2024 Mixed Media
38. Little Stories of this Place I
Artist: Mardi Browning
Artwork size (in cm): 40cm x 40cm
Artwork Price: $300
Artist Statement: This work is part of a series of artworks that I have created in response to the geologic forms, textures and tones of our landscapes here in the northern rivers. With emphasis placed on the bold contrasts forged between the positive and negative spaces of land, sky and bodies of water. “Little stories of this place I” provides small glimpses into the stories of this land, which is constantly shifting and evolving. Each square a symbol or ideograph telling their part of the story.
Materials and Process: Gamblin oil based relief ink, printed on paper, collaged onto wood panel.
39. Little Stories of this Place II
Artist: Mardi Browning
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Artwork size (in cm): 45cm x 45cm
Artwork Price: $300
Artist Statement: This work is part of a series of artworks that I have created in response to the geologic forms, textures and tones of our landscapes here in the northern rivers. With emphasis placed on the bold contrasts forged between the positive and negative spaces of land, sky and bodies of water. “Little stories of this place II” provides small glimpses into the stories of this land, which is constantly shifting and evolving. Each square a symbol or ideograph telling their part of the story.
Materials and Process: Gamblin oil based relief ink, printed on paper, collaged onto wood panel
40. Amongst the Palms
Madeline O’Connor
Instagram: instagram@madelineoconnorart
Artwork size (in cm): 61cm x 61cm
Artwork Price: $600
Contact for purchase of prints: madelinesart17@gmail.com
Artist Statement: Madeline O’Connor’s approach to art is both inspiring and versatile! Her use of mixed media to create coastal pieces not only highlights the beauty of the Coast but also demonstrates her commitment to exploring and pushing the boundaries of artistic expression. By embracing a range of styles—from detailed seascapes to abstract interpretations—and emphasizing the limitless potential of artistic exploration, which shines through in her unique creations.
Materials and process: The swaying of palm trees can be incredibly soothing. The gentle rustle of leaves and the way their colours shift with the light can create a serene and almost meditative atmosphere. By emphasizing the negative space over stenciling, inks and other materials, and incorporating elements like a golden moon, Madeline’s aim was to create a vivid and immersive experience, evoking the feeling of walking through a rainforest at dusk.
41. Still Standing
SECOND PLACE
Inara Kent
Instagram: @art_relate
Website: www.inarakentart.com
Prints are available: email kentinara1@gmail.com /
phone: 0491209070
Artwork size (in cm): 30 cm X 30 cm
Artwork Price: $450
Artist Statement: A multidisciplinary artist with my visual focus being informed by the connection to the subtropical rainforest where I live. As a mental health professional and an art therapist I have a awareness of how environment can impact our sense of well-being. The art describes how my relationship with the natural world impacts me on an emotional level. Responding to the diversity of landscape using a hybrid approach with various mediums to represent the tapestry of colours, textures found in nature.
Materials and process: Use of Collage and Cold wax on board with D links on the side to hang the work.
42. Ancient Paths
Inara Kent
Instagram: @art_relate
Website: www.inarakentart.com
Prints are available: email kentinara1@gmail.com / phone: 0491209070
Artwork size (in cm): 915 cm X 95 cm Framed
Artwork Price: $550
Artist Statement: A multidisciplinary artist with my visual focus being informed by the connection to the subtropical rainforest where I live. My art describing how the natural world impacts me on an emotional level. Responding to the diversity of landscape using a hybrid approach with collage, acrylics, inks to represent the rich tapestry of colours, patterns textures found in Nature. This work refers to the rainbow serpent, a great and powerful force of nature and spirit, a giver of life and protector of water
Materials and process: Acrylic, Inks and collage on Stonehenge paper .Encased in a wooden frame and glass. Can be hung from D Links on the sides of the frame.
43. Once upon a Time in the Forest
Alison Mackay
Instagram: alisonmackay.blok
Artwork size (in cm): Width 1100mm and Height 1500mm
Artwork Price: $ 440
Artist Statement: I am enjoying printmaking using a gelliplate and I particularly love using plants as my inspiration. I also love to share what I have learnt with friends and students, both in Gelli printing and also with mixed media art journaling.
