Art Gallery of Ballarat11 December 2010 - 30 January 2011

This exhibition started – as these things often do – as a small idea, a whim almost. But this small idea wouldn’t have come into play had it not been for another small idea a few months earlier. In February 2008, with encouragement from friends and fellow artists Erika Gofton and Simon Collins, I established an online forum for professional contemporary artists.

A small venture, just three people to begin with, I named it The Littlest Forum (TLF for short), and began to invite in people who I knew well and some who I knew not quite so well. Encouragingly people accepted the invitation and some invited their artist friends to join, quite soon TLF had a community of 30 members and growing.

For me part of the beauty of TLF membership was the diversity of artists; not only were the members not wedded to any one school of thought, they were also quite open to other people’s artistic practice. And they were busy! Regularly the forum was updated with exhibitions, comments and other news. As I prepared the TLF Newsletter each month there was never any shortage of content.

Likewise there is no shortage of talent which I felt could be shared more widely. In June 2008 I started thinking about curating an exhibition from the TLF membership. There were, of course, a range of motivations for embarking on this venture: extending the camaraderie of the forum into a public presentation of work; giving artists at different stages of

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their careers the opportunity to show with and learn from one another; creating an interesting and strong show; and, I will readily admit, for my own professional development and satisfaction.

As with the beginnings of TLF, artists again embraced the idea and happily put their hands up to be involved. The exhibition preparation and planning has involved a lot of collaboration. The exhibiting artists have contributed to the development of this exhibition through feedback, reading proposals, suggesting exhibition titles, writing the catalogue essay, logo design, fundraising and sponsorship, but most importantly, they have contributed a strong range of works that are interesting, well executed and varied.

Net Work brings to Ballarat some artists who have never previously exhibited in Victoria to show alongside local artists. It unites established artists with those early in their career and it brings together a vast range of artistic interpretations, concerns and ideas expressed through a range of mediums.

And so, in late 2010 the small idea became something rather more grand - a significant exhibition with over 100 works of art, by 38 contemporary artists taking up two gallery spaces in Australia’s oldest and largest regional gallery.

Amanda van Gils

If computers were available to Leonardo he'd be emailing Botticelli. They'd swap recipes for pigments or a source of low cost ultramarine. They'd discuss the difficulties finding obliging patrons, sturdy models and unblighted corpses. And Leonardo would join Facebook to chat with Michelangelo in Venice, Durer in Germany and Bosch in Holland. He'd use the internet to locate Copernicus the astronomer and Columbus the explorer. Of course he would. He'd recognize that along with other studio equipment, the computer can be a vital tool for artists, a conduit to the thinking world, to ideas, to new discoveries and to colleagues.

The time has passed when a small clique of painters or sculptors met once a week in a smoky café and quaffed absinthe before disappearing back into their silent, linseed and turpsy caves.These days it seems so atelier for artists to squirrel themselves away in isolation, protecting their unique vision and waiting to be discovered. We are in the age of technology and very few creative people deny the possibilities that it presents.

Artists want to communicate - it's an intrinsic part of the creative process - and in this era of globalised affairs, it's harder to be heard than ever before. When Leonardo was born in Florence it had the population of Dubbo, when he worked in Milan it was two thirds the size of Ballarat, and when he finally went to Venice - the big smoke - it boasted a population about half that of Geelong. With the number of visual artists in Australia topping 50,000, where is there room for the individual? How are these artists to connect to their industry let alone each other?

The internet seems obvious yet in some ways it's a populated world a million times larger than the one we walk around in. With its trillions of connections you'd expect to disappear in cyberspace, but ironically it can foster individuality, it can be a place for one's voice to be heard, to play, argue, be vacuous or participate in meaningful peer-driven dialogue. Real life or web life? It isn't either/or. Face to face conversations can be guarded, cursory and trifling just as the web can allow for more considered perspectives. And inside the screen, according to one's preferences, there's a world where a private forum can have a real presence for artists isolated by distance, circumstance or the solitary nature of their practice.

Of course there are plenty of internet sites to help artists stay informed: blogs, personal websites, online galleries, stores, magazines and info links - recently, 340 major galleries from 23 countries met on Twitter and users were invited to ask questions of curators working at their favourite galleries. It's all important, but in the end, impersonal, an information resource rather than a meeting of minds.

In 2008 Amanda van Gils conceived and established TLF or The Littlest Forum. It has since become a shared space, open yet private, communal yet industry based, critical but fair, supportive but not gratuitously so. Artists are invited to join by other members, that way TLF remains a sphere for professionals (the thirty-eight artists in this show regularly exhibit across the country). In total there are now one hundred TLF registered users from Australia and overseas and their 15,000 posts to date range in content from forthcoming shows, technical advice, unscrupulous dealers, approaching new galleries, to shared concerns, opportunities and opinions.

This exhibition celebrates the diversity of these opinions and the diversity of TLF artists. Rarely do we see such a broad range of Australian art practice in a single show or have the opportunity to appraise so many different conceptual frameworks, styles, subjects and mediums all under the one roof. This breadth of ideas rises from the dust of postmodern pluralism, but what is it that unites them? In this instance it is the forum; the online virtual theatre where all voices are heard equally.

As much as anything else, TLF connects people. It connects people who sometimes have difficulty connecting: artists in regional areas, artists who are parents of young children, artists who don't fit the mould of the gregarious, socializing networker frequenting openings and art gatherings. And artists who have ideas, opinions, knowledge and experience but, for whatever reason, are not inclined to share them in front of live audiences. And above all else, TLF is democratic - age, status, reputation, social and economic circumstance, do not come into it; mutual exchange and reciprocity do.

Recently, members were asked why they log on to TLF. Dozens responded: a sense of community, relationships formed, building a knowledge base, shared ideas, opinions, humour, process, and advice; a sense of solidarity, affinity and support; a meeting place - initially in correspondence then often in person. But one post by Deb Mostert perhaps summarizes it best:

'I like to celebrate the common aims, nod in shared frustration at the trials, thoughtfully disagree sometimes but always acknowledge the richness of the human condition and the generosity of fellow artists in sharing themselves. I'm very grateful to Amanda and the forum for introducing me to a fantastically eclectic bunch of people, some of whom I am now proud to call friends.'

