I think I have found a gallery for an exhibition

As most of you know I am planning an exhibition next year and wanted to find a light and airy gallery for it

A few months ago we went to ANCA in Watson and it looked good but there were so many people at the opening there it was hard to tell....

So today we visited it again and had a chat about size , it is perfect for about 25 - 30 paintings and the light factor - plus it is white - good foil for my work

So I will put in a prospectus and see how I go...... it isn't too expensive and they don't take a commission - only drawback is that I have to arrange being there for two weeks while it is open - there goes 2 weeks of leave.

But it looks good so hopefully I will pass the initial test ..... exciting - O will let you know how I go

Here's hoping, keep your fingers crossed

C

its beginning to look like a gallery!!

I had to share this - we had an 'issue' with the air con the other day and it decided to drip water where the paintings are kept

Anyone who has been here knows that there are two things working against storing of these pieces - their size - some are over a metre in size and the other thing is we have very little storage!

So when the air con decided that dripping was the thing it wanted to do most that day, Phil has to remove them as they were getting splattered..... I don't worry about the canvases as they are sealed within an inch of their lives with polyurethane varnish - I do that because people love to touch them - they are very tactile pieces

Anyway - I thought this was a funny photo!!

Have a fun day
C

2 more mixed media pieces

Over the last few days - the weekend and yesterday - Australia Day - I created two more huge canvases.....

The first one is from our time at the Snowy Mountains - where we were lucky enough to see wild brumbies

The second is from a photo I took when we went ballooning over Canberra in later Autumn

Snowy River Brumbies

Detail - the brumbies

Detail the trees and mountains behind

Drifting at Dawn

Detail the balloons

Detail the Carrilion

Thanks for looking and for your comments and emails I appreciate your time in making comments

Cheers
C

2 more finished - up soon

I will be popping up two more paintings as soon as I get them photographed

Nice

C

two more pieces- I am rocking!!

Okay here we are again - in less than a week and I have finished two more huge pieces - these babies are 100cm across so they really make an impact

While I was in the Snowys recently I took a photo of an old shed - weathered with the years and probably not storing much any more

Well I knew when I saw it I would have to use it to do a mixed media piece - so yesterday I did it - lots of paper and bits and it took me a while but I am so pleased with it - there are some closeups too as the first pic doesn't really do it justice .... you certainly need to peer into my paintings to see hidden meanings

SOLD

The full painting
'Weathered through the years'

Left section

Rusted chimney
Fence line and hardware

And this was from a photo in Gladstone - at the Botanical Gardens. The light in the mid afternoon glowed across the water and the waterlilies in flower made a spectacular display. The old mallelucas with their fantastic bark were bowed down towards the water and everything was hot and still.
SOLD
Shimmer in the Early Afternoon

I will let you into a secret - this is real bark - I know it looks real - because it is

Detail of the waterlilies

I love using papers with patterns and you can see things if you look closely at my works - that is the fun of it all....

Thanks for looking - I hope you liked them - if you can leave a comment that would be great - I really appreciate a comment or two....

Regards
Carol

3 new pieces to share

Well I have actually been producing but not posting - life just gets in the way of things sometimes I guess - but finally here they are.... 3 large pieces of work

This is a large piece painted from a photo I took of the beach at Broome WA
The colours are very true to life and I have used fibres as well as other mixed media items that I usually use.

I have to say I just love boab trees
This is at moon rise a cluster of boab trees
I am really happy with this piece

This large piece is of Honeymoon Bay in Tasmania
The place is over looked by these massive limestone cliffs
The bay is a beautiful aqua and the rocks an interesting terracotta colour
As a painter who could ask for more????

Thanks for looking
I am preparing for an exhibition of my paintings in 2011 and in the meantime will be entering some into art events in Canberra to get more 'known'
So I will be placing a piece into the Canberra Royal Show in January
It is interesting and a little scary at the same time

I am almost finished another piece so hopefully it wont be as long until another mixed media piece is up

Til next time
C