Out of the ART ROOM - AENT Members' Exhibition

Artist: Mandy Rains
Mediums: Yarn, filler, wire, beads
Dimension: 27cm x 7cm x 7cm
Artist Statement:

While visiting my mum I would have my breakfast with the Lorikeets each morning. Here I would study their appearance and quirky behaviours.

Artist: Janie Andrews
Mediums: Hand painted silk
Dimension: 110cm x 200cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

Ditto the Arafura Mermaid

Artist: Janie Andrews
Mediums: Hand painted silk
Dimension: 114cm x 200cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

The Arafura Mermaid is an image that crosses many cultures. She is the alluring female spirit in many mythologies and I have been drawn to this imagery whilst living by the mythical Arafura Sea here in the Tropics.
The banner can be used outside for special occasions or embellish an interior space.

Artist: Samantha Galletly
Mediums: Watercolour and Gouache on board
Dimension: 24cm x 24cm x 3cm
Artist Statement:

N/A

Artist: Mandy Rains
Mediums: Yarn, beads, fabric, wire and filler
Dimension: 32cm x 7cm x 7cm
Artist Statement:

While staying at my mum’s place, I was feeding a collection of birds in a Jacaranda tree, of which the Loorikeets were permanent residents. I would have my breakfast with them daily and study their appearance and quirky behaviours.

Artist: Mandy Rains
Mediums: Acrylic on board
Dimension: 31cm x 26cm x 1.5cm
Artist Statement:

I just love old chairs and trying to capture their charm and character.

Artist: Mandy Rains
Mediums: Acrylic on board
Dimension: 26cm x 21cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

I first noticed Spangled Drongos on a camping trip and was amused not only by their name but by their unique call and found their fishtails another unique feature.

Artist: Mandy
Mediums: Conte Crayon on cardboard
Dimension: 27cm x 22cm x 1.5cm
Artist Statement:

Fishing is often more about getting away from it all and being amidst the natural environment. For a time you are released from your own reality… so it’s not all about the catch!

Artist: Mandy Rains
Mediums: A Birds View
Dimension: 25cm x 20cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

When I worked out bush you’d see a lot of Wedgetail eagles gliding high above the land. This is may simplistic interprtation of what they would see.

Artist: Mandy Rains
Mediums: Acrylic on board
Dimension: 21cm x 26cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

I really enjoy bird watching these days and the finches are so delightful the way they bunch on a branch and chirp away.

Artist: Mandy Rains
Mediums: Acrylic Paint
Dimension: 21cm x 26cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

There’s something comforting and very familiar about painting an old fashioned Still Life.

Artist: Korin Lesh
Mediums: acrylic paint on canvas
Dimension: 35.5cm x 25cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

I have always dreamed of living in an elevated house like my childhood home.

Artist: Korin Lesh
Mediums: acrylic paint on canvas
Dimension: 35.5cm x 25cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

Water towers spot the landscape around here. They seem to be standing at attention – all across town.

Artist: Korin Lesh
Mediums: acrylic paint on canvas
Dimension: 101cm x 76cm x 3.5cm
Artist Statement:

This town sprouts green tropical growth while often glaring with white concrete. I like to focus on the green.

Artist: Joanne Green
Mediums: Mixed Media
Dimension: 21cm x 15cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

My students often ask me, “Who is your favorite artist Miss?” “Where do I start?” I would often reply. What day of the week is it, where have I been lately, what have I been reading or listening to? It is hard to isolate and pick a favorite, for me there are far too many. I often look for individuals to inspire me, a comment, a phrase; I look for the extraordinary that stimulates and invites me to look at the world from a different perspective.
The list in long, but here are a few names (not in any particular order) that help motivate me and ultimately, teach me and inspire me.

Artist: Joanne Green
Mediums: Mixed media
Dimension: 21cm x 15cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

My students often ask me, “Who is your favorite artist Miss?” “Where do I start?” I would often reply. What day of the week is it, where have I been lately, what have I been reading or listening to? It is hard to isolate and pick a favorite, for me there are far too many. I often look for individuals to inspire me, a comment, a phrase; I look for the extraordinary that stimulates and invites me to look at the world from a different perspective.
The list in long, but here are a few names (not in any particular order) that help motivate me and ultimately, teach me and inspire me.