Robert Hollingworth

The Littlest Forum

After completing her Honours degree at the University of Ballarat Arts Academy in 2003 and a PG Cert. in Art Conservation at the University of Melbourne in 2006, Kim Anderson departed Ballarat to study a Masters degree at the University of Dundee in Scotland in 2007. Subsequently Kim undertook a curatorial internship with Deveron Arts in Scotland, and has since been awarded residencies in Scotland (Hospitalfield House, Arbroath), Australia (Murray’s Cottage, Hill End), and most recently an Australia Council International Studio Residency in Rome.

Kim AndersonIt’s only nothing just invisible me 2 2008, ink on wall, dimensions variableQuick exit 2010, ink on paper, 25 x 50cm

Anderson works in drawing from the more conventional practice of works on paper through to projection and site specific installation. Her imagery is inspired by the body; its surfaces, patterns, creases and scars that give evidence to the life within the body and it’s interaction with the world. “I am continually fascinated by the expressive potential of hands and feet: in constant contact with the rest of the world, they are more worn and creased than anywhere else on the body. They are tough yet sensitive, dexterous and yet somehow vulnerable. Through constant wear

they bear the inscriptions of my life experience, my passions and fears and memories layered over one another like a palimpsest.”

Kim is currently artist-in-residence at the University of Ballarat Arts Academy, a tutor in Art History & Theory, and is also a committee member of artist-run initiative Space 22. Kim joined TLF in May 2009, invited in by Debbie Hill.

Kim joined TLF in May 2009, invited in by Debbie Hill.

More information: www.kim-anderson.com.au

Aliey Ball is a Melbourne-based artist working primarily in sculpture.

As a student at Victorian College of the Arts she was awarded the NGV Undergraduate Award and commissioned to install a permanent work by Andrea Hull, then director of VCA.

Since graduating, she has exhibited in solo and group shows and is the recipient of several arts grants. She lectured in visual communications within the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT for several years and works as a

Aliey BallTribiont 2010, epoxy resin 95 x 75 x 65cm

community arts collaborator in the role of mentor artist, curator, facilitator and consulting artist.

Aliey has undertaken several commissions for site-specific public art, most recently a large-scale, public art commission for the Dandenong Hospital, Southern Health. Recent exhibitions include the 2010 Toyota Indoor Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition and 2010 Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition & Awards.

Aliey joined TLF in March 2010, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: alieyball-fineart.blogspot.com

Jan BergAn uncertainty of one second in thirty million years (details) 2010, ink on paper, 304 x 228cm

Melbourne based artist, Jan Berg has exhibited in 16 shows since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), most recently the solo exhibition Somewhere to Hide at Counihan Gallery in Melbourne. Berg has been a finalist in a number of notable art prizes including in 2009: the Darebin La Trobe Art Prize, Melbourne, Brink Poimena Art Award, Launceston, Prometheus Visual Arts Award, Queensland and City of Hobart Art Prize, Hobart. Other award exhibitions include The Hutchins Works on Paper Art Prize, Hobart 2007;

Shine, Poimena Art Award, Launceston 2007 and Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery 2006.

Jan joined TLF in June 2008, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.redbubble.com/people/janberg

Kate Bergin has been painting and exhibiting since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1992. Her work is held in many collections including the Art Gallery of NSW (gifted by Margaret Olley), Artbank, Brisbane City Hall, Port Phillip Collection, the City of Albany and the Victorian College of the Arts.

In 2009 Kate won the Corangamarah Art Prize and the People’s Choice Award at the Sunshine Coast Art Prize as well as Highly Commended at the Waterhouse Natural History Art Award. Also in 2009 Kate was a finalist in ten award

Kate Bergin Call of the Wild 2010, oil on canvas, 126 x 160cm

Nightlife 2010, oil on canvas, 101 x 76cm

exhibitions including the Arthur Guy Memorial Art Prize held at the Bendigo Art Gallery. In 2010 Kate was awarded the Albany Art Prize one of the richest awards in Western Australia and held solo exhibitions at Mossgreen Gallery in Melbourne and Hill Smith Gallery in Adelaide.

Kate joined TLF in May 2009, invited in by Mark Stewart.

More information: www.redchurchstudio.com

During 2010 Sue Beyer completed her honours year in fine art at QCA, Griffith University, Brisbane.

In 2007, as part of her studies, Sue took part in a 5 month study exchange at California State University and participated in two group shows while in San Francisco.

Sue has been a finalist in the Churchie Emerging art exhibition, the Clayton Utz Travelling Scholarship, won first prize in the RBWH Art Award in 2008 and was

Something inside of me wanted to believe him 2010, acrylic and posca pen on linen, 71cm x 61.5cmVoters tend to shy away from candidates who are on the fence 2010, acrylic and posca pen on linen, 71cm x 61.5cm

Sue Beyer

commissioned by the Qld State Governent for a public art project in 2009.

Beyer’s practice is informed by public space, psychogeography and the façade of the ordered suburban environment. Her work is concerned with the effect that spaces and suburban settings have on an individual’s emotions and behaviour.

Sue is currently based in Brisbane, Australia and her work is held in private collections internationally.

Sue joined TLF in October 2008, invited in by Simon Collins.

More information: www.suebeyer.com.au

Louise BlytonPollen (detail) 2010 pigment on linen, approx 40x30cm

Pollen installation at Dianne Tanzer Gallery

Louise Blyton was born in Melbourne and graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Fine Art from RMIT University. She has exhibited widely in group shows including the recent Shilo Project, at The Ian Potter Museum of Art curated by Chris McAuliffe and Reductive, at ACGA Gallery Federation Square.

Blyton works in the reductive tradition employing minimal materials - raw linen and pigments - in a pared back way to create 2d and 3d artworks that convey a distilled essence of beauty. Composition, colour and

the materials are key to Blyton’s work, as is the physical space these works inhabit.

