Robert Brownhall at Martin Browne Fine Art

Robert Brownhall captures the essence of the Emerald City in his debut Sydney exhibition - Sydney Paintings - at Martin Browne Fine Art (57 - 59 Macleay Street, Potts Point, Sydney. Ph: 02 9331 7997) which runs from 24 June to 18 July. Icons like the Harbour, Opera House and Bridge are there, but also everyday scenes with Brownhall's hallmarks of style - muted neon reflecting on water, the fresh illumination of dawn or an approaching rain storm softening urban edges.

A Trip to Wonderland

Sasi Victoire, Laurel McKenzie and Margaret Genever’s group exhibition - Wonderland - opens at Vivo Artroom (Williams Esplanade, Palm Cove, Qld) on 18 June and runs to 17 August. In Victoire's woodcuts and mixed media works, a playful revamp of Alice in Wonderland imagery creates a new narrative of life in tropical Wonderland. McKenzie’s pigment-based prints place red-carpet celebrities in unfamiliar territory while Genever’s archival pigment prints, set in the circus realm, draw attention to ambiguities in the human animal/non-human animal relationship.

Kym Barrett wins prize at Immanuel Arts Festival

Kym Barrett’s The Memory of Trees I was awarded Best Painting at Immanuel Arts Festival in Maroochydore recently. The Memory of Trees I is part of an evolving series of mixed media work representing fragments of trees as metaphors for the human condition, the timelessness and honesty of Nature and the interconnectedness of all things.

Jody Cunningham part of Erotica group show

Jody Cunningham

is participating in the group exhibition - Erotica - being held at PS Gallery (150 Enoggera Terrace, Paddington, Brisbane, Qld) until 26 June. The exhibition explores all the elements of the erotic impulse.

Rachael Lee exposed at B.A.D

Rachael Lee is one of ten artists exploring the theme 'exposed' in the Brisbane Artist Development Co-operative's inaugural exhibition - B.A.D. Exposed - which opens at Percolator Gallery (134 Latrobe Tce, Paddington, Qld) on Friday 18 June (6.30pm) and continues to 27 June.

Rachael will be at the gallery from 2pm both Saturdays to 'expose' her methods of working. It is a rare opportunity to share with visitors the artist's private visual diaries.

This exhibition aims to expose the local support network available to artists via The Brisbane Artist Development Co-operative who meet once a month at New Farm and Artworkers Alliance who have recently moved to Paddington.

Art is The Flower

Art Is The Flower - an exhibition of paintings, drawings and wall hangings by Jan Lawnikanis will be on show from Friday 23 July to 30 July at the Royal QLD Art Society Gallery (25 Broadbeach Blvd (cnr Armrick Ave), Broadbeach, Qld). Ph: 07 55920440). Sunlight dancing on transparent petals, the nuances of colour in shadows and reflective lights; these are subjects that inspire her to record nature in some of its finest moments.

New Andy Harwood show at Love Love Studio

Andy Harwood presents - Fragmented Anxiety - a solo exhibition that reveals gritty and layered geometric shapes with an anxious feeling of puzzling fragility. Held at Love Love Studio (27 Florence Street, Newstead, Qld), the show opens Saturday 10 July (6pm) and continues until Sunday 31 July.

Ann O’Connor takes out 3D Award

Ann O’Connor won the 3D award at the recent Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards last month with a clay sculpture called ‘Moving house’. The sculpture was about migration and the culture that comes with the immigrants to Australia. This sculpture was based on my own family’s migration to Australia from the U.K.

Glorious Creators is an exhibition of photographs taken by Gerry O’Connor of 55 artists who live in the tiny community of Mt Glorious, and the very diverse work by the artists. The exhibition is currently on until 26 June at Pine Rivers Art Gallery (199 Gympie Road, Strathpine, Qld. Ph: 07 34806941).

Short Takes - June 2010

Dan Cox is holding his End of Financial Year Studio Jewellery Sale on Saturday 26 June (4-8pm) at Dan Cox Studio (112 Arthur Tce, Red Hill, Qld).

Des Rolph, wishes to announce she has been accepted as a finalist in the following recent competitions: The Woolum Waltzing Matilda Art Prize, The Lethbridge $10000 Small Scale Art Award and the Sunshine Coast Art Prize.

Amanda O’Sullivan at Brisbane Square Library

Amanda O’Sullivan will be displaying a selection of her handmade Artist books in her exhibition - Birds and Trees - at the Brisbane Square Library (George Street, Brisbane), in May and June 2010. She will also be talking about her work on 12 June at 11am in the Tiered Theatrette, on the ground floor in the Library.

Amanda has also had her book - One Little Tree - selected in the Libris Award exhibition in Mackay.

New Solo show for Roger Lane

Roger Lane’s latest exhibtion - Rhythm and Views - opens at Martin Galleries (4 Aspinall Road, Nundah, Qld. Ph: 07 3266 8450) on 10 June (6pm) and continues until 27 June.

Nick Olsen part of Moreton Art Prize

Nick Olsen recently completed his first solo exhibition at Blank_Space Gallery (Crown St, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW) and was a great success. One of the paintings from this show was chosen as a finalist in the Moreton Art prize to be held at the Pine Rivers Art Gallery.

Joyce Blanche part of Art for Art’s Sake

Joyce Blanche is one of the featured artists participating in the 2010 Art for Art's Sake organised by the Cerebral Palsy League. The exhibition is being held in the Waterfront Place Foyer (1 Eagle Street, Brisbane, Q) from 10-21 May.
 
Joyce is also a selected finalised in the Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Awards which opens on 22 May (6pm) at the Lethbridge Gallery (Paddington, Brisbane, Q).

New Maria Wiley work set for August

Maria Wiley is having her second solo exhibition - Internal Landscapes…Exploring the Intuitive - 17 works on paper at the Biloela Civic Centre (Cnr Rainbow & Prairie Sts, Biloela, Q. Ph: 07 4992 2447) which opens on Friday 6 August (6.30pm) and runs t0 21 August.
 
Maria continues to explore the intuitive abstract in her bold, colourful style.  Amongst the works will be the winning piece - Pathways - in the 2009 Brigalow Arts Festival.

New Antony Densham work set for University of Auckland

Antony Densham’s latest exhibition - Lost Time - runs 3-23 June at [Window] artspace (5 Alfred Street, General Library Foyer, The University of Auckland, New Zealand). The objects presented here are abstracted architectural models.