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Born in the small rural town of Smithton, he had an immediate talent for art and found his school days and nights filled with drawing and painting cars and motorbikes and selling them to fellow students for 50c each; then progressing on to painting landscapes for their parents on cardboard and masonite.
At college he was taught by renowned artist Geoff Dyer who would take selected students to Interstate National Galleries to view artists like Picasso, Van Gough, Roberts and Streeton, who all had a big influence on Warren's artistic development.
After 25 years in the graphic art and signmaking industry, Warren realised his real love was painting and became a full time artist.
An affinity with nature is the fuel for Warren's inspiration along with a deep love of music. He says the two forms compliment each other and inspire his love of pure colour.
After almost ten years of solid exhibiting with up to four and five shows nationally per year, Warren has developed a diverse range of styles on large canvases including still life, figurative, contemporary, abstract and an unmistakable floral style like no other.
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Mandys works have always sold consistantly, so consistantly that her following is now world wide.
This exhibition is different to any others.
The works are definately collectible, a jump towards Avant-garde, which is being embraced not only in England and the United States but in major developing countries.
Yes I know, some of us thought that Bollywood McDonalds, or urban wear would not become fasionable. Let Mandy lead the way.
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Tessa's 2010 Exhibition will be in the gallery to be viewed by PM on the 27th July
EXHIBITION OPENING 2010.
NOT TO BE MISSED.
My background is in graphic design and later Trompe L'Oeil painting, gilding and faux finishes. It is here that I found the disciplines that echo throughout my art.
I love to work with colour and texture and enjoy the manipulation of different mediums, often overlapping techniques to capture images.
My inspiration comes from many things, living near the ses, yet also next to the Australian bush, it is impossible not to be entranced by a school of silver fish flitting through the shallows, or the colours of the sunlight on a cliff face that calls out to be captured in heavily textured impasto and gold leaf, with glazes of ochres
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Rodney Symmons oils on canvas adorn some of the best houses around Australia.
RODNEY SYMMONS is a Professional Australian Contempory Landscape artist.
Rodney Symmons is a Gifted oil painter reflecting influences of the Heidelberg School. With his effects of light he manages to capture the essence of Australia. Rodney has received 16 major awards including,Victorian Artist of the Year Award. Rodney's oil paintings are found in collections at Freycinet Lodge, Tasmania, and Parliament House, Canberra. His paintings have been purchased by the Trustees of the Exhibition Building, Melbourne; the Australian National Line; and the Art Bank.
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Richard Bogusz's professional career as an artist spans nearly 30 years. Beginning in Melbourne in 1971, and now in a tropical Queensland since 1986.
It would be hard to imagine just how many of his very individual paintings grace private and public walls throughout the world. It suffices to say that just as his abundant imagination is as vital as the first day he picked up a paint-brush, as strong is the desire to "own and hang a Bogusz painting".
. Each work has secrets lurking in the familiar, if you'll just look a little closer.
In each painting Richard offers a new perspective of the world that compels the viewer to renew the experience.
AWARDS:
Work Highly Commended by Professor McCaughey & Daniel Thomas, N.S.W. Gallery 1974
First Prize awarded by Charles Bush 1974
First prize awarded by Paul Fitzgerald 1975 (portrait painter to the Royal Family)
Caulfield Arts Centre, Lions Club Award, 1977
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EXHIBITION TILL 15 JUNE, 2010.
NOT TO BE MISSED.
Steve's original canvases will arrive late, so watch this space to view
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Stuart's 2010 Exhibition works can now be viewed.
Stuart has been painting for over 15 years and his work now hangs in both public and private collections throughout Australia and overseas
including U.K, Ireland, Singapore, Canada, New Zealand, San Francisco and locally.
Stuart Clues coastal landscapes echo the less inhabited stretches of our coast, where large expanses of beach, rocky outcrops and breaking water present an idyll we all cherish.
Stuart’s paintings capture the vast array of moods Tasmania and Victoria offers on its
coastal plains and rugged interior. The East and South West Coast being a particular passion.
EXHIBITION OPENING 2010.
NOT TO BE MISSED.
