Hi Everyone,
Hope you are all enjoying the lead up to Christmas. Time for an update- Had a fantastic time doing an artist residency in Chiang Mai Thailand, produced some interesting paintings and had an exhibition whilst over there. Just great. Will post some new works in a Thailand Gallery. I have been published now in 2 books Semi permanent Edition 2 2009(available at any good bookshop) and In Retrospect(available at Retrospect Galleries). Also while enjoying the holiday season keep an eye out for my avante card , they are everywhere-café, restaurants, galleries…
Christmas Exhibitions-Byron Bay www.retrospectgalleries.com.au
Brisbane www.joshualevigalleries.com.au, and Sydney www.franceskeevilart.com.au Invite on my home page. Please peruse and feel free to contact me or the represented gallery. Thank you so much for all you support this year. It has been very busy but also fruitful and exciting.
I wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas.
Thanks
Fiona
I did the maggies for the Lightmares residency project. I love the warbling of these amazing birds, it makes me feel at home and sounds corny but very Australian. However, my childhood memories are of them attacking me on my bike and me having to wear an ice-cream container on my head!!! I think every Aussie has a maggie story.
Friday, December 4, 2009
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Have been painting madly the last couple of days to get ready for CHICK CHICK BOOM at Joshua Levi Galleries in Woollongabba opening on Sept 3 7pm. Josh has been so great, really enthusiastic about my work and knows how to plug a show. I am still working with my hybrids, I am trying to incorporate diff variations and more of a figurative look but as Lorraine Pilgrim said to me once- take the idea and tell the story one little piece at a time. The dogs are telling a story, my poor children are my muses, while reminincing on my own childhood riding around Roma on our bikes, they are always being asked to just stand there or can you ride around the yard so i can watch your face!!! The paintings I am working on now will head to Josh and to Frances Keevil-another nuturing soul who has been great. I am having a solo at the Sydney Art Fair, so trying to capture something a little different than the Melbourne one. I think it will be a diff audience and ofcourse I am trying constantly to evolve my subject and techniques. Come a long way since the first hybrid this time last year!!
Only 5 weeks to go and then off to Thailand for an artist residency in Chang Mai- very exciting even though I haven't really contemplated what i will work on over there. should be fun, the whole family is heading over with me for 5 weeks. Yahoo
Only 5 weeks to go and then off to Thailand for an artist residency in Chang Mai- very exciting even though I haven't really contemplated what i will work on over there. should be fun, the whole family is heading over with me for 5 weeks. Yahoo
Sunday, July 12, 2009
I don't really know what i am doing blogging but hey, first comes facebook and then comes blogs. what a great tool to network. I suppose i just want to introduce myself and my artwork, ideas and developments and see who's out there and use it as a way of documenting. I love painting and try to paint everyday at some stage, I am a part time high school art teacher and I have 2 small children so I keep very busy. Things happening at the moment that are on my mind are what happens now. I am represented in Frances Keevil Gallery at Double Bay in Sydney and she is so gorgeous, nurturing and caring about me as an artist. My work is flying out the doors at Retrospect Galleries in Jonson St Byron Bay. It is such a great space, so warm and has a huge walk in audience to view work on a daily basis. This year my work has just taken off, don't get me wrong , i have been working on it for a long time and i think this is just a great year for me.
Dec/Jan-Retrospect Galleries approached me for paintings and jewellery. I went in a group show to start
March-Solo exhibition Doggone Good Fun at Robyn Bauer Gallery Paddington Brisbane
Quest Speaker and exhibiting artist at Creative Women's Conference Gold Coast
April- Selected for Melbourne Art Fair Artist Studio- basically a sell out show. totally awesome
June -Solo exhibition "Jocular" 19 Karen contemporary Artspace Mermaid Beach Gold Coast
July- Curvy Booklaunch - Female exhibition at Ninelives Fortitude Valley Bris
Feminine Subconscious Female exhibition at Retrospect Galleries Byron Bay with an Artist Talk. That was great and interesting to do.
Well that was probably the easiest way to tell you what i have been doing. It has been amazing and I am so happy to see my work pop up this year in the Courier Mail, Gold Coast Bulletin, Realliving Magazine and blogs . so i thought it was about time i get on here and start doing this. Hope i haven't bored you to tears in my first blog. hope you come back and have a look at some sketches, development and bits and pieces that i post up on this. thanks for your time. cheers fiona
Dec/Jan-Retrospect Galleries approached me for paintings and jewellery. I went in a group show to start
March-Solo exhibition Doggone Good Fun at Robyn Bauer Gallery Paddington Brisbane
Quest Speaker and exhibiting artist at Creative Women's Conference Gold Coast
April- Selected for Melbourne Art Fair Artist Studio- basically a sell out show. totally awesome
June -Solo exhibition "Jocular" 19 Karen contemporary Artspace Mermaid Beach Gold Coast
July- Curvy Booklaunch - Female exhibition at Ninelives Fortitude Valley Bris
Feminine Subconscious Female exhibition at Retrospect Galleries Byron Bay with an Artist Talk. That was great and interesting to do.
Well that was probably the easiest way to tell you what i have been doing. It has been amazing and I am so happy to see my work pop up this year in the Courier Mail, Gold Coast Bulletin, Realliving Magazine and blogs . so i thought it was about time i get on here and start doing this. Hope i haven't bored you to tears in my first blog. hope you come back and have a look at some sketches, development and bits and pieces that i post up on this. thanks for your time. cheers fiona
Friday, July 10, 2009
Woohoo my first Blog
Hi well I really feel special that I am now in the cyberworld of blogging. My latest works can be seen here.
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