Artist: Joanne Green
Mediums: Mixed media
Dimension: 21cm x 15cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

My students often ask me, “Who is your favorite artist Miss?” “Where do I start?” I would often reply. What day of the week is it, where have I been lately, what have I been reading or listening to? It is hard to isolate and pick a favorite, for me there are far too many. I often look for individuals to inspire me, a comment, a phrase; I look for the extraordinary that stimulates and invites me to look at the world from a different perspective.
The list in long, but here are a few names (not in any particular order) that help motivate me and ultimately, teach me and inspire me.

Artist: Joanne Green
Mediums: Mixed media
Dimension: 15cm x 21cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

My students often ask me, “Who is your favorite artist Miss?” “Where do I start?” I would often reply. What day of the week is it, where have I been lately, what have I been reading or listening to? It is hard to isolate and pick a favorite, for me there are far too many. I often look for individuals to inspire me, a comment, a phrase; I look for the extraordinary that stimulates and invites me to look at the world from a different perspective.
The list in long, but here are a few names (not in any particular order) that help motivate me and ultimately, teach me and inspire me.

Artist: Joanne Green
Mediums: Mixed media
Dimension: 15cm x 21cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

My students often ask me, “Who is your favorite artist Miss?” “Where do I start?” I would often reply. What day of the week is it, where have I been lately, what have I been reading or listening to? It is hard to isolate and pick a favorite, for me there are far too many. I often look for individuals to inspire me, a comment, a phrase; I look for the extraordinary that stimulates and invites me to look at the world from a different perspective.
The list in long, but here are a few names (not in any particular order) that help motivate me and ultimately, teach me and inspire me.

Artist: Joanne Green
Mediums: Mixed Media
Dimension: 15cm x 21cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

My students often ask me, “Who is your favorite artist Miss?” “Where do I start?” I would often reply. What day of the week is it, where have I been lately, what have I been reading or listening to? It is hard to isolate and pick a favorite, for me there are far too many. I often look for individuals to inspire me, a comment, a phrase; I look for the extraordinary that stimulates and invites me to look at the world from a different perspective.
The list in long, but here are a few names (not in any particular order) that help motivate me and ultimately, teach me and inspire me.

Artist: Joanne Green
Mediums: Mixed Media
Dimension: 21cm x 15cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

My students often ask me, “Who is your favorite artist Miss?” “Where do I start?” I would often reply. What day of the week is it, where have I been lately, what have I been reading or listening to? It is hard to isolate and pick a favorite, for me there are far too many. I often look for individuals to inspire me, a comment, a phrase; I look for the extraordinary that stimulates and invites me to look at the world from a different perspective.
The list in long, but here are a few names (not in any particular order) that help motivate me and ultimately, teach me and inspire me.

Artist: Joanne Green
Mediums: Mixed media
Dimension: 15cm x 21cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

My students often ask me, “Who is your favorite artist Miss?” “Where do I start?” I would often reply. What day of the week is it, where have I been lately, what have I been reading or listening to? It is hard to isolate and pick a favorite, for me there are far too many. I often look for individuals to inspire me, a comment, a phrase; I look for the extraordinary that stimulates and invites me to look at the world from a different perspective.
The list in long, but here are a few names (not in any particular order) that help motivate me and ultimately, teach me and inspire me.

Artist: Joanne Green
Mediums: digital print
Dimension: 10.5cm x 14.8cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

A6 Postcard: 8 digital photographs of original works printed on gloss card.

My students often ask me, “Who is your favorite artist Miss?” “Where do I start?” I would often reply. What day of the week is it, where have I been lately, what have I been reading or listening to? It is hard to isolate and pick a favorite, for me there are far too many. I often look for individuals to inspire me, a comment, a phrase; I look for the extraordinary that stimulates and invites me to look at the world from a different viewpoint.
The list in long, but here are a few artists and educators (not in any particular order) that help motivate me and ultimately teach me and inspire me.

Artist: Janie Andrews
Mediums: Hand printed cotton
Dimension: 48cm x 48cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

Screen and block printed designs onto cotton for neckerchief or headscarf.

