Ok ... so I've got the lovely post from Chalkhorse to do ...
Over the last few months we've asked folk to hold our card and have their picture taken. The result is here... an elaborate collection of artists, artistically inclined, the famous and the sexy.
It was oddly quiet tonight, but the works were far from not...
We both stood in awe of the new Tim Maguire painting!!! Just lovely, can Fleur gush a little...
And a different perspective was granted by Karl Maugham's painting Orchard Hills, it changed when we moved around the room...
We were also quite taken by the three works on paper by McLean Edwards!!! Much more descriptive than the paintings in some way!!! Or maybe just an intimate reflection...
"She was a tortoise shell and the smallest of the litter" were some of the titles of the happy smiley ceramic dogs by Jim Cooper...
This is my top 4, the one's that gave me the "WOW" factor!!! Otherwise it would have just been too overwhelming for me...and my sore head...
Declan O'Doherty's moody landscape paintings reminded me of two of my favourite painters Elizabeth Cummings and Idris Murphy. Declan has shown a certain power in capturing the landscape and revealing the story within the landscape...
The volume was turned up in Fiona Edmeades white lettered paintings, they may be shades of white but white can be very loud!!!
Almost spooky Addison Marshall's graphite space ship drawings on plaster looked like they could very easily fly away, nicely drawn and a wonderful idea...
And Sally Gibbs botanical drawings on perspex would have given Joseph Banks a run for his money!!!
We hadn't been to Flinders Street Gallery in a while, but Jimmy had to babysit so I went along with my sore head and found some exquisite drawings...Yes, they are amazing and I may have to gush a little!!!
Luis Martinez attention to detail is breathtaking...his urban landscapes are like looking out the window of the house across the road, exactly what you see and perfect in every way...
His paintings on the other hand show some popular culture references and most are less in detail as his drawings are, a much more looser approach...
I must say that the show seemed a little over hung, it's always safe to go "Less is More" when hanging a show...but, it's a show not to be missed!!!
Lots to look at and not a stock show as some would say, but a celebration of what this gallery has given us over the year, thank you to Gallery 9 and we look forward to the new year...
The long awaited new gallery from Jo Holder and Cross Art Projects, I think we have been holding our breaths for a bit too long...But at long last the (handmade by the same people that made the Pope chair for World Youth Day) door has opened on this new space and what a lovely new space it is...handy to everything especially Fleur...
