The Art Room is the focal point for our annual group exhibition, with visiting artists selected from throughout Sydney & beyond. There is a wide variety of artworks represented, to suit diverse tastes, with something for everyone. Entry to the Art Room is free. There is an admission charge applies for the Watergarden, Sculptured Rainforest Walk, Outdoor Artscape, Installations & night time Lighting Displays.
Entry to the Art Room Exhibition is free. There is an entry charge to the outdoor Artscape - which includes the Upper & Lower Watergarden, Lower Display Area, Sculptured Rainforest Walk & Saturday Night Atmospherics.
* A night time display of colourful lights, water features & effects will enchant adults and children alike. All outdoor areas of the exhibition will be open at night. The Art Room is closed at this time, but Don will open the Art Room from 9 pm - 9.30 pm, for Saturday night visitors who have been enjoying the visual night time displays. [It is closed from 7 pm - 9 pm, due to the subdued atmospheric lighting, special lighting displays & effects. For more details, please click on the link below:
Pamela is a Sydney Watercolour and Mixed Media Artist with over 30 years experience in Art and Art Education. She has a Bachelor of Education (Art), Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts and has taught Art in high schools, Special Education, Painting Workshops at Meroo Kurrajong, Bathurst Mitchell Art School and tutors Art students; ÒWoodford Bay Art GroupÓ in her studio at Longueville Sydney.
She has won many art awards and has been shown in many group and solo exhibitions. She is a Member of Lane Cove Art Society and is an Exhibiting Member of Royal Art Society. Pamela organises and leads art tours and workshops here in Australia and overseas.
Pamela's interest in the experimental qualities of Drawing and Painting is seen in her vibrant watercolours and acrylic mixed media works. She uses unusual methods and materials in much of her work. These include, wax encaustic, dry pigments, printing techniques and collage. Sticks, rags, sponges as well as scrapers and knives which she draws with. Her works have an Oriental flavour with much of her brushwork similar to calligraphy.
These paintings show her interest in Nature especially living in Lane Cove, a harbour suburb with beautiful bushland and shoreline; a unique Sydney landscape. She enjoys finding the ÒessenceÓ of the subjects. She is an Expressionist Artist who explores her world, relationships and important aspects of her life and relishes her Lane Cove roots and environment.
TRAINING AND BACKGROUND:
Diploma in Art (Education) from Alexander Mackie - 1972 75 (4yr BA course)
High School Visual Arts Teacher, full-time 1976 Ð 86, then part-time from 1986 Ð 2008
Taught Silk Painting classes and workshops through Community Art Centres and privately from 1986
EXHIBITING BACKGROUND:
Previously exhibited at Ð The House With No Steps Annual Art and Craft Show; The Vern Barnett School for Autistic Children Craft Show; The Mercy Family Life Centre Exhibition; Batik and Surface Design Exhibitions; Art in Action Expo 1996; Artists and Craftsmen of Pittwater Exhibition; Glenaeon Craft Expo 2011; The Contemporary Design Craft Expo 2001 &2002; Artisans in the Garden (Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney 2001); The Australian Craft Show from 1989 Ð 2002 (with Avalon Craft Cottage); Australian Craft Show 2004; Deloraine Craft Show 2010 and 2011.
Previous selling outlets: The Australian Museum; Souvenir World; The Zoo; The Royal Botanical Gardens; The Regent and A.N.A. Hotels; The Wyld Country Collection: Clay Things Gallery; The Windmill Gallery, Kuranda.
Current selling/exhibiting outlets/membership:
The Avalon Craft Cottage, since 1987
The Society of Arts and Crafts of N.S.W. (The Rocks), since 1998
The North Shore Craft Group, since 1998
Pittwater Community Arts, since 2010
Pittwater Artists Trail, home studios 2011 and 2012.
HAND PAINTED SILK:
It was the colours and the stained- glass effect of painted silk that first appealed to Jane. The techniques involved are a combination of traditional batik (wax resist and dyeing) and watercolour painting. A resist called "gutta" is drawn onto stretched silk, then water-based dyes are painted on by hand. Colours can be intense or diluted and subtle. Unique textural effects can be created using various absorbent substances such as rock salt.
Jane uses fibre-reactive dyes ( that react with the animal protein in the silk), that are fixed by a lengthy steaming process which enhances the colours and makes the fabric fast to light and washing. As these dyes appear like coloured water, they can be applied using traditional watercolour techniques, such as working wet-in-wet, or wet over dry. Batik techniques of dyeing successively deeper shades before and after waxing certain areas can also be explored.
For Jane it is the perfect medium to combine her drawing and painting skills with the lustre and versatility of silk. She produces a wide range of work, with each piece being individually hand painted: Cards, Bookmarks, Candles, Spectacle cases, Purses, Scarves (long and square), Shawls, Vests, Mounted and Stretched Paintings and Wallhangings.
Her style is quite figurative, with realistic drawing and a lot of painterly effects. Nearly all her work has an Australiana theme, and she loves to explore the vibrant colours of underwater scenes and wildflowers, as well as the more subtle tones found in our landscapes and wildlife.