Artist: Janie Andrews
Mediums: Hand printed cotton
Dimension: 120cm x 62cm x 5cm
Artist Statement:

‘Jungle Kimono’ was created for the ‘Wild Thing’ theme for the Sustainable Couture Festival in Alice Springs in 2016.

Artist: Janie Andrews
Mediums: Upcycled clothing with embroidery
Dimension: 68cm x 78cm x 5cm
Artist Statement:

This is one of three catwalk items I made for the Sustainable Couture Festival in Alice Springs in 2016.

Artist: Janie Andrews
Mediums: Upcycled clothing, upholstery fabric, wadding,
Dimension: 42cm x 45cm x 34cm
Artist Statement:

This costume was made for the Sustainable Couture Festival in Alice Springs 2016. The theme set for the festival was ‘Wild Thing’ so my response was to create an outfit based on a native creature from the desert country of Northern Territory. This was one of three catwalk items and numerous outfis for a pop up shop held after the show in the centre of Alice Springs.

Artist: Heather
Mediums: Acrylic and spay paint.
Dimension: 60cm x 50cm x 3cm
Artist Statement:

This painting was inspired by my short stay in Melbourne during the mid year break. On my way back up to Darwin from Tasmania I always stop through Melbourne where I always get that same electric vibe of energy, colourfulness and independence. I wanted to explore the relationships of colour, shape and femininity – How a grown woman can feel so big but yet so small in such a diverse city.

Artist: pozy dalgleish
Mediums: knitting
Dimension: 20cm x 25cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

as previous

Artist: Pozy Dalgleish
Mediums: knittieng
Dimension: 20cm x 25cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

as previous

Artist: pozy dalgleish
Mediums: Knitting
Dimension: 45cm x 25cm x 15cm
Artist Statement:

not artist statement: this photo for catalogue

Artist: pozy Dalgleish
Mediums: Knitting
Dimension: 45cm x 25cm x 15cm
Artist Statement:

not artist statement: this photo for the catalogue

Artist: Pozy Dalgleish
Mediums: Knitting
Dimension: 15cm x 20cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

as previous

Artist: pozy.dalgleish@ntschools.net
Mediums: Knitting
Dimension: 20cm x 25cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

as previous

Artist: Pozy Dalgleish
Mediums: Knitting
Dimension: 20cm x 25cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

as previous

Artist: Pozy Dalgleish
Mediums: Knitting
Dimension: 20cm x 25cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

as previous

Artist: Pozy Dalgleish
Mediums: Knitting
Dimension: 20cm x 25cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

Pussyhat pussyhat where have you been…
I have been knitting on and off since my teens for personal meditation, gifts for friends and donations for charitable organisations. I teach knitting to children as young as 7 and have recently been participating in sanctioned yarn bombing and resistance knitting.
People have been participating in resistance knitting for over 100 years including knitting in coded messages during WW2, using knitting as a cover for spying and more recently the Pussyhat Project which originated earlier this year in the USA.
The Pussyhat is a symbol of support and solidarity for women’s rights and political resistance. Inspired by their mission I have created a number of pussyhats to help spread the love. These pussyhats are not exclusively for women, they are for anyone who cares to make a unique visual statement. All profits raised from the sale of pussyhats will be reinvested in wool to knit more items for the charitable organisation Knit One Give One (KOGO).
Power to the pussy!

Artist: Jenny shepherd
Mediums: mixed media
Dimension: 90cm x 60cm x 4cm
Artist Statement:

Life in a still life is about feeling tensions in the spaces.

Artist: Sonia Martignon
Mediums: Graphite, acrylic and smalti glass on wood panel
Dimension: 26cm x 19cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

I think I’m infected by art. I need to create it all the time. I traverse different mediums, exploring materials and methods that best express my ideas. I’m deeply inspired by the landscape but, occasionally, I take a break from the challenge of painting nature and delve into the chatter of the human psyche. ‘Confessions of a Hipster’ is a series that evolved during one of these breaks. P.S.: No hipsters were harmed during this process.

Artist: Sonia Martignon
Mediums: Graphite, acrylic and smalti glass on wood panel
Dimension: 28.5cm x 15cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

I think I’m infected by art. I need to create it all the time. I traverse different mediums, exploring materials and methods that best express my ideas. I’m deeply inspired by the landscape but, occasionally, I take a break from the challenge of painting nature and delve into the chatter of the human psyche. ‘Confessions of a Hipster’ is a series that evolved during one of these breaks. P.S.: No hipsters were harmed during this process.

