:
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The Artists' Cottage (Kitchen) Sharpie, gouache and collage on unfolded tea packet 29cm x 47cm
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Kulki Rainforest Sharpie and gouache on unfolded champagne boxes 55cm x 75cm
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This show was supported by a Shoalhaven Arts Board grant in 2023.
Portia Geach Memorial Award for female portraiture
3rd November - 17th December 2023
The annual Portia Geach Memorial Award celebrates portraiture by female artists living in Australia. I'm thrilled to be a finalist for the 8th time and my work this year features 24 small portraits of Richard Morecroft in a single salon hang. All the works are painted on takeaway paper plates made to look like small framed portraits. The work is entitled, "Single Use Only".
You can find out more details here:
Portia Geach Award 2023
"Capturing the multi-faceted nature of a person with only a single painting of their face seems limited, so I’ve included many different faces of my partner, Richard Morecroft, in this work.
The title - ‘Single Use Only’ - refers to the disposable plates that I’ve painted on, but it also references the sitter.
Richard is probably still most recognised for the 20 years he presented the ABC nightly news, although that is now more than two decades ago. He has achieved much in other fields since then, but ‘the newsreader’ label is hard to shake. Our culture often finds it difficult to embrace the multiple facets of individuals, tending instead to identify them as one thing only.
“Single-use” is not how I see Richard - and I hope this multi-faced work hints at the broader spectrum which is less often seen.
The background – a stretched paisley fabric – is intended to conjure the faded grandeur of an English manor-house where portraits of the occupants over the centuries are displayed in an eclectic salon hang.
It’s also a nod to Richard’s fondness for paisley print clothing."
Shoalhaven Arts' Board Grant 2023
This year I was privileged to receive a Shoalhaven Arts' Board grant for an ongoing series of works that I have been making throughout 2022/23.
I was funded to return to Far North Queensland to visit 2 more of the 'Artists' Houses' so that I could draw and paint the interiors.
These interior works are all made on unfolded cardboard packaging - a direct recycling of the packaging that we use whilst staying there.
Works from 2022 have been exhibited in the Dobell Drawing Prize (now travelling) and the Muswellbrook prize.
I plan to show works from both 2022 and 2023 in exhibitions in the Shoalhaven and in Sydney next year.
I was funded to return to Far North Queensland to visit 2 more of the 'Artists' Houses' so that I could draw and paint the interiors.
These interior works are all made on unfolded cardboard packaging - a direct recycling of the packaging that we use whilst staying there.
Works from 2022 have been exhibited in the Dobell Drawing Prize (now travelling) and the Muswellbrook prize.
I plan to show works from both 2022 and 2023 in exhibitions in the Shoalhaven and in Sydney next year.
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LETHBRIDGE 20000 Small Scale Art Prize 2023
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The Lethbridge Gallery in Brisbane hosts an annual prize exhibition featuring small works only. The show runs from the 17th - 27th June. My work (right) 'The Artist's Nook FNQ' is included as a gallery finalist in this year's show. This interior was made onsite in The Artists' Nook - an eclectically-furnished house in Far North Queensland where I was staying at the time. The painting is made on an unfolded takeaway container. You can see all the works on the link here: https://www.lethbridgegallery.com/microsite/finalists?competition=lethbridge-20000-2023 |
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Milburn Art Prize for Landscape - Brisbane Institute of Art
Delighted to find my work "Kulki - Rainforest Clearing" is included as a finalist in the Milburn Art Prize for landscape up in Brisbane.
This work was inspired by my many visits to this special part of the world.
At 180 million years old, the Daintree is the oldest rainforest in the world and Kulki (Cape Tribulation) is at its heart. I’ve been visiting it for just 35 years.
My recent works are painted on recycled cardboard packaging, questioning sustainability in our society, particularly the clearing of fragile forests.
The show is on from the 5th - 26th May. You can find out further details here:
https://www.brisart.org/milburn-prize
This work was inspired by my many visits to this special part of the world.
At 180 million years old, the Daintree is the oldest rainforest in the world and Kulki (Cape Tribulation) is at its heart. I’ve been visiting it for just 35 years.
My recent works are painted on recycled cardboard packaging, questioning sustainability in our society, particularly the clearing of fragile forests.
The show is on from the 5th - 26th May. You can find out further details here:
https://www.brisart.org/milburn-prize
Defiance Gallery Works on Paper Exhibition
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Defiance Gallery at Mary Place is currently hosting a group exhibition of Works on Paper. I'm delighted to have been invited to show a few of my recent works, including my most up-to-date paintings on unfolded packaging. The show is on from Saturday 1st April and you can get more details on the link below: Defiance Gallery Go to Current Work 2023 for further details of my works in this show. |
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'Feed The Soul' at NERAM
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NERAM - the New England Regional Art Museum is hosting a group show entitled Feed the Soul from March 17 - April 30. It features the work of 19 Australia artists (predominantly women) and focuses on still life/food paintings. I have a couple of works included in the show For further details click here: Feed the Soul NERAM |
Shucked at Project Gallery 90
Oysters are the feature of this group show which opens at Project Gallery 90 in Paddington on Thursday 23rd February.
Any enquiries, please contact Katie Hopkinson-Pointer on: 0402 144 350 or visit the gallery at: 90 Oxford St Paddington or go to the website:
https://www.projectgallery90.com/
For further details of my works go to:
Current Work 2023
Any enquiries, please contact Katie Hopkinson-Pointer on: 0402 144 350 or visit the gallery at: 90 Oxford St Paddington or go to the website:
https://www.projectgallery90.com/
For further details of my works go to:
Current Work 2023
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Dobell Drawing Prize 2023
I'm thrilled and honoured that my drawing, The Artist's House FNQ, has been included as a finalist in the forthcoming 2023 Dobell Prize for Drawing.
As the Dobell site says, 'Judges Catherine O’Donnell, Paula Latos-Valier and Katrina Cashman had the challenging task of individually reviewing 1062 entries, before convening at NAS ... to choose the 64 finalists'.
I'm really looking forward to the show and am beyond excited to be hanging in such prestigious company.
This particular work is part of an ongoing series that uses recycled household packaging to make artwork about the place being inhabited. The unfolded packaging tells its own story at the same time - in this case the packaging used was very medicinal: covid test packs, panadol packets and strepsils. Definitely a sign of the times.
You can find out more here:
https://nas.edu.au/dobell-prize/
As the Dobell site says, 'Judges Catherine O’Donnell, Paula Latos-Valier and Katrina Cashman had the challenging task of individually reviewing 1062 entries, before convening at NAS ... to choose the 64 finalists'.
I'm really looking forward to the show and am beyond excited to be hanging in such prestigious company.
This particular work is part of an ongoing series that uses recycled household packaging to make artwork about the place being inhabited. The unfolded packaging tells its own story at the same time - in this case the packaging used was very medicinal: covid test packs, panadol packets and strepsils. Definitely a sign of the times.
You can find out more here:
https://nas.edu.au/dobell-prize/
Muswellbrook Art Prize 2023
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The annual Muswellbrook Art Prize always attracts an impressive and diverse field of finalists. This year the prize involves painting, works on paper and ceramics.
My work "The Artists' Nook FNQ" has been listed as a finalist in the works on paper category. This diptych uses 2 unfolded takeaway containers to give a panoramic view of the interior of this eclectically decorated cottage in Port Douglas. It's a further work from a series that I'm currently focused on which deals with the idea of recycling household waste to make art about the space being inhabited. You can see all the finalists online at: www.artgalleria.com/view-room/42264 The exhibition runs from the 27th February 2023 - 29th April 2023 at the Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery. |
Best of 2022...
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I made a lot of work in 2022 and much of it was dominated by Passionflower paintings, however there were also other paintings - still lifes, portraits and interiors - that I really enjoyed making. Here are 9 of my favourites. |
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Passionflower
Recent paintings at Project Gallery 90, 10th - 23rd November
The passionflower, fruit and vine have been the focus of my painterly attention over the last year.
Though a small subject, they have inspired some of my largest paintings so far and allowed me to indulge my love of thick paint.
If you're in Sydney, do try to drop in and see them in real life.
Passionflower catalogue
All enquiries to: Katie Hopkinson-Pointer on 0402 144 350 or [email protected] Or view gallery catalogue at: www.projectgallery90.com/
Though a small subject, they have inspired some of my largest paintings so far and allowed me to indulge my love of thick paint.
If you're in Sydney, do try to drop in and see them in real life.
Passionflower catalogue
All enquiries to: Katie Hopkinson-Pointer on 0402 144 350 or [email protected] Or view gallery catalogue at: www.projectgallery90.com/
Exhibition in situ:
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Moran Portrait Prize 2022
My portrait of musician and educator (and friend!), Andrew Barnum, entitled "Dear Ancestor" is a semi-finalist in the Moran Prize 2022. At 100cm x 75cm, this is the largest in a series of works that I have made of Andrew. It's been a really enjoyable and exploratory process and this painting in particular features a range of different paint artefacts from scrapes, dribbles and globs to underlayers peeking out from behind rough paint slabs. Details of the paintwork are shown on the right. Thanks Mr B! |
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Coming soon - Passionflower at Project Gallery 90
9th November - 20th November 2022
My next exhibition 'Passionflower' is fast approaching so I thought I'd give my website and instagram followers a little taster of the work that will be on the walls in November.
