102. Conversations in a Forest
Artist: Howie Cooke
Social Media: howiecooke.art
Artwork size (in cm): 91 x 91
Artwork Price: $1,200
Artist Statement: Nature in all her many manifestations is an inspiration of infinite layers of interconnected pathways of life and communication
The genesis to becoming a fulltime artist for nigh on 50 years now, was a personal epiphany about the Whale and our Ocean planet
Painter, printmaker, cartoonist – always drawing
Hundreds of exhibitions
Scores of murals around the world
Collectors include Bowie, Yoko Ono, Stan Getz, Neil Young and many more worldwide.
Materials and process: This painting has been built up over time using washes of freely flowing acrylic paint
With minimal brush work, mostly to intensity tones or hues.
103. The Rabbit and the Moon
Artist: May O’Connell
Artwork size (in cm): 24 by 38
Artwork Price: $375
Artist Statement: The moon goddess came to earth, the animals brought gifts, all the rabbit has was grass, it was set on fire and the rabbit threw himself into the flames. Touched by his sacrifice the goddess brought him to life and took him to the moon to live forever.
The story is represented in images moons grass flame vague animal forms and flowing hair.
The themes of generosity, resurrection and reward are integral to this Asian myth and appealed to me I wanted to tell the myth subtlety.
Materials and process: The piece is worked on 300 gsm, acid free premium paper using Lyra aquacolor for vibrancy. It is framed in wood with glass to protect the work and an off white matt buffer.
104. Laying Down the Sword
Artist: Deborah Warburton
Artwork size (in cm): 30 x 28
Artwork Price: $250
Artist Statement: My Inspiration for this Piece is the Story of Saint Galgano to show the importance of Peace.
The laying down of the Sword when the Knight decided to change his life and others.
Materials and process: The materials used for this piece on Canvas brushes palette knife and Oil Paint
My process to start was a quick sketch and to roughly design my piece with washes and overlaying paint.
I repeat my process overlaying paint and the use of my brushes and palette knife to get the depth that I need to achieve my painting
outcome.
105. Folktale from Morocco
Artist: Cheryl Bailey
Instagram: @cherylbaileyart
Website: www.cherylbailey.com.au
Artwork size (in cm): 60 x 70
Artwork Price: $590
Artist Statement: i attended an Artist in Residency in Morocco deep in the Sahara this year. Nestled in the rugged beauty of North Africa’s desert lies a treasure trove of ancient stories. The Berber people have a rich cultural heritage. This hare wanted to eat fresh grass, but that’s where the hunters were. He thought if he listened while he chewed he would be safe. After a while all he could hear was the sound of his teeth, he was tense and decided this was no life, and chose to go where he can eat in peace.
Materials and process: I travelled to Morocco with unstretched canvas. I laid the bare canvas on the Sahara desert to paint using acrylic paints, matching the colour of the background to the sand. The foreground is inspired by the unusual plants growing out of the sand with tiny flower buds. After I arrived home I repainted some of the Hare using oil paint to give more definition, inspired by Hans Hoffmann’s A Hare in the Forest. The canvas was stretched and framed by The Mobile Framer in Billinudgel.
106. Pink Lemonade
Artist: Bonnie Larden
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonnielardenart/
Artwork size (in cm): 61 x 61
Artwork Price: $2,000
Artist Statement: I have always been drawn to the beauty of worn textures, crumbling walls, and the colors that bleed through while being distressed by nature or age. This is an ongoing theme in all my paintings, building up layers of paint and textures then washing and scrubbing them away at the surface. I like to juxtapose the untamed wild with designed interiors to create an element of surprise, with the aim to evoke a sense of imagination and interpretation in the viewer.
Materials and process: Acrylic paints and glazing liquids on 2cm deep cradled wooden panel. Wire on the back and ready to hang, unframed.
107. Pomegranates and Silver Tea Jugs
Artist: Ellen Hawes
Artwork size (in cm): 50 x 50
Artwork Price: $250
Artist Statement: One of the powerful forces of Nature and Spirit has to be plants – be they vegetables, fruits or flowers, they are necessary for life and well-being. With my painting “Pomegranates and silver tea jugs” and “Native Hibiscuses”, I have attempted to convey the joy of nature mixed with a relaxing break – the whimsy of pomegranates with silver tea jugs. I am inspired by Margaret Olley, my favourite painter.
