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Showcasing the talent of our artist membership from Brisbane and regional Queensland, this exhibition takes the form of small scale three dimensional works displayed on plinths in the foyer space and corridors of level 2 at the Judith Wright Centre.

The Spring Exhibition features works from artist members Jacqueline Sanderson, Bodhi Del Mar, wild + parrot, and Cindy Wood. 

Jacqueline Sanderson, Coolum

Jacqueline Sanderson is a visual artist who has lived on the Sunshine Coast since 2007. Jacqueline is inspired by nature, people, and the lived experience and she describes herself as an eclectic artist and maker whose artwork is meaningful and good-natured. Jacqueline paints, and creates by reusing and transforming discarded and found objects from nature. She completed her BA in Visual Arts (QUT) in 1995 and is currently completing an undergraduate degree in Psychology at USC.  view works

Bodhi Del Mar, Mudgeeraba

Bodhi Del Mar is a photographer & visual artist working from her home studio on the Gold Coast. Her disciplines include landscape, composite & mixed media photography, cold glass, stencilling and body painting. Her admiration for Mother Nature and love for beautiful spaces that make you “feel good” inspire her work, exploring such themes as the profundity of the natural world and our choices as humans to exist either within or against it. view works

wild + parrot, Brisbane

Formed in 2018 wild +parrot brings together the collaborative works of Brisbane based artists Glen Skien and Michelle Wild.  Within the collision of discarded materials and collage, their small handmade objects evoke a continual desire to retrieve and re-present new narratives in a series of wearable pieces and small objects. Collectively the response of both artists presents a style and method of storytelling that affords a whimsical and impulsive collection of wearable art pieces. view works

Cindy Wood, North Tamborine

Cindy’s woven sculptural works are designed and created in an outdoor garden studio. Materials are gathered from the nearby forest and scattered through out the garden.  Cindy loves exploring nature, as there is so much to see in the bark of a tree, the patterns that form and the way the branches decide to grow. She attempts to interpret a story of nature and share the beauty of the secrets it holds.   view works

Queensland is rich with iconic structures, people, locations, events and lifestyles that shape the State’s identity. Regional Queensland artists present the unique and iconic elements within their own regions in works that reflect our diverse Queensland communities. This exhibition is an outcome of the 2017 Queensland Regional Art Awards.

Flying Arts cordially invites you to a very special exhibition with artist and Flying Arts founder, Merv Moriarty.

Colour II: Merv Moriarty, In the Field
14 – 24 November, 2018

Wine Glass Cove III, 2018, Merv Moriarty, acrylic on canvas 61 x 91cm

Mitchell Fine Art, 86 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley, QLD

Gallery opening hours:

Mon – Fri: 10 am – 5:30pm | Sat:  10am – 5pm

Onsite parking/disability access

The exhibition will feature the new series of works of watercolour and canvas works by Merv that will be touring Queensland in 2019 – 2020 for the Colour and Response Tour and Exhibition project.

ARTIST TALK: Saturday 17th November, 2018 – 3:30pm – 4:30pm

All Welcome

This exhibition is a fundraiser for Flying Arts Alliance. A portion of all sales of artworks form this exhibition will support our programs and services.

Learn about the artworks in Colour II: Merv Moriarty, in the Field, from the artist himself. Merv will be in the gallery from 3:30 – 4:30pm to talk about his new series of works and upcoming tour.

The artist describes his way of working as “sketching in the field first using watercolours or acrylics, with final works exploring the flexibility of modern acrylic paints of canvas”. The process of working from life rather than from a photograph is an important part of Moriarty’s process and he notes that, ” I am constantly striving to reveal, not imitate reality.”

Learn more about the Colour and Response Tour and Exhibition Project.

This event is very generously hosted by Mitchell Fine Art.

Cost: FREE

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Showcasing the talent of our artist membership from Brisbane and regional Queensland, this exhibition takes the form of small scale three dimensional works displayed on plinths in the foyer space and corridors of level 2 at the Judith Wright Centre.

The Summer Exhibition features works from artist members Ben Landers, Meg McKerrow, Suzie Mansley, and Jane Du Rand.

Ben Landers, Brisbane

Ben is a Brisbane based visual artist who studied Fine Art at QUT, graduating in 2006. Whilst he regularly use a range of different media areas, a common thread that runs through his work is a humorous approach to identity. This small body of work has been taken from a collection of wood carvings that he produced over the last two years. Ben selected these works because of the humorous autobiographical thread that runs through them.  In addition to applying for gallery shows, he is currently producing a collection of ceramic pieces to sell at markets as an alternate way to promote his work. 

Meg McKerrow, Brisbane

Meg has been fascinated by miniatures since childhood and as an artist loves the complexity of scenes that can be created in such small spaces. She creates series of pieces with light themes such as fairy tales, however also enjoys incorporating human scale parts to create some scenes, altering the perception of reality. Using a smaller scale enclosed within the glass jar, Meg tries to create a sense of peace and escape from the constant speed of everyday life. At night, a time already rife with imaginative potential, the jars light up automatically, illuminating the scene within and inviting the viewer into a miniature world. In each scene Meg tries to capture and immortalise moments in time, forcing viewers to focus and take in the details.

Suzie Mansley, Sunshine Coast

A passion for macro photography instinctively drew Suzie towards creating miniature art works mainly within the realm of ceramics. She has realised a passion for creating wheel thrown ceramic miniature vases! Beauty and form are amplified through magnified perception and the audience truly sees what they are looking at. Groupings suggest stories often relating to figurative form mimicking the ebb and flow of interactions reminiscent of connections found have in life relationships.  Suzie uses porcelain clay and fire in a variety of methods being wood firing, reduction firing, oxidation firing and raku firing. 

Jane Du Rand, Brisbane

As a recent immigrant to Australia, Jane embarked on a project to get to know the Australian native plants. She became obsessed with banksias and has been experimenting with representing their beautiful structural forms in ceramics. Sometimes Jane “morphs” the shapes of the plants so that they become sculptural objects in themselves. Jane also still draws on native plants from her birth country, South Africa, and likes to see the linkages and similarities that exist as many of these plants have common ancestors. She has placed the plants on plinths and given them their “own world” to live in by using the glass domed coverings. This gives them a “specimen” feel. The idea of documenting the plant forms is my way of coming to terms with being in a new land.