Stephen King

Stephen King

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Sculptor

ARTIST STATEMENT

I make sculpture out of wood, sometimes figurative, sometimes abstract constructions. We have good hardwoods on our farm. I drag the logs to my studio and chop them into shape.

If I’m working on an abstract construction I mostly build a scaled marquette before I start the work so almost no creative decisions need to be made during the construction stage. I cut the logs into trussed beams of my own design, making constructions based on the grid.

BIO

Art school in Toowoomba, then thirty years exhibiting painting and sculpture in Sydney.

23 years teaching part-time in the sculpture studio at the National Art School. Working full time from Walcha for a decade now.

23 Solo Exhibitions.

18 times Sculpture by the Sea exhibitor.

Public commissions including the cities of Tamworth, Walcha and Glen Innes.

CONTACT

Via website.

James Rogers

James Rogers

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Sculptor

ARTIST STATEMENT

I make sculpture from steel. Compositions of elements, hand cut using the blow torch, are joined up with the aid of the electric welder. Nature’s rhythms are complicit in the organization of the aggregations and as the work finds its space and physical structure, the poetic dimension is invoked.

BIO

Art school in Toowoomba, then thirty years exhibiting painting and sculpture in Sydney.

23 years teaching part-time in the sculpture studio at the National Art School. Working full time from Walcha for a decade now.

23 Solo Exhibitions.

18 times Sculpture by the Sea exhibitor.

Public commissions including the cities of Tamworth, Walcha and Glen Innes.

CONTACT

Via website or using the form below.

Anna Henderson

Anna Henderson

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Mixed media and ceramics.
Mixed media, semi abstract landscapes & ceramics.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I live in a quiet, isolated part of the New England Tablelands. I am surrounded by a landscape that is forever changing. My work is therefore forever changing. My mixed media work is semi-abstract and abstract. It sometimes deals with the extremely complex relationship between humans and the land and our environment. We are in awe of it, we destroy it, we idealise it, we alter it, we buy and sell it, we use its resources, and we create new environments. My paintings are silent and lonely, the many layers of paint creating a history and strength to these portraits of the land.

BIO

2018 “Artist’s Story” An exhibition of paintings and ceramics. Weswal Gallery, Tamworth. NSW.

2016 “Crash Pads” spirituality, relationships, spiritual practice, architecture, Gallery 126, Armidale NSW.

2015 “Caravan” Paintings and Ceramics, Haydon Hall, Murrurundi

2014 “Interconnect” Paintings and Ceramics, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale.

2013 “22 Journeys” Paintings and Ceramics, Gallery 126, Armidale

2012 “Changing Moods” Paintings and Ceramics, Haydon Hall, Murrurundi

2011 “Still” Ceramics and Paintings, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

GROUP EXHIBITIONS....more recent

2021 New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW. New England Landscapes

2020 Christmas Exhibition, Gallery 126, Armidale. NSW

2018 Ceramics and Paintings. Gallery 126, Armidale. NSW

2017 Parallax Art Fair, London UK

2017 Christmas Exhibition, Gallery 126, Armidale.

AWARDS

2021 Armidale Art Prize, Armidale Art Gallery, Armidale NSW Sculpture Section 1st Prize

2019 Armidale Art Prize, Armidale NSW – Painting Section - 1st Prize.

2018 Pro Hart Art Prize, Broken Hill - Finalist

2018 The Armidale Art Prize, Painting Section – First Prize

2017 The Armidale Art Prize, Sculpture Section – First Prize.

2015 Frost over Barraba, Packing Room Prize, Ceramics, Highly Commended Sculpture, Highly Commended

Pro art Art Prize, Broken Hill - Finalist

Muswellbrook Art Prize Finalist

2014 Norvill Art Prize – Winner. Murrurundi NSW

Norvill Art Prize - Finalist

Frost over Barraba – Winner - Open Art Section.

Frost over Barraba – Winner – Hand built Pottery

2013 Artavita 4th Contest (On line 759 entries) Santa Barbara CA Honorable Mention

Calleen Art Award, Cowra NSW – selected finalist

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CONTACT

(02) 6779 7534
annaghenderson@gmail.com

Fiona McDonald

Fiona McDonald

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Mixed media in two and three dimensions.
Drawing predominately in graphite or pen, painting in acrylic and sculpture in mixed media

ARTIST STATEMENT

Fiona draws inspiration for her work from stories. The process of drawing forms the story, and the end product will form yet another story. Fiona is intrigued by multiple layers of meaning in a work which artist and audience will build between them from their individual knowledge and experience.

BIO

Trained at Julian Ashton Art School (Sydney), where she studied painting, drawing and etching. She also studied painting and composition with Sydney-based artist Nigel Thomson.

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CONTACT

grannyfi1@hotmail.com