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A passion she was born with, Jasmin has explored many mediums unable to restrict herself to just one she enjoys painting: fine art nudes to pure abstracts, photography, charcoal, clay sculpture and contemporary jewellery design.
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Steve Graham, illustrator and artist, naturally had a background in the advertising and publishing industry.
Steve Graham began his career in contempory Australian Art in 1981. He was tutored in conceptual art and technique in Canada and New York. Steve Graham's paintings on canvas are loved by art collectors world wide.
His Contempory Australian Art has been exhibited in New York , San Francisco and through out Australia.
South Yarra Art House in Melbourne is the place to find Steve Graham's latest figurative works and beach scenes.
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Natalie Dyer is an inspired artist.Her acrylics on canvas have the ability to involve her audience as she depicts our everyday lives in a fresh way. Natalie Dyer enjoys pushing the boundaries between the traditional art and contemporary art. All walks of life identify with and are uplifted by her paintings.
Any work that Natalie paints illustrates her technical skills, gathered through many years of experience.
Natalie’s professionalism has found approval with buyers and collectors from not only Australia but also around the world. Her paintings have been sold to art lovers from countries as diverse as America, Switzerland, England, Singapore, New Zealand, Israel and many others.
Through her artwork, Natalie seeks to give her viewers a little bit of ‘time out’ to appreciate the little things in life that can sometimes be overlooked. Much of her influence comes from the Masters, her favourite being John Singer Sargent. His amazing portraits inspire Natalie’s passion for portraiture. Modern-day masters such as Frederick McCubbin, Richard Schmidt and David Leffel also inspire her.
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Lisa Coutts, pastel artist, can be comissioned to complete figurative works similar to what is shown. She will listen to your requirements in color and specilal trimmings and completes wonderful works especially for you.
Just phone (03) 95784781 and we will tell you how to "personalize you new art work.
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Amanda Shadforth
Born in Queensland. Exhibiting her Art since the early age of sixteen. Although a qualified sign writer most of her career has been in creating works of art on canvas, chalk boards and outdoor Murals.
Recent Winner of Best Emerging Artist Award
Mandy’s love of the out doors, the sun and ocean is reflected in her works on canvas in both her photo real and her free and spontaneous styles.
Gaining so much from the feelings of calmness and serenity that the ocean gives to her, Amanda hopes to channel these emotions from her surroundings to the viewer through her artworks. Vibrant sundrenched scenes with vivid contrasts of light and shade alight the viewer to feel transpired to the real life setting.
Mandy’s art is exhibited in three states of Australia, and she is being recognized as one of Australia’s emerging young artists.
Amanda chooses compositions with interesting view points, this may be an influence of her commercial artistry shining through, as she is often commissioned to paint large Trompe 'l oei both privately and publicly.
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Craig Penny Art at South Yarra Art House
Acrylic Watercolour and Oil Painter.
1981 - 1979: Ballarat University (Ballarat Colledge of Advanced Education) Diploma of Art.
1981 & 1980: Received Martha Pinkerton
1996 to date: Sessional Teacher of Illustration and Drawing Victoria University of Technology and Swinburne University of Technology
Craig Penny Artist AWARDS
Best Water Colour - Rotary Club of Hamilton 1999 (Buvelot Award)
Best Water Colour Paintings- Rotary of Altona 1999
in 2000 Highly Commended - Mt Waverly Art Show & Highly Commended Rotary Club of Warragul
Best Painting - Rotary Club of Portland 2002 & 2003
Best Water Colour - Rotary Club of Dromana 2002
Best Water Colour - Wimmera Art Show 2004
Best Street Scene - Brighton Art Show 2005 & 2006
AFFILIATIONS
The Australian Guild of Realist Artists
Member - Murray Mallee Outback Artists
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Georgina Hart is a Sydney based Artist with a unique Figurative Art style.Georgina Harts Contempory Australian Art is sought after around Australia and accross the globe. Contact the Gallery for More recent works
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Tessa Dodds. Artist Statemant.
