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EDITOR

Robyn Stanton Werkhoven

CONTRIBUTORS

Sally Ryan Yosua Aethyrin

Paul Maher Brad Evans

Barbara Nanshe David Graham

Naomi Wild Eric Werkhoven

Dungog by Design Melanie O’Dell

Lorraine Fildes Robyn Werkhoven

Gallery 139 Edmond Thommen

Autumn Fest Len Metcalf

Art Systems Wickham Chris Meredith

Above: Provincial Gothic, oil on canvas, 104 x 63cm

Paul Maher © 2014

Front Cover : Narcissus 2.0 after Carravaggio oil on linen

110 x 80 cm, Winner Kennedy Prize 2014, Sally Ryan © 2016

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Kenneth Reed AM, oil on linen 120 x 85cm, Finalist Black

Swan Prize 2015, Sally Ryan © 2016

Please do not copy articles in this magazine without

written permission of the Editor.

Copyright © 2015 Studio La Primitive, All rights reserved.

INDEX

Editorial………………………… Robyn Werkhoven 4

SLP Antics………... ………… E&R Werkhoven 5

Featured Artist ………………… Sally Ryan 6 - 19

Poem …………………………… Brad Evans 20 - 21

Featured Artist …………………. Paul Maher 22 - 33

Poetry…………………………… Josua Aethyrin 34 - 41

The Kiribati Project…………… Lorraine Fildes 42 - 53

Poem……………………………. David Graham 54 - 55

Poem……………………………. Melanie O’Dell 56 - 57

3+1 Exhibition………………….. Edmond Thommen 58 - 65

Poem…………………………… Eric Werkhoven 66 - 69

Party Exhibition………………… Barbara Nanshe 70 - 73

Creatives Abroad………………. Barbara Nanshe 74 - 85

Kustom Karz & Kulture……….. Autumn Fest 86 - 95

Dungog By Design ……………………... 96 -101

ART NEWS……………………. 102 -117

Back Cover……………………… Kim Wanless 118

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EDITORIAL Greetings to all our ARTS ZINE readers for May 2016.

May issue 15 of STUDIO LA PRIMTIVE ARTS ZINE includes interviews with nationally and internationally recognised

artists. Interviews include the award winning portrait artist Sally Ryan talking about her work, and Newcastle artist Paul

Maher.

Lorraine Fildes presents Tungaru - The Kiribati Project, a personal story about identity, climate change and threats to

traditional cultures.

Artists Barbara Nanshe and Naomi Wild talk about their forthcoming exhibitions in Europe - Creatives Abroad.

Don’t miss reading our new essays, poetry, art news and information on forthcoming art exhibitions.

We introduce two poets to our Zine, Melanie O’Dell and Yosua Aethyrin.

The ARTS ZINE features professional Hunter Valley, national and international visual artists, poets and writers, glimpses

into their world of art and their creative processes.

Submissions welcomed, we would love to have your words and art works in future editions in 2016.

Deadline for articles - 15th June for July issue 16 2016.

Email: werkhovenr@bigpond.com

Regards - your editor Robyn Werkhoven

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SALLY

RYAN

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SALLY RYAN - INTERVIEW

Portrait Artist - Contemporary Realist.

Sally Ryan is an Australian artist living and working in Sydney. She has been the recipient of many

prestigious art awards. “Sally has a strong commitment to classical drawing and her work reflects a fine

tuned sensitivity to the drama of light and shade, and the heightened effects of photorealism.”

“I paint because beauty matters. Every person on this earth is undergoing, or has undergone,

their own brand of turmoil of which few may understand. Whilst it is impossible for a portrait

artist to simply step into a sitter’s shoes, through the careful scrutiny that a realist work requires,

I seek to unveil the essence of a person’s being and represent it in a way that recognises the

beauty inherent to the human condition.” - Sally Ryan

Opposite page: Story Lines, portrait Michael Caulfield, oil on linen 54x42cm Sally Ryan © 2016

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California Dreaming

Oil on board 54 x 42cm

Finalist Mortimore Prize

Sally Ryan © 2016

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“I grew up and was educated in Sydney. I have always gravitated toward creative pursuits but my attraction

to the world of Art has come mainly from a life long enjoyment of drawing, colour and design.

The catalyst that brought me to the road I’m on today occurred in 2008. At the time I was teaching art to

boys at Sydney Grammar Prep School in St Ives. My son, 16, suffered an aneurysm bleed, was hospitalised

and underwent brain surgery. A genetic link was suspected and scans revealed an aneurysm in my brain

and almost as soon as my son had recovered, I underwent surgery too. It was a difficult year. Whilst

recovering from my operation I discovered the Julian Ashton Art School in the Rocks. It was like coming

home. I felt I was meant to be there. All thoughts of returning to teaching quickly disappeared.

Apart from teaching I had also worked in graphic design and as a ceramic artist. Figurative art has always

been of interest to me, and after a period of intensive study and a scholarship year at Julian Ashton I began

working full time as a portrait artist.”

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Greste’s Mother Waiting for

Peter

Oil on linen

Sally Ryan © 2016

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“Although I also paint still life and the occasional landscape my work today is predominantly portraiture and I

describe myself as a contemporary realist. With a grounding in classical drawing and painting techniques,

it’s my aim to represent my subjects faithfully.

The incredible talent of other artists, past and present, excites me and I continue to be motivated by the

daily challenge that painting brings. It is also wonderful to feel part of the long tradition of classical painting.

One of the loveliest aspects of portrait painting is meeting interesting people. I have felt especially privileged

to paint a number of such people, including

Professor Michael Morgan – leading neurosurgeon

Michael Caulfield – author, historian and film producer,

Kenneth Reed AM – philanthropist and art collector,

Lois Greste – who campaigned for over a year to have her son Peter released from gaol in Egypt and, in

particular, Dr Catherine Hamlin AC– whose life long dedication to improve the lives of women in Ethiopia

following childbirth injuries is so recognised and admired around the world that she was nominated in 2015

for the Nobel Peace Prize.”

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Frances Nies

Oil on linen

61 x 84cm

Sally Ryan © 2016

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“My painting of Dr Hamlin AC, which was a finalist in the 2013 Archibald Prize, is perhaps my most notable

achievement but since 2010 I have been a finalist in a number of national portrait prizes, including the Doug

Moran, Portia Geach, Shirley Hannan, Black Swan and the Kennedy Prize, which I won in 2014.

Internationally I have twice been a finalist in the international ARC Salon and was also honoured to have a

portrait hanging in the Australian Embassy in Washington as part of an exhibition with Portrait Artists

Australia in 2014.

2015 continues to bring new people and new paintings into my studio. I currently have a commission with

the Victorian Parliament, painting the former premier Ted Baillieu. I also have a number of other portraits on

the go that includes both drawings and paintings as well as children and a kitten. Each painting involves

considerable hours of work to reach completion but as one is finished the process of a new one is begun

and added to the group of paintings I am working on.”

