Annual 2017

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Welcome To The Special Yearbook Edition Of Creative Artist.
Every year we look forward to bringing you our annual edition of Creative Artist. This issue we showcase some remarkable artists including oil and acrylic painters, as well as a skilful photographer whose beautiful images left us in awe of her talent
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Creating the Contemporary Chair: The Gordon Moffatt Gift
Thirty-three provocative and eye-catching contemporary chairs, from a stool coated in Chilean volcanic rock to a hanging seat shaped like a killer whale, will be displayed in the upcoming National Gallery of Victoria exhibition Creating the Contempor
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A Pilgrimage to Self Discovery
They say a golden thread runs through our life experiences which ultimately lead to one’s life purpose. Each of these experiences shape and grow our talents and natural gifts, which should be used and shared to serve a higher purpose. This is what So
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Portraits by Cézanne
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) painted almost 200 portraits during his career, including 26 of himself and 29 of his wife, Hortense Fiquet. The exhibition will explore the special pictorial and thematic characteristics of Cézanne’s portraiture, including h
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A Feast of Art – Art Show 2017
The 12th Annual ‘A Feast of Art’ art show will be held in the beautiful Historic Oxley Hall, Snow Road, Oxley this September. The art show will begin with a Gala Opening Night at 7pm on Friday 1st September and winning artists will be presented with
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Art Defines Me
“Art gives me a purpose outside of being a mother, homemaker and wife. Art is a lifelong lesson and journey of self-discovery.” – Bronwyn Chelius Bronwyn Chelius was born in Benoni, a dusty little town east of Johannesburg in July 1972. As a young ch
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Vermeer And The Masters Of Genre Painting: Inspiration And Rivalry
Conceived by the National Gallery of Ireland, this revelatory exhibition celebrates the work of Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) and will give new insights into the relationships the artist maintained with other great painters of the Dutch Golden Age. It
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Bubbles
• Air compressor spray gun • Brushes: – Prime Art sizes #1 to #6 – Filbert sizes #1 to #12 – Hog Hair #6 – Round brush #1 – Fan brush • Winton Oil Colours: – Alizarin Crimson – Cadmium Red – Cadmium Orange – Prussian Blue – Pthalo Blue – Indigo – Cer
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A Life Long Love of Colour
Jan Matson’s love of painting developed in her earliest years. Her best memories are of her great-aunt, who was an artist living in a rambling old house in Adelaide. The house was full of paintings, tapestries and fascinating old books. It was always
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TarraWarra Museum of Art
Tarrawarra is a Wurundjeri word that translates approximately as ‘slow moving water’ and is the name given to the area in which the Museum is located. Situated in the spectacular Yarra Valley, on the cusp of outer Melbourne and inner regional Victori
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Pastoral Scene
• Primed MDF board. Quality white house undercoat is preferred • Art Spectrum Oil Paints: – Cerulean Blue – Ultramarine Blue – Spectrum Crimson – Spectrum Red Deep – Spectrum Yellow – Titanium White • Brushes: Art Spectrum long handled brushes, flat,
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The Power of Flowers
Sharon Lagden’s discovery to art occurred after a big interstate move and some soul searching. In 2008, Sharon and her family moved from Brisbane to the regional area of Leongatha, Victoria, a move that Sharon promised herself would bring new opportu
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The Life of Norman Lindsay
Norman Alfred William Lindsay (1879 – 1969) was born one of ten children to Dr and Mrs Charles Lindsay of Creswick, Victoria. Remarkably, five of their progeny became artists of distinction, including Norman who is widely regarded as one of Australia
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Weekend Project
• Canvas: Jasart Clean Edge Canvas or Winsor & Newton canvases • Winsor & Newton Professional Acrylic: – Titanium White – Mars Black • Brushes: – Jasart Flat Superior Hog Bristle No4 – Jasart Filbert Superior Hog Bristle No 2 – Jasart Taklon Flat No
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The International Society of Scratchboard Artists
BY PATRICK HEDGES Scratchboard already is a fine art medium but in the past it hasn’t been recognised as such by everyone so we created the society to rectify this. We also created it to give scratchboard artists their own “place to belong”. In the f
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Vintage Photographic Processes
By Phil Ingram The story of photography and photographic processes owes as much to entrepreneurial endeavours and artistic expression as it does to technological development. Precursor technologies included the principles of optics, the camera obscur
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Giovanni da Rimini: A 14th-Century Masterpiece Unveiled
Visitors to the National Gallery of London can discover Giovanni da Rimini’s exquisite late Medieval painting, Scenes from the Lives of the Virgin and Other Saints.. Giovanni’s panel, which is more than seven hundred years old, beautifully unites the

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