Grateful for the 2 Day Zart workshop with fellow AENT members. Day 1 ink explorations were interesting and a challenge which I will further explore. The supplies were a treat also! The Day 2 Guest Speaker Peter O’Connor was brilliant, engaging and thoroughly enjoyable and poignant. The colour pencil workshop with Jasmine Crisp was fun, relaxing and exploring different spontaneous techniques with the lovely tools an enjoyable session also. The encouragement, techniques and helpful tips is something that we can all use in our art practices and classrooms. Thanks AENT for this opportunity.
Art for Anyone
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Mixed Media on Paper
Dimension: 35cm x 35cm x 5cm
Price: NFS
Artist Statement:
Art belongs to us all. Anyone can draw and find the inner artist within them. As a Certified Zentangle Teacher, Veronica loves to share the knowledge that anyone can draw. If you can hold a pencil, write C, S, I and O, then you can draw. Using the Zentangle Method of drawing, Veronica can show you a fun, easy, relaxing way to draw structured patterns that evolve organically to whatever you want from this world or beyond. Do something today that your future self with thank you for!
Faux Leather Wallets x 6
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Mixed Media on Paper
Dimension: 10cm x 12cm x 2cm
Price: $ 25.00
Artist Statement:
Using the theme “Money’s Too Tight To Mention” was a fun way to express some artistic elements using texture in these fun faux leather wallets. A novel way to use as a gift card or pop in a some much desired cash for your gifting.
Veronica is a mixed media artist who loves texture! Using the local environment and exploring fun ways to express an idea with art is so very therapeutic. Teaching adults and anyone all that I have learnt over many years is what I now enjoy most.
2023 ZART Conference Reflection by Veronica Hodges
2023 ZART Conference Reflection by Veronica Hodges
As a first time ZART Conference participant, I went in with an open mind to the opportunity to connect with other AENT members and be inspired by the presenters and Guest Speakers of this event online. The boxes of supplies were delivered to me promptly and I was impressed by the items received. Korin did a great job to secure a room for both days of the event to host the ZART Conference online and AENT provided some morning tea/coffee and food items to kick start the event.
Patricia Paccinini was the first Guest Speaker and she talked at length about her art and what it meant to be human with the ability of having empathy and care. Prompting me to consider “not art for art-sake” but what is it that I care about in my art, environmental care and personal purpose for my art?
I participated in the Mindful Felt Making with Norton Fredericks. I had never made felt before so enjoyed the creating, then slow stitching a “Power Word”. This concept was a great idea and how we applied that to our process to create a unique piece of work. I enjoyed the process for this and could apply this to my practice in a lot of ways.
Day 2 the Guest Speaker was Henry Ward who had a lot of great experience and ideas for engaging students to create their own ideas for artmaking.
The workshop was creating a self portrait collage with Julia Gutman. This process was paper collage as way of expressing the skin tones in layers and overlaying either cut pieces or ripped pieces after an initial self-sketched portrait from a photo reference. The last part of the day was some discussions by other artists, their processes and question time. Overall, a very engaging, enjoyable couple of days learning with lots of great tools and supplies to use in our kits, practice and teaching methods. Highly recommend to all. Thanks AENT.
Golden Goddess
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Mixed Media
Dimension: 35cm x 40cm x 10cm
Price: $ 250.00
Artist Statement:
Golden Goddess is the love of glistened metallic paint and hand-detailed work to reflect a statue of a long ago era that lives on for eons. A statue or mask can hide the inner self or realness of the work performed for others, yet is admired regardless of the sentiment and hopefully lasts the distance.
Golden Goddess
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Mixed Media
Dimension: 35cm x 40cm x 10cm
Price: $ 250.00
Artist Statement:
Golden Goddess is the love of glistened metallic paint and hand-detailed work to reflect a statue of a long ago era that lives on for eons. A statue or mask can hide the inner self or realness of the work performed for others yet is admired regardless of the sentiment.
