This course taught me how to work with acid, hard ground, soft ground, drypoint, aquatints, chine collé and other techniques and I acquired the skills to transfer my printing plates onto paper using a printing press. I have always been curious about the range of results that are possible through the etching process.
Angus Fisher was a good teacher and under his guidance I produced a couple of aquatints, and an etching with sugar lift.
I was asked by one of the Marketers at BT to participate in a video to promote a new online product. I must say acting is difficult and makes me very grateful for my day job.
I recently completed a painting which I titled 'Bronze Torso', I went to Platform 72 to see it in the window and it was sold already, the updated 'Leura' was in the window instead. You can see Juliet's latest addition to the gallery, a little puppy called Pax.
The SIA was offering a course about curating in New York, this is something that has always fascinated me. It was for four weeks so I sub-let an apartment on the Upper East Side.
This course provided me with an encounter with curatorial practice in today’s art world. We learnt the skills needed to navigate this field, from developing relationships with artists to writing exhibition proposals to installation planning and design.
I produced this book below which is just a small example of the things I experienced.
I was on a bit of a roll with commissions in 2014. Two were for peoples homes; Victoria Street and Macleay Street, the third one was for a wedding present of Cottesloe Beach in WA.
I started painting ten years ago in 2004 so I created this book to celebrate. Looking back it is interesting to see how my style has changed. There were a few disasters and a few successes. It was great remembering some of the courses I attended overseas and in Sydney. More courses to come too.
Platform72 is a hybrid art gallery
and retail store housing artworks and
Australian designer homewares, jewellery and accessories.
The ABC’s “The Business” show ran a piece on Design Thinking
(CCD), featuring our very own CCD team + Next Gen + Level 7 branch + me starring as a customer.
Becker Minty put on a great night where customers of Westpac Private Bank were able to enjoy some beautiful jewellery by Claire, have a glass of wine and see some of my paintings and books.
I have lead two tours now and there is a lot of interest for a third, they are based on my books and take around 90 minutes.
This photo essay is part of a 120 page book I designed and produced, included are four 'paintings' which I created on my iPad, this is a completely new way to paint and presents a whole new range of challenges.
I'm not sure I'm happy about being called a banker but it is a good headline!
I presented a copy of my book to Clover Moore and she very graciously sent this note.
Thanks to Cat's efforts from Becker Minty, the Wentworth Courier ran a little article. Lucy was not happy about being picked up in public as you can see.
It was a great night, despite being really unwell with a cold I had a wonderful time talking to everyone about my paintings and the book. The team at Becker Minty did a amazing job and I sold some work as well.
The 17 oil paintings for the Potts Point book are finally finished, it took 18 months and here they all are on the wall in my studio, next stop Becker Minty.
This book is a photo essay of our trip to Queenstown, Piha beach on the west coast of the North Island of NZ with its very hot black sand and the Amazing MONA in Tassie.
I created this book to record our trip up the Rhine then onto New York, Boston and Seattle.
These two paintings have been purchased by a collector in Lake Tahoe, very exciting.
