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Jean Carney Dip.Art.Ed. has worked as an educator for much of her life, and has taken advantage of many opportunities to improve her own knowledge and learn new skills. As a painter, she loves watercolours. She has developed her own style with this medium and she favours floral scenes and many other topics from Nature. “Wildflowers and birds, rocky creeks and the surrounding bush enjoyed during long summer holidays, as well as my mother’s paintings, give me motivation,” she explains. “These are the things which early established my attitude to art; and they are the kinds of images which inspire me to paint.” A career in teaching and an opportunity to study at the National Art School in Newcastle led Jean Carney into teaching art at Jesmond High School, Newcastle…

Edward Spessot was born in 1937, at Gradisca in Northern Italy. Gradisca is a small town not far from Venice. In 1950, he left Italy with his family – to settle in the Sydney suburb of Pymble. He completed his schooling in Australia and found his first job with the renowned Sydney sculpture house, Pellegrini’s. Displaying a natural talent, Edward was encouraged to further his studies. He chose to pursue woodcarving and sculpture under the expert tutelage of Lyndon Dadswell and William Lamb (both well known Sydney sculptors). An appreciation of the Australian landscape led Edward Spessot back to his first passion: A passion for painting. His unique artistic background has helped him to win awards at several significant art shows, including several first prizes. His work displays a great…

WATERCOLOUR PAPER Watercolour’s are a difficult medium to work with. Using quality materials makes the experience much easier and the first place to start is with the paper. There are two philosophies when it comes to beginning watercolourists and the choice of paper. One thought is that a beginner should start with an economy grade paper so that they don’t have to worry about wasting paper if the artwork doesn’t suit them. This can encourage practise and experimentation without inhibition. The second perception is that lower quality paper can be too difficult to work with and cause too much frustration and dis-encourage a beginning watercolourist. Watercolour paper is generally made from either wood pulp, cotton or a combination of both. Wood pulp based papers are machine made and tend to…

BOYD FINE ART DISPLAYS LOCAL TALENT THROUGH ‘MY PALETTE’ Earlier this year, the gallery known as Boyd Fine Art (at Harrington Park near Narellan, just south of Sydney) staged an exciting and innovative themed event titled ‘My Palette’. A list of accomplished painters were invited to submit paintings rendered on actual painters’ palettes, to demonstrate their individual styles in an imaginative and interesting manner. Well-known artists who participated in this initiative included David Lake, Lynn Naismith, Brian Stratton, Bill O’Shea, John Cornwell, Kym Hart, Velia Newman and Peter Browne. Work by most of these people is regularly featured at Boyd Fine Art. When approached by gallery operator Malcolm Boyd, they were all keen to be involved in his engaging ‘My Palette’ art show. Malcolm was proud to promote his unique…

Born with a fascination for anatomy, Brett Garling gained the nickname of ‘Monster’ at age five due to his early collecting of bones and animal specimens. ‘Monster’ was quickly shortened to ‘Mon’ and the name stuck. Brett is widely known as ‘Mon’ to friends and collectors alike. ‘Mon’ was born in Pambula in 1970. He spent his childhood in rural towns such as Lightning Ridge, Narrabri and Dubbo where his love of the bush and its characters was nurtured. These themes now play a dominant role in his work. Completely self-taught, he takes great pride in the fact that the influences of the modern art world have not clouded or plagued his development. He has used the greats such as Streeton, Roberts and Hoff as role models. Brett Garling’s fascination…

For Rosie Jones, memories of the first painting she ever did are very strong. “I was sitting on the balcony of a beautiful apartment on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, overlooking a lush rainforest and the vibrant greens of the fairways of a golf course. My father was bringing me glasses of fresh water and snacks whenever I requested, and I painted for three hours without pause,” she relates. “It sounds blissful and romantic – but the truth was far different.” “I was 37 years old; my fourth baby had been born four months previously; and I was in the depths of a raging, devastating psychosis. My mental state was severely altered and I was painting in an attempt to quell the torrent of bizarre thoughts that were occupying my mind.” Rosie…

Robyn Gibson always loved drawing and painting as a child. She knew that one day she would paint, when she found the time. Early in her busy life, the priorities were sport, work and socialising. Then her family came along. When her two daughters started pre-school, she began to attend two hour painting lessons each week. She did this for a couple of years, but never found sufficient time to practise. Two more years went by before she decided to make a real effort. “I needed a place to paint – where everything was set up and ready to go; otherwise it would all become too difficult,” she relates. “I converted the back of our garage to make my own studio – complete with carpet, a cupboard, a bench and…

Having turned his back on a 35-year career as a graphic designer and art director in the advertising and publishing industries, Robert Enemark has now turned his part-time interest in painting and etching into a full-time occupation. Robert graduated in Commercial Illustration (with Credit) from East Sydney Technical College in the late 1960s. After travelling overseas and working in the advertising industry, he became involved in magazine design and worked as art director on Cleo, Woman’s Day and Wellbeing magazines. In 1994, with his wife Kerry, he formed Rob-Art Studios – a small graphic design operation specialising in desktop publishing of magazines, newsletters, brochures and advertising material. Robert always used his spare time to pursue his interest in fine art, painting in oils and acrylics and printmaking. In the late…

Edward Spessot was born in 1937, at Gradisca in Northern Italy. Gradisca is a small town not far from Venice. In 1950, he left Italy with his family – to settle in the Sydney suburb of Pymble. He completed his schooling in Australia and found his first job with the renowned Sydney sculpture house, Pellegrini’s. Displaying a natural talent, Edward was encouraged to further his studies. He chose to pursue woodcarving and sculpture under the expert tutelage of Lyndon Dadswell and William Lamb (both well known Sydney sculptors). An appreciation of the Australian landscape led Edward Spessot back to his first passion: A passion for painting. His unique artistic background has helped him to win awards at several significant art shows, including several first prizes. His work displays a great…

MATERIALS • Stretched canvas – 60 x 75 cm. • Acrylic paints (Matisse and Finity): Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue; Cadmium Yellow; Yellow Ochre; Rose Madder; Alizarin Crimson and Burnt Sienna. • Cling wrap. • Card Squeegee . STEP ONE The canvas was primed with gesso but not textured. Usually I like to work on a textured canvas which can give nice shapes and lines to work with. I texture thick acrylic with cards, sometimes using the movement I feel in the subject. I used a small squeegee to mark in the basic lines and movements of the composition. I used a combination of Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna and Alizarin Crimson. STEP TWO I began to work from the sky down. This was unusual for me, as I usually work the…