Ben Waters
Ben has spent 2017 and 2018 living on Lord Howe Island where he reinvigorated his love of painting and developed a deep interest in depicting the natural landscape as a source of inspiration, wonder and rejuvenation.
His paintings aim to show both the natural beauty of the landscape but also, to evoke our own emotional and personal response to it. His imagery is derived from observation, combining multiple views, memory and imagination. Since returning to Avalon his work has focused on Barrenjoey Headland and its Pittwater surrounds.
Ash Holmes
Organic shapes, feminine silhouettes and natural landscapes; these are just a few of the elements that embody the works of Sydney based artist, Ash Holmes. A fourth generation Artist who has been creating and exhibiting her work since 2012.
A colour palette of soft, pastel hues and earthy tones, these works transform the space they occupy, creating ambience within the rooms they hang. Inspired by her own natural surroundings, Holmes embraces the simplicity of the world she inhabits and finds the beauty in things that are slightly undone, the perfect imperfections.
The combination of acrylic and oil paint on canvas, enclosed with handcrafted Tasmanian oak frames are what make these works instantly recognisable. Holmes’ paintings are mostly large-scale, yet their purpose is not to dominate, more so to make their audience feel a sense of warmth and comfort in their presence. She has now exhibited her work Internationally and Nationally, with private collections in; Australia, New Zealand, California, Denmark, Canada, Singapore, Dubai and Spain.
Nicola Woodcock
Nicola is a Sydney based artist. Working in her Terrey Hills studio she draws inspiration from the surrounding bush landscape. The relatively crude nature of oil pastels encourages the focus on simple line and colour and promotes a use of decisive, gestural marks. Nicola's still life pieces are usually ‘finds’ from her neighbours’ gardens, from the roadside or local reserves.
AMANDA TYE
“My current practice is a form of escapism, a combination of calculated planning and intuitive mark making. The beauty of Sydney offers never ending inspiration, and it’s the light and “those moments” that I am drawn to through the lens of my camera. My painting process shifts to capture different emotional responses on the one surface, which often translate through the tensions between the natural environment with man-made world. Painting on a large scale enables me the space to explore the immediate quality of the paint and the freedom to unleash an energetic response which is always driven by music”
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Tricia Trinder
Tricia Trinder creates her encaustic art from her home studio in Sydney’s leafy north. She manages her painting practice alongside a scrum of kids and an impressive backyard menagerie. She first started using encaustics in her work in 2009 and has since developed her own recognisable style. Her current Horizon Series of encaustic works is a contemplation of the intriguing and soothing effect of gazing into the distance, where your eye is naturally led to the endless horizon.
Debbie McKinnon
"My work begins with walking: along the Sydney coastline, over the coastal rock platforms, up on the cliffs, or sitting on the beach, observing the effect of light on water. Large seascapes start with quick studies and drawings made en plein air. Back in my Sydney art studio, I apply the rich buttery oil paint with brush and palette knife to create contemporary Australian landscapes.
Life just feels better by the sea.
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Miguel Gonzalez
Miguel Gonzalez [AKA: M-Lon] from Caracas, Venezuela currently based in Sydney, Australia. Designer, self-taught in visual arts and illustration, mostly paints animals as metaphors of human behaviour inside society and issues that affect the people living in it.
Miguel has participated in murals, art for video-games, concept art for the TV industry; publications, and has been part of national and international collective and solo exhibitions. Co-founder and director of B-SIDE Creative Space and Kayapa Creative Studio on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Catriona Pollard
Catriona Pollard’s work is inspired by the connection and relationship we have with our environment and the beauty it shares with us. As an accomplished contemporary sculptural basketry artist, she is gifted with the ability to see the extraordinary in the ordinary.
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Saffron Craig
Saffron Craig works out of her Sydney studio, painting, embroidering and layering various techniques over linen. Her natural surroundings inspire her paintings. She grew up in a small coastal town in NSW and now lives by the shoreline on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
Saffron works are abstracted by layering colour, creating texture with subtle shapes peeking through.
Susie Dureau
Observations of light and atmosphere are central to my creative practice. While my paintings are landscape based, they are much more than literal depictions of the wilderness. They speak also
of the wildness and primal nature in humankind.
My most recent paintings are desaturated landscapes fractured with cracks of highly saturated pigment. My enquiry is around man’s relationship with nature and the complexity of the issues that face us.