It's mostly large works, which feature a LOT of paint, but there are also some smaller paintings.
Images will be at the gallery soon so if you're keen to get ahead of the game and have your eye on a specific painting, do get in touch with either me or the gallery and secure the one you're after.
contact Katie Hopkinson-Pointer on: 0402 144 350 or visit the gallery at: 90 Oxford St Paddington or go to the website:
https://www.projectgallery90.com/
Below: Passionflowers in studio (left is 122cm x 152cm and right is 122cm x 253cm)
It's mostly large works, which feature a LOT of paint, but there are also some smaller paintings.
Images will be at the gallery soon so if you're keen to get ahead of the game and have your eye on a specific painting, do get in touch with either me or the gallery and secure the one you're after.
contact Katie Hopkinson-Pointer on: 0402 144 350 or visit the gallery at: 90 Oxford St Paddington or go to the website:
https://www.projectgallery90.com/
Below: Passionflowers in studio (left is 122cm x 152cm and right is 122cm x 253cm)
Fisher's Ghost Art Prize 2022 - Campbelltown Arts Centre
My painting/drawing, 'The Artist's House FNQ' was made onsite at this eclectic accommodation near Port Douglas. It's created from 4 drug packets including panadol, strepsils and a Covid test - definitely a sign of the times as I contracted the virus whilst I was there.
This work will be shown in the forthcoming Fisher's Ghost Art prize at Campbelltown Arts Centre from Saturday 29 October – Friday 9 December 2022
You can see the whole list of finalists or get further details on their website here: https://c-a-c.com.au/fgaa-2022/#
This work will be shown in the forthcoming Fisher's Ghost Art prize at Campbelltown Arts Centre from Saturday 29 October – Friday 9 December 2022
You can see the whole list of finalists or get further details on their website here: https://c-a-c.com.au/fgaa-2022/#
Portia Geach Memorial Award 2022
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The Portia Geach Memorial Award is Australia's pre eminent portraiture prize for female painters and is held every year at the beautiful S H Ervin Gallery on Observatory Hill in Sydney. This year is my 7th year as a finalist with my portrait of friend and all-round renaissance man, Andrew Barnum, entitled 'Dear Ancestor'. The exhibition is open to the public from 16th September till 6th November 2022. You can see more details on the S H Ervin Gallery website by clicking this link https://www.shervingallery.com.au/event/portia-geach-memorial-award-2022/ |
Waverley Woollahra Art Prize 2022
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Delighted that my still life painting 'Chops' has been included as a finalist in this year's Waverley Woollahra Art Prize. The prize exhibition will take place at the Bondi Pavilion. Exhibition dates: 23 September – 16 October 2022 You can view all the finalists on this link: Waverley Art Prize finalists 2022 Right: Chops Oil on birch panel 70cm x 60cm $2,000- SOLD |
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Oysters, Seafood Show at Project Gallery 90'Oysters, Seafood and Other things' - a group exhibition - opens at Project Gallery 90 in Sydney from 21st July. I have a number of works in this show featuring fish and oysters - 2 of my favourite subjects. Any enquiries, please contact Katie Hopkinson-Pointer on: 0402 144 350 or visit the gallery at: 90 Oxford St Paddington or go to the website: https://www.projectgallery90.com/onlinecatalogues Latest work - seafood show |
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Project Gallery 90 at The Affordable Art Fair, Sydney
2nd June - 5th June 2022
I have a selection of new still life works riffing off the idea of homages to my favourite great female painters - Lois Dodd, Alice Neel, Grace Cossington Smith to name a few.
These will be available through Project Gallery 90's stand at The Affordable Art Fair in Sydney which runs from Thursday 2nd June to Sunday 5th June.
You can get further details on their website: www.projectgallery90.com/
Or at the Affordable Art Fair website
These will be available through Project Gallery 90's stand at The Affordable Art Fair in Sydney which runs from Thursday 2nd June to Sunday 5th June.
You can get further details on their website: www.projectgallery90.com/
Or at the Affordable Art Fair website
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STILL LIFE Exhibition at Defiance Gallery, Mary Place, Sydney
9th April - 30th April 2022
I'm an 'invited artist' amongst this fabulous array of other invited and gallery artists showing new work in a celebration of all things still life at Defiance Gallery, Mary Place in Sydney. My large work, 'Passionflower' (below) is included in this exhibition.
It's a great range of artists covering 2d and 3d works so it should be a really exciting and contemporary take on the still life genre.
Opens Saturday 9th, 2-5pm
https://www.defiancegallery.com/files/1649388715.pdf
It's a great range of artists covering 2d and 3d works so it should be a really exciting and contemporary take on the still life genre.
Opens Saturday 9th, 2-5pm
https://www.defiancegallery.com/files/1649388715.pdf
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Percival Portrait Prize 2022 - QLD
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My painting 'Dear Ancestor' (portrait of Andrew Barnum) is included as a finalist in the 2022 Percival Portrait Prize in Townsville. "Andrew Barnum is a singer-songwriter, educator and designer. He’s been releasing music for many decades, first as the ‘Vitabeats’, and now as a solo artist. His current release, ‘Dear Ancestor’ is a letter to our past asking for directions for the future. Looking to the past for guidance resonated with me, particularly as Andrew looks as though he’s walked straight out of a Velasquez Spanish court portrait from the 1600s. I’ve painted him as though he were a 17th Century noble man, an ancestor – I think the showman in him would have enjoyed getting around in an extravagant ruff." The exhibition of finalists is on at the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in Townsville from 22 April – 3 July 2022 |
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The Painted Table at Grainger Gallery ACT
Cactus Pot with Bottlebrush - Homage to Margaret Preston 50cm x 50cm Oil on birch panel framed $1,350-
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Little Blue Bottle - Passionflower 50cm x 50cm Oil on birch panel framed $1,350-
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The Painted Table, a still life exhibition which includes my works, is on at the fabulous new Grainger Gallery in Canberra from 10th February 2022. Open 11am-5pm Wednesday to Sunday, or by appointment Building 3.3, 1 Dairy Rd Fyshwick ACT 2609 For all enquiries go to the Grainger Gallery website: https://graingergallery.com.au/ or call Kacy or Rich on: 0404 769 843 |
Project Gallery 90 - Small Works group show from 9th December 2021
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Any enquiries, please contact Katie Hopkinson-Pointer on: 0402 144 350 or visit the gallery at: 90 Oxford St Paddington or go to the website: https://www.projectgallery90.com/onlinecatalogues |
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Portia Geach Memorial Award 2021 - for female portraiture
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My portrait of ceramicist/curator Glenn Barkley entitled, "Glenn as Pox pot with fancy handles" is included as a finalist in this year's Portia Geach Memorial Award which is on exhibition IN REAL LIFE at the S H Ervin Gallery in Sydney from the 4th November. It will be a great show, so don't miss it! 'Glenn Barkley was the visionary Senior Curator at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art from 2008 to 2014. When he stepped away from that role to become a practising artist, he followed his love for ceramics and the hands-on physicality of creation. In recent years, his focus has been on making his own ceramic works incorporating distinctive and eclectic elements - “pox” pots covered in tiny craters; moulded faces, and rococo flourishes. Culture and myth, global and historical iconography, off-beat humour and even online connectedness come together in his ceramic forms which are deeply intellectual and also fun – rather like Glenn himself. I have always found his pots featuring historical figures - from US Presidents to Homer - particularly endearing, especially when he has “poxed” their faces; so I have made Glenn into one of his own poxed pots with fancy handles. ' https://www.shervingallery.com.au/portiageach/ |
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Exhibition - with Richard Morecroft interview
My interview about my current exhibition 'Same Same but different' at Project Gallery 90 in Sydney is now up on Youtube. There's lots of insights into my art practice and into works in this exhibition.
You can access it on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=350OVVkJsEk
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Same same but different...
Still lifes and abstracts at Project Gallery 90
“Abstract” literally means to draw from, or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract… a realistic or non-objective approach makes no difference.
Richard Diebenkorn
Nothing is more abstract than reality.
Giorgio Morandi
I’ve described myself as a ‘still life painter’ for some years, but now I find the distinctions between genres blur and overlap.
For me, first and last, it’s about paint. Whether the painted surface is used to explore tangible objects or landscapes, or whether it evokes emotions, ideas or the ineffable - it’s all paint.
Paint which has to be pushed around until it arrives in the right place. And the result is just one iteration from an infinity of possible paintings, opened up brushstroke by brushstroke.