" My background is in graphic design and later Trompe L'Oeil painting,
gilding and faux finishes. It is here that I found the disciplines that
echo throughout my art. I love to work with colour and texture in my landscape and nude oil paintings I
enjoy the manipulation of different mediums, of ten overlapping
techniques to capture images, often on large canvases. My inspiration comes from many things,
living near the sea it is impossible not to be entranced
by a school of silver fish flitting through the shallows, or the
colours of the sunlight on a cliff face that calls out to be captured Painting
in heavily textured impasto and gold leaf, with glazes of ochres, Its
the challenge of capturing the fragility of a passing moment that
intrigues. I am fascinated by the patina of ancient icons and relics
and aim to capture their mystery in my contemporary Australian art.
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Many of Annette’s paintings also portray a quirky aerial view, with distorted perspective and rounded horizons. This is a hangover from her days of flying a Cessna in the Northwest of Western Australia.
Annette’s art is an evolving process which stems from a lifelong desire to be a painter and a storyteller. “I have been privileged to be a clinical psychologist for so many years, listening and working with stories both on the personal and a deeper unconscious level, now I am blessed to work again with stories, with emotions and psychology as an artist.”
, Annette believes that it is her figurative work that gives her the greatest scope to continue serving others. “I would like to leave the planet a better place in any small way I can and if I can paint uplifting portrayals of life, of love and the spirit and people can connect and relate to them, then in many ways, I am a psychologist with a brush.”
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Michael Weitnauer
Born in 1954, lives in Australia with periods of time spent in Europe. His family has a strong art background - his grandfather, Arthur Fischer, was a renowned German painter based in Berlin; his mother, studied at the Berlin School of Applied Art.
In 1986, after becoming captivated by the work of Australian painter Fred Williams, Weitnauer developed a keen interest in landscape painting. Williams' work had an enormous influence on him. Critics have praised his work in recent times as being ‘elegant’, ‘beguiling’, ‘lyrical’ and of ‘fine depth’ (The Mercury 7-2-98). His paintings are held in private and public collections in Australia and around the world.
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“I spent the first twenty years of my life in Point Lonsdale, Victoria. I loved the beach then and I love it now. I surfed, swam and lived for the beach.
“My work reflects my life. I love the beauty of nature that surrounds me and love the satisfaction of working my way through ideas and designs. I am flattered by the success my artwork has achieved, and I look forward to seeing what the future will bring. I approach each new canvas with excitement, curiosity, and confidence. It is always a new beginning and a new opportunity .”
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My early professional; career was centred on teaching children at primary level. I expanded my degree to encompass "Special Education", and accordingly was very much involved with expression and nurturing.
Interestingly my Great Uncle, Roy Opie was an artist, he was a founding member of Monsalvat and his art has been shown at various times in the Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Ballarat Galleries and also in the Victoria and Albert Museums.
My mother has also had great success in many Art shows and currently is teaching others how to express themselves through painting. So perhaps my artistic skill is genetic?
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RALF KEMPKEN
I have been exhibiting in Melbourne for the past five years. The works deal with aspects of memory, of places and faces in the not so distant past.
Buildings and urban landscapes are part of a city's collective memory. Many people know these places. The pictures act as emotional triggers for the viewer's associated memory.
The works are produced with multi layered stencils/screens, aerosol paint and acrylic brushwork. The use of the hand coloured
stencil goes back to the turn of the 1900's when many posters, cards and brochuers were produced by what was then known as "pochoir" (french for stencil) method before the development
of offset printing. In a contemporary context the stencil appears all over Melbourne's inner city streets and laneways as streetart.
I have work in the public collection of the City of Yarra and the City of Melbourne.
Ralf Kempken 2006
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At the age of 6 I fell immediately in love with the work of Salvador Dali when I saw his Painting "Santiago el Grande". I sat before the painting for hours at a time, mesmerised by the rearing horse, by the light, by the angels. It was a pivotal experience in my life, and at that time, I decided that one day I would be a painter.
At the age of eight My Mother handed me oils and brushes said "Paint!". I did and I have never stopped.
While I will still paint Dalinian subjects (his Camembert clocks, soft keys etc.) for my Homage to Dali exhibitions, my work goes beyond this. I am predominantly a Surrealist, but my style is softer, thoughtful and sometimes carries insights into my observations of life, and occasionally into my outrage at social injustice. My work over the years has covered the full gamut of emotions.
Elizabeth Holian.
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KATE SMITH
A multi award winning artist with over 100 prizes to her credit.