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Dr. Catherine Hamlin AC

Oil on linen 105 x 78cm

Finalist Archibald 2013

Sally Ryan © 2016

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“My main goal with art is to paint as often and as long as possible, whether it be portraits, still life or

landscapes. It is my intention, for the foreseeable future, to be painting portraits and it is my hope that I will

continue to meet and paint interesting people. Landscape painting offers challenges for the future and I

cherish the moments I get to take myself outdoors with my brushes.

It is also important to me to encourage and support other artists. Painting can be a lonely activity and it is

easy to feel discouraged at times. Painting days with a model and fellow artists in my studio are a lot of fun

and provide a sense art community as well as valuable time painting from life. I enjoy other artists’

exhibitions and occasionally buy art I admire when I can. Promoting the skill and beauty of classical painting

is also a goal and I feel so encouraged by the growing number of Classical Ateliers around the world that

are attracting and producing very talented young painters.”

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The Defendant

Oil on canvas

44 x 54cm

Finalist Doug Moran

2012

Sally Ryan © 2016

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Rob Mansfield

Oil on linen 40 x 30cm

Sally Ryan © 2016

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This year I will have paintings in two exhibitions.

The first will be in Melbourne, opening May 1 at the Burrinja Gallery.

The exhibition is titled ‘Women Painting Women’, and includes portrait works of seven

female artists.

The second exhibition will be in Sydney in June at the Danks Street Gallery with

the Shades of Reality Art Group. This will be the fourth annual exhibition for this

group.

http://www.sallyryanartist.com/

Opposite page: Dr Rashpal Singh oil on board, 124 x 94cm , Finalist Shirley Hannan 2012, Sally Ryan © 2016

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delly - Brad Evans

when blame was in the air

we'd all turn to delly.

Don't ask me why, he wasn't a bad bloke,

it's just that mud stuck to him somehow:

"DELLY!" We'd all shout

and delly would start his protest

and turn to the teacher:

BUT SIR, IT WASN'T ME!

And we'd all shout back:

YES IT WAS, DELLY! WE KNOW IT WAS YOU!

JUST OWN UP, DELLY, DON'T DENY IT!

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And then he'd slam his schoolbag

on the desk

and shake his head muttering to himself

about another lunch on detention.

I guess he saved teachers

the hassle

of having to find out

who really was at fault

whenever

shit

went down.

- Brad Evans © 2016

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PAUL

MAHER

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PAUL MAHER - ARTIST INTERVIEW

Paul Maher has exhibited in the Hunter since 1988, punctuated by an exhibition in Paris in 1999. Following

the 1989 earthquake, Maher’s work was included in Shifting Grounds at the Art Gallery of NSW.

Represented in the Newcastle Art Gallery collection, his mosaics form part of the Lake Macquarie City Art

Gallery Sculpture Park and feature on Beaumont Street, Hamilton. Paul was a finalist in the Kilgour Art Prize

exhibited in Newcastle Art Gallery in 2015.

“Paul Maher is a Newcastle-based artist whose practice centres on suburban landscape painting and

drawing. Paul is a compulsive sketcher, who habitually fills A5 art journals with drawings of suburban

Newcastle life. Through daily drawing expeditions, Paul captures his changing built environment, the antics

of people and their pets in parks within a urban coastal setting. Paul aims to translate the directness of his

drawing style and a familiar Australian landscape into his paintings and iPad drawings.” - Ahn Wells,

Director at Gallery 139.

Opposite page : A Room of One’s Own, mixed media on paper, 58 x 37 cm, Paul Maher © 2015.

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Silken Girls Bring

Sherbet

Oil on canvas

130 x 130cm

Paul Maher © 2015

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When did your artistic passion begin?

“I always loved drawing from a very young age. It was the thing I did and it often got me out of trouble. I

changed high schools in Year 11 to do Art because in those days not all schools offered it as a subject. From

there I went straight from school to art school”.

Describe your work?

“I believe as participants in culture we need art to stimulate our minds before our senses. As an artist I try to

trigger something from our collective memories or personal experiences before engaging or disturbing the

senses.

My art could be categorised as figurative expression. Primarily it is 2 dimensional: - painting, drawing and

printmaking and contains elements of naivety in terms of representation and traditional pictorial conventions.

In spite of formal training, this aspect of my work has become more prominent in my recent work.”

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Up and Under, oil on canvas, 163 x 143cm, Paul Maher © 2015

What inspires you?

“What has consistently kept art-making fresh for me over the past 20 years is the energy in my work that

comes from drawing from life. Whether it’s the figure or the landscape, my work seems to retain a

spontaneity by drawing from what’s in front of me. It leads to mistakes and invention because I’m trying to

get things down quickly before it or my vision changes. I’m also attracted to spaces and structures on a

grand scale. Like the harbour from a high viewpoint or the hillside in my recent work which dramatizes the

scale of the urban landscape”.

Name your greatest achievement, exhibitions?

“Probably my biggest achievement is to be still making art 35 years after first going to art school. That’s

probably the hardest thing, to stick to it regardless of competing priorities. Some of the high points over that

time are taking a large body of work to exhibit in Paris in 1999 through the l'Association Culturelle

Franco-Australienne. It was also great for my work to be made part of the Newcastle Art Gallery’s collection

in 1998 and to be hung as a finalist in the Kilgour Prize last year.”

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A Room of One’s Own

Oil on board

182 x 81cm

Paul Maher © 2015

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What are you working on at present?

“I am making a number of larger paintings that have grown out of recent works on suburban coastal

landscapes. They are also derived from social observations I’ve made from visiting and drawing in the

public space and they look at the psychological implications of the lone figure verses the group in the

landscape.”

Your future aspirations with your art?

“I want to make good images that are relevant to our time. I also want to make well-constructed images;

that’s both compositionally and by way of painterly technique. I would also like to be able to keep doing this

for some time.”

Forthcoming exhibitions?

“I am currently working on an exhibition scheduled for May at the Depot Gallery in Waterloo with two other

Newcastle painters, Peter Lankas and Dino Consalvo organised through Ahn Wells at Gallery 139. It is

great to be included in this show with such adept painters.”

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Hatchback Headland

Oil on canvas

126 x 83cm

Paul Maher © 2014

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Other interests?

“One of my interests is listening to podcasts in the studio. I painted some of the central paintings from my

last show at Gallery 139 in November last year listening to podcasts about the Royal Academy’s summer

exhibition on Diebenkorn. Not that these podcasts influenced my work stylistically, but it’s instructive to

listen to discussions about how an artist struggled with the art making process. I like that it connects me to

what is happening in another part of the World. I listen to a lot of Guardian short story podcasts too.