So these paintings, although recognisable as still life and abstract, are to me, all limbs of one body. They are the same but different.
Richard Diebenkorn
Nothing is more abstract than reality.
Giorgio Morandi
I’ve described myself as a ‘still life painter’ for some years, but now I find the distinctions between genres blur and overlap.
For me, first and last, it’s about paint. Whether the painted surface is used to explore tangible objects or landscapes, or whether it evokes emotions, ideas or the ineffable - it’s all paint.
Paint which has to be pushed around until it arrives in the right place. And the result is just one iteration from an infinity of possible paintings, opened up brushstroke by brushstroke.
So these paintings, although recognisable as still life and abstract, are to me, all limbs of one body. They are the same but different.
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You can see all the images online from 30th September at: https://www.projectgallery90.com/onlinecatalogues
or on: Same, same but different
Please contact Katie Hopkinson-Pointer for all enquiries on: 0402 144 350
or on: Same, same but different
Please contact Katie Hopkinson-Pointer for all enquiries on: 0402 144 350
Artist Residency at Seal Rocks May/June 2021
It was such a great experience taking part in a joint residency with my partner, Richard Morecroft at Seal Rocks on the mid north coast of NSW. The area is quite remote and surrounded by pristine National Parks, plus the residence is perched above the beach itself and is a joy to return to each evening.
I completed a number of works during this time and would like to thank Defiance Gallery, Sydney and Richard Caldwell for this fantastic opportunity.
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Objets de la Vie - Group still life exhibition at Grainger Gallery, Canberra
A group still life exhibition which includes my works below opens at the fabulous new Grainger Gallery in Canberra this Thursday 22nd April.
Open 11am-5pm Wednesday to Sunday, or by appointment phone 0404 769 843.
Building 3.3, 1 Dairy Rd
Fyshwick ACT 2609
For all enquiries go to the Grainger Gallery website: https://graingergallery.com.au/
You can also see my works on the Current Work 2021 page
Open 11am-5pm Wednesday to Sunday, or by appointment phone 0404 769 843.
Building 3.3, 1 Dairy Rd
Fyshwick ACT 2609
For all enquiries go to the Grainger Gallery website: https://graingergallery.com.au/
You can also see my works on the Current Work 2021 page
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There's also a very thoughtful review of the show in the Canberra Times, written by art critic, Peter Haynes.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7225757/a-celebration-of-everyday-objects/
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7225757/a-celebration-of-everyday-objects/
ABSTRACT 2021 at Defiance Gallery, Mary Place Sydney
I'm making a 'guest appearance' at the ABSTRACT 2021 show at Defiance Gallery. The show runs from 27th April 2021 and includes both paintings and sculpture. Works by many great names from Ann Thomson, Jan King, Joe Furlonger, Dave Teer and more.
I have a couple of my most recent paintings in the show - it's the first time I've shown abstract work, but there will be more to come later in the year.
Details of the works are here: Current Work 2021
I have a couple of my most recent paintings in the show - it's the first time I've shown abstract work, but there will be more to come later in the year.
Details of the works are here: Current Work 2021
Lucio's Collection - Auction at Bonhams, Sydney on 21st March 2021
The closing of iconic Sydney restaurant, Lucio's, has resulted in an auction of a substantial part of the famous Lucio's Art collection. A collection that has been put together over the last 30 years and contains work by a who's who of the Australian Art World.
Bonhams had the job of selling the works and the auction certainly created quite an event.
My 2 works sold for good prices - my first time on the secondary market. Here's a snippet...
Bonhams had the job of selling the works and the auction certainly created quite an event.
My 2 works sold for good prices - my first time on the secondary market. Here's a snippet...
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Group show at Project Gallery 90
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End of 2020...
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2020 has been a big year in many respects - for all of us! I'm pleased to have continued to forge ahead with my work and had the privilege of some notable recognition. Here are a few of my favourites from the year that was 2020! |
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Project Gallery 90 - Xmas show 2020
Open from Thursday 10th December - 90 Oxford Street, Paddington
These 3 works will be showing at the Xmas show at Project Gallery 90 in Sydney.
Any enquiries, please contact Katie Hopkinson-Pointer on: 0402 144 350 or visit the gallery at: 90 Oxford St Paddington or go to the website: https://www.projectgallery90.com/exhibitions
These 3 works will be showing at the Xmas show at Project Gallery 90 in Sydney.
Any enquiries, please contact Katie Hopkinson-Pointer on: 0402 144 350 or visit the gallery at: 90 Oxford St Paddington or go to the website: https://www.projectgallery90.com/exhibitions
2020 Salon Des Refuses at the S H Ervin Gallery
26th September - 29th November
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My self-portrait entitled "Triple Flanny - a winter poisoning" is included in this year's Salon des Refuses at the SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney. Each year the judges for the Salon make a selection from the 1,000 or so entrants not hung in the Archibald to make their own 'alternative Archibald'. The emphasis is less on celebrity and more on art, which makes it a popular show among actual artists! "Taking the idea of ‘double denim’ and giving it an Australian twist gives you the ‘triple flanny’. The flanny is quintessential Aussie clothing – worn by farmers, tradies and artists alike – it’s functional, hardy and aesthetically-pleasing work-wear. The ‘triple flanny’ was my clothing of choice as I underwent 5 months of chemo - my winter poisoning." You can get more details for the show at: https://www.shervingallery.com.au/event/salon-des-refuses-2020/ |
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Also great to get such an in-depth and positive review from Christopher Allen in The Australian - he obviously took the time to investigate the smaller works in the show as well as the more imposing ones. I feel he 'got' my painting which, for such a personal exploration, is very heartening. |
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Kangaroo Valley Art Prize 2020
2-5 October 2020
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My painting "Anonymous was a Woman" is included as a finalist in the Kangaroo Valley Arts Prize. You can find more details on their website here: https://www.artsinthevalley.net.au/post/kvartprize My artist's statement gives some insight: "Historically, women have sometimes obscured their identity in order to have their work acknowledged. Virginia Woolf proclaimed, “For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.” This work includes an art magazine cover showing “The Sock Knitter” by Grace Cossington-Smith, which depicts the ‘women’s task’ of knitting. Here, the woman’s face is obscured by a still life arrangement of flowers – the only subject matter deemed ‘appropriate’ for female painters until relatively recently. Meanwhile the sitter’s wool bleeds out of the image to form a knitted frame for the painting… an uneasy meeting point of traditional women’s craft with fine art. " |
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"Inside Out" - group exhibition at the Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral
19 September - 5th October 2020
This show features work from a variety of artists focusing both on the great outdoors and on more intimate interiors. Some of my still life works are included and you can get further details on the Milk Factory Gallery website here: http://www.milkfactorygallery.com.au/exhibitiondiary.htm
You can also see my paintings on my Current Work 2020 page here: Current Work 2020
You can also see my paintings on my Current Work 2020 page here: Current Work 2020
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Project Gallery 90 - group show
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Portia Geach Memorial Award 2020
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The Portia Geach Memorial Award is the premiere prize for female portraiture in Australia is held at the fabulous S H Ervin Gallery in Sydney each year.
My painting (left) titled, "The Beloved" is a finalist in the prize this year. It's my 5th year as a finalist - I was first hung in this exhibition in 2011 with a painting of Richard (Morecroft, my partner), so it feels a bit like coming full circle to have a painting of Richard again hanging in this prize, nearly a decade later. "For the last half of 2019 my partner, Richard, became my carer. I had been diagnosed with cancer and undertook a 6 month treatment programme of surgeries and chemotherapy. During this time, he fed me, drove me to endless appointments, lay uncomfortably on chairs all night after my surgery, held my hand for every 6 hour session of chemo, shaved my head when my hair began to fall and listened without judgement to my fearful ramblings at all hours of the day and night. Cancer treatment is no walk in the park, but he made it easier, funnier, more hopeful. The dark places were a little less dark. Everyone needs someone by their side unconditionally at times like this, which is why he is, ‘The Beloved.’ On a lighter note, Richard has always had a penchant for patterned shirts. In this painting he wears an imaginary shirt that might pass as Gucci, but in fact the pattern is based on the biohazard symbols that we saw so often in hospitals over the past year." https://www.shervingallery.com.au/event/portia-geach-memorial-award-2020/ "The Beloved" 60cm x 60cm Oil on birch panel |
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Northern Beaches Art Prize 2020 (online)
The Northern Beaches Art Prize has moved online this year owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, but asked artists to respond to the theme of being at home.
My work (right) titled, 'Dark Places - 1800 RESPECT' is a finalist in this prize and it responds to this by focusing on the issue of domestic violence through a still life painting.
"Home is not always a safe place. Domestic violence has increased during the Coronavirus crisis as individuals have had to isolate with their abusers.
This painting puts the familiar objects of domestic life in an ambiguous setting, evoking isolation, vulnerability and threat.
