by Sara | Jun 2, 2013 | Fun stuff, News, Painting
Painting is essentially a fairly solitary occupation. Not lonely at all, but mostly it’s just you, the canvas and the cat. To save your sanity it’s a really good idea to link up with other artists to paint together as a group. Not only is an artist...
by Sara | May 5, 2013 | Fun stuff, News, Painting
I’m not a great one for surrealist paintings – until I came across the very talented Andrew Baines. Immediately I was captivated by his wonderful paintings of everyday things taken out of context – men in bowler hats and suits in the surf, hills...
by Sara | Nov 11, 2012 | Exhibition, Fun stuff, Painting
Botanical art is always something that has fascinated me. To investigate more I went to see the ‘Capturing Flora’ exhibition at the Gallery of Ballarat. It’s the most comprehensive exhibition of Australia’s botanical art ever...
by Sara | Nov 9, 2012 | Fun stuff, Painting, Technique
I had an opportunity this week to take part in an inks workshop demonstrating how to use inks on canvas. This was an new experience – I’d only ever used inks on paper. It’s a lovely, washy, free flowing painting method. First the canvas (we used...
by Sara | Oct 18, 2012 | Fun stuff, News, Painting
Alexa Meade thinks completely backwards. Most artists use acrylic paints to create portraits of people on canvas using a Hyper-Realistic Acrylic technique. Meade applies acrylic paints on her subjects and makes them appear to be a part of the painting! This is...
by Sara | Nov 22, 2011 | Exhibition, Painting
Ballarat Art Gallery is amazing. Not only is it a fabulous gallery, but often has excellent exhibitions, the latest of which is the Australian Masterpieces Exhibition. It’s come from the Art Gallery of NSW and Ballarat is its only Victorian venue. On display...
Buzz - original painting SOLD
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Line of Trees - original painting
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Magical - original painting
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