2011 Albert Park College Art Show

The 2011 Albert Park College Art Show was a great success raising funds and linking many of Melbourne's artists to the new school community, with the school only opening this year. APC is an arts-based College, and the money raised will go a long way to supporting the germination of an ambitious arts program for the next few years.

Organised by Trudy Rice, Lisa Thornley and their band of helpers (me included), over 270 artworks were exhibited and many were sold. The show also raised money through an auction on the Gala Friday evening event. It was supported by a vast array of supporting workshops including the musicians of APC hosting a public workshop and performance, painting, woodwork, graffiti art by aerosol one and cooking with a Master Chef style cook off for kids.

The large scale painting below this post of a pixellated Buzz Aldrin was one of the many sold.

Here's a link to a 360 panoramic version of this photo of the show on Saturday - click here to view in a browser.

Icon Study Archangel

Icon Study Archangel
Egg Tempera on Board with gold leaf
297mm x 210mm
Wellington, New Zealand
2006.

This Icon was an exercise in Roberto Paulet's class at Inverlochy Art School in Wellington. It look an entire term to complete as it was done in the ancient traditional fashion. Getting to grips with mixing the pigment with egg yolk to make the paint was the most challenging aspect of the project. The stinky boiled rabbit skin glue used in the initial preparation of the board will not be forgotten. We also studied the fascinating origins and symbolism behind traditional Icons.

Minneapolis Studio School

This is where I got started with painting while living in Minneapolis. I was very lucky to have the lovely Clea Felien as a tutor at her Minneapolis Studio School. Clea teaches classic realism in the atalier tradition. It was an excellent discipline to learn as it taught me how to really observe and then gave me a framework to translate what I saw to the canvas.