Kate,s pastel figurative works of females with flowing hair a signature of her style. Born in England 1947.
Art Awards:
1983 Sunshine Newspaper Co. Award
1983 Nerang Festival of the Arts Award
1984 Beenleigh City art Award, QLD
1985 Noosa Art Award, QLD
1985 City of Toowoomba Art Award, QLD
1987 Royal Queensland Art Society Award.
1987 Beenleigh Arts Festival Award, QLD
1987 St Kevin Art Prize, VIC
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Laural Retz
HISTORY:
Laural Retz became an artist at the age of 6, drawing life forms in the dirt at school (usually body parts which amused her classmates, but not her teachers).
She studied the Visual Arts Diploma in Noosa in 2000-01 and soon found her works to be in demand. Her paintings are inspired by her physical and emotional environment,often including natural items from her local bushland backyard such as leaves and sand. Combined with charcoal these unique mixed media paintings have serious and earthy qualities. In contrast Laural also paints a series of bold, brightly coloured acrylic paintings offering collectors a fun, lively alternative. Always painting the human form, Laural’s latest works explore the swimsuit fashion of the 1950’s inspired by the ‘hey-day’ of her late mothers life.
TECHNIQUE:
She sketches her models and uses photos she has taken on location.
She draws on a burgundy backdrop tears up pieces of paper, sticks them together and renders charcoal over the top. It is very much like a jigsaw puzzle. The “tooth’ of the paper catches the charcoal.
Laural achieves an “old world statuesque marble look”. The black matt and silver frame ties it all the colors together.
ARCYLICS are her statement pieces – classy and stylish
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Mary born in the U.K. and migrated to Australia in 1949. Mary, a teacher has always loved fine art. This interest took her overseas, living and teaching in London.
Mary returned to Australia in 1966 and began a Fine Arts Degree course.Mary undertook formal training in printmaking and drawing. Painting is still her first love.
Mary Hennekam finds her inspiration in Australia's magnificent coastline and beaches.
Mary is a full time artist and tutors at the McLelland Guild of Artists. She has received more than 70 awards throughout her career and is a member of the McLelland Guild, the Peninsula Art Society, Sherbrook Art Society and the Australian Guild of Realist Artsts.
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Adam Bogusz was born 1971, Melbourne.
Adam's successful debut as an artist in 1998 was not that surprising. From an early age, he revealed a wide range ofliterary, musical and theatrical skills that blended into his early figurative works. From the beginning, each painting dramatically melded strength of colour with a lyrical quality, to reflect an abstraction of the world, real and imagined, that we all inhabit. Consequently, a great number of his works sold at exhibitions and galleries, to grace homes throughout Australia and overseas.
By 200 I, there was evidence of major developments in Adam's work; a loosening Of style matched by a fresh originality of ideas, enhanced by an increasing strength of composition and vibrancy of colour.
In 2004, with the development of his technical skills paralleling his maturity as a person and artist, there is evidence in his works of his awareness of the 'reality behind the appearance' as manifested in human behaviour.
As an artist, he reconciles the darkness of our fears with the purities of our hopes. This he achieves with a lyrical and vibrant blend of colour and drama often with a deft touch of humour
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Artist Statement.
Karen Bentons art is continually evolving. Spontaneous yet disciplined, I apply layers of paint, scraping back, scratching into and scarring the surface in order to challenge the existing state of the work.. I allow speculation, change and discovery to help me produce a range of exciting abstract compositions.
Influences are as diverse as urban scrawls, landscape markings and oriental motifs stemming from having lived, worked and travelled in European cities, the Australian outback, Egypt,Morocco and southern Africa.
Intuitive and improvisational markings are combined with order, balance and harmony. Each painting is about the process of its creation, the relationships that form its composition and the ongoing dialogue among the elements of shape, colour and texture.
Having worked as Artistic Director for a magazine publisher since 1997, I have found a complimentary overlap between design principles and expressive creativity in my painting..
My work impresses with its colour, balance and texture and has been described as "visually exciting" and "sophisticated and conceptually deep."
Awards
2003 Award of Excellence - Visual Arts, School of Colour and Design, Australia.
2000 Fred Hosking Design Award.
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