Weathered and Wise
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Mixed Media – Handmade Paper sculpted and Embellished
Dimension: 35cm x 40cm x 10cm
Price: $ 275.00
Artist Statement:
Weathered and Wise is how I feel at times in my art practice. The inner artist thrives on creating and my love for handmade paper combined with creating wonderful textures is the uniqueness of this piece of work.
Bronze Beauty
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Mixed Media
Dimension: 35cm x 40cm x 10cm
Price: $ 250.00
Artist Statement:
Bronze Beauty reflects the love I have for creating textures in my artwork embellished with the love of the Zentangle Method.
Nurturing Zentangle ®
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Mixed Media on Paper
Dimension: 23cm x 23cm x 2cm
Price: NFS
Artist Statement:
As a Certified Zentangle Teacher, ® I can show you, friends and family, in just a few of hours, how you can create this piece yourself and they would all be uniquely similar but different. In nurturing your inner creativity, an artist is within. Contact Veronica Hodges on 0419832953 for more info.
Nurturing an Inspired Tulip in Watercolour
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Watercolour
Dimension: 35cm x 25cm x 2cm
Price: $ 150.00
Artist Statement:
Watercolour nurtures my soul and pleases my eye. Sometimes a simple floral inspiration is just enough to nurture a wonderful memory.
Nurturing Creativity
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Mixed Media
Dimension: 47cm x 35cm x 2cm
Price: $ 250.00
Artist Statement:
Creating nurtures the soul, relaxes the body and rests the mind from our fast paced world. This piece envelopes several techniques of watercolour and mixed media to create an artwork I hopes draws you in to examine the elements and create calm to the viewer.
Nurturing Waters
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Watercolour
Dimension: 50cm x 65cm x 2cm
Price: $ 400.00
Artist Statement:
Our Earth needs us all to nurture the many elements to keep a balance between our existence together. Veronica has expressed an atmospheric sense of calm waters with feeding fish for the hope of tomorrow’s future joy. It is up to us all daily to choose now for a better future. Veronica prefers to use watercolours on 100% cotton paper for her art practice or her own handmade papers www.veronicahodges.com.au.
Small Gamba Grass Bowl
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Gamba Grass
Dimension: 7cm x 11cm x 11cm
Price: $ 125.00
Artist Statement:
Texture is an art process I am always exploring and with my handmade papermaking I used the “Recovery” of the therapeutic process to further my practice into creating these unique bowls. Using noxious weeds like Mission Grass, Gamba Grass as well as Lemongrass which is bountiful in my garden. Artist Veronica Hodges www.veronicahodges.com.au
Lemongrass & Gamba Bowl
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Lemon Grass & Gamba Grass
Dimension: 9cm x 27cm x 27cm
Price: $ 175.00
Artist Statement:
Texture is an art process I am always exploring and with my handmade papermaking I used the “Recovery” of the therapeutic process to further my practice into creating these unique bowls. Using noxious weeds like Mission Grass, Gamba Grass as well as Lemongrass which is bountiful in my garden. Artist Veronica Hodges www.veronicahodges.com.au
Mission Grass Bowl
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Mission Grass
Dimension: 10cm x 28cm x 28cm
Price: $ 175.00
Artist Statement:
Texture is an art process I am always exploring and with my handmade papermaking I used the “Recovery” of the therapeutic process to further my practice into creating these unique bowls. Using noxious weeds like Mission Grass, Gamba Grass as well as Lemongrass which is bountiful in my garden. Artist Veronica Hodges www.veronicahodges.com.au
Croc Inspired Bowl
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Paper and Lemongrass
Dimension: 8cm x 27cm x 27cm
Price: $ 175.00
Artist Statement:
Texture is an art process I am always exploring and with my handmade papermaking I used the “Recovery” of the therapeutic process to further my practice into creating these unique bowls. Using noxious weeds like Mission Grass, Gamba Grass as well as Lemongrass which is bountiful in my garden. Artist Veronica Hodges www.veronicahodges.com.au
AENT AGM Mins. of Meeting 28.03.2021
Date: 30-03-2021 Time: 04:15 pm
Venue: Darwin Railway Club, Parap