Artist: Sonia Martignon
Mediums: Graphite, acrylic and smalti glass on wood panel
Dimension: 25cm x 15.5cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

I think I’m infected by art. I need to create it all the time. I traverse different mediums, exploring materials and methods that best express my ideas. I’m deeply inspired by the landscape but, occasionally, I take a break from the challenge of painting nature and delve into the chatter of the human psyche. ‘Confessions of a Hipster’ is a series that evolved during one of these breaks. P.S.: No hipsters were harmed during this process.

Artist: Sonia Martignon
Mediums: Graphite, acrylic and smalti glass on wood panel
Dimension: 28.5cm x 18.5cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

I think I’m infected by art. I need to create it all the time. I traverse different mediums, exploring materials and methods that best express my ideas. I’m deeply inspired by the landscape but, occasionally, I take a break from the challenge of painting nature and delve into the chatter of the human psyche. ‘Confessions of a Hipster’ is a series that evolved during one of these breaks. P.S.: No hipsters were harmed during this process.

Artist: Sonia Martignon
Mediums: Graphite, acrylic and smalti glass on wood panel
Dimension: 24cm x 25cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

I think I’m infected by art. I need to create it all the time. I traverse different mediums, exploring materials and methods that best express my ideas. I’m deeply inspired by the landscape but, occasionally, I take a break from the challenge of painting nature and delve into the chatter of the human psyche. ‘Confessions of a Hipster’ is a series that evolved during one of these breaks. P.S.: No hipsters were harmed during this process.

Artist: Sonia Martignon
Mediums: Graphite, acrylic and smalti glass on wood panel
Dimension: 26cm x 13.5cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

I think I’m infected by art. I need to create it all the time. I traverse different mediums, exploring materials and methods that best express my ideas. I’m deeply inspired by the landscape but, occasionally, I take a break from the challenge of painting nature and delve into the chatter of the human psyche. ‘Confessions of a Hipster’ is a series that evolved during one of these breaks. P.S.: No hipsters were harmed during this process.

Artist: Sonia Martignon
Mediums: Graphite, acrylic and smalti glass on wood panel
Dimension: 29cm x 23cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

I think I’m infected by art. I need to create it all the time. I traverse different mediums, exploring materials and methods that best express my ideas. I’m deeply inspired by the landscape but, occasionally, I take a break from the challenge of painting nature and delve into the chatter of the human psyche. ‘Confessions of a Hipster’ is a series that evolved during one of these breaks. P.S.: No hipsters were harmed during this process.

Artist: Sonia Martignon
Mediums: Graphite, acrylic and smalti glass on wood panel
Dimension: 30cm x 18cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

I think I’m infected by art. I need to create it all the time. I traverse different mediums, exploring materials and methods that best express my ideas. I’m deeply inspired by the landscape but, occasionally, I take a break from the challenge of painting nature and delve into the chatter of the human psyche. ‘Confessions of a Hipster’ is a series that evolved during one of these breaks. P.S.: No hipsters were harmed during this process.

Artist: Megan Robertson
Mediums: acrylic paint
Dimension: 80cm x 100cm x 4cm
Artist Statement:

This artwork is titled ‘Escape’. It originates from the idea that my creativity flows from inside my body and onto the canvas. I have gained inspiration from the futurist artists and enjoy the vibrant use of colour and movement in their paintings.
My name is Megan Robertson. I studied a double degree of a Bachelor of Creative Industries in Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Education at the Queensland University of Technology. In the past, I have worked with sculpture and assemblage, wire, objects, photography and performance.
I have been living and working in Darwin for the past 10 years.
MeRo2017

Artist: Alison Dowell
Mediums: oil on canvas
Dimension: 40cm x 40cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

Down at the foreshore at the end of the day, Darwinites walk, talk, cycle, run, play, lie down, roll about, swim, paddle, beachcomb, meet up, catch up, check each other out.

