Grounded, Art Piece Gallery Mullumbimby. Opening 27th August 6pm.

After the tactile nature of our textile and paper shows, we’re revisiting painting, this time with “GROUNDED” a show which seeks to address the landscape in original visual language.

Can anything new really be said or shown about landscape? Artist and critic, Jeff Makin thinks that “Gabrielle Jones does have something different to say about the landscape…Jones’ tone [creates]…a particularly ethereal quality, and a landscape for contemplation”.  As well as Gabrielle, we are also pleased to show the bold play on light and shade in Michael Muir’s paintings (courtesy of Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney). Michael has just been shortlisted for the $15,000 Sunshine Coast Art Prize to be announced on 26 August.

They are joined by Amanda van Gils’ paintings of the landscape as seen from a speeding train – intense and unnerving images – and by the enormous and forbidding painting of the rocks at Wategos Beach by Jan Rae, a brave and powerful departure on her part.

Charly Wrencher’s paintings are bright and uplifting, in celebratory homage to the magnificence of the nature right outside his studio door. They sit in contrast to the quiet, moody, purple hued landscapes of Aesha Kennedy’s paintings as she captures the last days of the hills on Left Bank Road, before they are sliced and carved and churned up in preparation for 220 new homes.

Groundbreaking?  Perhaps….

But in any case, these paintings and the others from Rodney Black, Tanya Hoddinott, David Kas, Darren Porter and John Turton on show in “GROUNDED” will make you glad you live on planet earth.

I look forward to seeing you all at 6.00 pm Friday 27^th August

with best wishes
Nadine Abensur - Art Piece Gallery

August 2010

Upcoming exhibitions:

Unwrapped10, United Galleries Perth. Opening 6th August Postponed due to storm damage. New dates to be set soon.

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July 2010

Exquisite Palette Exhibition - St Luke Artist Colourman

	St. Luke Artists Colourmen have once again embraced the universal symbol of the painter, inviting over 200 artists to create an artwork on the now somewhat kitsch and arguably outdated, wooden palette. Ranging from well established local and interstate artists to first time exhibitors. With no rules- the results range from the exquisite to the truly bizarre!!
Opening 30th July, 6pm - 8pm. 32 Smith St Collingwood, Victoria All the palettes are for sale and the exhibition continues in the shop until the 5th September

June 2010
Accumulate 4"x6" exhibition, That Gallery, Hong Kong. June/July 2010

Above: 10 watercolours (various titles) all 2010 watercolour on 300gsm watercolour paper, 4"x6"

May 2010

Now Represented in Perth

I am delighted to have joined the stable at United Galleries in Perth.

United Galleries boasts an enviable stable of artists including Tim Storrier, Wendy Sharpe, Stewart McFarlane, Dennis Nona and many others. I am thrilled to be amongst such company and to have my work now available in galleries on both the East and West coasts.

Click on the image above to see United Gallery's launch including artist information and selected available artworks.

New Facebook Page

I now have a facebook page for my artwork. The page features regular updates of new images, favourite links, news and behind the scenes discussions. It is quite interactive so you can join in, create posts, leave comments, start discussions, suggest the page to your friends and even upload relevant photos. 

To visit the page, click on my name in the facebook image below.

May 2010

Bruce Hwy #6 selected for inclusion in the Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award. The Lethbridge 1000 exhibition is on at Lethbridge Gallery, 136 LaTrobe Terrace, Brisbane. May 22nd to June 5th. 

Feb 2010

Simon Collins & Amanda van Gils: Going Places exhibition featured in Paradise Magazine (Gold Coast Bulletin Weekend Magazine). Click here to download and read the article: Fall Into Place by Marina Saint Martin, Paradise Magazine Feb 20, 2010  

 

Amanda van Gils and Simon Collins: Going Places. February 2010

 

Read 'Going Places' Essay by Jacqueline Houghton

Preview exhibition images HERE

 

 

See Archived News for entries covering 2009 and earlier