We must shine light into these dark places. "
https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/arts-and-culture/northern-beaches-art-prize
My work (right) titled, 'Dark Places - 1800 RESPECT' is a finalist in this prize and it responds to this by focusing on the issue of domestic violence through a still life painting.
"Home is not always a safe place. Domestic violence has increased during the Coronavirus crisis as individuals have had to isolate with their abusers.
This painting puts the familiar objects of domestic life in an ambiguous setting, evoking isolation, vulnerability and threat.
We must shine light into these dark places. "
https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/arts-and-culture/northern-beaches-art-prize
Winner - Gallipoli Art Prize 2020
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My work "Breathe" - a 9 panel oil painting featuring gas masks from WW1 and WW2 has been chosen as the winner of the Gallipoli Art Prize 2020. Although none of us can actually visit the show because of the Corona virus pandemic, I'm thrilled to receive this award and look forward to seeing the works in real life later in the year. Congratulations to all the finalists and thanks to the Gallipoli Club and judges for their hard work in making this happen online. You can see all the finalist's works online at: www.gallipoliartprize.org.au |
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Well, I don't get to be a cover girl every day so I'll take it! Thanks to the South Coast Register and the SMH for being interested in art stories! |
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Gallipoli Art Prize 2020This year the Gallipoli Art Prize will be held online as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic. My painting 'Breathe' which features gas masks from WW1 is among the finalists. Breathe Oil on 9 birch panels 92cm x 92cm Our deepest instinct is to breathe. We do it about 15,000 times a day. In and out. Without it there is no life for us. Protecting that breath in times of conflict spawned strange apparatus; masks that morphed humans – both soldiers and civilians - into alien-like creatures with the common cause of survival. The gas mask was patented in 1914 and over a century later, in this recent summer of fire and smoke, protective breathing masks were once again in use. My personal experience of these fires and the mask I needed to wear for smoke protection made me think about this connection between past and present. Whilst the enemy and the army are different, the RFS - who bravely fought these fires over many months - have epitomised some of the strongest qualities of the original ANZACs. We owe them a great debt of thanks. |
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For the Birds...
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Like many Australians the end of 2019 and the start of 2020 will literally be emblazoned on my memory. New Year's Eve spent in a black-orange haze, kayaks packed and in the water waiting for an escape if necessary, water-hoses at the ready for ember attack. And, of course, it's not just us humans who are affected. The 8.5million hectares that has burnt was habitat for about a billion creatures. They too have lost their homes, their lives and now their food source. Artists respond to their environment - the happenings around them. These paintings appeared in the studio as I thought of the creatures and how they might try to survive this devastation. Clockwise from top left: Masked finch, Masked Owl, Masked Cockatoo, Masked Spinebill, Masked Budgie. |
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"Still and Within" at Project Gallery 90, Paddington
Opening night: Thursday 28th November - all welcome
"Still and Within" is a joint exhibition where Alison Mackay and Nic Mason explore interiors and still life painting.
Exhibition: Thursday 28th November - Wednesday 11th December 2019 at Project Gallery 90, 90 Oxford Street, Paddington, Sydney.
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‘Still and Within’ includes both interiors and still life paintings by Alison Mackay and Nic Mason. The title references the actuality of these works, but also hints at an introspective mindset integral to the painting process – a focused and internalised headspace found in the artist’s studio. Many of the works in this exhibition reference artist residencies undertaken in recent years. Alison Mackay painted at the reconstructed home of legendary painter, Margaret Olley, (now part of the Tweed Regional Gallery) and at a remote bush cottage on the Monaro (a Defiance Gallery all-female residency). Nic Mason was an Artist in Residence at Bundanon on the NSW south coast. |
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Top: Flowers with Secateurs on Skull cloth 60cm x 60cm Oil on birch panel
Below: Succulent Garden Oil on 2 birch panels 34cm x 94cm |
Portia Geach Memorial Award at the S H Ervin Gallery Sydney from August 1st
My 'Self Portrait - Armoured' is a finalist in the 2019 Portia Geach Memorial Award for female portraiture which opens at the S H Ervin Gallery in Sydney on 1st August. It's the 4th time I've been honoured to be a finalist in this prize - it's always fantastic to be included in what is invariably a great show of portraits by female artists. You can see the full list of finalists here: www.shervingallery.com.au/event/portia-geach-memorial-award-2019/
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Kickerbell Artists at Walcha Gallery of Art
Following an artists' residency at the fabulous Little Kickerbell Homestead on the Liverpool Plains in 2018, a group exhibition featuring a diverse range of work from these prominent artists opens at the Walcha Gallery of Art on Friday 19th July. My 2 interior works (below) are part of this show.
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Salon Des Refuses 2019
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My painting "Under Her Eye - Charlotte Wood after Otto Dix" (which was submitted for this year's Archibald prize) will be hung in the prestigious Salon Des Refuses 2019.
'Charlotte Wood is an Australian novelist who won the 2016 Stella Prize (for female writers) with her brilliant and confronting book, “The Natural Way of Things”. This painting references the 1926 Otto Dix portrait of journalist Sylvia Von Harden - another strong, enigmatic woman writer. As a sitter, Charlotte was gracious and cooperative; but as a writer, she is fierce and intellectually uncompromising.' I am so grateful to Charlotte for being such an inspiring, gracious and supportive sitter. The Salon Des Refuses is at the S H Ervin Gallery on Observatory Hill, Sydney and the show is open from May 11 until the end of July 2019 https://www.shervingallery.com.au/event/salon-des-refuses-2019/ |
Gallipoli Art Prize 2019 - open from 17th April at the Harbour View Hotel, Dawes Point
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My multi-panel painting, "Bloom - For Country, For Home" is a finalist in this year's Gallipoli Art Prize. I'm excited to say that it's my 6th consecutive year as a finalist in this prestigious prize and I'm always delighted to be a part of it.
Here is some background on the painting: The ‘bloom of youth’ is a phrase that is often used to describe those who answer the call to arms in times of war. Many soldiers have been very young when they have fought and sometimes made the ultimate sacrifice. This painting associates that ‘bloom’ with the floral emblems of each State, Territory and the Commonwealth of Australia – symbols of the localities from all over this country that soldiers have called home. These are the places - and the nation - that they have loved and sought to protect. Floral Emblems: Commonwealth: Golden Wattle NSW: Waratah Tasmania: Tasmanian Blue Gum Victoria: Common Heath Queensland: Cooktown Orchid NT: Sturt’s Desert Rose WA: Kangaroo Paw ACT: Royal Bluebell SA: Sturt’s Desert Pea |
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Orange Regional Gallery - Travelling Archibald 8th February - 10th April 2019
The travelling Archibald is currently showing at the wonderful Orange Regional Gallery. A lovely hang in the great space that is the Orange Regional Gallery and a superb turn out for the opening night where a number of the artists and sitters were present including the winner Yvette Coppersmith.
It's a great place to visit and an enjoyable way to see the Archibald in a lovely intimate setting.
It's a great place to visit and an enjoyable way to see the Archibald in a lovely intimate setting.
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Top left: Archibald Prize opening at Orange Regional Gallery with Gary Grealy, Euan Macleod, Arts' Minister, Don Harwin, myself and Richard Morecroft.
Bottom left: Hanging with my heroes - my portrait next to portraits by Julian Meagher, Graeme Drendell, Robert Malherbe and Euan Macleod Above: With the amazing subject of my painting, photographer Gary Grealy at the opening night, Orange Regional Gallery |
KAAF (Korean-Australian Art Foundation) Prize 2018
Delighted that my painting 'Fay's Gardenias' (right) has been included as a finalist in this year's KAAF (Korean-Australian Art Foundation) Prize in Sydney City.
The show is on at the Korean Cultural Centre, 255 Elizabeth St Sydney from 30th November until 25th January 2019 with the opening reception and winners announced on the 30th November. You can look at some of the finalists' images on this link: http://www.kaaf.org.au/index.php/news/item/75-finalists-artists-surnames-h-m |
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'GLASS Works' at FORM studio and gallery, Queanbeyan
19th October - 3rd November 2018
GLASS Works features paintings which all include an element of glass - jars, bottles, jugs and glass containers in many different forms - plus Alison Mackay's usual array of favourite still life objects from fish and meat to flowers and books. It's a joyful, intimate and vibrant exhibition of 29 recent works that all interact with each other to form a visual celebration of the quotidian elements in the artist's life.
Canberra Times reviewer, Peter Haynes, has reviewed the show and you can read the full article on this link:
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/act/examining-our-world-in-distinctly-individual-visual-languages-20181023-p50bgv.html
Full catalogue for the show is here: GLASS Works
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2018 NSW Parliament's Plein Air Painting Prize
I was honoured to receive a Highly Commended Award at the recent opening night of the NSW Parliament's Plein Air Painting Prize 2018 for my painting entitled "Monaro from the back paddock".
