If you live in Sydney, Australia, the artist of the moment is Matisse. It’s been a while since we could all get out and gallery hop so don’t miss out of this celebration of light, colour and joy at the Art Gallery of NSW. Matisse: Life & Spirit, Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou, Paris To steal […]
COLOUR WARRIORS & HOW COLOUR IMPACTS OUR WORLD This blog focuses on one of my great passions …colour. I will bring you tall tales and tid bits about the origins and uses of colour and how it impacts our world. Colour has held many great powers throughout the ages. It plays many a leading role throughout […]
COLOUR WARRIORS & HOW COLOUR IMPACTS OUR WORLD 2022 COLOUR OF THE YEAR – SPECIAL EDITION PREDICTIONS & REFLECTIONS Every year, the colour gurus, Pantone, put out their ‘colour of the year’. The company has become a global authority in colour. The Pantone Matching System (PMS), provides a standard of colour sets used in a variety […]
HOW TO HAVE AN ART LIFE – REALITIES & REVELATIONS OF BEING AN ARTIST Welcoming Mellissa Read-Devine to the Gingernut Express ‘artist interviews’. I met Mellissa many years ago and was struck by her joyful nature and lust for colour. She is humble and engaging as well as a master at adding sparkle to her […]
HOW TO HAVE AN ART LIFE – REALITIES & REVELATIONS OF BEING AN ARTIST Welcoming Gabby Malpas to the Gingernut Express ‘artist interviews’. Gabby is an amazing watercolour artist who I met many years ago on a visit to one of the art fairs. Her work has gone from strength to strength and she is […]
HOW TO HAVE AN ART LIFE – REALITIES & REVELATIONS OF BEING AN ARTIST Please welcome Tony Hooke to the Gingernut Express artist interviews. Tony is a tonalist landscape painter specialising in the medium of egg tempera. His evocative artworks are inspired by the Australian bush. I met Tony many years ago at a Sketch […]
COLOUR WARRIORS & HOW COLOUR IMPACTS OUR WORLD OUTRAGEOUS ORANGE – PART 2 As we move through the radiant history of orange, the 18th and 19th centuries presented some juicy new orange pigments that played a pivitol role in radiating the vibrancy of painting throughout Europe. Chemists would offer new colours, brighter than ever before. […]
HOW TO HAVE AN ART LIFE – REALITIES & REVELATIONS OF BEING AN ARTIST Welcome Penelope Oates to the Gingernut Express artist interviews. Penelope is a mixed media artist specialising in mark making. Her unique style is inspired by the natural forms and silhouettes that merge within the Australian landscape. From my first encounter with […]
COLOUR WARRIORS & HOW COLOUR IMPACTS OUR WORLD OUTRAGEOUS ORANGE – PART 1 Vibrant orange has never been a wallflower in the colour spectrum. Always demanding attention, it’s outrageous behaviour has got itself to the front of the line on many an occasion. As a colour it is an exceptional actor, a shape shifter that goes […]
HOW TO HAVE AN ART LIFE – REALITIES & REVELATIONS OF BEING AN ARTIST Please welcome Chan Dissanayake to the Gingernut Express. Chan is an award winning watercolour artist living in the Canberra, Australia. I met Chan teaching at the Artscene Summer and Winter Schools in Bathurst. A master at his medium, his classes are […]
