Tabla de contenidos para Issue 21 en Creative Artist

Self-taught and obsessed with photorealism, this artist has had two books of his incredible work published. My first memories of art were from when I was about five years old and had a colouring-in book, and I distinctly remember my mother saying how good it was that I stayed within the lines. After leaving school I was involved in the display department at Myers, which taught me a lot about composition and colour. In 1966 I was conscripted and served a year overseas. In 1971 I went to England and continued window dressing and selling my art in London. I also painted murals in hairdressing salons and children’s nurseries. My wildlife art started in 1981 when I went to an exhibition by the Wildlife Artists’ Society of Australasia in East…

Materials List • Reference photo • Canson Pastel Paper – colour Sand • White charcoal pencil • Putty rubber • Rembrant Pastels – Light Orange – Orange – Deep Yellow 202.7 – Carmine – Madder Lake Deep – Light Yellow – Blue Violet – Burnt Sienna – Red Violet – Black • AS Pastels: – Phalo Green – Cool White – Extra Soft • Pastel Pencil – 770 STEP ONE Once I decide on the reference (I mostly work from photographs), I draw it up on paper to allow for any alterations on the paper rather than the pastel paper, then I transfer the drawing. At this stage I have decided on the colour of the paper I wish to use and the size the painting will be. STEP TWO…

Currently residing in Switzerland, art has always been an integral part of this talented artist’s life. Daniel was born in 1962 in Sydney, NSW. After staying a few years in Cronulla in Sydney’s south, his family moved to out to Deniliquin in the Riverina region of NSW. It was here that he spent his early childhood being allowed to roam freely and explore the Edwards River and surrounding bushland. Daniel always drew whenever he could when he was a child and if there wasn’t any paper to be found then it was common to find him drawing with a stick in the sand. From Deniliquin his family moved to Forster in NSW where he developed his love of the ocean and took up surfing, fishing and beachcombing. “I loved the…

This artist has tried her hand at many creative pursuits, from drawing to painting, Hobbytex to calligraphy, pottery to cross stitching, and folk art to woodwork, and is now enjoying honing her water colour skills. I was born and raised in the southern suburbs of Melbourne on Port Phillip Bay. My parents built their house where there were mainly holiday homes at the time. I lived two streets away from the beach and spent many summers swimming as I grew up. We were surrounded by dairy farms and bush. My mother kept chooks and I loved to carry them around, poor things! I loved the outdoors and animals, I spent a lot of time handfeeding lambs and collecting them from the neighbours’ yards when they escaped, and I also liked…

MATERIALS • Acid free mount board • Aquarelle pencil • No. 6 & 8 Hog Hair brush • Sable brushes: Roymac Nos. 000, 1, 2, 3 & 4 • Badger 350 Air Brush • Schminke Air Brush Solutions: Olive Green, Sepia, Neutral Grey, Ochre • Windsor and Newton watercolour and gouache paints – Paynes Grey – Jet Black – Warm Sepia – Burnt Sienna – Raw Sienna – Orange – Yellow Ochre – Pale Blue Our iconic birds are brought to life in this amazing “it HAS to be a photo” work of art. STEP ONE Using an Aquarelle pencil, sketch in the subjects, then use masking fluid to protect the areas being painted with a brush. STEP TWO Using Schminke airbrush solutions of Sepia, Olive Green, Neutral Grey and…

• Born Creswick, Victoria on 22 February, 1879 • In 1895 employed as illustrator on the ‘Hawklet’ • Attended life drawing classes - late 1890s • Read Nietzsche’s ‘Anti-Christ and Zarathustra’ c. 1898 • Created pen-and-ink drawings for ‘The Decameron’ 1899 • Married Catherine Parkinson 1899 • Son Jack born 1900 • Moved to Lavender Bay, Sydney 1901 and joined the ‘Bulletin’ • Met Rose Soady shortly before the birth of son Raymond in 1903 • Drew ‘The Scoffers’, pen-and-ink, 1903 • Drew ‘Polllice Verso, pen-and-ink, 1904 • Began 100 conte-and-wash illustrations to ‘Memoirs of Casanova’ 1906 • Son Philip born 1906 • First exhibited with Society of Artists 1907. ‘Pollice Verso’ exhibited 1907; purchased by the Melbourne Art Gallery for 150 pounds • To Europe 1909. Rose followed later.…

Materials List Paints • Yellow Ochre • Cadmium Yellow • Lemon yellow • Red Ochre • Cadmium Red • Alizarin Crimson • Magenta • Ultramarine Blue • Winsor Blue (Green Shade) • Phthalo Green • Burnt Umber • Titanium White • I make black by mixing equal quantities of Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Umber. • Canvas (mine is 84 x 150cm) The artist has captured the exquisite colours of the water, the sky and the headland. STEP ONE After drawing the guide lines onto the canvas, the sky, sea and underwater rocks are blocked in. STEP TWO The beach and headland are blocked in and more work is done on the underwater rocks. STEP THREE I start to define the rocks and coral in the foreground. STEP FOUR A lot…

Today, one might almost be tempted to think that there is nothing left to say about Jonathan Meese because the output of his artistic career, which started in 1998 at the Berlin Biennale, has been so immense. Since then, countless commentaries and reviews have been written about him, and he has been classified in numerous ways, all of which lend the title of his Biennale work, Ahoi de Angst, an almost prophetic quality – as if Meese had known that he would sail across wide seas. Ahoi de Angst was a labyrinthine cabinet of curiosities full of the heroes of teenagers through which one strolled like through the convolutions of a total fan’s brain; wildly outfitted with posters of Klaus Kinski, Che Guevara, Bill Clinton, or Romy Schneider, in between…

He says, “Living life as a teenager in London in the 1960s and ‘70s was the place to be, working in the City of London next to the River Thames was where I first fell in love with light. The early morning mist on the river was magical; mixed with cobblestone streets and old buildings were a photographer’s dream. “I was influenced by three great London photographers: Bill Brandt, known for his strong, moody black and white images; David Bailey, who was at the forefront of environmental fashion photography; and Lewis Morley, who was famous for his portraits of London’s elite. “Moving to Australia in the mid ‘70s I got my first break in photography, working with the Elton Ward Group as a wedding portrait photographer. Soon after I joined…

 This talented artist admits that while it’s rewarding to be acknowledged for your efforts, the most important reason why she paints is for the pure pleasure of creating an artwork. “One of the real advantages of working with pastel is that when you put colour on the paper it is the colour you have chosen; it doesn’t change. What you see is what you get!” I was born in Melbourne in 1945 and I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t willing to spend time with a pencil in my hand. At 14 I entered a drawing competition and won a place to further my drawing skills. At the time I was unable to take this up but kept up with drawing and my love of the craft of artwork…

Established in 2006, the gallery presents an integrated program of exhibitions, including solo shows as well as group exhibitions of emerging and established artists from all artistic backgrounds. They exhibit a broad variety of mediums such as painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, video and works on paper. The Brick Lane galleries are located in two beautiful exhibition spaces in London’s east end – a city at the forefront of the international art scene – and in close proximity to travel amenities including Liverpool Street Station and Aldgate East tube stations, a few steps away from the financial district. They are dedicated to helping artists achieve success by offering a comprehensive and effective platform to showcase their work in the heart of London’s vibrant and culturally popular district of Brick Lane.…