You can see all the finalists on this link: https://pleinair.com.au/previous-years-2018-2/ |
GLASS Works opens at FORM Studio and Gallery on the 19th October
Here's a sneak peek...
Contact Alison: 4443 7815 or [email protected] for general enquiries
Catalogue of works now available on: GLASS Works
You can also read Peter Hayne's insightful review from the Canberra Times on this link:
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/act/examining-our-world-in-distinctly-individual-visual-languages-20181023-p50bgv.html
Catalogue of works now available on: GLASS Works
You can also read Peter Hayne's insightful review from the Canberra Times on this link:
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/act/examining-our-world-in-distinctly-individual-visual-languages-20181023-p50bgv.html
'A Shared View' - Group landscape exhibition at WesWal Gallery, Tamworth
Opens Saturday 6th October 2018
This show features work by a number of well known Australian artists who have shared time painting, drawing and photographing outdoors in the northern parts of NSW.
Click on the link to find out more details: www.weswalgallery.com.au
Works below:
Sticks and Stone Oil on birch panel 20cm x 25cm $550- and Sticks and Stones (Blue Holes) 30cm x 30cm Oil on birch panel $750-
Sticks and Stone Oil on birch panel 20cm x 25cm $550- and Sticks and Stones (Blue Holes) 30cm x 30cm Oil on birch panel $750-
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NSW Parliament's Plein Air Painting Prize 2018
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3rd October - 26th October 2018 NSW Parliament Building, Macquarie St, Sydney I am pleased to have my work "Monaro from the Home Paddock" included as a finalist in the prestigious NSW Parliament's Plein Air Painting Prize 2018. This show specifically celebrates the great tradition of painting in the outdoors, direct from the landscape and always includes diverse and interesting work from a range of artists. You can click on the link below to find out more about the works on show: https://pleinair.com.au/ |
Archibald 2018 touring exhibition
The Archibald prize 2018 has now closed at the Art Gallery of NSW and has commenced its touring schedule. I'm delighted that my painting of photographer, Gary Grealy, entitled "Quid Pro Quo" will be part of the travelling exhibition. The schedule for forthcoming shows is as follows: 22 September 2018 – 18 November 2018 Geelong Gallery 30 November 2018 – 28 January 2019 Tamworth Regional Gallery 8 February 2019 – 10 April 2019 Orange Regional Gallery 18 April 2019 – 17 June 2019 Lismore Regional Gallery |
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Group Show at PROJECT GALLERY 90, Sydney
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9th August - 23rd August I have some still life works included in a group show at the all new and fabulous PROJECT GALLERY 90 at 90, Oxford St, Paddington Sydney. This is a great new space run by artist and curator, Kate Hopkinson-Pointer and features a range of work from emerging and established artists. You can find out more about the show on the website: https://www.projectgallery90.com/ Or got to Current Work 2018 to see more of the images. |
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'ABOUT FACE' curated by Amber Creswell Bell at Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
I have some portrait works (a bit of a change for me!) in this diverse and interesting show - 'About Face', curated by Amber Creswell Bell and opening at the lovely Sheffer Gallery in Sydney on 6th June. There's a great range of work here from some exciting and upcoming artists, including 3 Archibald finalists from this year. You can view the catalogue on Amber Creswell Bell's website right now:
www.ambercreswell.com/about-face/
www.ambercreswell.com/about-face/
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ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2018 at the AGNSW
I'm more than a little thrilled that one of my 'Garys' is a finalist in the Art Gallery of NSW's Archibald Portrait Prize this year.
This work - entitled 'Quid Pro Quo (Photographer Gary Grealy)' was probably my favourite painting of him, so I'm really overjoyed that it will get a Sydney outing in such hallowed halls and in such prestigious company. You can see images from all the finalists on this link:
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2018/
You can also read a bit more about the portrait process on the following link to South Coast Register:
https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/5388824/quid-pro-quo-for-local-artist/
This work - entitled 'Quid Pro Quo (Photographer Gary Grealy)' was probably my favourite painting of him, so I'm really overjoyed that it will get a Sydney outing in such hallowed halls and in such prestigious company. You can see images from all the finalists on this link:
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2018/
You can also read a bit more about the portrait process on the following link to South Coast Register:
https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/5388824/quid-pro-quo-for-local-artist/
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"Off the Shelf and Beyond" - The Moree Gallery from 11th May 2018
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"Off the Shelf and Beyond" features a groups of artists responding to this theme and is on exhibition at the Moree Gallery in Moree from the 11th May 2018. I have 5 works in this show, including the one below, "3 Amigos". Contact the Moree Gallery for further details. www.moreegallery.com.au 
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The Gallipoli Art Prize 2018
19th April-27th April at Bondi Junction RSL
My work, 'Weapons Mandala (Meditation on Warfare)' has been included as a finalist in this year's Gallipoli Art Prize. It's the 5th time that I've been a finalist in this popular prize and I'm thrilled to be included in such an impressive field of works. Here is some background on the work:
A mandala is intended to encourage contemplation and is most often used as a visual aid to meditation. Traditionally, a mandala is a highly decorated square or circle made up of repeated patterns and symbols of spiritual significance to the user.
This mandala uses weapons to build its repeated pattern.
The user can concentrate on the overall form of the mandala or contemplate the individual elements contained within it – bombs, rifles, knives, mines, grenades. Whatever the approach, the aim is to encourage thought about the complexity of conflict through these repeated objects.
There is, of course, an irony that a mandala – a tool for peace and spirituality – is being used for a meditation on warfare. The irony is echoed in the aesthetic attractiveness of objects which have been created to cause death or injury.
http://gallipoli.com.au/art-prize/
A mandala is intended to encourage contemplation and is most often used as a visual aid to meditation. Traditionally, a mandala is a highly decorated square or circle made up of repeated patterns and symbols of spiritual significance to the user.
This mandala uses weapons to build its repeated pattern.
The user can concentrate on the overall form of the mandala or contemplate the individual elements contained within it – bombs, rifles, knives, mines, grenades. Whatever the approach, the aim is to encourage thought about the complexity of conflict through these repeated objects.
There is, of course, an irony that a mandala – a tool for peace and spirituality – is being used for a meditation on warfare. The irony is echoed in the aesthetic attractiveness of objects which have been created to cause death or injury.
http://gallipoli.com.au/art-prize/
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The Percival Portrait Painting Prize 2018
The Percival Portrait Painting Prize is a biennial prize exhibition worth $40,000 and takes place in the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in Townsville from 27th April - 15th July 2018. The Percival is Queensland's answer to the Archibald and attracts a strong showing of portrait painters from all over Australia. I'm delighted to have one of my 'Garys' included as a finalist this year - here are a few details of the painting 'Quid Pro Quo' below.
You can click on the link below for further information:
www.townsville.qld.gov.au/facilities-and-recreation/theatres-and-galleries/perc-tucker-regional-gallery/percival-portrait-painting-prize
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'30 x 30' Art Prize at Art Piece Gallery
This new award is open to a range of media as long as the canvas/board/paper is 30cm x 30cm in size. I have this work (right) 'Still life with Lamb Racks' included as a finalist. You can see all the finalists on the link below: http://artpiecegallery.com.au/30x30-art-prize-finalists-exhibition/ |
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PORTIA GEACH MEMORIAL AWARD 2017
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The Portia Geach Memorial Award is arguably the most prestigious prize exhibition for female portraiture here in Australia, with the list of past winners reading like a who's who of great women artists over the last 50+ years. It's one of my favourite prize exhibitions, so I'm really thrilled to have my painting of Gary Grealy 'Quid Pro Quo' included as a finalist this year. The show is held at the elegant S H Ervin Gallery on Observatory Hill in Sydney and you can see the list of finalists and find out more information on this link: https://www.shervingallery.com.au/event/portia-geach-2017/ Photos: left: Portrait hanging in the S H Ervin Gallery in Sydney Right: Gary Grealy with portrait and Alison Mackay on opening night of Portia Geach Award. |
STILL - National Still Life Award 2017 at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
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I am a finalist in STILL - the National Still Life Award 2017 to be held at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery in November with my oil painting, Chops, Tongs, Glass (pictured far right). You can check out all the other finalists and get further information on this exciting new prize on the following link: http://www.news.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/2017/10/03/finalists-announced-still-award/ |
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2017 Doug Moran Portrait Prize
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I'm thrilled to find that my small painting of photographer Gary Grealy entitled 'Quid Pro Quo' is included as a semi-finalist in the $150,000 Moran Portrait Prize this year. Gary took a photograph of my partner, Richard and I which won the prestigious National Photographic Portrait Prize in Canberra earlier this year and this inspired me to make a 'return' portrait of him. It's a massive and daunting field of stunning portraits - you can check it out on the link below - congratulations to all the semi-finalists and in particular, good luck to my other artist friends included, Peter Wegner, Kiata Mason, Tim Allen, Mirra Whale, Glen Preece, Steve Lopes, Paul Connor, David Fairbairn and Mertim Gokalp. http://www.moranprizes.com.au/…/2017-doug-mo…/semi-finalists |
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NSW Parliament's Plein Air Painting Prize 2017
I'm delighted to be a finalist in the NSW Parliament's Plein Air Painting Prize 2017 with my triptych, 'Basin Shadows' (oil on card). This prize is entirely dedicated to work made in the outdoors, and the landscape depicted must be within NSW - no photos, no studio touch ups, just raw response to a place, so it's always an interesting exhibition. It's also a bit of a special work for me, as it was some of the first plein air painting I did after moving from our beloved bush property to the shores of St Georges Basin. A first response to a major life change. You will soon be able to see all the finalists' images online here: http://pleinair.com.au/previous-years/2017-2/ |
Artist residency at Maffra through Defiance Gallery
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A mid-winter artists' residency opportunity to paint with a small group of fellow artists at Maffra on the Monaro (a wonderful, remote location) organised through Lauren Harvey and Campbell Robertson-Swann at Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
Most painted en plein aire, which left me with the wonderfully eclectic interiors to focus on. Still life heaven. |
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Further work at The Moree Gallery
I have a small selection of new works now showing at the wonderful Moree Gallery in Moree.