My favourites at the moment are The Centaur by Jose Saramago and The Beauties by Anton Chekhov.”

- Paul Maher © 2016

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Provincial Gothic, ceramic H 35cm, Paul Maher © 2014 Samantha Armytage, ceramic H 35cm, Paul Maher © 2014

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Paul Maher in his studio - photo courtesy of Ahn Wells

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Yosua Aethyrin

Yosua Aethyrin, poet and humanitarian.

Yosua’s poetry has strong social and

philosophical content, with penchant for the

irreverent and the surreal.

He has been published in Canada, America

and Australia and the UK in magazines and

E-zines and limited production booklets

published from 1990s through up until 2006.

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Gold - Yosua Aethyrin

For so long

I grasped for understanding.

In time

the tension had relaxed

into some sad ache.

I would hold her

calm

consider

contemplate

and quest.

I have maps

of consciousness,

flow charts

of considerations

and an index

of related emotions

and events

arranged in rainbow flavors

and ascending order of engagement

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It remained

folded

pressed

packed

and ready

for some mysterious departure.

The latches worked

and I had oiled the hinges

and waxed the leather

but the contents were dry

and bundled

like stone newspaper

with faded engrams

of echoes,

of past,

of foreign scripting,

and obscured

with a delicate

fine brown

wax paper

and vinegar.

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There were some curious odds and ends between the neat rows

but the bulk of the sun sepia

pressed and flattened wardrobe

of these pasts

were never anything but dream images of a fathers

acknowledging gaze, notions of patriarchal concerns,

a scorned

forlorn

downward turned

blinkered frown

of the sunlight,

and an impossible riddle

of contempt

and self denial

or loathing.

A mothers tears.

A maidens pillow,

and

an impossible passable Demeter

of a metronome heartbeat.

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Azure skies would wrent and tremble with the shuddered quiver of her tears

Of her denial,

Of her avoidance,

and the waltz of tea cups

in garish Halloween

sun bleached

bone china

Christmas teacups

for every season.

A pipe.

Cherry red

a smoldered ember

of the dying dreams of war

to swing time anthems ,

big band

floozy woozy

woo hoo hoosies blues.

Thunder crash

this tower into an thousand crystal shards.

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This impossible princess ,

No more.

Too late.

Too much.

Too tired.

Too sick.

Too totally wiped out

so that every concern,

every missed gesture of kindness,

every unseen thought

of loving compassion,

every pure motive,

was lost

missing to the wayside

of some

war to end all wars superhighway,

Throbbing

with a cabaret snare drum slur

and resounding

with a trombone wha wha wha ,

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I love Lucy

with her one chance

at the big show

and the funky wonky bugle boy of company G

or the honky tonk bordello craps alley

of the piano man

that didn't start the fire.

No smoke on the water.

No purple haze.

No floating mountains

with their faces in the sun.

No credence

and never again

a clear water revival.

This torrent,

this flash flood off the red desert

has to come

and wash away our burning beds.

She folds the sepia stone newspaper wardrobe back into

its tasteful cherry leather suitcase

and rests her foggy head upon it

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in the levy gutters

by the shrubs

and bushes ,

on the wayside

of this rusty

ironed

bloody flood.

She'll be right.

She'll Be right.

Hush.

Don't be afraid.

She'll be right.

Mother Mary.

Mother of god.

Sweet Jesus.

Sweet lord,

She'll be right.

Shhh - Yosua Aethyrin © 2015

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Tauranga Art

Gallery Tungaru: The Kiribati Project

Lorraine Fildes

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Tauranga Art Gallery

Tungaru: The Kiribati Project

A personal story about identity, climate change, and threats to traditional cultures.

The Kiribati Project is a collaboration between contemporary New Zealand artists, Chris Charteris and Jeff

Smith. The show incorporates sculpture, photography and interactive video. Tungaru is the pre-colonial

name for Kiribati.

Travel always offers up surprises and on my last trip, a cruise around New Zealand, did just that – I saw an

exhibition relating to Kiribati. We know that climate change is causing sea levels to rise and this is affecting

low lying islands and the nation of Kiribati is the most affected by this. Kiribati will probably not be visible in

the next century – it will be submerged. I will give you a brief history of the islands that make up this nation

and also a map to show where the islands are situated. From this you can understand why it is important

that projects like Kiribati have been promoted. It is one way in which the culture of this island nation may

be carried into the future - perhaps in the territory of another nation.

Opposite page :The mat is woven with pandanus leaf and decorated with designs made up of lines of small circular discs of coconut,

interspersed between others made of glittering pearl shell.

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Curving its way above and below the equator, the Republic of Kiribati (keer-ə-bahss) comprises 33 coral

islands divided among three island groups: The Gilbert Islands, the Phoenix Islands, and the Line Islands.

All of the islands are atolls (ring-shaped islands with central lagoons) except for the island of Banaba in the

Gilbert Islands which is a raised limestone Island. Of the 33 islands of Kiribati, 21 are inhabited. They have

a total land area of 800 square kilometres and are dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres. Their

spread straddles the equator and the International Date Line, although the Date Line is indented to bring

the Line Islands in the same day as the rest of the Kiribati Islands. The permanent population is just over

105,711 (July 2015 est.) over half of whom live on Tarawa Atoll. Most of the population is concentrated in

the Gilbert Islands and only one of the Phoenix Islands (Kanton Island) is inhabited and only three of the

Line Islands are permanently inhabited. The capital of Kiribati is Tarawa, an atoll in the Gilbert Islands.

Map of the Republic of

Kiribati

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Now it is time to examine the works in the exhibition. First we will look at the contemporary works of sculpture and applied

art by Chris Charteris, created with materials and techniques inspired by the traditions of his Kiribati heritage. The largest

and most impressive of his works is called Te Ma. It is a curving palisade construction of 8,000 Ringed Venus shells

collected from his local beach in Coromandel, New Zealand. Kiribati communities built monumental heart-shaped coral fish

traps in their lagoons and this is what Chris first saw on his flight into Kiribati.

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Kiribati was first settled by early Austronesian-speaking peoples long before the 1st century A.D. Fijians and

Tongans arrived about the 14th century and subsequently merged with the older groups to form the

traditional Kiribati Micronesian society and culture. The islands were first sighted by British and American

ships in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and the first British settlers arrived in 1837. A British

protectorate since 1892, the Gilbert Islands became a Crown colony in 1915–1916. Kiritimati (Christmas)

Atoll became a part of the colony in 1919; the Phoenix Islands were originally under the care of the USA but

were added to the British colony in 1937. The Line Islands, a chain of eleven atolls were claimed by the

USA under the Guano Islands Act. But eventually eight of the islands were given by the USA to form part of

the Republic of Kiribati, while the other three islands remained the territory of the USA. The Republic of

Kiribati, became independent on 12 July 1979 but it was not until The Treaty of Tarawa was signed shortly

after independence and ratified in 1983, that the USA relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited

Phoenix Islands and those of the Line Islands that are part of Kiribati territory.