Materials and process: “Pomegranates and silver tea jugs” is an oil painting on a stretched cotton canvass 45.5cm x 45.5cm.
108. Blue Fairy Wren
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Artist: Julie Fauchelle
Artwork size (in cm): W 30 x H 40
Artwork Price: $45
Artist Statement: My inspiration comes from native. I appreciate fauna especially Australian and New Zealand birds. I aim to capture the essence, the colours and the beauty of these creatures on canvas to be enjoyed by those who see my paintings.
I am inspired by being able to replicate nature’s stunning creatures on canvas for all to see.
Materials and process: Acrylic on canvas.
109. Native Hibiscus
Artist: Ellen Hawes
Artwork size (in cm): 92 x 92
Artwork Price: $400
Artist Statement: One of the powerful forces of Nature and Spirit has to be plants – be they vegetables, fruits or flowers, they are necessary for life and well-being. With my painting “Native Hibiscuses”, I have attempted to convey the joy of nature and the beauty of our native flowers. I am inspired by Margaret Olley, my favourite painter.
Materials and process: “Native Hibiscuses” is an oil painting on a stretched cotton canvass 91.5cm x 91.5cm.
110. Sunflowers – Embrace the Sun
Artist: Sandie Kleiman-Pele
Artwork size (in cm): 53 x 43
Artwork Price: $250
Artist Statement: I began to paint during Covid 2020. At 70 years of age I like water colour medium as well as acrylic. The 2 works entered are acrylics. Flowers are my inspiration I am inspired by the various blooms around where I live. I relate to the Rainbow Serpent indigenous culture where I live.The flowers bloom because the Serpent brings life and balance through the rivers and the mountains.
Materials and process: Acrylic paints on cardboard with canvas. Wooden frame with glass.
111. Blue Vase
Artist: Marcia Shaunessy
Artwork size (in cm): Width 60 Height 50
Artwork Price: $400
Contact: Email: marcinoman@yahoo.com.au
Phone: 0450 464 372
Artist Statement: I am inspired to paint through my love of colour and the natural environment. It is my hope that the viewer will find joy in my paintings. I truly love to paint, to lose myself in the shapes and colours that emerge from my mind, my eyes, the brushes and the paint on my palette.
Materials and process: I paint on stretched canvas using acrylic paints.
112. Garden of Tropical Elegance
Artist: Sandie Kleiman-Peleg
Artwork size (in cm): 53 x 43
Artwork Price: $250
Artist Statement: As previously stated I began to paint during Covid 2020. At 70 years of age. I like water colour medium as well as acrylic. The 2 works entered are acrylics. Flowers are my inspiration I am inspired by the various blooms around where I live. I relate to the Rainbow Serpent indigenous culture where I live.The flowers bloom because the Serpent brings life and balance through the rivers and the mountains.
Materials and process: Acrylic paints on cardboard with canvas. Wooden frame with glass.
113. Fragile Castle
Artist: Paula Sede
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnJrc-LSaBD/?igsh=MXF0Y3Zub2Rka3drMQ==
Artwork size (in cm): 20 x 30
Artwork Price: $180
Artist Statement: Whatever is going on in my life influences what I am pouring on the canvas. From the palette colour to the concept. Normally I do not have an idea of what I am going to make, I just let my intuition and feelings to guide me in the moment. The idea develops along with the painting.
In this one I was trying to capture how fragile we are and how important is to empty the jar (our head) before pouring down more thoughts and goals. In this world of productivity we need moments of calm and healing
Materials and process: I like to play with warm and cold colours cohabiting on the same space
Original, Acrylic on canvas. Varnished for protection and make the colours more vivid. Ready to hang it.
114. The Mythical Beings of Left Bank Road
Artist: Lorraine Ward
Artwork size (in cm): 92cm x 92cm
Artwork Price: $850
Artist Statement: Mullumbimby is a unique blend of cultural stories, healing spiritual practices, reflecting both its rich Indigenous history and its modern bohemian countercultural identity. Inspired by the stories of Star Seed beings and the mysterious Yokai lead to this painting of bright moonlight shimmering on the old roofs of forgotten houses. Past beings live here, where every night the bushes would sparkle with the pin pricks of other souls coming together.