Materials and process: This work is a collage of botanical monoprints of plants I have collected in my area. The prints were created using a Gelliplate. There are a few fragments of poems, text and ephemera peeping through underneath some of them. They are mounted on watercolour paper and framed under glass in a gold wooden frame.
44. Pray for Surf
Artist: Barry Voevodin
Instagram: @surface.paradise
Artwork size (in cm): 100cm x 100cm
Artwork Price: $1,500
Artist Statement: Stories of the search for the perfect wave often involve prayers to the mythical surf god Huey. This work has its origin in works by Mondrian and Rauschenberg and combines many aspects of surf culture in a unique form.
Materials and process: This artwork pays homage to the eclectic nature of a shadow box bringing together oil painting, graphite and charcoal and biro drawing, hand embossed metal, recycled timber, vintage aloha fabric and found objects housed in a hand-made, compartmentalised box.
45. Ancient Whispers
Artist: Nina Lahrmann
Instagram: ninalahrmann.art
Artwork size (in cm): 91cm x 91cm
Artwork Price: $980
Contact for Purchase of Prints: ninalahrmann.art@gmail.com
Artist Statement: Originally from Sweden and Germany, I have been living in Australia for the past 30 years. I love the imperfect, sometimes slightly eccentric world around me and hope my art will never become too serious to reflect the uniqueness of this life that inspires me. If something in my art turns out too perfect, I will try and render it towards the unrealistic, hoping to capture a whim.
Materials and process: Acrylic and high-flow paints by Golden. Collage with self-made papers and oil sticks on unframed deep edged stretched canvas. Sealed with Polymer Satin Varnish, a high quality, non yellowing pure acrylic resin.
46. Mandala Art 2
Artist: Nirit Feinstein
Artwork size (in cm): 33 x 33
Artwork Price: $250
Artist Statement: Inspiration comes from the colours inside my soul that need to be expressed outside in the format of geometric shapes.
Materials and process: I use watercolors pencils black pants and acrylic paint it’s all come together to form a very deep and beautiful meaning for geometric shapes.
47. In Search of Aladdin
Artist: Glenda Adams
Artwork size (in cm): 520mm x 420mm
Artwork Price: $180
Artist Statement: The mystique and splendour of the Middle East, and its rich history, architecture , art and peoples, are fraught with with conflicts ,centuries in the making!
We need the genie from the lamp!
Materials and process: Pine framed stretched canvas, with acrylic paint, inks, collage and water soluble crayon.
48. Sweet Blossom
Artist: Kim Hawdon
Instagram: instagram: @kjh_design_
Artwork size (in cm): 86 x 64cm
Artwork Price: $750
Artist Statement: I am an analog collage artist creating artworks shaped and inspired by the somewhat more taboo topics of our society.
Sweet Blossom explores the concept of the endless stories that are continuously weaved together within our modern day environment and how each path created is vastly different to the next. Invoking the idea that no one story can define everybody.
Materials and process: Sweet Blossom was created by combining imagery and text together through collage. It was designed to be layered, overlapping each other, that when combined with the inner and framing created a sense of depth.
49. What was she Wearing?
FIRST PLACE
Artist: Bonny Shore
Instagram: bonny_shore@instagram.com
Artwork size (in cm): 550 x 730 mm
Artwork Price: $750
Artist Statement: My artwork challenges firstly the myth of Eve being blamed for persuading Adam to eat the apple in the Garden of Eden, resulting in their expulsion. It also challenges the myth of what women were wearing as being responsible for sexual assault, often proposed in the media and in legal argument, but the counter #Me Too story was added. As a textile artist I used an old tea-towel, stitch, and fabric collage, generally associated with women in the domestic sphere, to question these stories.
Materials and process: Textiles – an upcycled, well used tea-towel as the substrate, and fabric collage text added to spell #Me Too;
hand and machine stitch added to highlight symbols, create text, and decorate the vase with images of Adam, Eve, and serpent in the Garden of Eden, in the style of ancient Greek urns;
Further text was added using pen and ink.