You can contact Gig Moses at the gallery via the website: http://moreegallery.com.au/ if you have any enquiries
Below (from l-r) 'Still Life with Postcard', 'Bottles and Jugs', and 'Red Teapot'.
You can contact Gig Moses at the gallery via the website: http://moreegallery.com.au/ if you have any enquiries
Below (from l-r) 'Still Life with Postcard', 'Bottles and Jugs', and 'Red Teapot'.
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Gallipoli Art Prize 2017
My work, '136,000 to 1' is included as a finalist in the Gallipoli Art Prize 2017 to be held at the Gallipoli Memorial Club in Sydney from 20 April.
This is the story of Sandy: At least 136,000 Australian horses – known as Walers – were used during World War I, including in the Gallipoli campaign. Walers were a sturdy and capable breed that could survive on minimal food and water. Under the extreme conditions of conflict, strong bonds formed between these horses and their handlers. At the end of the war, it was announced that none of these 136,000 horses would be brought home. The logistics and cost of shipping them back to Australia were considered impractical. Soldiers were ordered to leave their horses to be sold into an unknown fate. It was such a devastating blow that some shot their own horses rather than abandon them. Just one horse, a 10 year old bay gelding called Sandy, made it home. He was the mount of General Bridges who was killed at Gallipoli. It was Bridges’ dying wish that Sandy – his favourite horse - should return to Australia at the end of the war. Sandy saw out his days at pasture in Canberra and, after his death, his head was mounted and displayed in a glass box at the Australian War Memorial for many years. A reminder of the 135,999 other horses that were left behind. http://gallipoli.com.au/art-prize/alison-mackay-4/ |
'Where are they now?'
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The Moree Gallery, Moree
It's been great to make contact with Gig Moses who runs The Moree Gallery in Moree and to have the opportunity to show some of my work in this beautiful gallery space. Gig has been running this gallery for over 16 years and has much experience in finding, showing and promoting artists, most particularly emerging and mid-career artists. If you're in the area, drop in. My 3 works below - Fading Flowers, The Yellow Vase and Roadside Flowers - will be hanging around...
http://moreegallery.com.au/
http://moreegallery.com.au/
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The Milton House Gallery, Mackay QLD
I'm thrilled to have a couple of my bird works up at Milton House Gallery in Mackay - seems apposite somehow.
The gallery is run by painter Bradley Short and features work by a number of contemporary Australian artists including Tim Allen and Euan Macleod.
Both of the bird paintings below were made at Hill End, using the old carpets in Haefliger's Cottage as the backdrop.
http://www.miltonhousegallery.com.au/contact/
The gallery is run by painter Bradley Short and features work by a number of contemporary Australian artists including Tim Allen and Euan Macleod.
Both of the bird paintings below were made at Hill End, using the old carpets in Haefliger's Cottage as the backdrop.
http://www.miltonhousegallery.com.au/contact/
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The Kelton Plain Artist Residency Group show 2017
The Kelton Plain Artist Residency group show (through Defiance Gallery, Sydney) is on at Raglan Gallery, Cooma throughout February 2017. It includes works by artists who have undertaken a residency or spent time painting at this historic sheep and cattle property on the Monaro over the past few years. Artists included are Tim Allen, Charmaine Pike, Lucy Culliton, Elisabeth Cummings, Richard Morecroft, Chris Langlois, Michelle Hungerford and many others including myself. My 2 works are below: (centre) 'Kelton - The Road In' mixed media on paper and (right) 'Wildflowers - Kelton Kitchen' Oil on linen.
You can see a selection of the works on exhibition by clicking this link:
http://www.defiancegallery.com/ex-works.php?exhibitionID=74
You can see a selection of the works on exhibition by clicking this link:
http://www.defiancegallery.com/ex-works.php?exhibitionID=74
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Step up to the Plate - Defiance Gallery, Sydney
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Defiance Gallery's final show for 2016 is 'Step up to the Plate' - a show of ceramics that have been 'painted' by various Australian artists, including Euan Macleod, Elisabeth Cummings, Ann Thomson, Reg Mombassa, Lucy O Doherty and many others... a long long fabulous list.
My 'Meat Plate' (below) is part of the exhibition. www.defiancegallery.com.au 
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The Korea-Australia Arts Foundation KAAF Art Prize 2016
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My work (left) 'Roadside Flowers with Emily Book' has been named as a finalist in this year's KAAF prize. The exhibition of finalists is on show at the Korean Cultural Centre in Sydney from 25th November 2016 right through to 27 January 2017. http://kaaf.org.au/ |
The Nature of Things - review
Here's a link to the great review by Peter Haynes of our show 'The Nature of Things' http://www.theguardian.com.au/story/4284879/still-life-paintings-and-natural-world-delight-at-form-gallery-in-queanbeyan/?cs=24
"The Nature of Things is a delightful exhibition with much to captivate the eye. It is a celebratory collaboration that highlights the beauty of the everyday and the ongoing validity of traditional themes and their relevance to contemporary painting." This review has now been published in the Guardian, the SMH, the Age, the Canberra Times and many other locally syndicated papers like the Illawarra Mercury, Courier and South Coast Register. Great coverage! |
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The Nature of Things
- still life paintings by Alison Mackay, Maryanne Wick and Kim Shannon
At FORM gallery, Queanbeyan
I'm very happy to be sharing the great space of the Form Gallery in Queanbeyan from next week with 2 of my art workshop teachers - fabulous artists: Kim Shannon and Maryanne Wick. We will be presenting a diverse and hopefully intriguing still life based show called 'The Nature of Things'.
The exhibition runs from Wednesday 2nd November (with opening night from 6-8pm on Wed 2) until 21st November. Don't miss it.
http://www.formstudioandgallery.com.au/
The exhibition runs from Wednesday 2nd November (with opening night from 6-8pm on Wed 2) until 21st November. Don't miss it.
http://www.formstudioandgallery.com.au/
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NSW Parliament's Plein Air Painting Prize 2016
Having spent so much time painting outdoors in the beautiful setting of Moona Creek here in Jervis Bay, I'm really thrilled to have my painting 'Low Tide at Moona Creek' accepted as a finalist in the NSW Parliament's Plein Air painting prize this year. The exhibition is on at NSW Parliament House on Macquarie Street from Wednesday 5th October.
http://pleinair.com.au/
http://pleinair.com.au/
'SPINELESS' - a group exhibition at Mister Jones, Bermagui
''Spineless' is a group exhibition exploring some of our floppier friends. Curated by Matt Chun and held at Mister Jones, Bermagui it's on from 17th September to the beginning of October. I have a couple of paintings of oysters included.
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My next show will be at the wonderful WESWAL Gallery in Tamworth, which is run by Sandra McMahon.
The show goes from mid April to mid May with the opening night on Friday 15th April. For those who can't make it, I'll be posting some images on this website shortly - it's a return to my true form of meat, fish, flowers, birds, teacups, teaspoons and other paraphernalia that thrills me! Enjoy. Link to images WESWAL website Also have a listen to my 'in-gallery' interview with the wonderful Kelly Fuller for ABC New England here: https://soundcloud.com/abcnsw/talking-still-life-with-artis-alison-mackay?in=abcnsw%2Fsets%2Fabc-new-england-north-west-4 |
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Below: Images of exhibited works in situ at Weswal Gallery, Tamworth.
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Gallipoli Art Prize 2016
I'm very pleased to be included as a finalist in the new incarnation of the Gallipoli Art Prize. It's great that this prize is to continue after its initial intended 10 year stint, particularly as it always draws out an interesting and diverse range of artists and their work. Also it's my 3rd year in a row being included in this prize and each year it lets me explore the same theme in a completely different way.
This year my work is called 'For the Fallen' and references the trees planted in memory of those who were lost.