Jane's work is available from her home studio at wholesale prices. Commissions can be discussed, and prices will vary according to the size and intricacy of the design.
LINDA JOYCE is best described as a Contemporary Realist, whose works capture the Spirit of Life in the Australian Bush & Outback. She was formally trained in Commercial Art & worked in Advertising & Graphic design for 18 years before going Bush in 1990 (living on a property near Cooma in the Snowy Mountains of NSW). She was actually returning to her roots, as she was born and spent her early childhood in the area, and this is where she was able to leave behind the commercial world and pursue her love for fine art. She started exhibiting her work in 1994 in Regional exhibitions and won many awards.
Circumstances forced a move back to the ÒBig SmokeÓ, Sydney, but her heart still lies in the Bush and every year she make numerous trips there, especially to areas around the Monaro and Outback NSW. Linda thrives in these vast, harsh, dry environments and she finds everything about life in the Bush inspirational Ð from the landscape, the people, the animals and birds, down to everyday objects. Her works have been well received in the city by both the Public and Judges alike, having won 14 ÒPeopleÕs Choice AwardsÓ as well as numerous other awards in the past 10 years. She loves working in different mediums, especially Acrylics on canvas & handmade paper, Charcoal, Graphite, Gouache & Pastels.
Recent Awards and Selected Exhibitions:
2012 ÐÒThird PrizeÓ Ð Acrylic - Ku-ring-gai Art Society Annual Awards Ex.
2012 ÐÒBest in ShowÓ - St Ives Show.
2012 ÐÒFirst PrizeÓ Ð Acrylic-Still Life Ð St Ives Show.
2012 ÐÒFirst PrizeÓ Ð Acrylic-Birds/Animals Ð St Ives Show.
2012 ÐÒFirst PrizeÓ Ð Drawing Ð Singleton Art Prize.
2012 ÐÒFirst PrizeÓ Ð Still Life Ð Singleton Art Prize.
2011 - ÒSelectedÓ - Mortimore Art Prize for Still Life.
2011 - ÒSelectedÓ - Waterbrook Art Prize.
2011 Ð ÒFinalistÓ Ð Gosford Art Prize.
2011 Ð ÒFinalistÓ Ð Mosman Art Prize.
2011 Ð ÒPeopleÕs ChoiceÓ - Hunters Hill Annual Ex.
2011 Ð ÒHighly CommendedÓ Ð Hunters Hill Annual Ex.
2011 Ð ÒHonorable MentionÓ - Man from Snowy River Festival, Vic.
2010 Ð ÒVery Highly CommendedÓ Ð Waterbrook Art Prize.
2010 - ÒSelectedÓ - Mortimore Art Prize for Still Life.
2010 Ð ÒGrand PrizeÓ- Ku-ring-gai Art Society Annual Awards Ex.
2010 Ð ÒSelectedÓ Ð Warringah Art prize.
2010 Ð ÒSelectedÓ - Spirit of the Outback Awards ÐWinton, Qld.
2010 - ÒHonorable MentionÓ Ð Man from Snowy River Festival, Vic.
John considers himself a sculptor rather than a woodworker. All his boxes have drawers but their shapes and textures are what really matters. All boxes are made from one piece of wood and each box has a unique shape.
John spent his career in the corporate world in Industrial Psychology and in Human Resources and Training. Since retirement he has concentrated on sculptured box making and his creations have found homes worldwide. Many of his creations are used as very special and unique presents and have also been used as gifts for overseas diplomats.
Janin was originally self-taught and has been painting and drawing for the past 14 years. In 2007 she received a scholarship at Sydney College of the Arts for a Masters in Studio Arts. On completion she travelled overseas to paint and work in Asia, returning to Australia to continue her study.
At the start of 2012 she commenced further post graduate study, undertaking a Masters in Fine Arts, majoring in drawing at COFA (UNSW Fine Art department). She continues working and exhibiting in Sydney.
As an artist she takes an existentialist viewpoint in that she believes in actively constructing meaning within all things she creates. The body and our natural environment, as portrayed by Janin, is a thing of beauty and of romance. She does not identify with nihilistic, segregated, abstracted and objectified portrayals of the body that are commonly present in modern representations of the body.
For her, the body is an instrument which we are bound to, that we use with which to understand and explore the world with, and to express our individual meanings of being and existence.
Writings by philosophers such as Merleau-Ponty have heavily influenced her thinking in that he discusses the inextricable relationship between thought and sensory being. An embodiment of thought, if you like, is what he argues to be the fundamental corner stone of human consciousness , and one can not be had without the other.
Her focus of expression, is by choice, one of beauty, tenderness and a sort of magical adoration of the world we live and exist in.
African-born Susanna Mills is a Galston-based artist whose current passion is mosaic. She pushes this medium from it's ancient and traditional processes and applications into a contemporary art form, combining her mosaics with LED lighting, her own recycled glass and airbrushed ceramics... with occasional adventures into 'paper mosaic' (aka 'collage!').
Robert has been in most Jungle Chalet exhibitions. He specialises in domestic stoneware with a variety of glazes. Robert has recently returned from 2 weeks in Bali, where he worked with local Balinese potters, producing some interesting new styles and glazes in the process.