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“Yes, maybe someday”

Photo by Jeff Smith

The heart shaped coral fish trap is what Chris Charteris would have seen from the air and incorporated into his sculpture “Te Ma”.

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These mats are woven with pandanus leaf and decorated with designs made up of lines of small circular discs of coconut,

interspersed between others made of glittering pearl shell.

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Tarawa Atoll and others of the Gilbert group were occupied by Japan from 1941 to 1943 during World War II.

The expulsion of the Japanese in late 1943 involved one of the bloodiest battles in US Marine Corps history.

Marines landed in November 1943 and the Battle of Tarawa ensued. Further military incursions into the

colony occurred in the late 1950s and early 1960s when Christmas Island was used by the USA and Britain

for nuclear weapons testing including hydrogen bombs. These Island people have had a hard life and now

their very existence is threatened by the increased sea levels resulting from climate change.

In June 2008, Kiribati officials asked Australia and New Zealand to accept Kiribati citizens as permanent

refugees. From what I have read refugee status at present has been refused. Kiribati is expected to be the

first country to lose all its land territory to global warming. In June 2008, the Kiribati President Anote Tong

said that the country has reached "the point of no return." He added, "To plan for the day when you no

longer have a country is indeed painful but I think we have to do that.“ In early 2012, the government of

Kiribati purchased the 2,200-hectare Natoavatu Estate on the second largest island of Fiji, Vanua Levu.

In April 2013, President Tong began urging citizens to evacuate the islands and migrate elsewhere.

It is hoped that projects like the one I saw in Tauranga Art Gallery in New Zealand will help this nation keep

their culture alive even if they lose their islands to sea inundation.

- Lorraine Fildes © 2016.

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Middle photo: Coconut is a material used strongly throughout the project, a fibre that binds Kiribati culture together. This

explains the title of a circular wall work “Te Nii” – the giver of life. It is comprised of half coconut shells, stripped of their hair

but for central stripes, and linked by coconut fibre string .

Left photo: Te kaibangaki te kora – coconut fibre string cross.

Right photo: Another object particular to Kiribati culture is the shark tooth-edged coconut wood sword. Charteris has created

his own version of the sword employing fan palm, called “Bwebwerake”, meaning new growth.

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Film maker and animator Jeff Smith documented their time in Kiribati and has created digital works with interactive

elements. At the bottom of the left hand photo you can see 3 of my fingertips. As I moved my hand over the machine in

front of the video screen it caused fish like images to move across the screen and explode in beautiful colourful formations.

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The above photos: Another interactive work by Jeff Smith - In Te tia Buaka ni Kiribati, Smith has animated Charteris’s

uncle Baia and friend Unnang, wearing traditional Kiribati suits of armour. When visitors move in front of the projected

images, the warriors mimic their actions. This photo is by Sam Hartnett and was on the following website

http://www.tautai.org/tungaru-the-kiribati-project/#prettyphoto[group]/5/

Following are two photos showing me interacting with the suit of armour. My arm is up in both as I am taking the photos.

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Left photo: “Te Mauri” (Good Health)

Coconuts play an incredibly important part in the Kiribati society, hence you could say good health depends on the bountiful

supply of coconuts on the islands.

Right Photo: “ I-Tungaru” (People of Tungaru)

The Christian church played an important part in the colonial history of The Gilbert Islands and now in the life of the

Republic of Kiribati. The first schools were started by the churches but are now being taken over by the Government.

Photographs courtesy of Jeff Smith © 2016. All Rights Reserved

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Succulent

- David Graham

gramercy this morning

plant on the sill

the winds are waning

an older soldier’s singing

signs of delay

only a second

the buildings have shaken

neighbours have left

gain demolished their home

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and at the foundation

layers of past

exhumed for the moment

the steamroller rumbles

plowing pinpricks

sowing families

the sun also rises

birds are crying

dust falling glumly

but you just keep growing

still and silent

plant in the window

- David Graham © 2016

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Melanie O’Dell

Melanie O’Dell is a poet and writer from Newcastle -

“ I began writing mid last year. It all began with writing

poems to entertain and make people laugh.

I performed live at stand up comedy nights locally in

Newcastle and poetry reading nights such as Word

Hurl Anti-slam. Since then, my style is progressively

moving towards shedding light on how society operates

and how desperately some aspects of 'humanity' need

to change.” - Melanie O’Dell © 2016.

Self portrait - Melanie O’Dell

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‘You look nice’

It's time,

time for a shift.

Celebrate your fellow females

present them with a gift;

a gift of gratitude

rather than a measly 'you're pretty' comment...

It's time we praised intelligence - that's damn certitude.

- Melanie O’Dell © 2016

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3+1 Photographic Exhibition 3 - 22 May 2016

Opening Night Saturday 7th May 4-7pm

@ gallery one88 fine arts Katoomba • 188 Katoomba Street

CHRIS MEREDITH LEN METCALF EDMOND THOMMEN

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3+1 Three photographers, one model one photoshoot.

Three Sydney photo-artists, Chris Meredith, Len Metcalf and Edmond Thommen invite you to view “3+1” -

an exhibition of images from an art-nude photoshoot with three photographers and one model.

The shoot took place on a sunny Monday morning in December 2015 near Cronulla with an internationally

acclaimed fine-art model. The three took turns to direct the model and create their work - sometimes calling

on each-other to assist or advise on a particular set-up. Whilst the three had never worked together in this

way before, they all knew each-other and had worked individually with the model, so there was a relaxed

and supportive atmosphere throughout.

Photographers normally prefer to work alone but chose to collaborate on this occasion so that they could

encourage and push each-other creatively both on the shoot itself and during the post production process.

The exhibition reveals that the three photographers represent their subject in vastly different ways. The

images cover the full spectrum of styles from monochrome fine-art through to contemporary almost abstract

interpretations of the female form.

The artists hope that visitors will enjoy not only the images and the spectrum of creative styles but also

challenge themselves to consider how they choose to portray their subject when they take a photograph.

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http://www.christophermeredith.com.au

CHRIS MEREDITH

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Chris Meredith Natural Curves

Meredith takes his inspiration from the natural patterns and shapes that occur in nature and the curves of

the female form.

Figure nude studies are combined with semi-abstract close-ups of waves, ripples, rocks etc to generate

images that are designed to be both instantly pleasing and challenging at the same time.

When working alone, Meredith works with his models underwater, so as to achieve shapes and poses that

wouldn’t normally be achievable on land. As this was a collaborative project and very much on-land, many

of the figure studies have been paired with patterns of ripples or waves to maintain a sense of natural

fluidity and movement.

