An exhibition of Feather Drawings by Candice Herne at the Upfront Club, Maleny, Queensland, Australia

My good friend Candice Herne's upcoming exhibition in Maleny. Candice is a visual artist working on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and has exhibited Community Arts Projects, photographs, drawings, paper installations, paintings, and felted and natural fibre sculptures in solo and group exhibitions in Brisbane, Regional Queensland and Melbourne.

In 2007, Candice started a progressive support and collaborative intiative 'Mothers Group' and last year we exhibited together in the "Mamas in the Hood" Exhibition at the Pine Rivers Art Gallery.

Doggett Street Studio - Summer Exhibition 2012 - Rachael Lee

Doggett Street Studio , Brisbane, Queensland, opens its Summer Exhibition for 2012 on 24 February 2012.

 My good friend and artist, Rachael Lee has been invited to include some of her latest works in this upcoming exhibition.....

Rachael Lee is an Australian visual artist based in Brisbane, Queensland. Her work, based on the concept of illusion and perception, explores the changing beauty of nature through a window of geometric patterns and sacred geometry.

Its gearing up for another amazing year of fantastic exhibitions, I'm so humbled to be surrounded by so many amazingly creative artists who I am fortunate enough to be friends with :)

In the Studio this Weekend......

This weekend I found myself still tying up loose ends with left over pieces from the recent "Mamas in the Hood" exhibition.  I've always been interested in journalling blogs and love Ro Bruhn's Art Blog and follow quite a few more.  Motivated by these, I decided to use my tests and sample pieces to create a few journals and use up some of my leftover pieces.  I also included some good quality drawing paper amongst the pages for doodling, sketching, writing, etc. 

I've also been progressing two pieces inspired by the life drawing classes I did years ago at the Brisbane Institute of Art.  The idea of incorporating the female form in my current medium has been knocking around in my head for a while ..... its presenting many challenges, especially working on a much larger scale, but its excting! 

Float - Australian GhostNets and Joannah Underhill

I think this is going to be one of my favourite exhibitions this year!!  Go along and see if you agree.....

featuring Australian GhostNets and Joannah Underhill

at the

Woolloongabba Art Gallery

from

27 January to 25 February 2012

Just beautiful!

(images generously supplied by Joannah Underhill - thanks!)

Papergirl - The Art of Giving

Papergirl Brisbane is an exciting innovative cultural initiative which works to bridge the gap between the wider public of Brisbane, and the local artists and writers who live here.

Art and writing is collected from the local creative community, exhibited in a gallery, rolled up, and then distributed by bicycle to the random passers-by in Brisbane’s CBD.  Hope I'm lucky enough to receive something!!!

Anyone who wishes to be involved is invited to participate, regardless of age, education, profession, gender, or location. Artworks accepted include drawings, photographs, text, pictures, stickers, posters - basically anything ‘creative’ and considered that can be rolled and distributed by bicycle.

Writers, poets, and lyricists are also invited to get involved in the project. You are asked to submit as many contributions as you would like and in some cases artwork is reproduced to allow more people to receive your work.

Check out the Papergirl Brisbane website for more details and how to submit your work.

Studio Makeover

Inspired by Sophie Munns recent post, I finally tackled my studio, tidying, decluttering, sorting, discarding and making a more conducive working space. Sophie's mention of a wonderful view from her room while working at her desk inspired me to re-arrange my studio so I too looked outside. 

Its going to take a little getting used to but the action of tidying up and clearing out has started to have the desired effect. After I was finished yesterday my mind was clearer, although no new ideas were immediately forthcoming. I wondered when the ideas might come and decided to work out in the garden for a while and mow the grass (with a lot of help from Millie).

Today is a different story, ideas started to tickle around the edges of my mind, and then more and more came.......sometimes just by taking the first step and tackling the most mundane chores, a little bit of magic happens........ 

Like everyone, I have my moments of doubt in relation to my art and abilities, etc, however Candice Herne recently gave me this gorgeous teatowel by Nadine Sawyer, which I have pinned to my wall to remind me everyday that I am following the beauty of my dreams! Trusting you all are too :)

Lazy Beach Days......

 Am spending my days wandering this amazing shoreline

Contemplating what the new year will bring.....

I am here but will soon have to leave this restful place....

 

So while I can, I am reconnecting with family, collecting sea shells and more ideas for art work

Wishing you all find peace and contentment this year :)