Gallipoli Art Prize site
This year my work is called 'For the Fallen' and references the trees planted in memory of those who were lost.
Gallipoli Art Prize site
South Coast Style Magazine Summer 2015/16
'A Brush with Life' published in the current (summer) issue of South Coast Style tells you a little bit about me and my work and shares some of my recent paintings. What a privilege to be included in this publication.
'AFTER OLLEY'
At the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre Nowra throughout December 2015 and January 2016
A range of still life works developed from a residency at the Tweed Regional Gallery based on the re-built home of artist Margaret Olley.
Link to images
Link to images
Artist Profile Magazine
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Just received my copy of Artist Profile magazine Issue 33 with a small article on my work in the Discovery section on the (highly prestigious!) back page. I'm thrilled to be a part of this great magazine. www.artistprofile.com.au |
Portia Geach Memorial Award 2015
The 50th anniversary of the prestigious Portia Geach Memorial Award for portraits painted by women artists opens next week and runs at the S H Ervin Gallery in Sydney from the 18th September to the 25th October. There are 55 finalists and my work 'Shower. Head.' (pictured right) is in the mix. Should be an interesting exhibition. |
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Lucio's Restaurant, Paddington, Sydney
Delighted that Lucio's Restaurant has added a couple of my recent meat paintings to their amazing collection of Australian contemporary art. Thanks to Defiance Gallery for making it happen and to Lucio Galletto OAM who has been a long time supporter of Australian artists - I feel very honoured to have works of mine in such amazing company. http://www.lucios.com.au/about/
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Artsite Gallery (group show)
165 Salisbury Road, Camperdown, Sydney
I have a few works in a group show at Artsite Gallery in Sydney including this one - 'Spinebill on Antique Rug' (oil on board).
The show opens on Saturday 11th and runs throughout April.
You can find out more about Artsite on their website:
http://www.artsite.com.au/
Gallipoli Art Prize 2015
My mixed media work 'Fallen' has been chosen as a finalist in the last ever Gallipoli Art Prize exhibition. The show takes place at the end of April 2015 at The Gallipoli Club in Sydney. I feel honoured to be a part of this prize, particularly in its final year.
Gallipoli Art Prize
My mixed media work 'Fallen' has been chosen as a finalist in the last ever Gallipoli Art Prize exhibition. The show takes place at the end of April 2015 at The Gallipoli Club in Sydney. I feel honoured to be a part of this prize, particularly in its final year.
Gallipoli Art Prize
"Private Lives: The Artist as Collector" at the S H Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney from January 24th - February 22nd 2015
A fascinating show curated by Jane Watters featuring 160 works from the private collections of some of Australia's most prominent contemporary artists including Wendy Sharpe and Bernard Ollis, James Powditch, Peter Sharp, Euan Macleod and others.
I have a work included which was chosen from Euan Macleod's collection.
I feel very honoured to be included in such diverse and interesting company.
http://www.shervingallery.com.au/whats-on/current
Alison's Artworkshops at Jervis Bay |
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I'm proud to announce the start of my new art workshops' business, 'Alison's Artworkshops at Jervis Bay'.
And my provisional programme for 2015. This has come as a result of me stepping away from my role as founder/director at Jervis Bay Art Workshops after 5 years. Exciting times - contact me at: [email protected] for more detail.
And my provisional programme for 2015. This has come as a result of me stepping away from my role as founder/director at Jervis Bay Art Workshops after 5 years. Exciting times - contact me at: [email protected] for more detail.
Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2014, Campbelltown, Sydney
Great night at the beautiful Campbelltown Arts Centre in Western Sydney, made better by the fact that my small work 'Battlefields' was awarded the prize for the traditional section of the Fisher's Ghost Award 2014.
The show runs from 25th October - 14th December and features a range of drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, painting and other contemporary works.
More details at: http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/FishersGhostArtAward
Shoalhaven Fine Art Gallery
An exciting new venture has just come to fruition with the opening this weekend of the Shoalhaven Fine Art Gallery at 122 Island Point Road St Georges Basin (just off the Wool Road). I'm very pleased to have some work in this new and beautiful gallery along with other fine artists including Steve Harris, Randall Sinnamon and Richard Morecroft, just to name a few. Drop in over summer.
Here's a link: Shoalhaven Fine Art Gallery
Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence at Tweed Regional Gallery.
Spent a fantastic time recently up at the Nancy Fairfax Studio at the Tweed Regional Gallery on a short residency. The Gallery now houses (literally!) the Margaret Olley exhibition which includes a permanent reconstruction of her home in all its inspirational chaos. I got to spend some time whilst the gallery was closed working from the exhibition itself and found it an intriguing and poignant experience.
Some of the works are below: clockwise from top: "The Hat Factory" charcoal & pastel on concertina paper; "Olley's Lounge Room" Oil on cardboard (drug packaging); "Olley Artefacts" Oil on wood.
Some of the works are below: clockwise from top: "The Hat Factory" charcoal & pastel on concertina paper; "Olley's Lounge Room" Oil on cardboard (drug packaging); "Olley Artefacts" Oil on wood.
"The Meaning of (still) Life"
opens at Defiance Gallery, Newtown this week and runs from 27th August - 20th September 2014. The show features contemporary still life works - both paintings and sculpture - and will include some of my small works along with works by Peter Godwin, Elisabeth Cummings, Roy Jackson, Helen Gauchat, Carole Griffin, Andre Bowen, Renata Pari-Lewis, Paul Hopmeier, Ulvi Haagensen and Michael Buzacott. It should be a diverse and intriguing range.
Click on the link to see all the images: Defiance Gallery
"STUCK TOGETHER"
A collage show is on at Defiance Gallery Sydney from 4th - 28th June (previews 11am-3pm Sunday 1st June and opening from 6pm on Wednesday the 4th June). I have some small works included (left: Flinders - remnants and memories I and II - mixed media under resin) along with some really interesting work from Dave Teer, John Peart, Paul Higgs, Anita Larkin and others. Should be a diverse show. Check out some of the work on this link: Defiance Gallery 'Stuck Together'
A collage show is on at Defiance Gallery Sydney from 4th - 28th June (previews 11am-3pm Sunday 1st June and opening from 6pm on Wednesday the 4th June). I have some small works included (left: Flinders - remnants and memories I and II - mixed media under resin) along with some really interesting work from Dave Teer, John Peart, Paul Higgs, Anita Larkin and others. Should be a diverse show. Check out some of the work on this link: Defiance Gallery 'Stuck Together'
NSW PARLIAMENT PLEIN AIR PAINTING PRIZE 2014
I've just been notified that I am included as a finalist in the forthcoming NSW Parliament's Plein Air Painting Prize with my painting (left) from last year's all-female residency at Kelton Plains in Cooma, organised by Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
Tuesday 10 June - Friday 1 August 2014
at NSW Parliament, Macquarie Street Sydney. 8am-5.30pm
Here's a link to images for all the finalists: Parliament plein air finalists 2014
GALLIPOLI ART PRIZE 2014
Looking forward to seeing the other finalists in the Gallipoli Prize this year - it should be a good one with Leo Robba, Idris Murphy, Kerrie Lester, Margaret Ackland, Maryanne Wick & Alan Jones all in the mix. This is my painting (which has been accepted as a finalist) called, "Battlefields". It's oil under resin on board. The exhibition opens on Wednesday 23rd April at the Gallipoli Club on Loftus St Sydney, from 12-2pm and runs till Sunday May 4th.
Here's a link to the Australian newspaper which features some of the finalists' images: Gallipoli Art Prize 2014 images
Looking forward to seeing the other finalists in the Gallipoli Prize this year - it should be a good one with Leo Robba, Idris Murphy, Kerrie Lester, Margaret Ackland, Maryanne Wick & Alan Jones all in the mix. This is my painting (which has been accepted as a finalist) called, "Battlefields". It's oil under resin on board. The exhibition opens on Wednesday 23rd April at the Gallipoli Club on Loftus St Sydney, from 12-2pm and runs till Sunday May 4th.
Here's a link to the Australian newspaper which features some of the finalists' images: Gallipoli Art Prize 2014 images
THE GATE GALLERY at WOLLOMBI
The Summer Exhibition 2014 at the Gate Gallery in Wollombi is currently showing, with a variety of artists such as Peter Godwin, Tim Allen and Lucy Culliton included. I have a number of works in this show (including the 'bottled birds' shown on the left) - you can follow the link below to have a look at some of the paintings by the various artists, or pop in and have a look on your way to the Hunter Valley.
http://www.thegategallery.com.au/photos-10/index.html
The Summer Exhibition 2014 at the Gate Gallery in Wollombi is currently showing, with a variety of artists such as Peter Godwin, Tim Allen and Lucy Culliton included. I have a number of works in this show (including the 'bottled birds' shown on the left) - you can follow the link below to have a look at some of the paintings by the various artists, or pop in and have a look on your way to the Hunter Valley.
http://www.thegategallery.com.au/photos-10/index.html
ANIMALIA (International Print Exchange Exhibition)
The print exchange exhibition 'Animalia' organised by Annie Day and Robin Ezra which showed last year at the Milk Factory Gallery in Bowral will have a second international showing in Florence from 7-30th May 2014.
