A big thank-you to Style Magazine, and writer Kate Hennessy, for running a story about my art in the September issue. The article spoke about the influence that the environment of my new town has had on my art. Especially the 20 new works sent to the “Affirmations” exhibition in N.H. America.
The Affirmations exhibition, that I’m part of at artstream studios in New Hampshire, USA, opened at the start of September.
I made twenty new works exclusively for this show, to hang alongside paintings by Penelope Dullaghan, stencil works by Amy Rice, and softy sculptures by Sian Keegan.
Each of us interpreted our ideas of “affirmations” and responded with images of how and where we source our own positivity. Coincidentally all of our works have come together sharing a strong theme of nature, so I’m told the gallery is looking very bright, joyous and flowery right now 🙂
The exhibition runs through to the end of October, and all works can be purchased online here until then. Feel free to contact me for more information.
Visit the Gallery section of this site to see some of the works in the show.
Kate Hennessy is an old friend and a great writer, plus she has a very very good library of CDs. After working for various companies and agencies as a writer and editor, she finally decided to take the plunge and go freelance. For this she needed a website where could showcase her work, sort articles into subject categories to send to various editors, and also have somewhere a little more fun to document her amazing trans-Siberian travels. This is the site we designed and set-up for her; www.katehennessy.com.au.
August will see the launch of a few new things I craftied up, including keyrings (featuring my illos) and enviro encourangement card sets (more about those in the coming months).
These, with a bunch of prints, and postcards are making their way to Malaysia to be part of some ‘artists lucky dip’ PikaPackages at Pikaland.
How long has it been since you’ve had a lucky dip prize? All good fun!
The items I mentioned were made exclusively for these packages. But once that’s finished I’ll be making some for everyone else 🙂
I didn’t see alot of Winter during June or July; tucked away safe and warm in my studio, busily working on new paintings. I’ve been invited to show 20 works in an upcoming exhibition at artstream studios in America in September and October. So the past few months have been absorbed with creating new work for the show. This being the largest body of work I’ve made for a single show in a very long time.
I’m really excited about this exhibition! I’ll share the details and images when it launches.
The fifth issue of Curvy hit the stands this month. Curvy is a limited edition art book released annually, featuring “100 of the most exciting female graphic artists and illustrators from over 20 countries around the world”. I am thrilled to have been recognised among them this year, with my ‘extreme up-doo’ illustration being included in Curvy 5.
The book is available from art gallery bookstores, good arty bookshops, and the occasional really good newsagent. You can also buy it online.
Shop Update:
I’ve added postcards into my store this month, ‘extreme up-doo’ is among them. So if you’re a bit low on cash, you can still get a little bit of art with a little bit of spare change.
My heart was stolen in April, by the vividly painted faces of the tribes people in Papua New Guinea, and although I have never travelled there, these folk have taken me to another place as my studio fills with brightly patterned faces.
The commission I mentioned last month has arrived to its patron, and has been given to her best friend as a gift. Now both recipients have seen the painting I can show it without spoiling the surprise. It was a gift from one to another, to mark the pregnancy of her first child. Molly sent me the most beautiful email of thanks explaining her interpretation of all of the elements, and also sent me a photo of the work after she had it framed. It’s so great to get feedback.
See the finished piece in the Gallery section of this site.
A couple of weeks ago I met up with some locals to help paint a series of murals for the upcoming annual fair of this little community. The paintings, that feature flora and fauna native to this area, will be displayed around the streets on the weekend of the fair at the end of May. It was a cool way of meeting some of the locals in my new town, not to mention learn about the native wildlife that I’m now surrounded by.
Also in April I contributed an acrylic painting to a local art exhibition. It’s not my usual style or technique, but it’s good to challenge the rustiness sometimes, and to break the “golden rule” of art teaching to never use outlines. Here’s a little bit of it…
This is a tiny little bit of a commissioned painting that I have been working on during March. I can’t show you the whole piece yet as I don’t want to spoil the surprise for the new owner. But next week this illustration is off to live in Minnesota.
During March I have also been working on a couple of paintings on canvas for a few local art shows. So lots of work, but nothing ready to show yet. Next month’s entry will be a biggen’. Hold tight.
flossy-p - noun.
[ flaw-see-pee, flos-ee-p ]
1. Australian illustration artist.
2. Pseudonym derived from childhood nickname; Alice Flossy Pumpernickel, never referred to as such. Known only as flossy-p.
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