She is a 2010 finalist in the Blake Prize. Blyton has had 10 solo exhibitions and currently shows through Dianne Tanzer Gallery. In 2008, Blyton completed a Redgate Gallery International Artist Residency in Beijing, China. Her work is held in private collections in England, France, Portugal, China and the USA.

Louise joined TLF in April 2008, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.louiseblyton.com

David Brayshaw is a Sydney based artist renowned for his coastal, Great Barrier Reef and alpine paintings. David embarked on his career early, teaching himself to paint at 10 and making his first gallery sales at 16. At 22 he turned professional and has since exhibited in over 20 solo and 50 group exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and internationally including ARTSingapore Contemporary Arts Expo, Hong Kong Art Walk, Dubai International Art Expo.

For the past 25 years, David has lived by the

David BrayshawStudy for ‘embers’ 2010, oil on linen, 46cm x 40cmResistance 2010, oil on linen, 46cm x 40cm Study for ‘Reef wreck’ 2010, oil on linen, 46cm x 40cm

ocean, intimately observing the changing coastal environment. His paintings are evidence of a close relationship with the ocean landscape and the cycle of tides and moon. Brayshaw is currently keenly aware of the exploitation of resources and the challenges these pristine environments face; his current body of work explores the hope for renewal through increased awareness.

Brayshaw is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of History and Art and an Exhibiting Member of the Royal Art Society. His paintings have earned

more than 30 art awards, been featured in numerous publications and acquired for many collections including Art Bank Australia and he is currently exhibiting in Australian, Hong Kong and USA galleries.

David joined TLF in February 2008, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.davidbrayshaw.com

Claire Bridge’s brushwork reveals a deep sensitivity toward her subject matter. Having proven her mastery of traditional Neo-Classical oil painting techniques (she has participated in numerous national awards), Bridge’s more recent works have begun to seek out a series of conceptual concerns regarding the human condition. Youth’s mired slide toward inevitable mortality and the solitude of passionate longing are just some of the themes that have been poetically tackled by this emerging talent. Bridge’s work

Did You Feel The Earth Move? 2010, oil on linen, 123 x 104cmRising tides 2010, oil on linen, 123 x 104cm

Claire Bridge

seductively explores the web of energy that hangs between humans and the natural world we inhabit.

In 2009, Bridge won both the People’s Choice Award and the Living Art Award for the Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize. With her portrait If Looks Could Kill, she was a finalist in the 2009 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for the second year running and is a former winner of the People’s Choice Award for the Portia Geach Memorial Award.

Claire joined TLF in February 2008, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.claire-bridge.com

David Coles was born in 1964 in the United Kingdom and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Bristol School of Art in 1984. Coles exhibited regularly in London, before emigrating to Melbourne in 1992.

He has held more than twenty solo and group shows, most recently The Critic Smiles at Rearview Gallery, Melbourne 2010.

Coles is the founder of Langridge Artist Colours, a highly regarded manufacturer of professional artist’s oil paints and mediums. He is the

Studio of de Kooning 2010, oil on canvas, 41 x 35.5cm Warhol Interior 2010, oil on canvas, 41 x 35.5cmAmerican collector - Hanson 2010, oil on canvas, 41 x 35.5cm

David Coles

author of numerous papers on the technical applications of artist materials.

Coles’ work explores the nature of the beautiful image and the objects we desire. His paintings are often depictions of private collections of artwork in-situ, gleaned predominantly from found imagery. Although photo-based, they are about the process of painting, not photography. The mechanical eye of the camera, fixes the image, in particular, light, but the image is distilled, refined and re-imagined. His art straddles an awkward divide, between

traditions on painting and the critique of consumption and codes of taste that inform the attribution of cultural authority.

David joined TLF in November 2008, invited in by Louise Blyton.

Born 1969 in Australia, Simon Collins resides in Sydney. He has a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney) 1989.

Collins takes images from ordinary life in suburban Sydney, and through his in-studio editing - the judicious selections of details to include and those to leave behind - he creates richly expressive paintings. His work is a commitment to the richness of the everyday and to the poetic possibilities of his chosen medium.

Simon CollinsBeautiful Fucked Up Day 3 2010, oil, enamel, charcoal and acrylic on board

Beautiful Fucked Up Day 5 2010, oil, charcoal and acrylic on board

Collins has held several solo shows in Sydney and Queensland and been short-listed in numerous prestigious awards including: the Sunshine Coast Art Prize, the Stan and Maureen Duke Prize, the Prometheus Visual Arts Award, the Mosman Art Prize, the Waverley Art Prize, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, the Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition and Art Interview 2007 International Award Exhibition, Gallery Twentyfour, Berlin 2007. In 2010 Simon Collins won the inaugural St George Art Award in Sydney.

Simon is a founding member of TLF, joining in February 2008 as the third member, he was invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.simoncollins.com.au

Jacqui Comer is a multi-media artist with 20 years experience working across the fields of painting, printmaking and drawing. Jacqui studied Fine Art at LaTrobe University, Bendigo, and completed her honours at the Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart. She has held solo exhibitions in Hobart and Sydney and has been involved in many group exhibitions throughout Australia and overseas.

Comer’s work has been collected by ArtBank, Macquarie Bank, Launceston General Hospital, as well as private international and national

Stellar Signature 4 2010, mixed media on paper, 44cm x 44cmStellar Signature 3 2010, mixed media on paper, 44cm x 44cmStellar Signature 1 2010, mixed media on paper, 44cm x 44cm

Jacqui Comer

collections. Jacqui has also been a recipient of an Arts Tasmania Professional Development Grant.

Her images are created using elements of abstraction within landscape. Over the past decade her bodies of work have been based on landscapes, seascapes and space images. Growing up in the vast open spaces of Central Victoria has imbued her work with a ‘big landscape’ feel.

Jacqui has recently returned to Central

Victoria where she lives with her husband and daughter.

Jacqui joined TLF in June 2008, invited in by Erika Gofton.

More information: www.jacquicomer.com.au

Dagmar Cyrulla holds a Masters in Fine Art from Monash University. Her figurative works are psychologically rich renditions of the business of human relationships. Immense yet quiet, her works catch figures in private moments, a subtle glance or gesture carries the narrative.