Artist: Amber Reid
Mediums: acrylic on canvas
Dimension: 76cm x 61cm x 3cm
Artist Statement:

This painting was inspired by my recent trip to South America, where I came across a garden of hummingbirds. These beautiful creatures hypnotised me with their constant flurry of movement and energy and amazing colours. I hoped to capture these qualities in my painting.

Artist: Emma Long
Mediums: Acrylic on Board
Dimension: 27.5cm x 37cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

This painting is a part of a larger constellation series exploring the stories of the stars over time and interpreting them through my own experiences and memories. The Mud Crab tells many stories of fishing with family to sharing a delicious feast with friends.

Artist: Gisela Pineiro
Mediums: acrylic on canvas
Dimension: 90cm x 70cm x 35cm
Artist Statement:

This artwork is about looking into my heritage from Africa. I am dreaming of what a queen of peace may look like. It’s all imagination and drawing images that emerge from the subconscious.

Artist: Elizabeth Romeril
Mediums: Chine-colle
Dimension: 18cm x 12cm x 0cm
Artist Statement:

These prints were created at a workshop I attended in the recent school holidays at the Australian Print Workshop in Fitzroy, Melbourne. I have a habit of collecting objects I find around me from nature, including sticks, twigs, seed pods, bark, bones and coral. I enjoy looking at the finer detail and the stories these collections tell. The work is titled based on the location of where I gathered these objects.

Artist: Elizabeth Romeril
Mediums: Chine-colle
Dimension: 18cm x 12cm x 0cm
Artist Statement:

These prints were created at a workshop I attended in the recent school holidays at the Australian Print Workshop in Fitzroy, Melbourne. I have a habit of collecting objects I find around me from nature, including sticks, twigs, seed pods, bark, bones and coral. I enjoy looking at the finer detail and the stories these collections tell. The work is titled based on the location of where I gathered these objects.

Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Handmade Paper Hand Stitched in Leather Journal
Dimension: 16.5cm x 13cm x 3cm
Artist Statement:

Leather Bound Journal with Handmade Papers of denim, cotton and pure plant fibres.
Veronica Hodges Artist Statement
I make handmade papers from recycled fibres like denim, cotton and pure plants. The process and technique may be over 2,000 years old, but the satisfaction and therapeutic experience is always inspiring and so relaxing. Each paper you create is unique, tactile and textural with individual fibres shining. Each piece can be embellished with leaves, petals, embossed, sculptured, textured, or be left as pure as snow with hints of gold, copper or silver leaf. The feel in your hands is pure luxury and a joy to have been created with your own hands from refuse of home or society. Your imagination is the only thing that limits the use of these gorgeous papers. I run workshops and teach young and old how to recycle and make your own papers.
www.veronicahodges.com.au

Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Handmade Paper Collage
Dimension: 30cm x 25cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

What Lies Beneath – Handmade Paper Collage by Veronica Hodges
As a hand papermaker, I wanted to share the textures in the paper and the wonderful patterns that our local crocodile species has. Simple, yet uniquely distinguished in pure natural fibres and imagery. These papers are from denim and plant fibres (background paper), Cotton and plant fibres with embedded gum leaf, embossed Gamba Grass (croc eye) and cotton with mono print Pandanus Leaf.

Veronica Hodges Artist Statement
I love to paint in watercolour and prefer a loose style of imagery that lets the mind to be drawn on what the rest may be. I make handmade papers from recycled fibres like denim, cotton and pure plants. The process and technique may be over 2,000 years old, but the satisfaction and therapeutic experience is always inspiring and so relaxing. Each paper you create is unique, tactile and textural with individual fibres shining. Each piece can be embellished with leaves, petals, embossed, sculptured, textured, or be left as pure as snow with hints of gold, copper or silver leaf. The feel in your hands is pure luxury and a joy to have been created with your own hands from refuse of home or society. Your imagination is the only thing that limits the use of these gorgeous papers. I run workshops and teach young and old how to recycle and make your own papers.
www.veronicahodges.com.au

Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Watercolour
Dimension: 21cm x 30cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

Once Upon a Time – Watercolour by Veronica Hodges
Many layers of diluted watercolour were used to create a scene far removed from our modern bustling lives. A loose suggestion of a time long ago in an unknown land.

