Innholdsfortegnelse for No. 163 i Artist's Palette

Di Tarrant was born in Adelaide in 1938, the younger of two children. During her early working life she did some nursing, but after marrying and starting a family she undertook clerical duties in the automotive field. She has memories of one art teacher who ‘lit her fire’ when she was a young student. “The art teacher was my favourite, and I remember her after all these years with warm feelings,” Di says. “I guess she kindled the flames that would be fanned later in life – to create the passion I now have for all things artistic.” In 2000, Di Tarrant moved to the far south coast of New South Wales. Prior to this she had seen few opportunities to explore the many fields of art. Unsure of what…

Ed Labadie is a New Zealand artist, formerly from the USA. He is the director of the Arts Academy in Christchurch, where he teaches drawing and painting. His career combines a diverse background in graphic design, illustration and fine arts. He presently concentrates on painting, exhibiting, and teaching throughout Australasia. Ed acquired his Associate of Arts degree in 1972 and continued his studies at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In 1978, he founded ‘Ed Labadie Illustration’ and pursued freelance illustration assignments as well as employment in design businesses. He moved on to more prominent advertising agencies, graphic design studios and publishers in the Los Angeles area. This talented man moved to Boise, Idaho, in 1988 – and launched his own full service graphic design studio. Although the…

Bonnie Behan lives on Queensland’s beautiful Gold Coast. She is an accomplished business operator with a penchant for painting in her spare time. “From memory, I was interested in art from about 14 years of age,” she admits. “I was a bit of a rebel in art classes … when everyone else was doing still life paintings, I was also producing abstract works which weren’t really appreciated or acceptable then.” Despite her youthful exposure to art education, Bonnie has lived without painting for several decades. “About ten years ago, I again felt a strong urge to paint,” she reveals. “So I bought some acrylic paints and masonite board, and painted an abstract woman’s face. This picture is now in a private collection in Papua New Guinea, and probably scaring a…

My name is Allan Mulvaney. I was born in 1944 at Newcastle in New South Wales – the eldest of four children. I grew up at nearby Georgetown and attended secondary school with the Marist Brothers at Hamilton, Bowral and Mittagong. Not finding a vocation as a Marist Brother, I returned to Newcastle and became an Electrical Apprentice at Electric Lamp Manufacturers (Australia). After qualifying as a tradesman, I left ELMA and went contracting; then qualified as a Radio/TV Repairman and Pye Serviceman before returning to ELMA where I spent 18 years as a Shift Maintenance Electrician. A severe electrical shock encouraged me to change direction in employment. I became an Ambulance Officer at Comsteel, Newcastle. I pursued this course for 21 years with extra stints as Shift Supervisor and…

STEP ONE Prime the canvas support with vigorous strokes of gesso, leaving textural lines. Cross-hatch brush marks. Allow this to dry thoroughly. STEP TWO With binder medium, glue randomly-placed roughly-cut pieces of rice paper or textured paper onto the lower third of the canvas. Textured paper should be torn (not cut), to give a better transition of edges when glued. Again, dry thoroughly. STEP THREE Grid the canvas roughly into thirds or quarters, mainly as a guide for applying paint in the colour transitions which are about to take place. Grid lines are used as a guide only and they need to be only lightly drawn or they will contaminate the clarity of the paint. STEPS FOUR AND FIVE Start applying random patchwork style areas of warm and cool ‘yellow…

Peter Heuscher was born in Switzerland in 1943. He was educated in advertising and design, and has lived on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast since 2000 – following early retirement in Switzerland. He has been painting for many years as a hobby. For the past four years he has pursued art full-time with oils, acrylics and mixed media; winning awards in various competitions. Peter has found enlightenment and progress through sharing. “In a search to paint ‘the sharing way’, I have opened my painting process to the influence of others as well,” he explains. “This may seem a contradiction – but this duality more completely represents who I am and what I believe is most important in life.” The content of most of his paintings is shaped through sharing. For landscapes and…

Sue Linton spent her childhood days sketching animals. Later she became enchanted with bushwalking, sailing, sailboarding and other outdoor interests. In 1998, she resumed drawing and art again. Initially she chose life drawing and horses as the targets for her artistic passion. With her partner, Sue shares a home at Quorrobolong – near Cessnock in the New South Wales Hunter Valley region. She has a horse of her own, and a mob of semi-tame kangaroos. She loves to paint a range of subjects, but she specialises in animals. With landscapes, Sue Linton is inspired by the lighting early in the mornings and late in the evenings. Such lighting has a dramatic effect on her local scenery, and she paints on-site when opportunities present. “I find it so much more inspiring…

This picture didn’t go according to plan; which could be proof that if anything can go wrong … I can help it happen! STEP ONE Using a charcoal pencil, I roughly sketched out an outline of the main picture I intended to paint in an abstract style. I used a wet cloth to try to neaten up the edges – which darkened the lines and became the first of several mishaps. STEP TWO I put a small amount of Lichen Grey colour into some modelling compound, to enable me to see where I was placing it. This is an easy way to build up some texture in the painting. Another way is to wet some tissues in craft glue or Aquadhere and scrunch them up, then place them on the…

ARTIST’S PALETTE magazine seeks to showcase the works of talented Australians producing art at a whole range of skill levels, whether they are accomplished creative people with a long history of achievements or beginners (of all ages) striving to build their identities and reach their particular artistic goals. This ‘Gallery’ segment provides a place to display pictures by people who may not have the means or the opportunity to be extensively featured in our magazine. Submissions are sought from such people for future Issues. In each Issue we will seek to display some photographs of works from ‘new’ or unfeted artists – as a means of encouraging their creativity. In the very near future we will also seek to offer a small prize for the most outstanding person in each…

Strolling along North Shore in Noosa recently, I came across a beautiful composition of shells which just struck me. They were laying on the water’s edge with soft ripples of water flowing over them … in and out, in and out. I was so impressed that I decided to paint a little series of ‘Beach Impressions’. I have since finished three of them, and this is the fourth – with all my Artist’s Palette friends invited to paint along with me. Normally, I paint for myself in my studio and only my partner Stefanie and some very close friends might visit sometimes; and comment on the progress of the work. STEP ONE I shot some digital photographs just to keep the feeling alive and to have a reference; and then…

I took a series of sequential action photographs and the reference chosen was a combination of the front of the horse from one photograph and his rear from the next. I was initially going to suggest a background with a stormy sky and grass, but got carried away while painting and decided I liked the fantasy look better. I felt the great pose deserved something more that would enhance his movement. STEP ONE This painting was a commission of a local stallion that I had been admiring and wanting to paint for years. I have always been ‘horse-mad’ and I think this painting tapped into my childhood horsey fantasies … as it seemed to paint itself. I wanted the sketch to be accurate to Harry, but I also exaggerated the…

To get started, assemble the above materials: Waxes to one side of the block of changeable backing paper; tools, hot iron and stylus on the opposite side. The side for the iron will depend FINAL on STEP whether you are right-handed or left-handed. The table should be protected with a groundsheet or newspapers, and the artist needs clothing protection. STEP ONE To paint the sky, coat one side of the iron with clear wax and dot the colours that you wish to see in the sky (Blue and Magenta). The iron is then drawn over the card to transfer the wax onto the card; and worked back and forth until a desirable sky is achieved. The secret here is knowing when to stop, because a perfect pattern of clouds is…