“Dagmar Cyrulla paints profound things with a restraint that we can all recognise. It’s the restraint of survival and coping, of getting on with it, of human beings living.”

John Matthews, ArtKritique, 2010

Dagmar Cyrulla Judged 2008, oil on linen, 206 x 245cm

The carer II 2008, oil on linen 31 x 40cm

Cyrulla has recently been awarded prizes in the: Mt Eyre Vineyard Art Award, Williamstown Contemporary Art Awards, and second prize in the Shirley Hannan Portrait award. Cyrulla exhibits extensively throughout Australia, recent award exhibitions include the Doug Moran Portrait Prize, the Dobell Drawing Prize, the Sulman Prize, Black Swan Portrait Prize, the Kedumba, Prometheus and The Alice Prize. Cyrulla is represented in public and private collections in Australia and internationally.

Dagmar joined TLF in April 2009, invited in by

Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.dagmarcyrulla.com.au

Chris Delpratt is a Melbourne based artist working in the landscape genre. Since completing a Bachelor of Art at RMIT, Chris has exhibited her work extensively around Australia, mostly in Victoria and Queensland where she was based for a number of years.

In recent years her works have been selected for inclusion in the Norvill Art Prize, Fleurieu Art Prize, SA, R&M McGivern Art Prize, Melbourne (twice), the Darebin LaTrobe Art Prize, Melbourne and the Paddington Art Prize, Sydney. Her work is held in a number of

Defining Light 2010, oil on canvas, 75 x 91.5cms, photograph Malcolm CrossA Winter’s Day 2010, oil on canvas 60 x 150 cm , photograph Malcolm Cross

Chris Delpratt

collections including the Toowoomba Regional Gallery and Maroondah City collection.

Chris joined TLF in October 2008, invited in by Claire Bridge.

More information: www.chrisdelpratt.com

Andrew Ensor is a Sydney based artist using pen and acrylic on paper in an attempt to blur the boundaries between painting and drawing.

The illustrative influence comes from a background in books and a lifetime of sketching. The work displays a gentle decadence and subtle line in order to create small escapisms.

Since his first exhibition in 2004 Andrew has had 15 solo shows, including three in 2010. He is planning his first solo show with Hardware

Andrew Ensor

Gallery for April 2011.

Andrew joined TLF in May 2008, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

Chaos (theory) oceans 2009, pen and acrylic on paper, 38 x 32cm Entomology exploration 2010, pen and acrylic on paper, 38 x 32cm

Sailing floral seas 2008, pen and acrylic on paper, 38 x 32cm

Born in 1966 Sydney, Robert Fenton grew up in Coffs Harbour before moving to Sydney where he studied at the National Art School, East Sydney, NSW. He moved to Melbourne and opened an artist run gallery (Makingsense art space in North Melbourne) with two other artists. He currently lives in Frankston, Victoria.

Robert Fenton has held six solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions and awards around Australia, including a finalist in the Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Sunshine Coast Art Prize and Eutick Memorial

Robert FentonDj Lovin, One night stand 2010, acrylic, oil & digital print on canvas, 106 x 110cmShe told me to grow up then left me for a fancy boy #2 2010, oil paint and digital image on canvas, 40 x 60cmShe left him for a real man

Still Life Award the last four years. He has completed many commissions and has work in private and corporate collections in Australia and overseas.

Fenton’s current work combines art historical elements with contemporary figures, most commonly engaged in youthful activity - skateboarding, DJ-ing - in order to create narrative paintings which function in a revisionist manner. The juxtaposition of historical and contemporary elements creates ambiguity and a sense of displacement, this

is further enhanced by his combination of traditional and contemporary mediums.

More information: www.robertfenton.com.au

Dianne Gall was born in Adelaide in 1964 and graduated from the South Australian School of Art in 1985 with a major in painting. Since then she has exhibited 17 solo exhibitions and participated in dozens of group shows. Dianne’s work resides in numerous public and private collections throughout Australia. Galls’ work has been selected for several art prizes and included in a survey of Contemporary Australian Still Life genre artists at Tarrawarra Museum of Art.

Dianne works from a private studio in Adelaide

Dianne GallThe Visitor 2009, oil on linen, 111x137cm

Home 2009, oil on linen, 61x71cm

situated close to the CBD, she is currently mentoring other artists, writing and researching whilst continuing her practice.

Her current focus whilst exploring the visual medium, centres around the genre of Film Noir. The imagery looks for ways to describe the fragility of life, the beauty in the things that surround and contribute to the memory picture of people and places. It is a snapshot of being human, a voyeuristic representation of the journey we must take through life. Life is raw, it’s tough and the lighting of Film Noir,

gives these elements the importance they deserve, they allude to the hidden world.

More information: www.diannegall.com

After working as a graphic designer for over 15 years, Michelle Giacobello made the leap to fine art. She is based in Melbourne and has been painting for 6 years, with 5 solo and numerous group shows in that time. Working in oils, Michelle finds the patterns of nature absorbing. “I could watch for hours as shadows pass across the ground delighting in the beauty of the lacework revealed, and take endless photographs of lichen on a tree trunk, barnacles on a rock or paint peeling from

a wall. To me – that natural visual texture is a feast for the eyes. Most people are too busy to notice the transience in detail, and it can be sumptuous, velvety and so deeply layered.

“I try to capture that moment in the knowledge that it will never be the same again – the same light, the same leaves, the same footprints will eternally change, which is a miracle don’t you think.”

Michelle joined TLF in September 2008, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

Michelle Giacobello The Observatory 2009, oil on linen 92 x 92cmThe Other Side 2010, oil on linen 92 x 92cm

More information: www.michellegiacobello.com

Minka Gillian was born in Canberra, Australia 1975. She grew up in Hobart, Tasmania where she completed a BFA with first class Honours in Sculpture, University of Tasmania 1994-1998.

