London to France

Just letting you know that the work that was in Camden Gallery in London is now being exhibited in France at Galerie64. My work has now officially seen more of the world than I have! Anyway, you can access more information via the link below: My work is on page 6 of 7.

Galerie64

Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards

I will have two pieces in the MBRAA this year: La Selva Subterranea in the 3D section, of which I have featured pictures on the blog previously, and Feels Like Having the Life Squeezed out of Me, a digital piece which is below. Gee, I wonder where the inspiration for that came from!

Back from the Bunyas

Been away at the Bunya Mountains for a week or so on a much needed break. The place is truly a patch of paradise on earth, with its magical forests and many fabulous creatures. Definitely what my soul was hankering for. The only down side is coming back to the 'rat race' at the end of it all. Anyway, the following pics should show you why it is one of my favourite places to be:

Inside the domes

LizCat asked to see photos of what's inside the domes in the pieces I put up a couple of weeks ago, so here they are:

Inside Debutante's dome is a crocheted white dress, with pink & red ribbon, a pink shoe charm, a madonna charm and a glass rose charm sewn to the bottom - indicating the simultaneous innocence of the deb with her flowering as a woman. There is also at the top a silver skull charm, which indicates the dangers that lie ahead and that buying into that whole beauty image thing is to kill off the power of womanhood.

The inside of the La Selva Subterranea dome is my interpretation of the Underworld pear tree from the story in Women Who Run With the Wolves. The handless maiden is able to cross the moat surrounding the tree with the aid of a friendly spirit, and eat the pears which sustain her until she meets the Prince. In my piece, you have to bend down and peer through one of the four windows in order to see the island and tree.

Nearly finished the other piece I was talking about - hopefully some photos soon.



New York and New Work

The gallery I have been invited to exhibit at in New York is Broadway Gallery (on Broadway, funnily enough) and the exhibition will be in June. It is the same sort of thing as the one in London - a group exhibition of international emerging and established artists. And like the London one, it is not going to make me a household name (not that I really want to become one), but it is more exposure on the Web and in the States among other places.

It is all part of the long and expensive process of establishing yourself as a visual artist, apparently. Not that I am complaining. It is only March and this is the second international exhibition I have been approached to participate in. Anyway, if you are keen on a look see, you can go to the Broadway Gallery Web Site.

By the way, I have recently updated my web site, so it is now pretty current with what's happening. Anyway, time to get back to the studio.

I am still beavering away at a piece I have been working on forever and which I hope to complete fairly soon. It started fairly small but is now huge and I haven't been able to take any photos of the whole thing yet, but here are some details:

New building, new opportunities

Since starting back at school in January, I have been finding the going pretty tough, largely due to the fact that my current 'art room' is a stinking hot demountable circa 1980s with no running water, sinks, precious little storeage and nothing much at all to endear itself. It has been particularly tough during the hot weather and having to lug stuff around including jerry-cans of water.

If this situation was going to be permanent or even long term, I am sure I would have quit by now. The last couple of weeks I have been wondering how I could hang on - I've been coming home utterly exhausted which means, of course, that along with extra hours, there is little time or energy for creativity.

But on Friday, I got a look at the light at the end of my tunnel - a great new art facility which should be ready to move into in the next couple of weeks. Hallelujah, I'm saved! The photos below are not good quality, but they will give you an idea of what I am getting excited about.



Main art room looking to the back - sinks under the window.





This is a verandah/courtyard space which will house the kiln and work with ceramics and hard materials etc.

Storeage Galore: Woo Hoo!

Also, I have just been invited to exhibit in New York, New York in June. If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere, right? More news on that as it comes to hand.



 

21st Century Exhibition at GoMA

Looked in on the current exhibition the other day - Art from the first decade. A big percentage of the exhibition is from the gallery's own acquisitions, so a little disappointing in that I have seen many of the exhibits before: some as recently as at last year's APT. But there was one particular work that floated my boat - the installation by Boursier-Mougenot. This involves a room full of live finches that make music by landing on coathangers attached to 'musical' wires as per a harp or something like that.

It is easy to miss this if you don't know where to find it - right up in the SW corner of the 3rd floor and there is a limited number of people allowed in at one time, but if you have to queue, it is worth the wait. It is a delightful, peaceful, other-worldly experience - could easily have hung out there for ages.

To find out more about the exhibition, go to Queensland Art Gallery's website