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Mins. of Meeting from 2020 AENT AGM
Date: 28-03-2021 Time: 11:07 am
Venue: Darwin Railway Club Parap
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Mins. of Previous AENT AGM 2020 Uploaded by V Hodges
AENT_2020_Audit_Report
Date: 28-03-2021 Time: 11:04 am
Venue: For AENT AGM Darwin Railway Club, Parap 28 March 2021
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AGM Agenda 28 March 2021 Darwin Railway Club
Date: 28-03-2021 Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Darwin Railway Club Parap
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AGM Agenda uploaded for AENT by V Hodges
Updated Mins. of Meeting 2 March 2021
Date: 10-03-2021 Time: 08:57 pm
Venue: Foreshore Cafe, Nightcliff
Note:
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AENT Agenda 2nd March 2021
Date: 25-02-2021 Time: 03:23 pm
Venue: Foreshore Cafe, Nightcliff
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AENT Minutes of Meeting 10.12.2020
Date: 10-12-2020 Time: 07:00 pm
Venue: Trailer Boat Club
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Minutes of Meeting 10.12.2020
CDU Art Immersion – Watercolour with Dr IanHance
Post By: Veronica Hodges
Contact Email: vrhodges@bigpond.com
Date: 19-08-2020 Time: 09:15 pm
Message:
This week long immersion was a thorough introduction for beginners into watercolour techniques. In the course, we learnt a great deal of colour theory, tools, paper and paints to use (and those to avoid), stretching water colour paper to a board, tonal values, flat wash, gradient washes, a variety of techniques to add textures and experiment. The course also enjoyed a morning at East Point to experience en plain air painting and sketching. From this experience we all completed a painting. A morning was also dedicated to spontaneous painting on a variety of papers. This course would suit anyone wanting to get a good grasp of watercolour techniques and painting.
AENT AGM and General Minutes of Meeting 24.06.2020
Date: 20-07-2020 Time: 09:20 pm
Venue: Ski Club Darwin
Note:
AGM 24.6.2020 Minutes and General Meeting Minutes in one document upload.
AENT 2019-2020 President’s Report
Date: 01-06-2020 Time: 04:00 pm
Venue: AENT 2019-2020 President's Report to PTANT
Note:
Uploaded by V Hodges for Sam Galletly
AENT Mins. of Meeting 28.5.2020 via Zoom
Date: 01-06-2020 Time: 03:25 pm
Venue: Zoom Online Meeting 28.5.2020
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Zoom Minutes of Meeting 7.5.2020
Date: 08-05-2020 Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Zoom Online Meeting
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Minutes Uploaded by Veronica Hodges 8.5.2020
Minutes of Meeting
Date: 10-02-2020 Time: 11:20 pm
Venue: CDU Gallery
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Uploaded 10.02.2020 by Veronica Hodges
Minutes of Meeting
Date: 07-11-2019 Time: 12:10 pm
Venue: AENT Meeting Minutes 7.11.19 Foreshore Cafe, Nightcliff
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Agenda for CDU Meeting 5.2.2020
Date: 05-02-2020 Time: 10:10 am
Venue: CDU Gallery
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Minutes of Meeting to follow
AENT Mins. of Meeting 17.10.2019
Date: 17-10-2019 Time: 10:35 am
Venue: Foreshore Cafe, Nightcliff
Note:
Uploaded by V. Hodges 4.11.2019
17.10.19 Meeting Agenda
Date: 17-10-2019 Time: 10:59 am
Venue: Foreshore Cafe, Nightcliff
Note:
Please attend so that AENT can continue to be an active association to meet your needs.
AGM Meeting 29.8.19
Date: 29-08-2019 Time: 10:51 am
Venue: Ski Club, Darwin
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17.10.19 Meeting Agenda
Date: 17-10-2019 Time: 10:51 am
Venue: Foreshore Cafe, Nightcliff
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Mins of Meeting
Date: 06-08-2019 Time: 11:25 am
Venue: Muscat room, Level 10, Mitchell Centre
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View of a kingfisher
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Acrylic
Dimension: 40cm x 50cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:
Local artist Veronica Hodges paints in a variety of mediums and loves the NT for inspiration in flora and fauna
Land Far Away
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Acrylic
Dimension: 20cm x 25cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:
Using accented real skeleton leaves and an imaginary painted scene. A whimsical viewpoint of “A Land Far Away” in acrylic. As artists always ponder, play and dream to disconnect from the everyday business of life.
