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'IN THE FIRING LINE' - A NEW EXHIBITION FROM 'THE FIRING SQUAD

Together with Heather Tailor, Gloria Paxman, Brenda Henderson and Lucy Bertilone, I will be exhibiting again at the Guildford Village Potters Gallery in August 2012. Our group now known as the 'Firing Squad', will join forces to present a contemporary china painting exhibition called "In the Firing LIne'. to be held at the Guildford Village Potters Gallery in Guildford. See below for exhibition details.

A casual opening with an opportunity to meet the artists will be held from 12 noon. on Sunday 5th August - all are welcome.  For more information contact me.

EXHIBITION DETAILS:
5th to 26th August, 2012

The Guildford Village Potters Gallery,
22 Meadow Street, Guildford, W.A.

Gallery Opening times -
09:30am to 3:00pm Mon-Fri
10:00am to 4:30pm Weekends & Public Holidays

 

The artists, all members of the WA Guild of China Painters, use a combination of techniques and materials to create their individual pieces. Paint, lustres, gold, platinum and/or other textures are applied to plain white porcelain and kiln fired producing a permanent finish to the artwork. This is a great opportunity to see the latest work from these West Australian artists!

BLUE LESCHENAULTIA ~ ALBANY WORKSHOP

I will be conducting a workshop in early June painting the West Australian wildflower, Blue Leschenaultia. The workshop will be held over 3 days in Albany WA. The leschenaultia is a beautiful flower and a particular favourite of mine. We will be painting the flower in a naturalistic fashion with modern detailing to finish the piece.

The workshop will be held on 6th, 7th and 8th June at the Vancouver Arts Center in Albany.

For more information please phone Brenda Caelli on 9835-7040 or contact me.

WEST AUSTRALIAN GUILD OF CHINA PAINTERS
2012 ANNUAL EXHIBITION - Theme "IN A NEW LIGHT"

The West Australian Guild of China Painters held its Annual Exhibition at the Guildford Town Hall on the weekend of Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May.  On show were over 500 pieces of hand painted porcelain including a display the Guild's 'Collectables' .

The 'Collectables' have been progressively acquired by the Guild, both by donation and purchase, over the last quarter century. They represent many decorative styles, techniques and subject matter by a range of skilled artists from Australia and overseas.

The Exhibition's theme for the year was “In a New Light” and Guild members were asked to interpret the subject and present a display of up to 7 pieces. The collections displayed great innovation and the subject matters featured was wide. From Cicadas to camels, grasstrees to wildflowers, scientific discoveries to 'Tucker Time' there were many topics and styles to suit every taste. Prizes for the best displays featuring the theme were awarded.

THE 2012 AWARD WINNERS WERE:

1st prize - Heather Tailor for 'Lalique in a New Light'
2nd prize - Lucy Bertilone for 'The Age of Enlightenment'
3rd prize - Gloria Paxman for 'Grasstrees in the Moonlight'
Highly Commended Wendy Tinsley for 'New Perspecitive'

President's Choice Award went to Heather Tailor for a Art Deco
canister featuring Cicadas.

Congratulations to all the prize winners and to the members of the Guild who contributed to making the exhibition such a successful event!

SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM THE EXHIBITION.....

To obtain more information about the WA Guild of China Painters or to see additional articles about this Exhibition visit the Guild's website www.chinapainterswa.asn.au

TRIXIE EMERY WORKSHOP WITH THE WA GUILD OF CHINA PAINTERS

Between the 21st and 23rd March, 2012 the WA Guild of China Painters held its first workshop of the year with guest artist and much admired Queensland artist Trixie Emery - the subject matter for the workshop was 'Kangaroos and Wallabies'.

A group of 12 enthusiastic students enjoyed three wonderful days of painting under the expert stewardship of Trixie. Each student completed a porcelain painting using a combination of traditional painting for the animal and modern techniques for background design.

Various techniques and products were demonstrated by Trixie and then used to achieve a variety of backgrounds including grounding, penwork, dry dusting over wet grounding, metallic, sponging and stamping to finish the many different pieces. The end results were excellent with a great individuality and variety of design.

    above: Kangaroo plate by Trixie Emery

It was a terrific workshop enjoyed tremendously by all who attended and we hope that Trixie will make the long journey from Queensland in the not too distant future to share with us once again her great skill and knowledge of china painting.

Tutor Trixie Emery (right)                                                  Kangaroo & Wallaby plates painted by Trixie Emery                              Trixie sharing a joke

'PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR CHINA PAINTING' ~ WAGCP DEMONSTRATION

On Saturday 25th February 2012 I was invited to address the general meeting of the WA Guild of China Painters'. The subject of my talk and demonstration was techniques to achieve good photography of painted china using compact digital cameras.

Topics discussed were:

• Why photograph your work?
• What items should you photograph?
• Types of cameras
• Camera settings
• You have the photograph what next?
• Beyond the compact camera

Many different tips and techniques were discussed to help improve the quality of photographs, taking advantage of features available on most small compact cameras. A summary of the talk will appear in the March edition of the Guild's newsletter.

MINI EXHIBITION ~ COTTESLOE CENTRAL SHOPPING CENTRE

The WA Guild of China Painters held a mini exhibition and sale of work at the Cottesloe Central Shopping Centre on Wednesday 15th through to Saturday 18th February, 2012.

Daily demonstrations of china painting were given, and among the subject matter demonstrated were forget-me-nots, red gum blossom and the local wildflower, blue leschenaultia. Shoppers were presented with an exhibition featuring many different subjects including - West Australian fauna and flora; abstract designs; traditional subjects such as roses and forget-me-nots - something for all tastes.

2011 WANNEROO AGRICULTURAL SHOW

In late November the Wanneroo Agricultural Society held its annual show at the Wanneroo Showgrounds.

Exhibiting in the china painting section of the show I was awarded first prize in seven individual categories and was delighted to received the Best Exhibit Award for a 22cm Dresden Vase painted with blue Forget-me-Nots - pictured at right.

shown left, two other prize winning pieces

WA GUILD OF CHINA PAINTERS - BLUE WREN WORKSHOP

Between the 19th and 21st October 2011 the WA Guild of China Painters held a workshop with well known West Australian artist Marilyn Barrington - the subject matter was 'The Splendid Blue Wren'.

A group of 12 students enjoyed three days of painting blue wrens using both traditional and modern background techniques to achieve a variety of designs. Expert tuition from Marilyn enabled each student to put together their own combination of design with some lovely results.

Various techniques were used in addition to traditional painting, including penwork, metallic grounding and sponging to finish the many different pieces. The end results were excellent with some very happy students.

We all hope to see Marilyn back in Perth in the not too distant future!

    above: Blue Wren plate by Marilyn Barrington

Tutor Marilyn Barrington                                                 Blue Wren Coasters painted by Marilyn Barrington                                    Student Wendy Tinsley

'ART FROM THE KILN' - EXHIBITION FROM FIVE CONTEMPORARY ONGLAZE ARTISTS

I again joined forces with well known local porcelain artists Lucy Bertilone, Brenda Henderson, Gloria Paxman and Heather Tailor to present a new china painting exhibition held at the Guildford Village Potters Gallery. The Exhibition titled 'Art From the Kiln' ran during July 2011.

The exhibition began with a casual opening and 'meet the artists' on Saturday the 9th July 2011 with family, friends and local china painting personalities in attendance. 

The group, all members of the WA Guild of China Painters, used a combination of techniques and materials to create their individual pieces. Paint, lustres, gold, platinum and/or other textures were applied to plain white porcelain and kiln fired to produce a permanent finish to the artwork.

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