Gillian spent several years living and working in Japan. She was recently featured in an article in Textile Fibre Forum by Inga Walton (Issue 3, No 95,2009) and has been curated into a number of exhibitions, most recently Meta4 at Artereal Gallery and Hands On at Hazelhurst Gallery, curated by Cash Brown. She is currently living and working in Sydney, enjoying juggling

Pregnant Pause 2010, Polyester monofilament, artificial stamen, and glass beads, 65 x 32 x 28cm, Photo Matthew YoungArum droop 2010, Polyester monofilament, found rope, 33 x 32 x 36cm, Photo Matthew Young

Pink stem 2010, Polyester monofilament, 73 x 34 x 32cm, Photo Matthew Young

Minka Gillian

motherhood and working towards her 8th solo exhibition.

Minka joined TLF in August 2008, invited in by Erika Gofton.

Erika Gofton is a Melbourne based painter. Working predominately with the female figure. Gofton explores notions of fragility and change and aims to create works that encourage the viewer to breathe in the stillness.

She grew up in Hobart and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Tasmania. She has exhibited in numerous group shows and had solo exhibitions at Smyrnios Gallery, Dickerson Gallery, Frances Keevil, Schubert Contemporary and The Substation: Centre for Art and Culture. She has

Erika GoftonQuiet Voice 1 2010, oil on canvas, 185 x 95cmQuiet Voice 2 2010, oil on canvas, 185 x 95cm

been a finalist in the EMSLA, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Mosman Art Prize, R & M McGivern Prize, Redland Westpac Art Prize, City of Albany Art Prize and 6 times selected in the Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize.

Erika is a founding member of TLF, joining in February 2008 as the second member, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.erikagofton.com

Debbie HillMabel and Estelle 2010, Book, Pigment marker on paper, (H) 70 cm x (W) variable

Born in Melbourne Debbie Hill completed a BFA (Drawing major) at the University of Ballarat and Honours year at ACU National Melbourne under the supervision of Maryanne Coutts. At the completion of her degree she was awarded the UB International travel award and the NGV Trustees Award. Using these awards, she travelled to North-West Germany and engaged with artists in the Ruhr region.

In 2006 Hill was invited to hold a solo exhibition at the Raum fur Experimental Kunst in Recklinghausen. She has been involved in artist

book projects in Australia and the UK and has twice been a finalist in the Libris Awards held bi-annually in Mackay, Queensland.

During the last five years Hill has been a finalist in a number of prizes including the Banyule Works on Paper Award, the Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize, the Robert Jacks Drawing Prize and the Dominique Segan Drawing Prize receiving Highly Commended in the latter two prizes. In 2007 she was short listed for the Toyota Career Development Travel Award.

Debbie currently resides in Ballarat; her work is held in collections in Australia, Germany and the UK.

Debbie joined TLF in June 2008, invited in by Erika Gofton

More information: www.debbiehill.com.au

Robert Hollingworth lives and works in Melbourne. He studied both Fine Art and Professional Writing at RMIT University. He has written for many journals and has had two books published, the latest, They Call Me the Wildman, was shortlisted in 2010 for the S.A. Premier’s Literary Awards. He has held more than thirty solo exhibitions, most recently in 2010, So far, so close, with his Melbourne gallery Blockprojects.

Other recent shows include John Leslie Art Prize, Sulman Prize and Albury Art Prize, solo

Robert HollingworthNew constellations - The PC mouse 2010, acrylic on canvas, 122 x 168cmNew constellations - The oil rig 2010, acrylic on canvas, 122 x 168cm

exhibitions at the Maroondah Art Gallery and the Geelong Gallery. He was the winner of the Mt Buller Art Prize in 2008.

“I use the cosmos as a metaphor for human longing. Deep space draws us towards a ‘scientific sublime,’ a sense of well-being in a cosmic wonderland away from earthly concerns and follies. But we cannot escape ourselves: out there, who and what we are is reflected back upon us.”

Hollingworth’s work is held in more than a dozen public collections as well as private

collections in seven countries. Bibliography: Who’s Who in Victoria 2008.

Robert joined TLF in October 2008, invited in by Louise Blyton.

More information: www.roberthollingworth.com.au

Kez Hughes completed Bachelor of Arts, Honours at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), since then she has exhibited locally in Melbourne, with 6 solo exhibitions, and a number of group exhibitions including Westspace’s annual A4 Art exhibition four years in a row, and also in Sri Lanka.

Hughes’ work predominantly focuses on appropriation of imagery from the local Australian art community. Producing oil paintings of other Artist’s exhibitions, her work is a nod to the prevailing DIY mode often found

Kez HughesEmily Floyd, Anna Schwartz 2010 , oil on linen, 41 x 61cm

Simon Pericich, 200 Gertrude 2010, oil on cotton, 81 x 112cm

in other cultures such as music blogging and zines. Hughes’ painting uses appropriation to blend modernist modalities of the artist, critic, curator and producer.

Kez joined TLF in January 2009, invited in by Louise Blyton.

Julie Keating is an artist living in Melbourne. Primarily an oil painter, she is engaged in making small, often highly detailed works that are a little reminiscent of the Dutch Still-Life genre, though more minimalist in style.

Since completing a Diploma of Fine Art at the Latrobe College of Fine Art and Design in Melbourne, Julie has had a number of solo and group shows and her work has been exhibited throughout Australia.

Her paintings have been selected for a number

Julie KeatingUnfortunately, their dissection failed to illuminate 2009, oil on linen, 50 x 50cmShe'd almost surrendered herself to Anonymity 2010, oil on linen, 50 x 50cmShe’d finally succeeded in her ambition to underachieve 2010, oil on linen, 50 x 50cm

of awards including the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour, the Lethbridge 10000, Brisbane, the Flanagan Prize, Ballarat, the Corangamarah Art Prize, Colac and the Mt. Eyre Vineyards Art Prize, in Sydney.

Keating’s current series of paintings uses origami birds as an inanimate motif that, strangely enough, manage to depict human psychological states and encounters, creating a sense of un-ease and often dark humour enabling us to engage with the ‘birds’ and forget that they are nothing more than paper.

