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Approximately 22 Members joined the Zoom Meeting with Vicki Sullivan in her Rye Studio. As a young mum Vicki bought land in the North and friends helped to build her a house. The walls were lined with silver insulation paper, she had no power, no running water and the toilet was a shovel. Sadly, the…
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Members are invited to join Vicki in her Rye studio Thursday September 2 at 2.00pm on Zoom Vicki has a very impressive CV which can be viewed on her website Vickisullivan.com Please email Linda who will send you the link. mswps2020@gmail.com This will be a lovely way to fill in a lockdown afternoon. We would…
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Jo Reitze Jo Reitze is a Finalist in The Geelong Contemporary Art Prize 2021 The exhibition at Geelong Gallery runs from 29 May -22 August. Selected from over 600 entries from around the country, the 28 shortlisted works for the 2021 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize reflect the sophistication and rich diversity of contemporary Australian painting.…
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Lake Dobson – Erica Wagner is the featured artwork on the Website Homepage and Facebook. Selected for a Highly Commended at the 111th MSWPS Annual Exhibition. Judge Amanda Hyatt commented: Quite a dynamic tonal abstract-like painting with a reduced and muted colour palette using its contrast of tones to attract the viewer. These must operate…
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Steffie Wallace showing at the Gagliardi Gallery in London. Congratulations Steffie, how exciting to be selected for the award. “The award I received was the Gagliardi Gallery Award – 25 artists selected for a 10-day exhibition at Gagliardi Gallery, Kings Road, London. Ref: https://www.londonbiennale.co.uk/biennale2021/london-art-biennale-2021-winners/ I applied for the exhibition earlier this year and was thrilled when…
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Anne Marie Szelecky is a finalist in the Biannual FPS National Mono print prize. IMAGE BAGS AND BLUE ROPE. 56 x 56cm. 2019 Hand printed mono print with acrylic and water base inks. Using inked up plastic bags and rope. Continuing the theme of my work about throw away waste, polluting our environment. Out of…
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Esteemed MSWPS member and Victorian Artists Society Fellow, Jo Reitze’s long awaited grand retrospective (and current works) exhibition, ‘Celebrating Life in Gouache Oil and Pen’, finally opened officially on Sunday July 4 2021. With Covid lockdowns and restrictions intervening, the original planned exhibition date had long gone. But with the exhibition finally opening, and located…
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On the 1st of July many members met up at the Ola Cohn Centre for our annual Winter Luncheon. Refreshments and a delicious lunch were enjoyed by all, and it was great to have the chance to catch up with each other, after the many restrictions of Covid. Our president, Linda McEwan opened the afternoon…
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Composition in blue, green and yellow – Eva Miller. From 5 July is the featured artwork on the Website Homepage and Facebook. Selected for a Highly Commended at the 111th MSWPS Annual Exhibition. Judge Amanda Hyatt commented: As a piece of pure colourist abstract art the artist has used colour as the main raison d’être…
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Inspired by her 2019 Denmark residency and migrant parents, the artworks in Beatrice’s latest exhibition at Red Gallery in Fitzroy convey an intimate investigation into both the strength and fragility around humans and their search for connection. Be this an urgency for security, the pursuit of improved life-style, or the need for interaction with others,…
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