Veronica Hodges Artist Statement
I love to paint in watercolour and prefer a loose style of imagery that lets the mind to be drawn on what the rest may be. I make handmade papers from recycled fibres like denim, cotton and pure plants. The process and technique may be over 2,000 years old, but the satisfaction and therapeutic experience is always inspiring and so relaxing. Each paper you create is unique, tactile and textural with individual fibres shining. Each piece can be embellished with leaves, petals, embossed, sculptured, textured, or be left as pure as snow with hints of gold, copper or silver leaf. The feel in your hands is pure luxury and a joy to have been created with your own hands from refuse of home or society. Your imagination is the only thing that limits the use of these gorgeous papers. I run workshops and teach young and old how to recycle and make your own papers.
www.veronicahodges.com.au

Artist: Veronica Hodges
Mediums: Watercolour
Dimension: 25cm x 30cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

Bird Of Prey – Watercolour by Veronica Hodges
Watercolour in a loose style expressing this majestic bird lifting his wings on his perch looking relaxed and yet majestic. Keeping the focal point on his face yet leaving the rest to your imagination.

Veronica Hodges Artist Statement
I love to paint in watercolour and prefer a loose style of imagery that lets the mind to be drawn on what the rest may be. I make handmade papers from recycled fibres like denim, cotton and pure plants. The process and technique may be over 2,000 years old, but the satisfaction and therapeutic experience is always inspiring and so relaxing. Each paper you create is unique, tactile and textural with individual fibres shining. Each piece can be embellished with leaves, petals, embossed, sculptured, textured, or be left as pure as snow with hints of gold, copper or silver leaf. The feel in your hands is pure luxury and a joy to have been created with your own hands from refuse of home or society. Your imagination is the only thing that limits the use of these gorgeous papers. I run workshops and teach young and old how to recycle and make your own papers.
www.veronicahodges.com.au

Artist: Tiffany Okazaki
Mediums: Wood, engraving, burning, acrylic
Dimension: 19cm x 20cm x 6cm
Artist Statement:

N/A

Artist: Tiffany Okazaki
Mediums: Wood, engraving, burning, acrylic
Dimension: 19cm x 18cm x 6cm
Artist Statement:

N/A

Artist: Tiffany Okazaki
Mediums: Wood, engraving, burning, acrylic
Dimension: 19cm x 18cm x 6cm
Artist Statement:

N/A

Artist: Tiffany Okazaki
Mediums: Wood, engraving, burning, acrylic
Dimension: 19cm x 15cm x 6cm
Artist Statement:

N/A

Artist: Tiffany Okazaki
Mediums: Wood, engraving, burning, acrylic
Dimension: 19cm x 15cm x 6cm
Artist Statement:

N/A

Artist: tiffany okazaki
Mediums: Wood, engraving, burning, acrylic
Dimension: 19cm x 13cm x 6cm
Artist Statement:

NA

Artist: Tiffany Okazaki
Mediums: wood, engraving, burning and arcyclic
Dimension: 19cm x 21cm x 6cm
Artist Statement:

N/A

Artist: polly Johnstone
Mediums: Acrylic paint on canvas
Dimension: 10cm x 10cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

Appreciating the little things.

Artist: Polly Johnstone
Mediums: Acrylic paint on canvas
Dimension: 10cm x 10cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

Appreciating the little things.

Artist: Tina Trudgen
Mediums: recycled paper and cardboard collage
Dimension: 33cm x 50cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

Tina Trudgen, has been a practicing artist since she could pick up a crayon or make sculptures with sticks and vines. Her first exhibition was at her primary school fete with a squash and carrot ballerina, winning the converted prize of a mug. Since this time she has explored almost every art form she possibly could from drawing to sculpture, woodwork to crochet. Tina studied and completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and then a Graduate Diploma of education. After completing her education qualification, Tina has worked as a classroom teacher and specialist teacher, teaching mainly the Arts. She currently is working at Millner Primary School as a NCT teacher.
Tina has exhibited in several group exhibitions including shows at Monash University where she studied and with community Art prizes, but also a solo photography exhibition in Perth WA. Her practice has evolved to blur the lines between Art and Craft, now only using Recycled materials to create Art pieces. The body of work entered into “out of the ART ROOM” show insights into Tina’s recent exploration of a Visualisation Practice and are representations of her ‘Happy Place’s.

