Abi’s photo competition
general, photography, tasmania - 2 Comments » - Posted on September, 28 at 6:18 am
There is a competition of young people interested in photography and Abi has her entry up online. The students had to find twenty photos that responded to words on a list - a scavenger hunt! She had a lot of fun doing it and really put a lot of effort in. Her wonderful sense of humour comes through as well - great work Abi!
There is a gallery of photo sets on the Snap08 website - Abigail Giblin is my daughters entry.
Painting again
my art - No Comments » - Posted on September, 24 at 6:00 am
In between the mad rush to complete work for the Top Gallery show there was a day on the weekend when the canvas gently drew me into its persuasive surface and enticed me to spill out another memory from Alice Springs. The river bed near Trephina was really quite a magic place - well all the river beds I walked in, camped in, drove along even, were a unique experience of being in the MacDonnell Range. The eucalyptus trees line the edge of the dry river bed with a lean that seems to anticipate the next roar of water that will eventually flow down the course sandy river bed and replenish their underground store.
The extra bits
exhibitions, general, my art - No Comments » - Posted on September, 24 at 3:53 am
In light of the modern age of working in the arts there is a strong emphasis on developing all aspects of being an artist. This includes being informative about your process, I think, so I made a couple of simple posters that give a brief outline to the process of working with stone lithography and etching.
They are not intended to be really thorough, but after having many conversations with people about the various methods of printmaking it is clear that most people don’t really know what a lithograph is, let alone that there are many techniques that are called lithograph (what is the definition of a lithograph these days?) or what an etching is, so my little posters will be at the entrance of the gallery just as an introduction to understanding what is behind making the prints. I must admit I really enjoy these extra bits!
Exhibition invitation
exhibitions, my art, printmakers - No Comments » - Posted on September, 20 at 8:02 am
As October draws closer I thought it was about time to post the invitation for my exhibition in the Top Gallery. This will be a selection of work that has been directed to answering my questions for the MFA and hopefully the strengths and weaknesses will be identified and the next 6 months will be focused on exactly what I need to work on for my final submission.
I plan to have a set of questions there for anyone interested in having a say about the work, which will be really interesting as it is hard to step back to being without any invested opinion about whether the art is relating to the research, but someone who has no prior knowledge of it will have fresh and direct opinions.
So if you happen to be in Hobart in October between the 2nd and the 30th then the show will be up in the Top gallery which is located in the Salamanca Arts Centre. It will be open from 10am to 5pm and I plan to sit in on Saturdays when the Salamanca Market is on and there are lots of people around!