Julie joined TLF in July 2008, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: juliekeating.net

Siobhan Kelley considers her map paintings as landscapes in that they depict the land, albeit in a graphic form and from an aerial perspective. While landscape painting is generally understood from a horizontal point of view and often bears some resemblance to the land itself a cartographic map reduces, edits and simplifies the land in to a graphic form. Her paintings explore the relationship between the physical world and its graphic translation with an emphasis on the location.

Kelley has a Master of Visual Arts from the

Siobhan KelleyPrahran DATE acrylic on canvas, 90 x 90cm

Direction Connection comprising 9 separate paintings, each acrylic on canvas, 90 x 90cm

Victorian College of the Arts and has been a finalist in a number of art prizes including the Paddington Art Prize and the Mosman Art Prize in Sydney, the ANL Maritime Art Prize in Melbourne, the City of Albany Art Prize in Western Australia, the Fleurieu Peninsula Water Prize in South Australia and most recently the 2010 Glover Prize in Tasmania. She has been an artist in residence at the Melbourne Aquarium and has had solo shows in both Melbourne and Sydney.

Kelley works and lives in a two-bedroom

studio/house on the Mornington Peninsula with her easel, her husband, two children and not much space for anything else.

Siobhan joined TLF in June 2008, invited in by Steve Warburton.

Glenn Locklee is a Sydney based painter whose current subject matter is the urban environment of his local area.

His work takes unremarkable scenarios and infuses them with a fresh perspective. “With an incremental tilt of perception I try to transform these images to conjure up sensations of the intimate, melancholic or exuberant by dipping into the wells of subliminal memory.” The rendering of these pieces with instinctive surface texture, tone and colour is the key to their potential for poetry.

Glenn LockleeIndustrial landscape Enfield 2010, oil on board, 30 x 33cmNightcrawling 2010, oil on board, 30 x 33cmSt Peters 2010, oil on board, 30 x 33cm

His urban images, landscapes and nudes have been included in a number of exhibitions, including the Mosman Art Prize. His work is held in private collections in Japan, the USA and Australia

Glenn joined TLF in June 2008, invited in by Simon Collins.

More information: www.glennlocklee.com

Vito Manfredi studied at the School of Art in Hobart. He was a founding member of the artist collective Chameleon before moving to Melbourne where he became involved in various artist run initiatives and created a visual arts program for community TV (The Spot).

Manfredi works in both sculpture and drawing, creating arrestingly delicate images. His eerie configurations of ‘the body’ have been included in the Robert Jacks Art Prize, the MPRG National Art on Paper Award and most recently he was an invited artist in the inaugural NotFair satellite

Finder 2010, polymer clay, acrylic paint and rubber, 16 x 38 x 11cmGaneshish 2010, watercolour on paper, 114 x 81cm

Vito Manfredi

exhibition curated by Ashley Crawford, Tony Lloyd and Sam Leach.

He has exhibited in Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, New York and Berlin and currently resides in Queensland.

Vito joined TLF in February 2008, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.vitomanfredi.com

Deb Mostert

Seated Lead Man and Tin Turkey 2010, oil on plywood, 24 x 48cmBird and Scottie Dog 2010, oil on plywood 24 x 48cm

Deb Mostert is a visual artist working on the Ipswich/Brisbane border. A graduate of Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, she has held 8 solo shows since 2005 and taken part in over 30 group shows. Mostert uses humble objects to explore notions on the sacred and the banal. The objects and their interactions can be read in many different ways as they become reflectors of the viewer’s experiences and begin to reveal the potential narratives that can lurk beneath the humble surfaces of plastic, porcelain, lead and tin.

In recent years, her work has been included in curated exhibitions at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery and Ipswich Regional Gallery and in many art prize exhibitions including: three time finalist Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, 2010, 2009, 2008; twice selected for Sunshine Coast Art Prize, (2010, 2008); Redlands Art Awards, (2010, 2008) and Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, (2010, 2007). the Salon des Refuses, Launch Clayton Utz Travelling Scholarship and House of Phillips Fine Art Drawing Prize amongst others.

In 2009 Deb was the winner of the Sponsor’s

Prize, Eutick Memorial Still Life Awards, Coffs Harbour 2009 and in 2008 of Renault New Generation People’s Choice Award, Art Brisbane 2008.Her works are found in regional gallery collections of Coffs Harbour and Ipswich and in many private collections in Australia and the Netherlands.

More information: www.debmostertartist.com.au

Ilona Nelson is a new media artist who works predominantly with photography. She is best known for her self-portraits with a layer of social commentary (and a sense of humour) and is consistently examining identity, hers and society’s.

Nelson has exhibited throughout Australia and held solo exhibitions in Melbourne at the Town Hall Gallery and 4cats Gallery. She’s been a finalist in many awards such as the Macarthur Cook Art Award, Julie Millowick Acquisitive Photographic Award and Williamstown

Ilona NelsonYou Swept Me Off My Feet (Dance Sucker Series, limited edition 1/5 ) 2010, photograph on canvas, 60 x 60cm

Once more (Dance Sucker Series, limited edition 1/5 ) 2010, photograph on canvas, 102 x 81cm

Contemporary Art Prize. Her work has been featured in teaching guides ‘Photomedia for Senior Arts’ and ‘Studio Arts - A Student Guide’ both by 4cats Gallery, and selected to be printed as an Avant Card three times.

Born in country Victoria, Nelson attended LaTrobe University, Bendigo and completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 1998. She now lives, works and exhibits in Melbourne (Australia) with her husband, children and Barkly the boxer.

Illona joined TLF in October 2008, invited in by Erika Gofton.

More information: www.illyphotography.com

Beth Norling is predominantly a sculptor and installation artist working in mixed media. To date her work has concentrated on the tension between obsession and restraint and relates both universal and personal truths. A recent loss of her own social structure and domestic integrity brought her to develop an interest in stumperies, notably these garden-graveyards of tree stumps are not only a reminder of the environmental impact of wastefulness, they are symbolic of a sense of desolation and destruction we experience individually.