The paintings of Botond Bandy are energised, vibrant & colourful, exploring the raw beauty & amazing power of the ocean. Lyrical & rhythmic, his curvaceous depictions of abstract sea-inspired shapes & forms have recently taken him to Hungary.
The works of Tony Nolan are inspired by his inate ability to puzzle & stimulate the mind in the process, the end result being an erudite exercise for viewers to solve. There is always a hidden meaning beyond the imagery. Can you delve in & solve it in this years seemingly unassuming sculpture?
The paintings of Emily Nolan are inspired by earthy colours & designs ~ vibrant, delicate & stylised. Emily is a local painter who juggles painting with a recent baby.
Joanna Gambotto was born in the spring of 1985 in Poland.ÊShe is set to complete her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the National Art School in 2013.
Since she arrived in Australia, Joanna has taken part in several group exhibitions including Art Moment Gallery in Bondi, Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award and Northbridge Art Prize as well as numerous solo exhibitions at The Polish Club in Ashfield, CREATIVITe Studio in Ultimo and Sydney ChildrenÕs Hospital, Randwick.
Having had an appreciation for ceramics since his schooling days, Roger has been hard at his "hobby" for years. Only 2 years ago, he took an even more involved look at working specifically with wheel throwing, studying the techniques of Cameron Williams. In turn, he successfully opened his first retail studio and pottery school only 12 months ago. In this time he has begun to delve into the world of glazes and is seeking to further his education in that area. Ceramics has become Roger's full time passion.
Roger has recently relocated his pottery studio to Castlecrag, where he now teaches classes. If you are interested in pottery classes, please call Roger on: 411 111 969 or 9967 4417.
The Jungle Chalet is Don's creation. From colourful leadlight windows, to a labyrinth & glass-art letterbox in the driveway, all are on display. These & the various stages of the Watergarden Installation form an intricate & integral component of the unique Jungle Chalet. If you have a glass-art idea for your home, are interested in a water feature, or interested in the sculpture, fountains or root furniture, talk to Don about it this weekend.
Don is best known as a Comedian who writes customised comedy for all occasions, from birthdays to Corporate occasions, like conferences and Christmas parties. His trademark 'Chookmobile' art-car is probably the most photographed vehicle in Australasia, and has toured extensively with Don throughout Australia [surviving the Nulabour Plains & skifields to the sea], as well as appearing in photo albums and newspapers throughout the World. If only Don could claim 1¢ per photo, his next 'Chookmobile' would surely be a 'Paltry Porche'. Don is transforming his home into a natural artscape, with prolific installations to replicate the movement of water. The past 6 exhibitions have featured stages of his Watergarden Installation. You will enjoy the Reservoir Illusion and the Sculptured Rainforest Walk. When the pumps are operating, the Jungle Chalet is now 90% circumnavigated by water. Leadlight panels created by Don adorn many of the windows. On Saturday nights these will be lit up & combined with colourful flower lights, streams & waterfalls...in a fascinating wonderland...So come & enjoy the ambience of art with nature.
Another exciting find are exquisitely crafted jewellery boxes. The are several designs to choose from.
A selection of portraits by local St Leonards resident, Antonella Simcis.
A substantial display of jewellery - necklesses, earrings, beads - plus many more, by Chatswood artist, Kim Chan.
The Jungle Chalet is set in a unique rainforest setting, bordering the Lane Cove Bushland Park. Don Murchison, has been renovating his house in an original & fascinating design, that blends in & complements the rainforest environment.
We welcome you to pop in over the exhibition weekends & encourage you to bring your friends who may be interested in browsing, buying or commissioning. This opportunity only arises once a year.
N.B. Eftpos & credit cards are NOT accepted. Cash and cheques are welcome.
Tea, Coffee & light snacks will again be available for a nominal amount.
This is a beautiful location for meeting friends, with a spectacular view of the 'Reservoir Illusion", sculpture & rainforest.
This year takeaway spicy Chinese noodles will be available for lunches on Thursday 1st September until [& including] Sunday 4th September, from Noon until 2 pm. Chinese dinners will also be available on Saturday 3rd September, at 7 pm. This enables working people to visit the exhibition during their lunch break on Thursday & Friday, with an opportunity for people who work locally, but live outside the area, to visit the Exhibition & Watergarden. Visitors can now enjoy dinner while visiting the exhibition. Lunches & dinner must be pre-booked, by ringing the Jungle Chalet on: 9906 2350 , with at least 4 hours notice & preferably on the previous day. Diners must be visiting the Watergarden Artscape & can enjoy their meals on the lower deck, which is set in the mini-rainforest, overlooking the Reservoir Illusion & Sculptured Rainforest Walk.
JUNGLE CHALET
Valleyview Glen,
Corner Innes Rd & Valley View Crescent,
GREENWICH,
Sydney.
SYDNEY, NSW, 2065.
AUSTRALIA.
Ph. 9906 2350.
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| Phone: | 61 - 2 - 9906 2350. (9am - 6pm, Monday - Friday. Answer phone after hours.) |
| Mobile: | 0414 390 324. [Best to call the landline as reception is not good in the jungle!] |
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