CONGRATULATIONS TO
Kevin Oxley: WINNER of the Kogan 2009 Innaugral Hugh Sawry $10,000 Art Award. The award was announced on the same day as Kevin’s opening of his sell out Solo exhibition based on Cervante’s Don Quixote. Kevin continues his battle with liver cancer by producing some of his best work!!
Sally Robinson – was also one of the finalists in the 2009 Portia Geach Award exhibition. Her name was omitted last Newsletter…
Peter H Marshall: Finalist in the 2009 Dobell Drawing Prize AGNSW.
KerryMcInnis: Finalist in the 2009 Country Energy Landscape Prize.
Constance Farquharson, Sally Robinson, Jeanette Korduba, Kathrin Longhurst: Finalists in the Mosman Art Prize.
ARTISTS‘ NEWS
Judith O’Conal-Prinz: Solo exhibition through December – Recent Works.
Where: MLC Gallery 449 Harris St. Ultimo, NSW 2027
Opening: December 6th, 2009 7 – 9pm
Contact: 02 9692 9222.
Kevin Oxley: Solo exhibition “ The Windmills of My Mind” a tribute to Don Quixote. (07 54785092)
When: 3-25 October.
Where: Art on Caincross, 3 Panarama Place QLD 5460.
Grace Costanzo and Sinead Davies both gave Artists Talks during the 2009 Portia Geach Sunday talks at the S H Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill Sydney.
Constance Farquharson has painted two recent commissions: Professor Ben Boer, Professor of Environmental Law at Sydney University; and Christopher Dawson, ex-councilor and former Mayor of Woollahra Council.
Pamela Scherf advises: “ My portrait ofthe fireman in UNSUNG HEROES,called “More Than A Number”, will be on the front cover of the Emergency Services Magazine, due to come out at the end of October 2009”.
Nafisa Naomi: helped to organize the Elephant Extravaganza in October2009 at the Arthouse Hotel in Sydney. A Charity Event in support of the population of elephants in India and Africa. The proceeds of the sale of Nafisa’s drawings of elephants on display over 2 floors of the Arthouse, as well as her Calendar, went to the charity.
Evert Ploeg: 2 Day Weekend: Advanced oil portrait/figurative workshops in a true atelier atmosphere with a costumed character. “Limited to only 6 participants to allow personal instruction, Evert will mentor,demonstrate and encourage your development as a representational painter. Morning & Afternoon tea provided.” Discounts for 2 or more classes. (2010 Workshops Dates still to be confirmed.)
DATE: 21 & 22 November 2009, 10am -4pm.
VENUE: 39 Campbell Ave Dee Why2099, Evert Ploeg Studio.
COST: $330 – (inclusive model fees & GST) Bookings essential.
CONTACT: Ivana Daniele on 0415 601542 – or email@evertploeg-artist.com
UPDATE: PAA Exhibition in March 2010 FACE OFF!
WHAT: This exhibition features 16 x 16 inches (40cm x 40cm) unframed stretched canvas Stretchers must be 1 ½ inches thick or 3mm. (This creates a box effect). – FACES ONLY (neck permitted).
WHERE: MLC Gallery, 449 Harris St. Ultimo, opposite the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
WHEN: 8th – 20th March 2010
OPENING NIGHT: 7.00 – 9.00 pm, Tuesday 9th March 2010
NB: This will be a fun show – the gallery offers a small exhibition space and the committee have decided to utilize the space in a creative way with close-ups
ENTRY FORM INCLUDED WITH THIS NEWSLETTER….
THE ARTY PARTY– invitation included with this newsletter
DATE: Thursday 21st January, EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY – a summer evening under the stars …
TIME: FROM 6PM ONWARDS, children welcome, live music, bring a plate & drawing materials.
PLACE: The Artists’ Colony, Headland Park, 1100A Middle Head Road, MOSMAN. At The Julian Ashton Art School – Cottage 17.
The President’s Message:
Dear Artists and Friends of Portrait Artists Australia,
On behalf of the committee I thank you all for your dedication and good humour, and for the beautiful work you submitted for our two shows this year. We hope to see many of you at our PAA ARTY PARTY On January 21st (see enclosed invitation).
2009 has been a full and fruitful year for PAA in terms of two highly successful exhibitions at two high profile venues – Parliament House in Sydney and Parliament House in Canberra. The former garnered unprecedented publicity and the latter was unexpectedly packed out. Both venues demanded a certain formality in the works and both exhibitions were fairly serious in tone. We have two exhibitions scheduled for 2010 – very different in character (see enclosed entry form for March FACE OFF!) with a return to commercial venues and a lighter tone in the themes. The committee engages in lengthy debates over the choice of venues and themes, and we hope that the PAA artists will be pleased by the variety offered overall during 2009-2010.
It has been my goal this year as president to maintain the profile of professionalism established under the leadership of Nafisa Naomi and Robyn Ross, and to consistently reinforce the public’s perception of PAA as a cohesive, committed network of true professionals, passionate practitioners of the noble art, with a genuine appreciation of each other’s work. At the end of the day it is artists who best appreciate the variety of skills involved in making art, and the respect of our peers is profoundly gratifying. I encourage all of the PAA artists to use the monthly newsletters to communicate with the wide network of people who read them – in hardcopy and online.
My heartfelt thanks to the 11 other Committee Members (and their wonderful spouses) for their dedication to the PAA projects over the last 12 months. It is a great pleasure and privilege to work alongside a multi-talented team with such a variety of creative business skills. In particular we must acknowledge Kathrin Longhurst, who has done an amazing job redesigning the new PAA website so that it is visually exciting and easily identified by search engines. We are also grateful that Judith Stevens continues in her position as honorary secretary and manages our financials with such efficiency that we are always in the black at the end of the year.
I conclude with the traditional Yuletide greeting:
May peace be in our hearts, may the light be on earth …