Materials and process: Acrylic paint on canvas.
This painting was inspired by stories of love, loss and remembered dreams. The towering cinnamon scented hills rise up behind this nightly scene as if protecting these souls, who some say are here to heal earth and humanity.
115. A Landscape Curated, Oatlands
Artist: Heather Matthew
Website: https://heathermatthew.com
Instagram: @heathermatthewcom
Artwork size (in cm): 49 X 49
Artwork Price: $450
Artist Statement: I am interested in how a landscape holds stories of human occupation. During my artist residency in Oatlands, Tasmania, I discovered the town’s violent history and searched for a way to express a post-colonial viewpoint. I used the colonial paned windows to reveal a landscape that was curated to reflect societal thinking, viewed from the inside looking out. Peeling wallpapers that reveal convict’s chisel marks on the sandstone bricks are a reminder that under all the layering, history remains.
Materials and process: This work is an acrylic painting on canvas with a Tasmanian oak frame to complement the framing of the historical referenced landscape of Oatlands, Tasmania.
116. Doot, doot, doo, Lookin’ out my Back Door
Artist: Jeff Harrison
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffharrison_art/
Website: https://jeffharrison.art/
Artwork size (in cm): W 91cm x H 61cm
Artwork Price: $525
Artist Statement: I enjoy sitting at our patio table and reading: often stories, occasionally myths.
Materials and process: Art Spectrum oil over acrylic, on CreateART Artist Gallery Cotton Range (450gsm Unbleached Pure Cotton Duck).
117. Everyday Stories
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Artist: Jenny Sayer
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennsayer/
Website: jennysayer.com.au
Artwork size (in cm): 66 W x 120 H
Artwork Price: $1,200
Artist Statement: These ‘Everyday Stories’ are where the myths and legends begin, the ordinary turning to the extraordinary in unimaginable ways.
As a local Murwillumbah artist my passion is ‘making’ whatever the medium, painting, glass mosaic or mixed media I like to invite the audience to embark on a visual journey through my work. I aim to convey the essence of the natural and everyday world, evoking a sense of wonder and curiosity in the viewer.
Materials and process: Oil on linen stretched over a timber frame.
118. Sunset Sentinel
Artist: Jeff Harrison
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffharrison_art/
Website: https://jeffharrison.art/
Artwork size (in cm): W 30 x H 61
Artwork Price: $325
Artist Statement: One sunset I noticed a lone palm; it seemed to be on guard. Sentinels are important within many mythologies.
Materials and process: Art Spectrum oil over acrylic, on CreateART Artist Canvas Range (380gsm Unbleached Pure Cotton Duck).
119. Gara Gorge
Artist: Jenny Sayer
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennsayer/
Website: jennysayer.com.au
Artwork size (in cm): 66 W x 120 H
Artwork Price: $1,200
Artist Statement: Gara Gorge is a mystical place with indigenous stories of a rugged place to hide in the battle to maintain a hold on their land and culture, to the home of Australia’s first Hydroelectric scheme. This is a landscape that swallows you whole.
My passion for ‘making’ is endless, whatever the medium. I like to invite the audience to embark on a visual journey through my work. I aim to evoke a sense of wonder and curiosity in the viewer.
Materials and process: Oil on linen stretched over a timber frame.
120. Realm of Kingfisher
Artist: Brenda Bryant
Instagram: brenda_bryant_art
Artwork size (in cm): 91 x 91
Artwork Price: $1,650
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Artist Statement: My painting of one of our district’s lovely subtropical rainforests was inspired by walking in Couchy Creek Nature Reserve in Chillingham, and also a drive through the Mebbin Forest. One can feel the damp earthy smell as you walk through any rainforest and this what I have tried to capture in my painting.
Materials and process: After experimenting with pastels, acrylics, pencil, etc. I have found that my favourite is oils. I paint on canvas, then after varnishing with semi-gloss, I have them framed in raw oak.