fleur de rouge is happening till nov 1 no.10

well there wasn’t going to be an opening with speeches and all the palaver that goes along with it due to social distancing, amount of people etc… so it was very fabulous that Jen and i got to be in the gallery for the day, last saturday, 23rd October, people milled their way in, people milled their way out. for all the attendees it was a good excuse to have somewhere to go after such a long stint in the homelife, into the big city of sydney, woo hoo, it never before seemed like such a rare occasion. so all in all it was really a valuable sojourn due to the recent opening up of sydney.

we feel like pioneers for the arts, leading the way, at the forefront of normality within the arts that is to reign always, in our being, the art is, anyways  

a gargantuan and colossal thank you to all the family and the friends that came along to support our art and gain some joy from the viewing and showing. some colour, dare i say, to your world. a bit of serge gainsborough to groove along to,  i will be again at the gallery tomorrow Saturday 30th and am looking forward to the day of meeting new people and sharing the enthusiasm i possess for our art. sometimes you never know who you may meet, you just never know…

for my arts practice, i have gained such momentum and new knowledge in the “behind the scenes”. i have hung many a show with other artists, group shows at art school, when i ran a life drawing class at pennant hills, when i was in hornsby art society, usually paintings, framed drawings etc. whereas installation and sculptural forms as i have learned is another beast altogether, oh, but i did like it, such joy and tribulations in the install of the work as i said last week in my artblog.

also a mamoth thank you to the gallerists at gaffa gallery. gaffa gallery is also very unique as it has multiple spaces for exhibitions, the floors are old, like from ships, 1800’s heritage building, it used to be a police station and when you walk in you can even imagine the cells that are downstairs, like a gaol, creepy…..so our exhibition was alongside two other artists whom were also on the journey, naveena gokool who challenges the traditional imagery and concept of “self” through abstraction and distortion, you can follow her work on Instagram @naveena.gookool. and a regional artist from orange, sarah randall who hoped to invoke sentiments of reflection and empathy with her still life small works that displayed images of letters and envelopes, you can also follow her work on Instagram @sarahrandallartist. i am looking forward to following both of these insightful and remarkable artists as they move and shape their art in the years ahead. fleur de rouge comes down next week, sad and glad…

don’t cry because its over, cry (smile) because it happened….. dr seuss

all in all a good time was had by all… hurrah