I exhibit my work widely in Australia and Internationally and they have been selected for the Canadian World of Threads, Ukraine contemporary Textile, Wangaratta Petite Miniature Textile, Australian Artist Textile Awards and the Australian Fibre Art Award for excellence in Felting and I am published regularly at home and abroad. I teach sculpture workshops at …
PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITION EXPERIENCE 1989- 2001 Exhibited extensively in Newcastle and Sydney in numerous solo and group exhibitions; highlights include: – Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery ,1989 & 2001, Newcastle Region Art Gallery 1993, Legge Gallery (annually)1990- 2001, Melbourne Art Fair 1998, Sculpture by the Sea 1997, 1996 Commissioned by Newcastle City Council Hannell Street Gateway …
Ed Ramsay of The Edge of Nature has been designing and producing beautiful sculptured furniture and functional art for over 20 years. From four poster beds in the vineyards and huge entry doors for churches to small wombats in the garden, Ed has worked on a wide scale of projects. The finish on each piece …
Eric’s art work and life are equally colourful. Eric was born in Java, Indonesia, his heritage is Dutch Indonesian. His family moved to Holland and later to Tanzania, Africa. Here he spent a happy and spirited boyhood, surrounded by the exotic beauty and dangers of wild Africa. His teenage years were lived in Holland, there …
I started my career as a textile designer. Mainly for women’s fashions and children. Later on moved to graphics, working for Fashion and Sport magazines. I always painted but discovered sculpture about twelve years ago and it has captivated me ever since. I mainly work in two mediums, bronze and stone, observing nature and abstracting …
Felicity Cavanough sculpts wire drawings. Sometimes the lines are more simplistic like a single line drawing and recently Felicity has explored weaving with wire inspired by preparatory sketches of her drawings done with a sanguine pencil. “A lot of emotion goes into my work. I always create with feeling, often finding inspiration in everyday moments …
Drawing and painting where I started. Egon Scheile’s artworks – angular hands – stretching fingers, fascinating. He took colours and muted them. Shades of personality peeked through. I see people differently, make them my way. I want movement – even unnatural movement. We are what we want to be. Large, small, bright, dark. My ladies …
ART RELATED EDUCATION/TRAINING 2008 Introduction to Felting with Jane Richens (1 day at Catbird Gallery, Dungog NSW) 2010 Felting with Wendy Bailye (4 days at Beautiful Silks, Melbourne VIC) 2010 Felting with Wendy Bailye (3 days at Yugar/Brisbane QLD) 2011 Felting with Rachael Meek (4 days at Grampians Textiles, Halls Gap VIC) 2011 Felting with …
Biography Born in Berlin in 1915, Inge left Germany for London in mid-1939. She studied first at the Royal Academy in London and then at the Glasgow School of Art. In 1947, Inge moved to the Abbey Art Centre, an artists’ community near London, where she met her future husband, Australian painter/print maker, Grahame King. …
Boilermaker – Austec Engineering, Queanbeyan NSW 2010-Current Key skills: Steel fabrication and engineering. Welding repairs and heavy machinery maintenance. Major steel sculpture fabrication and installation. Repair and restoration on prominent Canberra sculptures and historic buildings. Certificate III Metal Fabrication and Engineering Apprenticeship 2009-2012 Food, Wine and Travel Photographer and Assistant, Sydney 1988-2007