Hi and welcome,
Just thought I'd give you a peek at a new range of cards I am working on. The range encompasses prints of my original drawings and designs of man-made and natural objects, and also a couple of collages. The print is then mounted onto an array of coloured card and placed on good firm card. They all come with an envelope and in a plastic sleeve. There are currently 11 designs in the range with each design available in several colours.
"Southern Exposure" Exhibition and Competition put on by Huon Art Exhibition Group (HAEG) opened on Friday night at Cygnet Town Hall. This is a bi-annual exhibition and attracts artists from all of southern Tasmania across many fields with cash prizes totalling $4,700.00. Hundreds of people attended the official opening with the exhibition running for two weeks until Sunday March 21st. This year, I believe, was of a much higher standard than previous with more professional hanging and display of works.
I included two works of mine, "Mondrian Dreaming 1" & "Mondrian Dreaming 2" both works being drawings in artline pen with gouache.
On the alternate years HAEG runs "Watermark" in March an exhibition with a water theme.
Mondrian Dreaming 1
Mondrian Dreaming 2
This year's poster for Southern Exposure Art Exhibition featured a picture of my mosaic head that I exhibited last year!
Hi and welcome,
I wanted to share with you a quote from Johannes Itten's Book "The Art Of Colour". He wrote, "the deepest and truest secrets of colour effect are, I know, invisible even to the eye, and are beheld by the heart alone. The essential eludes conceptual formulation." I have always felt this, its not just what we see, sight is only one of our senses and only one part of the experience. Colour can have an effect on all our senses changing our emotions, lifting our heart, with incredible impact.
I studied this book at art school many years ago and have recently gone back to re-read it while studying my current course in design and have found the information to be timeless and exciting.
Because of this reflection on the past, I thought I would take a short walk down memory lane (not in any particular order) and show you some of my past work. My obsession with colour has taken many forms over the years, with some of these disciplines and techniques still used in my work today.