28.5.19 AENT Mins. of Meeting
Date: 23-07-2019 Time: 01:00 pm
Venue: Level 10, Mitchell Centre, Darwin
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May 2019 AENT Minutes of Meeting
Special Mins. of Meeting 20.6.19
Date: 20-06-2019 Time: 12:55 pm
Venue: Foreshore Cafe, Nightcliff
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Whimsical Butterfly
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Mixed Media
Dimension: 60cm x 42cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:
Local artist Veronica Hodges prefers watercolour but also works in acrylic and mixed media. A resident of the NT for 50 years who loves the flora and fauna for inspirational works. “Play 2019” incorporates a more whimsical, lighthearted view of our world.
Home of Fireflies
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Watercolour
Dimension: 30cm x 21cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:
Local artist Veronica Hodges prefers watercolour but also works in acrylic and mixed media. A resident of the NT for 50 years who loves the flora and fauna for inspirational works. “Play 2019” incorporates a more whimsical, lighthearted view of our world.
Ernestine Emu
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Watercolour
Dimension: 30cm x 21cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:
Local artist Veronica Hodges prefers watercolour but also works in acrylic and mixed media. A resident of the NT for 50 years who loves the flora and fauna for inspirational works. “Play 2019” incorporates a more whimsical, lighthearted view of our world.
Ernie Emu
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Watercolour
Dimension: 30cm x 21cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:
Local artist Veronica Hodges prefers watercolour but also works in acrylic and mixed media. A resident of the NT for 50 years who loves the flora and fauna for inspirational works. “Play 2019” incorporates a more whimsical, light-hearted view of our world.
AENT Mins. of Meeting 28.5.19
Date: 05-06-2019 Time: 12:45 pm
Venue: Coffee Club, Darwin City
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AENT Mins. of Meeting
Date: 07-05-2019 Time: 02:37 pm
Venue: Ski Club, Fannie Bay on Monday 29.4.19 at 4.30pm
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President’s Report 2018-2019
Date: 29-04-2019 Time: 10:45 am
Venue: Darwin
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29.4.2019 Meeting Agenda
Date: 26-04-2019 Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Ski Club, Fannie Bay on Monday 29.4.19 at 4.30pm
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18.3.19 AENT Minutes of Meeting
Date: 22-03-2019 Time: 11:30 am
Venue: Level 10, Mitchell Centre, Darwin
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7.2.19 AENT Mins. of Meeting
Date: 27-02-2019 Time: 02:45 pm
Venue: Level 10, Mitchell Centre, Darwin
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7.2.19 AENT Mins. of Meeting
Date: 22-02-2019 Time: 02:10 pm
Venue: Level 10, Mitchell Centre, Darwin
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Waterfall
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Watercolour
Dimension: 25cm x 35cm x 3cm
Artist Statement:
Watercolour can create the most amazing marks and hues on paper. A Northern Territory inspired waterfall.
Jabirus at Billabong
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Watercolour and mixed media
Dimension: 40cm x 55cm x 3cm
Artist Statement:
A typical scene in the Wetlands and billabongs of the Northern Territory, if you are lucky enough to spot them! A gentle watercolour with a bit of mixed media to give more character to the tree and foreground.
Storm over Escarpment
Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Mixed
Dimension: 60cm x 45cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:
Usually I make my own texture in handmade paper and teach others how to make paper from recycling cotton, denim and plants into unique papers. Texture on paper is something I enjoy creating and this painting is mostly watercolour on 100% cotton Arches paper. I wanted the feel of the rocks to be tactile to the viewer to want to touch the textures and be part of the scene. A tropical scene common in the Northern Territory we can all relate to and enjoy.
AENT Minutes of General Meeting 21 June 2018
Date: 23-06-2018 Time: 12:49 pm
Venue: CDU Gallery
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