by Sara | Mar 29, 2013 | Exhibition, Galleries, News
Starting Friday and running until Easter Monday, is the Mansfield Easter Art Show. Curated by Without Pier Gallery, it has been running for many years but this year is the first time I have submitted a full quota of 6 paintings. Being a rural area, I tried to paint...
by Sara | Mar 16, 2013 | Exhibition, News
I just scraped in to see the ‘Radiance: The Neo-Impressionists’ exhibition at the NGV in Melbourne before it closed. I wasn’t really sure what Neo-Impressionism was, but found out (a little history lesson here) that it was the movement in France and...
by Sara | Feb 25, 2013 | Articles, News, Technique
One of my favourite artists is Shirley Trevena. She is a British watercolourist of immense talent and I have long admired her use of strong colours which really push the medium to its limits. I was therefore interested to read that she felt she had become bored and...
by Sara | Feb 9, 2013 | Galleries, News
I have long had a slight obsession with cows. I know it’s strange but they are such beautiful, gentle creatures and I do love to paint them. So a recent visit to the very scenic southern coastal areas of Victoria was much anticipated. The reason? It’s a...
by Sara | Jan 25, 2013 | Articles, News
If you looked at a piece of work that had been produced from videos taken on an iPhone, would you consider it art? It’s something I’ve been thinking about as an increasing amount of art is produced through social media using new digital technology. The...
by Sara | Jan 8, 2013 | News, Technique
With the start of a new year (2013) it’s always good to look at doing something different, new or experimental. With this in mind I thought that I would put together a series of informative articles with information that I hope will be helpful to readers....