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artist talk Burnie Regional Gallery - "Strange Faith"

it was an interesting artist talk organised by curator Allison Campbell with local artists Michael Muruste, David Hawley and Jaclyn Poke. Titled " Strange Faith " t he exhibition space is filled with large abstract works of Michael and David with Jaclyn's work filling a section of the gallery. Although subject matter of both abstract artists is not of concern, the Curatorial Statement, in part, speaks to the process that unites both. "Both approach painting as an act of discovery, allowing gesture, repetition and instinctive mark-making to become a language through which thought is made visible. Their works emerge not from fixed compositions, but through an unfolding dialogue between intuition, memory and material." The Curatorial Statement continues to describe their ways of working with two thoughts that caught my attention. "Together, they demonstrate that abstraction is not an escape from reality but another way of encountering it" and "...

monoprinting continues using a glass plate and/or geli plate exploring colour and pattern combinations.

Monoprints underway using the gel plate and a plastic sheet. prints on glass or plastic sheet posted here and here .

a few drawings (below) during my #getaway #artretreat at Winnaleah with Artable as per my previous post . I enjoy a walk through the landscape, taking photos, making small drawings and collecting a stone or shell to take back to the studio. It is in the studio where i am better able to access how it felt on that walk, the heat/cold, the sounds, the smells, wind waves, flora etc. To access the memory as a whole as opposed to bit by bit on the walk, each sensory input building on the other. drawings plein air, some paintings started outside and finished in the studio. Bay of Fires, The Blue Lake, a river on a farm property and beach walks.

i enjoy a #getaway now and again ... a break from the studio and daily household /garden activities, no cooking! (unless its a boiled egg). Just back from a week of #artretreat, as #getaway, with contemporary artist Tim Allen . Love his work and i found him to be most generous in working with each individual to achieve what they were aiming for, one-on-one - over 5 days. This is my second time with Artable at Winnaleah in Tasmania. Gillian , Steve and all the staff always do a fabulous job at making everyone feel comfortable and united providing great food, art discussion and comaraderie. This group of girls was particularly fabulous - so warm, kind, all inclusive with interesting, intelligent conversations. i enjoyed it immensely. a post here on the drawings and studio work I was lucky enough to be next on the wait list so i got the "Barn" along with a lovely housemate for the week. We felt so fortunate to 'get' the Barn which was lights, airy, w...

the studio needs a clean and tidy up as there are papers, prints, works in progress, paintings strewn across the space. monoprint - oil & acrylic on 250gsm fabriano a few images below and a walkaround here this one (above) is a bit stiff - the one below is more like it. loving this gel print grunge (below) in the comments below do let me know what you think or better yet, what are you doing in the studio?

very happy to be a finalist out of 5000 entries in the Golden Haiku triangle in Washington DC. this little poem/finalist is a nod to Basho's famous poem. see more of my poems here

Clearing away and tidying up today - assessing a few things that have been undertaken in the studio this week - lots of monoprinting using the gel plate and a glass sheet. loving this one (below) ... a 'find' amongst the roller clean up sheets - a few tweaks and it created itself. small piece - oil and acrylic on 300gsm. a few images of playtime (below)- creating sheets of colour, exploration and mark making on various papers including archival tissue. and a studio walkaround here. in the comments below do let me know what you think or better yet, what are you doing in the studio?

Two new prints - unique, one-of-a-kind, available, float mounted (edges are shown) ready to take to your framer hellebore1 Updating online art gallery with new monoprints and small collages for sale (with free postage anywhere in the world - small collage series only). I created a bundle of collages as part of a #freebie #giveaway to my subscribers of the art gallery. and kept creating them. hellebore2 I have also updated the look of the site so that artworks can be seen as a whole across the screen with a quick, easy look at the detail. ... let me know what you think

I first wrote (here) about the idea of a #giveaway of small collages to subscribers to my blog who sent their snail mail address and posted the collages out on 3 January 2026. if you are one of those - let me know what you think about your piece. Once i got into the flow I created far more than required. A few of the collages are shown below - i will post many of them, individually, on the art gallery site where excess collages will be made available. $35 each +free postage - anywhere. collages available here.

Spring brings in colour and vibrancy with the waratah in full bloom against a backdrop of forest with wattle and gum trees. a quick sketch following a few days of walking past the waratah as i head up the hill to grab a coffee.

although its always nice to make and give gifts by hand, it is not something everyone appreciates - i get it, its 'handmade' and as its sketchbook/journals this year, not many use pen and paper these days. 24 page accordion (single sheet), 150gsm surrey drawing paper monoprinted/mixed media covers so, i pick my mark and it is always a pleasure to make and give; moreso when the pleasure is reciprocated in the receiving. and so it was with these three small notebooks, given as gifts to new friends in our slow stitching group. these books have been created by my students in occasional workshops that i hold. there is a playlist of many of the books i have created here

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artist talk Burnie Regional Gallery - "Strange Faith"

creating patterns

back in the studio - monoprinting

a few drawings at #getaway

The Nature of #getaways - Winnaleah Tasmania

a walk around the studio this week (pt2)

another poem published

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Collage #giveaway leftovers going into the shop

pastel play

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