The 2011 dates for 35th Annual Springwood Art Show are:
Friday 26th August: 7:00-10:30pm
Saturday 27th August: 9:30-6:00pm
Sunday 28th August: 9:30-4:00pm
Featured Artist - Tricia Coop
The 'featured artist' honour is given to the person who was awarded the Viewers' Choice award the previous year. The 2010 winner was Tricia Coop who won the hearts of the viewers with her oil piece The Breadknife.
About Tricia:
"I was born in Newcastle, NSW. My mother was English but had married a country Australian and I spent my early days in country NSW, attending boarding school where art was my favourite subject. I later settled in Sydney where I undertook college training in Mechanical Drawing at Ultimo. Then I progressed to being a lithographic retoucher and worked in the printing trade in Sydney for a number of years.
Later I departed to England, partly influenced by mother and the desire to travel, and worked in London in the printing trade where I met and married my husband and our two sons were born. My husband, John had always wanted to travel to Australia and so inevitably we returned to Sydney, settling first in the Hills District, then Wiseman’s Ferry before settling in the Blue Mountains. These areas have inevitably been an influence in my paintings.
It was not until 1983 when we were on holiday with our sons in a caravan on the North Coast that I was inspired by a young man who was painting nearby, to purchase some paints and have a go myself. This resulted in two things – a love of painting – and the decision to have my own studio, as that first painting of the beach – ended up being blown onto the beach!
I came home from that holiday having decided I wanted to paint, so John fixed up an area in the garage, and I had some lessons and have never looked back. I now have my own studio where I can work on several paintings at the same time, and completely relax.
Later I started some classes of my own, and I’m proud that many of these budding painters exhibited and sold their works in Art Shows. I have found Art Shows are my main source of sales as well as inter-state exposure through Showcase Australia.
I have held various one or two ‘man’ shows at various venues, including Lillianfels at Katoomba, Kurrajong Heights Gallery, Sutton Forest Gallery, Wiseman’s Ferry Gallery as well as demonstrating / showings at Wahroonga (with Kevin Best) and at the Sydney Art Expo. I also feature in galleries, such as Heronwood House, Moss Vale, the Moulton Gallery at Mona Vale and the Sunset Gallery at Port Macquarie. I was a feature Artist in Artist’s Palette in 2009.
At Art Shows, I have been privileged to be judged ‘Artist of the Show’, ‘Best Painting’ and ‘People’s Choice’, which makes me feel very proud, but humble when I look at other artists’ work. I find it hard to write about myself but am thrilled that I might excite other people to take up painting, just for enjoyment or as a profession, and I’m pleased to be able to describe my approach to painting, but find this hard to do as when I have a brush in my hand, as I’ve always told my students, it it the BRUSH that decides what I paint. I usually find I have the same basic colours out and the palette knife and the brush do the rest."
Opening Night Speaker - Phil Somerville
Springwood High P & C is pleased to invite Phil to be our Opening Night Guest Speaker. Phil (somervillecartoons.com) has carved out a career as a freelance cartoonist, a road with more than the average number of curves and potholes. Initially pursuing a job in journalism, he found his wit, social critique and intolerance of office carpets lent itself more to self-employed cartooning.
Phil’s cartoons have appeared in SMH, The Bulletin, Nexus, The Independent, the Australian, Good Weekend and the original Punch in the UK. His last book of satirical cartoons was titled “I am moderately fond of Australia”. As Phil suggests in the book’s intro, there are two ways to cope with our complex world; one is psychotherapy, the other is humour. The cartoons shine a light into the dark corners of human doings from God, sex, patriotism and mythology to bathroom fixtures.
Phil grew up and worked largely in Sydney but has resided in the Mid-Mountains for many years and was a parent at our school. We thank him for helping us open another wonderful celebration of our local art event.
Exhibiting Artists 2011
Carole Hampshire
Carole loves to express her creativity through her photographic work recently working on some digital collages. She’s had a long association with art photography and presented a number of group and solo shows in the Blue Mountains over the last 10 years.
Awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Visual Arts majoring in Photography in 1986 from Sydney College of the Arts, she was selected for the annual exhibition for emerging artists at The Performance Space in Surrey Hills. Her work was favourably reviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald by Christopher Allen. Recently her portrait of ‘Peter and Thea’ was shortlisted for the Head On Portrait Prize exhibited at the Australian Centre for Photography earlier this year.
Her next major solo show will be held in the UK at Déda Gallery, Derby opening on Friday 30th March and closing on 25th June, 2012. Her artwork is held in many private collections in the UK, USA, Europe and Australia.