50. Clutch
Artist: Cindy Alice
Artwork size (in cm): 62 x 92
Artwork Price: $560
Contact for Purchase of Prints: cindyalice@hotmail.com
Artist Statement: Our eclectic chicken flock fill my life with learning, joy and an endless sense of wonder. They’re an ongoing motivation for me to invent new enclosures, alliances and daily solutions to their ever changing landscape of needs.
I aim to bring moments of gentle rest for the eye while enjoying the making process of my art work. My techniques continue to be experimental, bringing me pleasant surprises in their wake
Materials and process: This work comprises 9 hand crafted pieces of paper, placed in a grid, to re-form an image.
I’ve photographed eggs in the composition they were laid, edited, cropped and then xeroxed those images onto leaves of my handmade paper.
51. Our Roots Run Deep
Artist: Jaye Malli
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earth.her.art?igsh=d2EwYWx5bXZ4dWY0
Artwork size (in cm): 22cm x 30cm
Artwork Price: $240
Contact for Purchase of Prints: jj.mindfulseeds@gmail.com
Artist Statement: I am inspired by the pure magic that Women embody — creating life within & around us, raw in our nature. The feminine form, in every stage, from maiden to mother, is a phenomenon that awes & fascinates me.
As a Doula, I support women through pregnancy, birth & postpartum, holding sacred space for their vulnerability, fear, joy, strength, power & love. It’s a privilege to bear witness to this full gamut of emotions; of our transformative & regenerative nature.
Materials and process: This original painting is on brown A3 craft paper with acrylic paint, pressed marigold flower petals grown in my garden & a dried, rusted skeleton leaf that was stuck to a mental flower pot in my garden. Framed in light brown A3 frame.
52. The Seed of Life
Artist: Jaye Malli
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earth.her.art?igsh=d2EwYWx5bXZ4dWY0
Artwork size (in cm): 22cm x 30cm
Artwork Price: $240
Contact for Purchase of Prints: jj.mindfulseeds@gmail.com
Artist Statement: I am inspired by the pure magic that Women embody — creating life within & around us, raw in our nature. The feminine form, in every stage, from maiden to mother, is a phenomenon that awes & fascinates me.
As a Doula, I support women through pregnancy, birth & postpartum, holding sacred space for their vulnerability, fear, joy, strength, power & love. It’s a privilege to bear witness to this full gamut of emotions; of our transformative & regenerative nature.
Materials and process: This original painting is on brown A3 craft paper with acrylic paint & dried, pressed marigold flower petals grown in my garden. Framed in light brown A3 frame.
53. Unwanted Touch: Living with the Ghost
Artist: Jana Milojev
Artwork size (in cm): W: 51 cm H: 70 cm D: 4 cm
Artwork Price: $1,020
Artist Statement: I draw inspiration from my personal experiences, particularly my journey through trauma and healing. My work explores the profound impact of sexual abuse, reflecting my understanding of the struggle to reclaim one’s life.The piece captures the enduring presence of trauma, illustrating that its impact is not confined to the moment of the act but lingers throughout a person’s life.
Materials and process: My artwork combines a photographic print from my modeling work in Aruba (I am the person on the photograph) . Acrylic paint has been used to create the story. Finally, I finished the piece with a glossy varnish, which enhances the colors and adds a reflective quality, bringing the work to life.
54. Breaking Free: the Journey to New Beginnings
Artist: Jana Milojev
Artwork size (in cm): W: 61 cm H: 41 cm D: 4cm
Artwork Price: $870
Artist Statement: This artwork represents the journey of transformation after trauma. The cracked egg symbolizes vulnerability and the breaking of protective barriers, while also embodying the hope of new beginnings. From the fractures emerge resilience and the promise of rebirth, reminding us that even after the darkest experiences, there is always the possibility of renewal.
Materials and process: My artwork features a print from my modeling work at the beach in San Francisco. The egg is crafted using gesso, layered with paper towel to create texture and depth. Each layer contributes to the overall design, culminating in a glossy finish that enhances the vibrant color.