Beth Norling Stumped vinyl, cotton 50 x 50cm, photograph: Silversalt PhotographyStumpery 2009, vinyl, dimensions variable, photograph: Silversalt Photography

Beth grew up in Sydney but now lives and works in the Blue Mountains, she continues to have a long loved career as a children’s book author and illustrator and has two kids.

Beth joined TLF in April 2008, invited in by Simon Collins.

More information: www.bethnorling.com

Mystery, tension and high contrast embody the atmosphere of Steve Rosendale’s paintings.

Born in Melbourne in 1973, Rosendale graduated from Monash University with a fine arts degree. Rosendale has exhibited in Sydney and Brisbane with Libby Edwards Galleries.

Steve’s current body of work, Bring the Money, Come Alone, lures the viewer into his nostalgic world of romantic crime…an urban vision both complex and sophisticated.

Rosendale translates to canvas the brash,

Steve RosendaleLunch at the Vinteuils 2010, oil on linen, 135 x 210cm

Gas Station 2010, oil on linen, 72 x 107cm

intriguing character of the city street. “Like its mysterious inhabitants, the city is seductive and enticing, yet it’s magic belies a hidden, sinister side. The artist’s cool detachment allows these deeply psychological cityscapes to speak for themselves. The city breathes, has a certain pulse or rhythm, and is animated by an ever-changing personality.” Melissa Miles

Steve joined TLF in May 2008, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.steverosendale.com.au

Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in the early nineties Mark Stewart has been painting and exhibiting for more than 15 years nationally as well as internationally in London, Ireland and Singapore.

Mark and his wife, artist, Kate Bergin lived in Cairns for five years where Mark’s paintings developed an intensity of colour and saw his work gridded into squares as a way of depicting many images coming together at the same time, much as we experience any new environment.

Mark StewartRoad to Nowhere 2010, oil on canvas, 76 x 101cm Path of Least Resistance 2010, oil on canvas, 76 x 101cm

The culmination of this time was a painting selected for Winsor and Newton’s Worldwide Millennium Art Prize exhibited at the United Nations in New York in 2000.

In 2010 Mark has been selected as a finalist in the Albany Art Prize, WA’s richest prize for the visual arts, the Calleen Art Prize at the Cowra Regional Gallery in NSW, the Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize, The Flannagan Art Prize in Ballarat and the St Michael Archangel Prize in Victoria.

Incorporating both the grid and the single image Mark references his travels to create ethereal images of land and seascapes.

Mark joined TLF in May 2009, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.redchurchstudio.com

Love Art 2 2010 , oil on linen, 122 x 167cm

Jim joined TLF in February 2008, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.jimthalassoudis.com

Jim Thalassoudis

Jim Thalassoudis (born 1962), is an artist based in Adelaide. He studied Fine Art at The South Australian School of Art.

Since the middle of the 1980’s he has exhibited in over 40 solo and 150 group exhibitions throughout Australia, as well as exhibiting in New York, Hong Kong & Singapore. His work is held in many private, corporate & public collections, including most recently “Love Art 1” being acquired by The Art Gallery Of South Australia.

Merryn Trevethan uses cues from the visible world to reconstruct an internalised world of memories; filed away, distorted and recorded only to be recalled, revised and re-recorded at a later date.

Trevethan’s process plays on the way our memory is dynamic and constantly changing, reedited unconsciously and without our permission. It also explores the space of distraction that comes with the kind of familiarity of everyday commuting and the fragmentary nature of after images.

Merryn TrevethanPeople get ready (detail) 2010, chinese ink, acrylic and pastel on board, 60 x 243cm (9 panels joined as free standing concertina)There’s no hiding place (detail) 2010, chinese ink, acrylic and paper collage on board, 25.5 x 142cm (7 panels joined as free standing concertina)

Since completing her Masters of Fine Arts (By Research) Monash University in 2005, Trevethan has been a finalist in many prestigious contemporary art prizes- including the Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize, R. & M. McGivern Art Prize, ABN AMRO Emerging Artists Award and The Hutchins Art Prize. In 2008, Trevethan was Short Listed for the Toyota Community Spirit Artist Travel Award.

In 2009, Trevethan travelled to China where she was an artist in residence at Red Gate

Gallery- International Artist Residency Program, in Beijing.

Merryn joined TLF in April 2009, invited in by Louise Blyton.

More information: www.merryntrevethan.com

Working across new media, ceramics, painting and installation Joanne Turner’s work evokes the landscape of her childhood: central Queensland, a place of dry grass, listless cattle and the scorching sun. Poignantly, memories of bodily responses to this landscape form the foundation of Turner’s work.

Practicing for almost 10 years, Turner received a bachelor of Fine Arts from the Queensland College of Art in 2009, majoring in sculpture and intermedia, and has received certificates III, IV and a Diploma in painting and ceramics since

After Turner #160909 2009, limited edition video installation 1/15. Video stills

Joanne Turner

2000.

Turner has participated in a number of group and solo exhibitions and continues to receive recognition for her raw but tender work. Kat Danger Sawyer 2010

Joanne joined TLF in August 2009, invited in by VR Morrison.

More information: www.joannesturner.com

Born 1968, Amanda van Gils lived in Melbourne until 2010 when she relocated to Hervey Bay in Queensland. Since completing a Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2000, van Gils has exhibited extensively in Australia and overseas with 14 solo exhibitions and inclusion in over 50 group shows.

A painter, whose works of fleeting landscapes, depicts a contemporary experience of landscape in our fast-paced society, van Gils’ art

Amanda van GilsThe Greenest Green 2009, oil on canvas, 122 x 152cmShifting 2009, oil on canvas, 91 x 122cm

relates to our sense of place and psychological connection to the land and, by extension, readings of landscape as an artistic genre that is continually relevant in changing times.

Her work has been selected for a number of significant national art prizes including: Whyalla Art Prize, Fleurieu Art Prize, John Leslie Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Mosman Art Prize and The Hutchins Art Prize. In 2006 van Gils won the Art Interview 4th International Online Artist Competition, Berlin.

Amanda is curator of Net Work: the TLF exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat 2010 and is also curator of Exchange at Gatakers Artspace Qld in 2011.