Comments Meredith “I want viewers to explore my images and find something new each time they return.

For me, the perfect result is when I’ve created an image that delivers a new dimension that goes beyond the

combined effects of patterns from nature and curves of the body”

Previous exhibitions by Meredith include “H2O” (Underwater nudes) and “Mermaids of Balmoral” (which

reveals the results of a fantasy scientific study into the mermaids that inhabit the skies above and waters

below Balmoral beach).

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Len

Metcalf Naked Landscapes

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Len Metcalf Naked Landscapes

relationships with nature

Flesh and stone. Nude, naked, stripped bare. Natural untouched environments. Humanity respecting and

worshiping Gaia. Humility for our bountiful, yet threatened mother nature.

In these works Len Metcalf explores our spiritual connection with the natural world. He finds great peace

and spirituality from this connection. Fearful of humanity’s loss of connection with nature, he searches for

reconnection. Exploring beauty in its purest forms. Finding peace again in mother nature.

Len has been photographing for as long as he can remember. Creating paper based works of art is his

passion. Len teaches photography and continues to immerse himself in incredible natural vistas, camera in

hand, in search of beauty.

http://www.lensschool.com

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EDMOND

THOMMEN

Blended Nudes

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Edmond Thommen Blended nudes

Edmond Thommen describes himself first, and foremost, as a Photographic Artist. For him the magic starts

with the camera and his photographs.

The female figure forms the basis of his artworks. They may soften or highlight the body’s outline by

blending it into several layers of images he superimposes on the figure. Sometimes the figure seems to

disappear behind a barrage of organic materials or man-made structures - until the viewer’s eyes start to

actively search for the lines that in his or her mind “must be there” behind the scene.

His work is “layered” and is visually and intellectually demanding on the viewer to find the form.

In doing so, viewers delve beyond the surface. Indeed, Edmond’s photographic artworks encourage us to

look; and, if we look properly, ‘to see.’

http://www.thommenart.com.au

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Collaborative drawing

Eric & Robyn Werkhoven

Lovers with Sculpture.

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ERIC WERKHOVEN POEM

Drawing Together.

We draw these pictures of people.

We draw these lovers floating in a blue sky.

Gestures where the hands drop gifts.

And eyes not clouded over from the wear and tear of the struggle,

which is both an earthly and cosmic dance.

Where two lovers meet, and love one another intimately,

like drawing water out of a deep well, for the children to drink.

Raise up to the many tunes of creativity and passion that lays submerged,

because love needs to be protected.

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Collaborative drawing

Eric & Robyn Werkhoven

Lovers with Skull.

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We draw these people to fill one page after the other.

Some afternoons the floor is covered with their celebrations.

And we graciously collect them, to work on them later.

Lovers caught in an embrace, seeking shelter in the murmuring heartbeat.

Stroking the paper skin.

No need to erase all those lines, but for a few smudges of labour

that reconnects us to the piquant world.

Our love flowing out towards these joint stages of becoming whole,

to prolong the gesture where two hands touch each other.

- Eric Werkhoven © 2016

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THE PARTY EXHIBITION 4 - 28 MAY

NANSHE GALLERY 148b Beaumont Street, Hamilton, NSW.

Opening Hours: 9am - 5pm Wed to Fri 9am - 3pm Sat or by appointment ph.0477 505 332

http://nanshestudiogalleryshop.com.au/

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THE PARTY EXHIBITION

The Party is an exhibition celebrating the beginning of the 5th year at Nanshe studio Gallery at 148b

Beaumont Street, Hamilton. The exhibition, like all others in the gallery, celebrates the work of local artists.

They include both emerging and established artists as well as a Novocastrian now living in my birthplace of

Tasmania. The figure, which seems to have made a recent comeback in popularity, fits easily in all styles

and modes of expression-classical to post modern, realism to abstraction and pop. The figure will be the

main subject of “The Party” . The artists Mal Cannon, Robyn Werkhoven, Lydia Miller, Kim Waneless, Tony

Langford, Maureen Smythe and Christine Frogley all have their different styles which should prove to be a

good mix to express the feelings of the group phenomenon. We have all experienced The Party whether or

not we enjoyed the event. There is something which attracts us to images of the human experience, the

human condition. It excites me that there will ultimately be a connection to the image because people can't

help to relate and associate with the experiences that the artist brings to us about ourselves. - Barbara

Nanshe © 2016.

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THE PARTY

EXHIBITION

4 - 28 MAY

Mal Cannon

Robyn Werkhoven

Lydia Miller

Kim Wanless

Tony Langford

Maureen Smythe

Christine Frogley

The Send Off, acrylic on canvas 30x 30 ins, Mal Cannon

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Gather, ink scraffito on chromololux card 42 x 29 cm, Kim Wanless © 2016

THE PARTY - Official Opening - Thursday 5th May 5.30pm

NANSHE GALLERY 148b Beaumont Street, Hamilton, NSW.

Opening Hours: 9am - 5pm Wed to Frid 9am - 3pm Sat or by appointment ph.0477 505 332

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Creatives Abroad -

Barbara Nanshe and Naomi Wild

Creatives Abroad -Barbara Nanshe and Naomi Wild-Under the Dreaming Newcastle. London. Berlin.

Barbara Nanshe and Naomi Wild are local entrepreneurs, business women and artists who have

organised 3 exhibitions of their work this year of mixed media images; sculpture and Jewellery.

The exhibitions will begin on the 27th of April for one week in Newcastle at Nanshe studio gallery.

The second on the 30th of August for one week in London at The Chelsea Gallery; and the third on the 7th

of September for two weeks in Berlin in Neukolln at Reuterstrausse 53. The artists have built a crowd

funding campaign through the Australian Cultural Fund. The campaign is active to raise money for the

transportation of the artists and their work abroad, until June 2016. They are hoping to raise $8,000 and

form a community interested in their journey and connections abroad.

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Community Engagement

Since the Earthquake of 1989 and the closure of BHP in 1999, Newcastle has struggled under the weight of derelict buildings and

mass unemployment. The artists feel akin to Berlin as even though the experiences of devastation are quite different, the outcomes

have been very similar. Art has become the language of a community rebuilding and redefining itself. Individual creativity is the

microcosm of that definition.

Both artists have involvement in the rebuilding and enriching of their local community through art practise. Barbara Nanshe has

founded an art space in Hamilton for local emerging and established artists to exhibit their work. As the artists build their individual

art language, they make place for other artists to build and engage in their own.

Through the proposed exhibitions and workshops and by transporting their individual creativity abroad Nanshe and Wild will

contribute to the language of others and immerse themselves in a vibrant art culture to inform, contribute and experience firsthand,

art that has allowed another community to thrive. The immersive nature of their engagement allows them to share their vision and

expertise through a residency style platform and connect Newcastle’s art movement to other parts of the world.