55. My Sirena
Artist: Glenda Adams
Artwork size (in cm): 750mm x 600
Artwork Price: $180
Artist Statement: The mythical Mermaid or Sirena has ben the source of mystery and providing companionship for lonely seafarers and ocean dwellers for centuries.
Nowadays we can dream of the “little Mermaid , and Ariel ,as the story has become part of many a childhood storytelling.
Materials and process: Acrylic paint , inkstand post pen. Also intense pencil on stretched canvas.
56. Kitsune
Artist: Megumi Watanabe
Website: https://www.megumiwat.art
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megumiwat.art/
Artwork size (in cm): 40 x 50
Artwork Price: $340
Artist Statement: In Japanese culture, Kitsune / fox has been appearing in written stories since 822, and even worshiped in some Buddhist and Shinto shrines, as they were seen as a protector of rice harvest and leading to prosperity. Apart from religion, Kitsune appears in hundreds of stories as shape-shifting, humble, cunning & tricky, or helpful creature, often as a beautiful woman.
My Kitsune is wearing a Japanese fox mask and I used vintage silk kimono scraps. Design is inspired by Hyakunin Isshu cards.
Materials and process: Water soluble crayon, coloured pencil and vintage kimono silk on Clairefontaine Pastelmat Board. Black mat with black core and black wooden frame with glass.
57. Freyja
Artist: Madoka Ono
Instagram: @drawing_by_madoca
Artwork size (in cm): W 300mm x H 425mm
Artwork Price: $2,788
Artist Statement: My Mum’s cat acted like she was a goddess. It seemed as though she could look into your soul, bear witness and judge your mortal shortcomings. Because she was a Norwegian forest cat, we called her Freyja, after the Norse deity of love, beauty, fertility and clairvoyance.
In this work I aimed to capture those knowing and penetrating eyes. As an artist, I seek to reveal the essential truth of my subject, employing both contemporary media and traditional shodou (Japanese calligraphy) techniques.
Materials and process: Media: watercolour, pencil, oil pencil and gouache on paper
Frame: wood, purple with silver trim
3 layers of mat: orange, white and pale yellow
58. All Eyes on Me
Artist: Lailah Miller
Instagram: IG: @lailahmiller_art
Artwork size (in cm): 20.4cm x 24.5cm
Artwork Price: $350
Contact for Purchase of Prints: Phone: 0466885907
Artist Statement: Lailah Miller is a 13 year old aspiring artist. Inspired by people, nature, colour and the otherworldly.
Materials and process: Acrylic and metallic pen on canvass. Watercolour pencils on art paper.
59. Forest Guardian
Artist: Marg Ryan
Artwork size (in cm): Width 430mm, height 540mm
Artwork Price: $450
Artist Statement: Myths and legends describe Goddesses, fairies, giants, dragons and gnomes as the guardians of the woodlands and protectors of all creatures that dwell within them. Climate change, disease and human intervention are threatening our forests and reserves. We need to become guardians and save these natural wonders for future generations. I enjoy walking through nature, and try to capture the beauty through painting and photography.
Materials and process: I used pen and acrylics to create a woodland backdrop. I recycled a pen and ink drawing to create a collage of a forest guardian. The painting has a matt green mount, sitting inside a blond timber frame.
60. Breath of the Ancestors
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Alison Mackay
Instagram: alisonmackay.blok
Artwork size (in cm): Width 520mm Height 420mm
Artwork Price: $ 280
Artist Statement: This piece started as an exploration in my art journal of the Jungian Archetype of “Everyman” (or Everyperson). I created silhouettes which seemed to have no gender and represented our common humanity. Then they started to make me think of ancestral spirits, wishing us well and whispering to us down through the centuries. “LIVE! LOVE! CREATE!”
I enjoy using my Gelli prints to create collaged art pieces.
Materials and process: Collage of prints created on a Gelli plate cut into shapes and stuck onto a textured acrylic painting on canvas, cradled in a wooden frame.
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