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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
HOW TO HAVE AN ART LIFE – REALITIES & REVELATIONS OF BEING AN ARTIST Please welcome Melony Kara Smirniotis to the Gingernut Express. Melony is a Textural Expressionist living in Sydney. I met Melony when I was sharing a show up in the Blue Mountains. Her work involves layers and layers of carefully rendered paint that […]
My art review on two great shows currently running at the Arthouse Gallery in Rushcutters Bay. An interesting insight into our current state of sensitivities. They appear as the ying and yang of our alliances. It is about the shiny show real of perception versus the comfy home that we wish was a little bit […]
COLOUR AT CARRIAGEWORKS One of the great delights of the Sydney Festival is that we get more art in Sydney, and most of it is free to visit. This summer Carriageworks in Eveleigh, has decided to go all kaleidoscopic and convert its art spaces into colourful exhibitions that ask you to engage like a cameleon and […]
Reflecting on Art Reviews This year I’ve decided to share my thoughts and feedback on shows I will visit throughout the year. I hope it may encourage you all to go, get out and see more art. History has shown us that art is a reflection of the times, so I thought I would put […]