Under the dreaming

Women have dreamed for centuries of a place in their own land. They are the creators yet have worked traditionally within the

parameters of male centric cultures. This body of work draws upon the strengths of women and how they are aligned with the spirit

of creation. Under the Dreaming speaks of preparedness, via a visual medium, to conjure strength for what is to come and honour

for what still remains. Barbara Nanshe and Naomi Wild draw from universal symbology; the wild earth; the sky and the psyche to

produce powerful work that speaks to men and women alike.

Workshops will be offered abroad to engage the community. The workshops presented by Nanshe and Wild will facilitate a place to

belong through exploration of the self with use of symbolism and the weaving technique. Many of the references will come from the

artists’ work in the Exhibition.

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Barbara Nanshe

Barbara Nanshe is an artist who uses sculpture and jewellery design to speak of her interest in the environment and the human condition.

Under the Dreaming umbrellas the use of symbols to form a language that speaks of the attachment of psyche and environment, connectivity

through existence and expenditure of energy.

Barbara makes reference to the natural world, women’s anthology and the power of the elements in much of her work.

Weaving is an ancient art often carried out by women in the presence of other women for the community. Barbara believes that community

cohesion can be produced through communal activity. This belief is represented by her use of the technique to make divining dolls and spirit

forms from recycled copper and silver wire and enamelled copper wire. Barbara includes semi - precious stones, crystals, wood and natural

animal based materials of shell, bone and coral to place and anchor each energy represented.

Drawing with wire Nanshe defines space, and represents place. She symbolically positions the spirit within the environment for the conductivity

of energy to begin. Since energy is her focus each spirit doll can be removed from place and worn against the skin.

Adornment plays a big role in connecting the environment with the psyche. Barbara builds on this concept by combining her Deva Dolls with

beads and other objects to create pieces which can be readily worn for empowerment and presence.

Left: Earth and Water Copper, Crystal,

Enamelled copper 2015

Right: Dancing Through the Cosmos

Copper, horn, Crystal, Jasper, Carnel-

ian, Magnesite, New Jade, recycled

glass Sterling Silver 2015

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Deva Dolls - Barbara Nanshe 2015/16

Made from recycled copper wire, with Enamelled copper wire,

Swarovski Crystal, Vintage brooch parts, Garnet

Smallest 3cm wide by 6 cm tall Largest 6cm wide by 13cm tall

Barbara Nanshe – Under The Dreaming

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Left: Atlantis Washed by Sea

Wall Piece 2015

Made from recycled copper wire,

Magnesite (dyed),

Chrysoprase, Azurite

24cm wide by 30 cm tall

Right: Doll from Look Within

Made from recycled copper wire,

Magnesite (dyed),

Telecommunications wire

Enamelled copper, Vintage

Button and Swarovsky Crystal

6cm wide by 13 cm tall.

Barbara Nanshe – Under The Dreaming

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Naomi Wild – Under The Dreaming

‘Warrigal Dance’

Mixed Media- Eucalypt & indigo dyed textile, shibori resist, ochre paints, lino print, free machine stitching. 2015

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Naomi Wild

Naomi Wild is a mixed media artist whose creative work is an extension of the relationship she has

with the land. Her work draws upon plants for dyes and rocks and minerals for paints, all of which she

collects herself.

Her imagery is full of references to native Australian wildlife and the symbolic relationship between the

creatures, land and spirit of the artist.

Each piece is a rich textural experience as the layers of dyed and painted natural fibres are then

overprinted with lino and ‘drawn’ on with free machine stitching. This very unique collaboration of

techniques is the pulling together of Naomi’s artistic career. She returns to a symbiotic relationship

between her inner and outer landscapes, always exploring the personal myth amongst ancient story and

even more ancient country.

Naomi works from a Jungian perspective, always using the creative process to explore, enhance and where

needed, to heal her human experience. The formation of each work is heavily imbued with these processes

and the works themselves seem to impart some of this medicine to the viewer. There is a shamanic flavour

to the work that has the ability to connect the audience with the energy from which it is made.

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Naomi Wild – Under The Dreaming

Wattlebird

Mixed Media- Eucalyptus & indigo dyed textile, ochre

paints, lino print, free machine stitching. 2015

‘Peace’

Mixed Media- Natural Fibres, Eucalypt & indigo dyes,

Hand ground ochre paints, free machine stitching. 2015

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Naomi Wild – Under The Dreaming

Breathe of Kianga

Mixed Media- Eucalyptus & indigo dyed textile, ochre

paints, lino print, free machine stitching. 2015

Kookaburra Healer

Mixed Media- Eucalyptus & indigo dyed textile, ochre

paints, lino print, free machine stitching. 2015

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Nanshe and Wild

barb@nanshestudiogalleryshop.com.au

naomiwild@gmail.com

Media:

www.creativesabroad.squarespace.com

www.instagram.com/creatives_abroad/

www.facebook.com/Nanshe-Wild-Creatives-

Abroad-431720050286251

www.nanshestudiogalleryshop.com.au

www.instagram.com/nansheandgallery/

www.facebook.com/nanshestudiogallery/

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Barbara Nanshe and Naomi Wild, photo courtesy of Nanshe Gallery.

Crowd Funding Campaign:

https://australianculturalfund.org.au/projects/under-the-dreaming/

Please join our campaign.

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FRIDAY NIGHT MAY 6TH,

SATURDAY MAY 7TH &

SUNDAY MAY 8TH

2016

MAITLAND SHOWGROUND

MAITLAND, NSW

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DAVID LOZEAU at AutumnFest Muertos Down

under Tour 2016

HOT ROD WALT at AutumnFest

Meet Walt and get your favourite piece Pinstriped

Walt has been Gretsch Guitar approved and will available to create

something special for you!

GAV BLACK - art

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DAVID LOZEAU

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David Lozeau

David Lozeau is an American artist and children's book writer who has achieved media recognition

principally for his paintings and exhibits relating to the Day of the Dead.

Based in San Diego, California, Lozeau is part of a modern art movement that depicts skeleton characters

as if they were alive. His paintings also pay tribute to cars, motorcycles, and guitars which have led to col-

laborations with Harley-Davidson and Fender Guitar Company.

Lozeau's representations of vintage cars and motorcycles align with the Kustom Kulture movement which

celebrates mid-century American design. His work has been featured in Disney Parks' Wonderground Gal-

lery, and he has twice been a Disney Parks artist-in-residence. He is a guild member of the Spanish Village

Art Center in San Diego.

“It’s been four years since Chop Top Promotions introduced me to Australia and I’m thrilled they’re bringing

me back in 2016. Last time around, I met rockers, pinups, and gearheads from Melbourne to Newcastle,

and I can’t wait to see my old friends, explore different cities, and just be a part of this amazing Kustom Kul-

ture scene once again. I have a ton of new art to share and am even painting a few special pieces that are

inspired by the land down under.” - David Lozeau

All photos and articles courtesy of Fitzy - Chop Top Promotions.