James Gardiner
James is a sculptor and an inventor who originally trained as an architect. Dr Gardiner as an inventor, is a pioneer in the field of Construction 3D Printing with 15 patents and a successfully implemented large scale 3D print system in use in the UK (FreeFAB Wax).
James has always used sculpture and making as a part of his creative process and has recently decided to formally combine his exploratory practice with a career in sculpture.
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Marisabel Gonzalez
My work is a response to the surroundings that impact me. This results in abstraction based on common links in the scenery of where I come from, Venezuela, and the country I now call home, Australia.
I’m interested in raw, unmediated landscape, which generates the presence of something larger than us. My process involves building up multiple layers of paint beginning with shapes taken from sketches and photos of a particular environment.
Jaimee Paul
New Zealand born, Jaimee Paul is a visual artist whose work focuses on Art For Purpose. Creating animal portraits and Curatorial projects to raise awareness and funds for the natural world.
“Animals have a certain place and voice inside those that are listening. An artwork has the power to evoke emotions from audiences not usually partial to stare inside the eyes and soul of a furry being. Fostering personal connections between human viewers and animal subjects, I hope to fulfil my purpose of creating meaningful art, leading to positive changes in today’s global climate, no matter how big or small.”
Graduating with a Bachelor of Design in 2016 from UNSW Art and Design, Jaimee is a freelance illustrator with The Drawing Arm, and an art tutor and resident of La Crème Creative Inc on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
Jaimee has been in many group exhibitions, has work in collections worldwide, was winner of the Royal Doulton and UNSW Art and Design Award in 2014. She has curated the NinetyFive Percent ocean conservation art exhibitions and was an exhibiting artist at Melbourne's The Other Art Fair.
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Fiona Verity
On Fiona’s creative journey she pushes her materials, layering and experimenting with how to translate the essence of a scene onto paper, board or canvas. By drawing ‘en plein air’ she is able to record that moment, responding to the landscape, creating her own interpretation of the view that she sees and feels.
Fiona landscape paintings have been shown extensively throughout Sydney with solo and group shows. She was Warringah Councils first Artist in Residence in 2013 and has recently been working with fellow artist Debbie Mackinnon on large collaborative landscapes painted ‘en plein air’ that were part of the LAND exhibition, shown at Manly Regional Gallery.
SARAH MCGRATH
Sarah is a full time artist situated in the harbour-side suburb of Mosman on Sydney’s Lower North Shore. She studied graphic design and illustration at college and has always sort out creative ventures in her working life.
“I paint in oil and watercolour and excel in the style of contemporary realism - my paintings have an almost photo-like quality. I am drawn to simple everyday items of food or treasures, antique silverware and objects that show tarnish, patina and the wears of time but still shine. My artwork style is achieved through fine detail and traditional painting methods of applying fine layers of paint and glazes to create a reflective piece of art work capturing a sense of the object’s rich history and unique qualities. “ SM
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Mitchell English
Mitchell English is a contemporary Australian artist whose works perfectly capture the essence of beach life. An avid surfer, Mitch’s work draws inspiration from his time spent in and near the ocean.
His work conveys a sense of hedonism and nostalgia, uniting the viewer in the worship of the sun. Collecting a Mitchell English work invites you to surrender to the delights of Summer and fond memories.
Mitch is an award winning artist. He has been a finalist in the Moran Prize, Mosman Art Prize, Paddington Art Prize, The Albany Art Prize , Clayton Utz Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Prize and the Geelong Art prize amongst others.
Born and raised on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Mitch is now based in Noosa Heads.
Eleanor Amiradaki
Eleanor is a Sydney based, multidisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses installation, printmaking and drawing.
With a delicate sensitivity Eleanor’s work explores what it is to belong, the fragility of life and our relationship with the natural world. Themes of birth, death and subsequent decay underpin her recent work and through the influence of myth and the rituals of the everyday she begins to explore the intimate interior landscapes and thresholds we reside in, and move between.
She holds an Honours degree in Visual Communication, has studied with the BSA and holds a Master of Art at UNSW Art & Design. Her work is held in both public and private collections nationally and overseas.
Julie Hickson
Julie Hickson works in her home studio in Newport NSW Australia. With a background in television production in live television & outside broadcast featuring live music she worked for 20 years in production in both Australia and Europe. Having formerly completed a Bachelor of Mass Communication at Macquarie University and concurrent studies in Fine Arts at Sydney University she made the commitment to painting full-time in 2008.