Miniatures
Members - Miniatures
2ND MARCH 2012: Opening of
Miniatures
- an art show by local Northern Rivers artists -
on Friday at 7pm.
Members of the Serpentine Community Gallery present
the group exhibition Miniatures.
Small sized works is the theme,
30cm x 30cm maximum,
however some of our artists may have other interpretations - little, minute, diminutive, undersized, minor, tiny, insignificant, infinitesimal, teeny,
microscopic, itsy-bitsy, miniscule, petite, short,
elfin, pocket, compact, reduced size, tinsy, wee, scaled down, and there's always room for more...
This exhibition is a great opportunity for local artists
to showcase a variety of their works,
or to create a series/group of works about
a particular idea or message.
Everyone is invited to attend opening night.
Light refreshments will be available.
Miniatures is on view until Monday
the 19th March 2012.
“Good things come in small packages” *
Come and explore with us the diminutive world of the miniature. Whether miniscule or petite,
here we uncover the mystery of the microcosm within the macrocosm.
Like tiny fractals within the Mandelbrot set we are all part of something bigger,
but all love the cutsie wutsie of the itsy bitsy teeny weenie.
*Ancient proverb from the book of Jude
The opening
The art
'Venus Bay I & II'
'Curl'
Width: 32cm
'Furl'
Width: 32cm
'Pearl'
Width: 36cm
Oil paintings above
A selection of Gareth's works became
'instant miniatures'
- with a slideshow of artwork images
played on a digital picture frame!
'Late Autumn In The Alps'
Acrylic on canvas by Corinne Batt-Rawden
Acrylic on canvas works by Corinne Batt-Rawden
(L to R) 'Sexability', 'Autumn', 'Dawn of Texture',
'Behind the Tree' and 'Cuteness'
'The Torso'
Clay, handbuilt
'The Torso 2'
Clay, handbuilt
'Water vessel'
Clay
Untitled
Clay
'Two Tone Bowl'
Ceramic works by Ray Moller
'Dragon Flyz'
'Collective'
Ceramic
by Scott Whittingham
'Content'
Mixed media
by Claire Chatfield
Mixed media works by Scott Whittingham
From left: 'Springing From Bluegrass',
'Katoomba Bluebird' and 'Alternative Reality'
Cotton, porcelain and feathers on canvas works from Dawn Thirlaway's
'Caught In the Web' and 'Shards of My Life' series
'Ant'
Artist Statement
A scale study of an ant,
one of a series of glass insects.
'Encalmo Perfume Bottle'
Artist Statement
This piece is made
by firstly manufacturing
coloured glass tubing by hand,
then joining the different coloured
sections together and
finally inflating and shaping.
Also an early piece
in a new series of work I'm developing.
- Alan Ussher, March 2012
Borosilicate glass artworks by Alan Ussher
'Pale Ghost'
by Lewis Smart
'Ghost Clutching Rock'
Chalk and pencil drawing
by Lewis Smart
'Ghost & Crescent'
by Lewis Smart
'Shattered Shrine'
by Lewis Smart
'Dwelling and Ghost'
by Lewis Smart
'Sustainable Collectiveness'
Ceramic and glass
by Scott Whittingham
'The Ancient'
Handbuilt clay sculpture
by Ray Moller
'Shards Of My Life 1'
Cotton, porcelain & feathers
on canvas
'Shards Of My Life 2'
Cotton, porcelain & feathers
on canvas
'Caught in the Web 1 & 2'
Cotton, porcelain & feathers on canvas
'Sunset 1 & 2'
Porcelain
Works by Dawn Thirlaway
'Waiting'
'Mixing Faces'
Mixed media works by Chang
'Studies For Goya'
Ink
'Huh'
Mixed media
'Study For Vanitas'
Ink
'School'
Ink and watercolour
Artworks by Clare Twomey
Artist Statement
This body of work is based on creating illusionary images from within the camera.
I prefer to create the image honestly using the technology of the camera rather than with Photoshop.
With elements of intrigue and surprise, these dynamic images contain unusual view points
which challenge the viewer. I always like the viewer to interpret my images from their own life’s experiences.
- Rachael Windress, March 2012
'Tender'
'Nice Vase'
'Warmth'
Oil on canvas works by Kane Bowman
'Evolution Of A Myth'
'Energising the Matrix'
'The Key'
Digitally enhanced pencil drawings
by Rob Harle
Artist Statement
Rob Harle is an artist and writer especially concerned with the nature of consciousness, embodiment and
techno-augmentation. His current work, both art practice and writing, explores the nature of the so-called
transition from human to posthuman, a phenomenon he calls the technoMetamorphosis of humanity.
Past artwork was mainly drawing and sculpture, current work is exclusively digital/computer created images.
'Every so often I experience a genetic regression to a pre-digital incarnation
which brings out pencils, crayons and memory of a period when “time passed slowly”.
These 3 works are from such a regression.'
- Rob Harle, February 2012
'Blue Girl'
Mid-fire quartz
'Peter Pan'
White raku
'Cinderlla'
Paperclay
'Star Dancer'
White raku
'Octopie'
White stoneware
'Star Crossed'
BRT clay
'Screamer'
BRT clay
Ceramic sculptures by Jasmin Sommervelle
'Loose Imaginings'
'Elusive Notions'
'Intangible Concepts'
Mixed media works by Jennifer Harnett
'Through the Keyhole'
'A Dove in the
Dining Room'
'It's All About Perspective'
Vernazza, Italy - August 2011
'Capturing Currents'
'Umbrella Rock'
'Close to the Edge'
Photography by Sue Alford
'King of the Cobbles'
'Gob-smacked by Italian Art'
Digitally enhanced photography by Sue Alford
'Clouds'
'Pattern'
Mixed media works by Chang
miniature: n. {It. miniare, to dye, to paint} small sized painting or portrait done on ivory, etc;
a painting or other representation on a reduced scale.-- a. done on a small scale
- from the New Standard Illustrated Dictionary and Encyclopaedia c.1935
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