A Studio is Born

The studio is being built, 5 weeks ahead of schedule. The builders came around today and poured concrete into the stump holes (painfully carved out of granite over the last 2 weeks by Matt and me). Above ground next week.

Little Landscapes

Inspired by being a finalist for the second year running in the Essential Energy Countryscapes exhibition I thought it time to explore some landscapes. This is the first one in a series of small landscapes painted around town. They are from favourite spots, particularly the old parts of town, with views to the hills beyond. This is Bathurst to me.



Milltown Oil on canvas 31cm x 34cm

This series of paintings will be part of the display at the upcoming exhibition The Three of Us at The Little Gallery, 89 George St, Bathurst, opening 19 November, 6pm

The Three of Us - Karin Smith

For artists who work solo, collaborating on an exhibition is fun. So Carol Endean Little, Karin Smith and I joined forces. We meet regularly to discuss development of work, and to plan for the opening of The Three of Us to be held on November 19th at The Little Gallery, Bathurst.

Karin Smith will exhibit a range of beautiful works, and discusses her multidisciplinary practice below:

My name is Karin Smith. I work in a wide variety of media using recycled material where possible. I make jewellery by painting on glass, lino printing, 2d and 3d mosaic, carved hebel and bronze casting. My work is representational  I love working with shapes such as the human form and pears. My latest theme is 'urban wildlife' starting with prints of slightly kitsch garden statues but it can also include many of the things we take for granted in our urban environment.
I do my best work when I don't think, and just allow the creative process to emerge from wherever it is in my being. This makes my work spontaneous and light hearted. I also want it to be accessible by being affordable, easy to understand and fun.
My glass badges, painted on recycled glass from louvre windows, are very popular because there is a wide variety of quirky images, and each badge is unique. I am also going to create postcards from my lino prints. Sending postcards or including them on presents uses one quarter of the paper that traditional cards use and are a fun way of communicating with your friends.

Karin

You can view Karin's website here 

The Three of Us

The Three of Us, an exhibition with Carol Endean Little, sculptor; Karin Smith, printmaker and myself,  opens on 19th November at The Little Gallery in George Street, Bathurst.

Carol can be seen below in her beautiful backyard studio chipping away at a large block of coralline limestone. In February, Carol attended the National Limestone Sculpture Symposium in Mt Gambier, South Australia. Sculptors from all around Australia worked with blocks on site, as the public walked in and around each piece as it was being created, engaging with the artist. No easy task transporting the block back to Bathurst.

Carol has found working with the rock intriguing, as she keeps coming across fossilised shells. A 300m deep belt of coral reef extends below Mt Gambier. Traditionally limestone was cut from here into building blocks called ashlars, and used in the 1800's and 1900's to construct the cities of South Eastern Australia.

Describing her work The Seer, Carol says it is a metaphor for the continuum of time. All life came out of the ancient seas. The past creates the present; the present will create the future. The Seer has grown out of an ancient sea, yet it looks to the future with eyes closed. Who can really tell what the future holds?