Amanda began TLF in February 2008; she is the administrator and invited herself in.

More information: www.amandavangils.com

Steve Warburton is a Victorian based artist currently working in Emerald. Since completing a Fine Arts degree at Monash University, Steve has exhibited widely, in solo and group exhibitions including the Blake Art Prize and the ANL Art Prize.

Warburton’s paintings contain quietly surreal juxtapositions of oversized mechanical remnants, humans dwarfed by the elements, animals outside their natural habitats. These elements combine to create thought provoking images of mankind’s legacy. They are

Steve WarburtonDirty Rascals 2010, oil on canvas, 152 x 152cm

compositions of the displaced and disaffected.

“We leave our mark on our world without contemplation or intent. All other species are affected by our presence. Some learn to live with us in harmony and with benefit, some suffer and fade away. This work is not a protest, it is merely an observation.”

Warburton’s paintings and drawings are held in collections Australia-wide and internationally.

Steve joined TLF in August 2008, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: www.stevewarburton.com

Irene Wellm is based in Melbourne where in 2001 she completed a Master of Fine Art from the Victorian College of the Arts. Her work embodies an ongoing internal narrative in which she uses figures in the landscape to explore the notion of displacement and hidden motivations in human relationships. Through the filter of the Jungian process of ‘individuation’, Wellm projects her own experience onto found imagery, externalising motivations and instincts in the way of a dream.

Alongside numerous solo and group shows

Irene WellmDaemmerung 2008, oil on linen, 122 x 152.5cmMy deathless courage 2009, oil on linen, 208.5 x 183cm

throughout Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and most recently in the U.K., Wellm has been short-listed for the ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award, was an Australian finalist for the UBS Art Award, London, and a winner of the Darebin LaTrobe Emerging Artist Acquisitive Art Prize.

Most recently Wellm has been selected as a finalist for the Duke Art Prize, Art Gallery Gold Coast (2010) and the Sunshine Coast Art Prize (2009), the Darebin LaTrobe Art Prize (2009, 2001), and the Flanagan Art Prize (2009). She is profiled in the Australian Art

Collector magazine (issue 54, 2010), and also been included in the book “Contemporary Art Studio”, published in Beijing, 2007.

Collections include ArtBank, the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the City of Darebin Art Collection, LaTrobe University, Stockwelll Downs and private collections in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the U.S.

More information: www.irenewellm.com

Darian Zam

Darian Zam considers his work to be primarily in painting, although he has been experimenting with digital media for the last four years. He has exhibited and published his work in Australia, NZ and Egypt for more than 20 years. His work has been short listed for Head On, one of Australia’s biggest portrait prizes, 2 years running. He is part of the Powerhouse Museum decorative arts & design collection, and he has worked on numerous projects with institutions, including the Sydney MCA, the Dunedin Public Museums, and the Powerhouse Museum.

Your place in the world 2010, digital print on canvas, 60 x 45cmEngaging 2009, digital print on canvas, 60 x 45cm

A catalogue In The House of the Muses is to be published by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Library of Alexandria), Egypt, this year. Another book Coalfaces is to be published in Australia in 2011.

Darian joined TLF in December 2009, invited in by Amanda van Gils.

More information: darianzam.blogspot.com

Acknowledgements

Without the artists there can be no exhibition so my first thank you is reserved to the artists for entrusting me with the job of curating their work into this exhibition.

And so it follows that an exhibition also needs a venue; I’d like to thank Gordon Morrison for seeing the potential in this exhibition, for his assistance along the way, and in particular for providing such a prime area of the gallery for Net Work.

Thanks are due also to Anne Rowland and other gallery staff for their excellent work assisting this exhibition, in particular Ben Cox for his tireless work in designing this catalogue.

A very special thank you is reserved for Robert Hollingworth whose care, time and effort has resulted in a thoughtful, eloquent and on-point catalogue essay.

Thank you to all the artists in Net Work and other TLF artists who assisted in getting this project off the ground and onto the wall at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Special thanks go to Debbie Hill for the suggestion of Art Gallery Ballarat as the ideal venue, to

Erika Gofton for assisting with initial proposals, to Simon Collins and Louise Blyton for help whenever it was needed, Jacqui Comer for her work in creating an image that could stand in for such a diverse exhibition, and to everyone who participated in fundraising, none more so than Darian Zam whose fundraising efforts can only be described as tireless and determined.

I am grateful also, to everyone who has provided us with financial assistance. Our formal sponsors are noted and appreciated, but I’d also like to thank those anonymous individuals who willingly contributed for no more reason than they believed in this exhibition, the artists and the importance of public presentations of contemporary art.

And naturally, my thanks also go to my husband Vito Manfredi whose unstinting support enables me to devote time and energy to these special projects of mine.

Amanda van Gils Curator – Net Work: the TLF exhibition

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The Janet Holmes a’ Court Artists’ Grant is a NAVA initiative, made possible through the generous sponsorship of Mrs Janet Holmes a’ Court and through the the support of the Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts.

This project was assisted by a grant from Arts NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government, through a program administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA).

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© Art Gallery of Ballarat, artist and contributors, 2010ISBN 978-0-9805378-3-3

Published in 2010 byArt Gallery of Ballarat40 Lydiard St NthBallarat, Victoria, Australia

Net Workthe TLF exhibition

11 December 2010 - 30 January 2011

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CuratorAmanda van Gils

ArtistsKim Anderson Aliey Ball Jan Berg Kate Bergin Sue Beyer Louise Blyton David Brayshaw Claire Bridge David Coles Simon Collins Jacqui Comer Dagmar Cyrulla Chris Delpratt Andrew Ensor Robert Fenton Dianne Gall Michelle Giacobello Minka Gillian Erika Gofton

Debbie Hill Robert Hollingworth Kez Hughes Julie Keating Siobhan Kelley Glenn Locklee Vito Manfredi Deb Mostert Ilona Nelson Beth Norling Steve Rosendale Mark Stewart Jim Thalassoudis Merryn J. Trevathan Joanne Turner Amanda van Gils Steve Warburton Irene Wellm Darian Zam