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HOT ROD WALT - WALT RICHARDS

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HOT ROD WALT - WALT RICHARDS

Hot Rod Walt" - Walt Richards, was born in 1966. Lived the first half of his life in the very rural town of

Beemerville New Jersey. Moved to North Port Florida in 1989. In 2006,moved to the Atlanta area where the

music scene is huge and the southern hospitality is overwhelming. He plays guitar and sings in the

Psycho-DeVilles, but also works on custom cars and motorcycles, Walt does hand pinstriping decorating

really just about anything you can imagine on a car or bike. He has just hand pinstriped over 160 special

edition "Hot Rod Walt",Gretsch Guitars. Walt Richards is an authorised pin striper for Gretsch Guitar's..

Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho DeVilles formed in 2002. They have released 7 CDs... "Out of the garage and

onto the street", "Psycho Cadillac", "Supercharger", "Night Prowler", "Rockabilly Rodeo", "Country Gold"

and "Rock N Roll Life".... He takes pride in recording only original music and has about 200 original songs

to his name.

All photos and articles courtesy of Fitzy - Chop Top Promotions.

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GAV BLACK

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GAV BLACK

Mad about drawing from an early age, Gav Black was raised in Newcastle , Australia on a diet of Revell

model kits and ‘Scanlens’ Ratfink bubble gum cards. From the age of ten he and his step dad would go to

hotrod shows fuelling his thirst for custom cars, hotrods and chrome.

When Gav left high school he began working at a automotive kustom shop where he would marvel at the

local airbrush guru Gary Pocket lay down his craft on a daily basis on panel vans of the time.

This is when Gav Black was exposed to “Ed Roth’ and his Ratfink characters and started collecting the

T-shirts and bubblegum cards. For many years doing the usual labouring jobs, all the while he was drawing

and painting on friends motorcycles , cars and surfboards. After a short while his talent was recognized and

he was soon invited to take up a position in a tattoo studio after a friend took some of his art to show his

tattooist friend .

Moving around from shop to shop in Australia for many years and later moving to the UK in 96 to live and

tattoo for a year. He remained a tattoo artist for 20 odd years but always wanted the freedom to paint and

draw monsters and hotrods at his own leisure.

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Paintings - Gav Black © 2016

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Back in Australia he was trying new mediums and he was starting to paint on canvas with paint pens and

also surfboards in his favoured ‘lowbrow’ style., People started to notice and soon he was selling his

pieces . He lists his influences as Ed ‘Newt’ Newton , Robert Williams , Ed Roth , Boo, Von Franco and Dirty

Donny to name a few.

While playing around with his lowbrow art he always wanted to learn the art of pinstriping. He was always

heavily involved the car scene, owning many custom rides over the years. So to pinstripe was a natural

progression.

Pinstriping now for around 6 years he is still learning and considers himself a novice of the art. Gav Black

likes big colourful pieces but will paint, draw or stripe pretty much anything that will stay still long enough.

Contact Gav at GEARDADDY.COM.AU or Gav Black on face book.

All photos and articles courtesy of Fitzy - Chop Top Promotions.

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DUNGOG BY DESIGN - Artisan Collective - YARN BOMBING

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DUNGOG BY DESIGN

This month we take a look at Dungog by Design’s latest creative project— YARN BOMBING

“Yarn bombing, yarn storming, guerrilla knitting, kniffiti, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or

street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre to decorate mundane public

objects and places. The new art form brightens up cold urban environments and brings a smile to the

passer byes”.

It has developed with crews yarn bombing worldwide, sometimes the installations may have peaceful

protest messages with political statements.

Houston USA artist Bill Davenport was creating and exhibiting crochet-covered objects in Houston in the

1990s.

The movement has been attributed to Magda Sayeg, from Houston, USA, who says “she first got the idea

in 2005 when she covered the door handle of her boutique with a custom-made cozy”.

Sayeg’s accidental yarn bombed creation, triggered off a global community of yarn bombers, with yarn

bombing crews founded across Europe, North America and Australasia.

One of the most active groups in Australia is “Knitting Nannas Against Gas”.

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Misha Bevan at work on a bench, photo courtesy Dungog by Design

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Dungog by Design textile artist Misha Moon (Bevan) and her crew – Lorraine, Dawn, Kat and Jen have

been busy decorating the benches around Dungog. The first bench to be covered is in front of the Dungog

by Design shop/ gallery Dowling Street.

“The bright and striped yarn bombed seat that makes everyone smile”.

“Locals and visitors are frequently photographed seated outside the gallery on the covered seat which was

created by many hands on the vintage knitting machine loaned by artist Misha Moon.”

Dungog Shire Community Centre benches are now adorned with colourful knitted striped covers.

Local Living Dungog donated $100 towards the cost of yarn for this project.

“We are very happy to support creative work that builds on a vibrant Dungog community” – says Jo New of

Local Living Dungog.

“Come and enjoy the comfort and colour, and help us thank the wonderful workers at the centre for all their

efforts especially after the ‘big storm’. Dungog by Design is pleased to be able to create and give something

that makes people smile.”

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Misha Bevan who lives in East Gresford in

the Hunter Valley NSW, “Is a whiz with the

knitting machine and created over 30mts. of

knitted snake that was then stitched and

hooked onto the slats of the bench seats”.

Misha is a talented artist who has exhibited

her textile creations and installation work in

curated exhibitions in Newcastle in recent

years. Her stunning knitted Gothic sculptural

work for the Adornment – Wearable Art

Exhibition at Newcastle Art Space Gallery,

received much praise from the public and

fellow artists.

Left: Misha Bevan installing her work at Adornment

Exhibition, Newcastle Art Space in 2013.

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“Dungog by Design is an artisan collective with over twenty

creative members who live and work in the surrounding

Dungog district, in the beautiful Hunter Valley.

Exhibiting and selling their own contemporary designs, the

artists are a diverse group of talented people. Including

ceramics, textile and fibre art, hand bound books, jewellery,

hanging work in ink, oils, watercolour and print, clothing and

homewares, the shop is a treasure trove of original pieces.

Address: 224-226 Dowling St, Dungog. NSW.

Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm, (closed Tues & Wed) Satur-

day, Sundays, 10am - 3pm.

Enquiries email:dungogbydesign@gmail.com

www.facebook.com/DungogArtisansCollective/?rc=p

Dungog by Design – original, handmade and inspiring.

Handmade 100% natural fibre rope bags by Carol Gehrig.

Cedar brooches - Barbara Ramsay

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2 Danks Street Waterloo, NSW.