Linda Callaghan
My name is Linda Callaghan and I emigrated from Wales in 1978 and live in the beautiful Blue Mountains.
I love to paint and use different mediums to complete artworks in various topics and styles that allow me to share my art with a wider audience. I paint in a realistic style and also from the heart giving my creativity free reign.
You can view my colourful and inspirational artwork at: http://lindart1.redbubble.com and I also sell privately. I intend to continue on my artistic journey and one day open my own studio to the public.
Adriana Glackin
I am a wife, mother and photographer living in the beautiful Blue Mountains west of Sydney. I am inspired by nature, driven by curiosity and I find the promise of artistic interpretation very exciting.
My tastes are eclectic; my photographic journeys lead me to a world where blur and detail, colour and monotone, lines and curves and light and shade are equally enticing.
Berenice Abbott once said “Photography helps people to see.” It is my fondest hope my work will in its own small way share a new vision of nature.
Gerlinde Thomas
Gerlinde Thomas will be exhibiting two highly detailed and elegant oil on canvas works; 'Playing Dressup' and 'Abandoned'.
Vanessa Jorêt
Vanessa Jorêt is a local artist who particularly enjoys wildlife and portraiture. She works in a variety of media including watercolour, coloured pencil, watersoluble pencil and pastel.
Vanessa has a Visual Arts Diploma and has studied with renowned artists Barry & Lucy McCann, Paul Margocsy and Lorraine Lewitzka.
Vanessa has been running after-school and evening drawing classes for kids & adults since 2002. Her course has been designed to be skill building whilst being fun and achievable. It includes marine-life, animals, birds, portraiture, landscape and much more using chalk and oil pastels, charcoal, coloured pencil, watersoluble pencil and watercolour.
Classes are held at Faulconbridge Public School. For information about Vanessa’s art and/or classes: Ph 4758 8030
Joe Cartwright
I paint in a fluid and spontaneous manner, which allows me to capture the mood and atmosphere of my subject with a style that encourages the viewer to involve one's self with my work. I am always looking for an interesting viewpoint which I can bring to my audience allowing them to connect more closely to the world around them.
I have won a number of first prizes and many other awards for my watercolours. Last year I was fortunate enough to win the John Copes Watercolour Prize of $3000.
I teach watercolour at the Nepean Art Society in Penrith and have had a number of articles published in the Australian Artists Magazine.
Please visit www.joecartwright.com.au to view more of my artwork.
Rod Julian
A long term resident of the Blue Mountains, my interest in photography was rekindled when transferring some old film images to digital for preservation. There is so much to learn with digital photography, and this form has opened up so many new opportunities, such as stitching landscape panoramas together. Each image, even if faulty, gives clues on how to improve. I have learnt that the journey is sometimes more important – and an excuse to “go down to the National Park” can only be positive.
The "Old Man Fig" is a reasonable example of the “River Brushes” of the New South Wales north coast. These lowland “River Brushes” were once very common but now only small sections such as this one at Wingham, remain.
Website: www.rodjulian.com
Glo Hill
A professional Artist since 1985, she has won nearly 80 awards. Her artworks have been reproduced as tapestries, art prints and calendars. She is a very popular Artist and there is a great demand for paintings. With a number of very successful exhibitions, her works are included in many private collections worldwide.Steve Morvell
Steve is recipient of over 20 National Art Awards including 3 times winner of the Gold Medal Award for the best exhibit at the Wildlife art Society. His paintings have been featured on Australian Postage Stamps, several books, magazines, murals, he has appeared many times on TV and Radio.
His art is highly acclaimed around the world and can be found in collections all over the globe. In China his paintings have been sold for $10,000
Charcoal Engraving by Steve Morvell
The board is sealed with Acrylic Gesso. A light wash of flat Acrylic is applied than the initial drawing is done with compressed charcoal. This is spray fixed and the engraving is done using surgical scalpels. The charcoal and acrylic is built up in layers than spray fixed, than several layers of matt sealer.It is UV, waterproof and guaranteed against yellowing for at least 100 years.
Care of the artwork requires nothing more than an occasional dust or at most a gentle wipe down with a damp sponge.
Judy Cadden
Graduated from Northside Art School in 1970 Has been a professional Artist ever since. Received numerous awards including Wyong and Portland acquisition prize.She has been featured in A - Z Artists and Galleries in Australia. Her artworks have been sold to various collectors in Australia and Overseas.
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