A complete set of the prints from this show will then be archived at the National Gallery of Australia.
My work is second from left on the bottom row.
The print exchange exhibition 'Animalia' organised by Annie Day and Robin Ezra which showed last year at the Milk Factory Gallery in Bowral will have a second international showing in Florence from 7-30th May 2014.
A complete set of the prints from this show will then be archived at the National Gallery of Australia.
My work is second from left on the bottom row.
EMSLA 2013 at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
My work 'Garfish' (shown in situ on left next to John Bokor's winning entry!) has been selected as a finalist for the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (EMSLA) at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. The show goes through till January and will tour to Sydney in May 2014. Here's a link to an online catalogue of the exhibition:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffsharbourlibraries/sets/72157637781915713/
My work 'Garfish' (shown in situ on left next to John Bokor's winning entry!) has been selected as a finalist for the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (EMSLA) at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. The show goes through till January and will tour to Sydney in May 2014. Here's a link to an online catalogue of the exhibition:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffsharbourlibraries/sets/72157637781915713/
Still Life Show at the Gate Gallery, Wollombi
Defiance Sculpture Park at the Gate Gallery in Wollombi celebrates its 1st birthday on Sunday 20th October with an Open Day. The Sculpture Park features large scale works from Australia's foremost sculptors installed in 30 acres of gorgeous gardens. The gallery also has a new still life exhibition opening that weekend which I'm fortunate to have some of my paintings included in, courtesy of Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
Above: some of my images showing at the Still Life Show at the Gate Gallery, Wollombi, courtesy of Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
KELTON PLAINS WOMENS' ART RESIDENCY 2013
Just returned from a week-long all-female artists' residency at Kelton, a working property near Cooma in the NSW high country. It's a fantastic landscape to get to grips with and an amazingly supportive and enjoyable group.
Thanks to Defiance Gallery in Sydney for organising and Sally Madigan for allowing the homestead to be used by artists. I'm hoping that a new line of work will come from this focused time away.
MOSMAN ART PRIZE 2013
I am a finalist in the Mosman Art Prize this year with my small work, 'Bottled Bird'
(Oil on board under resin 20cm x 15cm)
Should be a great show this year, with lots of interesting artists chosen by the lovely Lucy Culliton.
The exhibition runs at the Mosman Art Gallery from 13 July - 25 August and is definitely worth a look.
(Oil on board under resin 20cm x 15cm)
Should be a great show this year, with lots of interesting artists chosen by the lovely Lucy Culliton.
The exhibition runs at the Mosman Art Gallery from 13 July - 25 August and is definitely worth a look.
"Inside/Out"
Exhibition at The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral from 3rd August - 1st September 2013
A joint exhibition featuring
some of my latest still life
paintings, Richard Morecroft's
landscape photographs and
Randall Sinnamon's bird
sculptures made from found
objects.
Opening by Leigh Sales, ABC TV's
7.30 presenter on Saturday 3rd
August from 2pm
Kelton Plains Art Collection
My painting, "The International" - a 15 panel deconstruction of an old tractor painted during a residency at Kelton Plains, near Cooma through Defiance Gallery Sydney. This painting is now in the collection at Kelton.
COWRA CALLEEN ART PRIZE 2013
The Cowra Regional Art Gallery in Cowra, NSW is currently hosting the annual Calleen Art Award - my painting, 'Garfish' was accepted into the award. You can have a look at all the finalists by clicking on the link below and having a look at the catalogue.
http://cowraartgallery.com.au/calleen-art-award-central-west-regional-art-award-finalists-exhibition
'Garfish' Oil on shellac on paper, mounted on board.
'Garfish' Oil on shellac on paper, mounted on board.
"Please Be Seated"
a group exhibition at Defiance Gallery, Newtown Sydney opens Wednesday 3rd April and runs till 27th April 2013.
It features a range of artists all responding to the 'chair' theme. I'm thrilled to have a couple of works included (images below).
http://www.defiancegallery.com/artists/please-be-seated-the-chair-show.htm
"The Larapinta Trail Artists" 2012/2013
This group exhibition opens at the Shoalhaven
City Arts Centre (Nowra) on December 1st and runs throughout December and January.
It's an excitingly diverse exhibition in which I have
a few works along with a number of other prominent
artists.
EMSLA (Eutick Memorial Still Life Award) 2012 at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Two of my fish paintings, "Mullet" (left) and "Snapper" have been accepted into the EMSLA award this year. The show runs from mid November 2012 right the way through January 2013. A great way to end and start a year!
Follow the link for a look at the other finalists:
http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/our-community/facilities-parks-and-places/regional-gallery/Documents/Eutick-Memorial-Still-Life-Award-2012.pdf
'Kitchen, Garden, Shed'
Gallery East, 21, Burnie St, Clovelly
6th - 20th November 2012
Opening: Thursday 15th November 6-8pm
A group exhibition including some of my recent still life works:
Above Left: "Kitchen Sink" Oil on 2 masonite panels
"The Great Unknown"
Group Exhibition at Artsite Gallery, Camperdown, Sydney
1st - 16th September 2012
Artsite Gallery in Camperdown is currently showing a couple of my works as part of
a group show. Previews on Saturday 1st September and opening 3-5pm on Sunday 2nd September.
Click on the link below for more information.
http://www.artsite.com.au/07_Next_Exhibition.php
Magnolia (oil on paper on board)
Artsite Gallery in Camperdown is currently showing a couple of my works as part of
a group show. Previews on Saturday 1st September and opening 3-5pm on Sunday 2nd September.
Click on the link below for more information.
http://www.artsite.com.au/07_Next_Exhibition.php
Magnolia (oil on paper on board)
"Under a Grand", Rex-Livingston Gallery, (Sydney 9th August - 2nd September)
If you're in Sydney during August 2012, drop in to Rex-Livingston Gallery
and have a look at 34 artists' work all for sale for less than a $1,000-
It's an eclectic show and includes 3 of my latest fish paintings.
This one is "Garfish (red brocade)" - oil on drug packaging.
You can visit the show online here:
http://www.rex-livingston.com/exhibitions.aspx
and have a look at 34 artists' work all for sale for less than a $1,000-
It's an eclectic show and includes 3 of my latest fish paintings.
This one is "Garfish (red brocade)" - oil on drug packaging.
You can visit the show online here:
http://www.rex-livingston.com/exhibitions.aspx
Black Swan Prize for Portraiture 2012, WA (21st September - 1st October)
I'm delighted that my work "From the Waist Up" has been included as a finalist in this West Australian prize.
Follow the link to have a look at all the finalists:
http://www.blackswanprize.com.au/portraiture_finalists_2012.html
Follow the link to have a look at all the finalists:
http://www.blackswanprize.com.au/portraiture_finalists_2012.html
Mosman Art Prize 2012, Sydney
(21st July - 26th August)
Congratulations to the winner of the
Mosman Art Prize 2012, David Fairbairn.
I was delighted to be included as a finalist
with my oil on paper work: "Snapper".
Waverley Art Prize 2012, Sydney
Just been announced as the winner of the Waverley Art Prize 'Works on Paper' Prize 2012 with a work from my recent trip to the Larapinta (shown in Defiance Gallery Sydney at the end of 2011) - 'West of Alice' (Oil on shellac on drug packaging)
Thanks to the sponsor Sydney Art Store.
Winners and finalists for 2012 Waverley Woollahra Art Prize
Thanks to the sponsor Sydney Art Store.
Winners and finalists for 2012 Waverley Woollahra Art Prize
Flinders Ranges Trip 2012
In May 2012 I was part of a painting trip to the
Flinders Ranges in South Australia. 18 painters
lead by Leo Robba spent 10 days in this remote area
including a visit to Arkaroola and Grindell's Hut.
A group exhibition is planned sometime in 2012/2013.
Painting at "The Pinnacles" Arkaroola
The Portia Geach Memorial Award 2011
takes place at the S H Ervin Gallery in Sydney in September each year.
My painting "From the Waist Up" (pictured below) has been chosen as one of the finalists for this show.
Richard Morecroft is best known to Australians from the waist up. He presented ABC TV News for 20 years, but resigned in 2001 to pursue other interests, including photography. A decade later, he has had many exhibitions of his work and his photos are included in this year’s Blake Prize (Sydney); he is also back on television screens, hosting SBS’s “Letters and Numbers” at 6pm weeknights.
As Richard’s partner, it’s a pleasure to see him back in his natural environment – the TV studio - however his recording commitments require him to spend much of the year in Melbourne.
As we live in Jervis Bay, NSW this means substantial time apart; a sense of aloneness – either his or mine – has seeped into this painting.