Gallery 139 presents

CONSALVO | LANKAS | MAHER

at The Depot Gallery, Sydney

24 May - 4 June 2016

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Gallery 139 is committed to developing the professional art practice of it's Gallery Artists outside of

Newcastle. This exhibition is scheduled for 24 May - 4 June 2016 at The Depot Gallery in the Danks

Street complex is the first of many exhibitions, Gallery 139 plans to present around Australia.

Consalvo, Lankas and Maher have been asked to exhibit together because while their painting

styles are distinctively different, their art processes and subject matter often overlap which will inevitability

form a cohesive and relevant group show together. This exhibition will be curated by Gallery Director, Ahn

Wells.

An exhibition opening is planned for Saturday 28 May in the afternoon. If you would like to receive an invite

to this event in Sydney. Please contact the gallery on info@gallery139.com.au and ask to be

added to the mailing list for this event. The artists and gallery greatly appreciate support from our local com-

munity.

Official opening 28th May 3pm

The Depot Gallery 2 Danks Street Waterloo, NSW 2017

Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm

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Exhibition 6th May – 22

nd May

BACK TO BACK GALLERIES

Official Opening: Friday 6th May at 6pm.

57 Bull Street Cooks Hill NSW 2300 T: 49 293 677

Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11am-5pm

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FROM THE GARDEN - EXHIBITION

Back to Back Galleries Presents new work from Newcastle’s Athena group of

Artists:

Faye Collier, Helene Leane, Jeanne Harrison, Julie Anne Ure, Pat Davison,

Sandra Burgess, Sue Stewart, Varelle Hardy and Bronwyn Grieve.

“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in-what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and

above him the stars.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

A defining feature of our group is its diversity, both the variety of media its members work with and,

consequently a broad range of approaches. In the Exhibition “From the Garden” Athena artists explore a

range of ideas inspired by gardens, interpreted through a variety of 2D & 3D works including ceramic

works, collage, painting, printmaking, soft sculptures and works using fabric and wax.

www.newcastlepotters.org.au

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ART NEWS

Re-opening of SOAG Art Gallery at 15 Elizabeth Street, Tighes Hill.

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We are pleased to announce the re-opening of SOAG Art Gallery at 15 Elizabeth Street, Tighes Hill.

We will be offering exhibition hanging space which will be managed by the exhibiting artists.

The School of Arts Gallery (SOAG) has two hanging spaces downstairs measuring 120 sqm. There is one

large room upstairs measuring 60 sqm.

The building is 107 years old. It was purpose built for the original use of education and training as a

pre-curser to the TAFE colleges. The architecture is Victorian / Italianate and it has a large garden courtyard

with off street parking available.

Artists will gain the opportunity to curate, manage, promote, design, hang and market their artwork.

This will be an invaluable opportunity for artists to experience the business side of the art world.

The gallery will also be hired out for functions such as: weddings, naming ceremonies, corporate

presentations, music recitals, wakes and receptions.

The downstairs exhibition space costs $720.00 per week and the upstairs rental cost is $350.00 per week.

There is a minimum 2 week exhibition rental period. Hanging equipment and 3 dimensional plinths are

provided by the gallery. Exclusive art buyer mailing list, eftpos, wifi and catering packages are available on

request.

To book your exhibition now call Diana Middleby or Stanley Wollen

Mobile; 0425215295

Mobile; 0425215289

Email; soag.gallery@bigpond.com

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3+1 Photographic

Exhibition 3 - 22 May 2016

CHRIS MEREDITH LEN METCALF EDMOND THOMMEN

Opening Night Saturday 7th May 4 -7pm

186 - 188 Katoomba Street, Katoomba, NSW 2780 Blue Mountains, Australia.

Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm

Telephone: (+61 2) 4782 0188

www.galleryone88finearts.com

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BEYOND COLOUR

WED 27 APR - SAT 14 MAY 2016

OFFICIAL OPENING: Saturday 30 April, 2-4pm

The gallery curated exhibition, Beyond COLOUR reveals

the different way in which the four exhibiting artists capture

and remove colour in their practice.

Matthew Tome, Sieglinde Battley, John Heaney,

Lynette Bridge.

RUMINATION - FLYNN DORAN

WED 18 MAY - SAT 4 JUN 2016

Rumination is about the process of deconstruction, removing all

unnecessary elements of a design. The works are inspired by the

poetry and the personal debris we leave in the wake of life. Layers of

history occupy the sculptures fasacde. The forms become

expressions of life, unencumbered by the necessity of traditional

construction.

Gallery 139

Beaumont St. Hamilton, NSW

www.gallery139.com.au

Lynette Bridge blush 2015 mixed media on board 922 x 1200mme

2015

Rumination - Flynn Doran

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FINE DRAWING Exhibition 8 - 25 JUNE 2016

Melissa Bull

Sarah Cockroft

Christina Frogley

Vanessa Lewis

Tanya Matas,

Susan Ryman,

Greg Slevin,

Robyn & Eric Werkhoven

Gallery 139

Beaumont St. Hamilton, NSW

www.gallery139.com.au Susan Ryman 2016 coloured pencil on paper, varnished

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STUDIO LA PRIMITIVE

ARTS ZINE

Click on cover to view the

previous issues.

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STUDIO LA PRIMITIVE

ARTS ZINE

Click on cover to view the

previous issues.

www.studiolaprimitive.net

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studio la primitive Eric & Robyn Werkhoven

Contemporary artists

Studio visits by appointment

Ph: 02 49389 572

E: werkhovenr@bigpond.com

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EXHIBITIONS MAY - JUNE 2016

6 - 22 May

From the Garden

Amanda Hardy, Bronwyn Grieve,

Helene Leane, Pat Davidson,

Julie-Ann Ure, Sandra Burgess,

Varelle Hardy & Sue Stewart

(various mediums)

27 May - 12 June

Ripple Effect and the

Human Condition

Mojgan Habibi, Dawn Perry,

Sharon Ridsdale.

(clay)

17 June - 3 July

Blue on White

Members of Newcastle Studio

Potters Inc.

(clay)

57 Bull Street Cooks Hill NSW Hours: Fri Sat Sun 11am - 5pm www.newcastlepotters.org.au

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ARTSYSTEMSWICKHAM 40 ANNIE ST. WICKHAM, NEWCASTLE NSW.

Phone: 0431 853 600 Colin Lawson

www.art-systems-wickham.com/

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ARTSYSTEMSWICKHAM - exhibition calendar 2016

May 6 – 15 BREONY DELFORCE

May 20 – 29 MATTHEW TOME

June 3 – 12 MELINDA AVERY

June 17– 26 DAN NELSON

July 1 –10 ALDONA O’BRIEN

July 15 – 24 NICOLA BOLTON

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S Always Profile, ink scraffito on chromololux card 42 x 29 cm, Kim Wanless © 2016

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