ARTISTS
EMMA THOMSON
Emma uses the medium of photography to create narratives from staged portraiture as well scenes from everyday life. Emma was awarded a three-month stay at the Friends of National Art School Cite International des Artes Studio in 2007 where the work for the June exhibition at Meld Gallery was created
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KIM MAREE
A Sydney based artist, formerly from Wollongong, on the South Coast. Kim's earlier ceramic work referenced fragments of aerial seascapes and landscapes and also moved around the ideas of ‘ourselves as these and within these'. This led to hand-building of torso's and then a series of sculptural works constructed by using the parts of one of the torsos.
CLIVE HILLIER
Clive Hillier is a Sydney glass artist who has been working with art glass for over sixteen years. Clive uses the skills of fusing and slumping to create beautiful and functional works of art. Platters can be functional or decorative and colourful jewellery such as pendants and earrings often include dichroic glass.
SUSAN DALZIEL
Susan's work reflects an interest in the dynamics of accessing the subconscious mind. Susan uses elements of repeated pattern, texturing and impasto and emphasises the strong duality of mind/body, reason/emotion and inner/outer lives. Susan's work involves drawings, collage, painting and sewing. Susan currently works and lives in Wollongong
BERNADETTE SMITH
Bernadette's practise has included painting, photography and film. Transgressing the boundaries of different media her artwork has challenged nature’s exile, globalisation and the postmodern spiritual void. In recent years she has developed a form of painterly abstraction using the power of the unmediated artist gesture and the materiality of impasto paint.
MARK ELLIOT-RANKEN
Mark's latest series of his work is entitled "Secret Histories" and is based on large gestural abstractions drawn from his own work and other artists notably Ian Fairweather's travels in and through the Asia-Pacific region and Australia. Elliot-Ranken is currently based in Newcastle
CYNDI FREIMAN
Cyndi's paintings are a visual journal that reflect a sense of place, mirroring her engagement with her immediate domestic and suburban environment. The process has been extended to include vignettes from recent travels. The images reflect fragmented glimpses of scenes moving through the urban landscape.
My paintings are a visual journal that reflect a sense of place, mirroring my engagement with my immediate domestic and suburban environment. I have extended this process to include vignettes from my recent travels. My images reflect fragmented glimpses of scenes as I move through the urban landscape, attracted to unique details, which tell me a story of that place.