Artist: Tina Trudgen
Mediums: recycled paper and cardboard collage
Dimension: 33.5cm x 15.6cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

Tina Trudgen, has been a practicing artist since she could pick up a crayon or make sculptures with sticks and vines. Her first exhibition was at her primary school fete with a squash and carrot ballerina, winning the converted prize of a mug. Since this time she has explored almost every art form she possibly could from drawing to sculpture, woodwork to crochet. Tina studied and completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and then a Graduate Diploma of education. After completing her education qualification, Tina has worked as a classroom teacher and specialist teacher, teaching mainly the Arts. She currently is working at Millner Primary School as a NCT teacher.
Tina has exhibited in several group exhibitions including shows at Monash University where she studied and with community Art prizes, but also a solo photography exhibition in Perth WA. Her practice has evolved to blur the lines between Art and Craft, now only using Recycled materials to create Art pieces. The body of work entered into “out of the ART ROOM” show insights into Tina’s recent exploration of a Visualisation Practice and are representations of her ‘Happy Place’s.

Artist: Tina Trudgen
Mediums: recycled paper and cardboard collage
Dimension: 18cm x 10.4cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

Tina Trudgen, has been a practicing artist since she could pick up a crayon or make sculptures with sticks and vines. Her first exhibition was at her primary school fete with a squash and carrot ballerina, winning the converted prize of a mug. Since this time she has explored almost every art form she possibly could from drawing to sculpture, woodwork to crochet. Tina studied and completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and then a Graduate Diploma of education. After completing her education qualification, Tina has worked as a classroom teacher and specialist teacher, teaching mainly the Arts. She currently is working at Millner Primary School as a NCT teacher.
Tina has exhibited in several group exhibitions including shows at Monash University where she studied and with community Art prizes, but also a solo photography exhibition in Perth WA. Her practice has evolved to blur the lines between Art and Craft, now only using Recycled materials to create Art pieces. The body of work entered into “out of the ART ROOM” show insights into Tina’s recent exploration of a Visualisation Practice and are representations of her ‘Happy Place’s.

Artist: Tina Trudgen
Mediums: recycled paper and cardboard collage
Dimension: 43cm x 9.8cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

Tina Trudgen, has been a practicing artist since she could pick up a crayon or make sculptures with sticks and vines. Her first exhibition was at her primary school fete with a squash and carrot ballerina, winning the converted prize of a mug. Since this time she has explored almost every art form she possibly could from drawing to sculpture, woodwork to crochet. Tina studied and completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and then a Graduate Diploma of education. After completing her education qualification, Tina has worked as a classroom teacher and specialist teacher, teaching mainly the Arts. She currently is working at Millner Primary School as a NCT teacher.
Tina has exhibited in several group exhibitions including shows at Monash University where she studied and with community Art prizes, but also a solo photography exhibition in Perth WA. Her practice has evolved to blur the lines between Art and Craft, now only using Recycled materials to create Art pieces. The body of work entered into “out of the ART ROOM” show insights into Tina’s recent exploration of a Visualisation Practice and are representations of her ‘Happy Place’s.

Artist: Tina Trudgen
Mediums: recycled paper and cardboard collage
Dimension: 44cm x 35cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

Tina Trudgen, has been a practicing artist since she could pick up a crayon or make sculptures with sticks and vines. Her first exhibition was at her primary school fete with a squash and carrot ballerina, winning the converted prize of a mug. Since this time she has explored almost every art form she possibly could from drawing to sculpture, woodwork to crochet. Tina studied and completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and then a Graduate Diploma of education. After completing her education qualification, Tina has worked as a classroom teacher and specialist teacher, teaching mainly the Arts. She currently is working at Millner Primary School as a NCT teacher.
Tina has exhibited in several group exhibitions including shows at Monash University where she studied and with community Art prizes, but also a solo photography exhibition in Perth WA. Her practice has evolved to blur the lines between Art and Craft, now only using Recycled materials to create Art pieces. The body of work entered into “out of the ART ROOM” show insights into Tina’s recent exploration of a Visualisation Practice and are representations of her ‘Happy Place’s.

Artist: Polly Johnstone
Mediums: Acrylic paint on canvas
Dimension: 10cm x 10cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

Appreciating the little things.

Artist: Samantha Galletly
Mediums: Watercolour and Gouache on board
Dimension: 24cm x 24cm x 3cm
Artist Statement:

Back in the New England where I grew up my Granny would put out seeds and honey for the wild birds everyday. I have such clear memories of a game we played on the drive out to her farm, guessing the name given to a groups of animals, this being a Chime of Wrens.

Artist: Samantha Galletly
Mediums: watercolour and gouache on board
Dimension: 19cm x 19cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

Saturday mornings are always the same…. a breakfast laska, juice and beautiful tropical flowers. This has been my unchanged routine for the last 7 years that I have lived and taught in Darwin.

Artist: Polly Johnstone
Mediums: Acrylic paint on canvas
Dimension: 10cm x 10cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

Appreciating the little things.

Artist: Katherine Bradley
Mediums: Chinagraph on paper
Dimension: 50cm x 80cm x 3cm
Artist Statement:

Dingos
Drawing done as part of the Artist in the Park residency.

Artist: Katherine Bradley
Mediums: Oil on linen
Dimension: 50cm x 150cm x 4cm
Artist Statement:

Inspired by the ‘ancientness’ of the landscape we live near. Australia, long before it had that name is a title I have used for bodies of work that dipict the beginning of time until first contact. This is the second of six paintings.

Artist: Kim Boardman
Mediums: Clay
Dimension: 100cm x 100cm x 2cm
Artist Statement:

My ceramic magpie geese were inspired by the seasonal visits by these beautiful birds to my old unit complex. I’ve found myself missing them now that my new neighbourhood and veggie patch gets visits from bush chooks instead! Having recently done a workshop with Janie Andrews I decided to try making handmade tiles and this work is my first experimentation with this medium. I enjoyed the contradiction of textures; making feathered creatures out of clay and mimicking the movement of flight with a statue-like material.

Artist: Debbie Walter
Mediums: acrylic on canvas
Dimension: 30cm x 25cm x 4cm
Artist Statement:

Colourfull Darwin workshop piece inspired by Marita Albers

Artist: Debbie Walter
Mediums: acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Dimension: 80cm x 110cm x 4cm
Artist Statement:

Over the last year or so I have been working on a series of paintings which I refer to as ‘Time layers’. These works are part of a long running interest and exploration into mortality and time.
With the added Influence of the various landscape I have experienced in my Australian travels, my recent work has become more landscape in appearance… yet still a representation of time, through a cross section of a semi abstract landscape. To me they represent the layers, cracks and markings of time… remnants of people, relationships and experiences.

Artist: Debbie Walter
Mediums: acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Dimension: 80cm x 130cm x 4cm
Artist Statement:

Over the last year or so I have been working on a series of paintings which I refer to as ‘Time layers’. These works are part of a long running interest and exploration into mortality and time.
With the added Influence of the various landscape I have experienced in my travels in Australia, my recent work has become more landscape in appearance… yet still a representation of time, through a cross section of a semi abstract landscape. To me they represent the layers, cracks and markings of time… remnants of people, relationships and experiences.

Artist: Bronwyn Packwood
Mediums: Silk, botanical printing, indigo
Dimension: 140cm x 28cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

My creative process commences with a vast amount of research and collection of images. In the early stages I look for inspiration, innovative ideas, new techniques and strong design principles. This is followed by sketches and rough designs. If I am collaborating with another artist I spend a lot of time conferencing and sharing ideas. When the ideas or designs are in their embryonic stages I investigate materials and techniques for their potential possibilities. This leads back to the design so that the materials and processes guide the development of the artwork.

Artist: Bronwyn Packwood
Mediums: Silk, botanical printing, indigo
Dimension: 160cm x 42cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:

My creative process commences with a vast amount of research and collection of images. In the early stages I look for inspiration, innovative ideas, new techniques and strong design principles. This is followed by sketches and rough designs. If I am collaborating with another artist I spend a lot of time conferencing and sharing ideas. When the ideas or designs are in their embryonic stages I investigate materials and techniques for their potential possibilities. This leads back to the design so that the materials and processes guide the development of the artwork.