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Art Teacher’s Art "The Dirty Dozen" are putting together an exhibition of their work for just one weekend in May. The group are all local art teachers but "are artists in their own right." By news@gippsland - 7th May 2008 - Back to News One of their main aims "is to inspire students and develop the profile of art as a career opportunity and a recreational activity" They also wish "to foster an understanding of the diversity of skills in our schools."
Unusually, the group consists of teachers from all our local secondary schools, both private and state. Art is their common language. They have all enjoyed the opportunity to share their work with others and to form new networks outside their own workplaces.
Laurie Collins from Drouin Secondary, Kate Caish from St Paul’s and Sally Walk from Trafalgar are all experienced exhibitors who work as sculptors. Laurie works mainly in metals and wood, using the form of recycled steel to influence the final piece. Kate also works with recycled materials, often organic. Her present works investigate pattern and order. Sally creates large scale, highly coloured ceramic sculptures, whimsical and quirky.
Kym Houeix from Warragul Regional also likes to sculpt but works with mixed media. For this exhibition she will be submitting photographical works.
In the painting realm we have seasoned artists, Trish Naus, from Marist Sion and Sandy Ward from Warragul Regional. Trish has illustrated books but more recently has increased the scale of her work to oils and acrylic, using people and places as her subject matter. Sandy has been printmaking for a while but is returning to painting. She will be exhibiting her new works based on Gippsland landscapes. Also from Warragul Regional College, Tim Gallagher paints to respond to and interact with what he sees around him. He produces highly textured and coloured oils.
Susanna Watterston, from St Paul’s is currently studying for her masters. Balancing her role as a parent she is creating highly expressive and detailed portraits depicting family life.
Relaxing with her art is important to Anne Marks from Chairo. Brilliantly coloured, Anne’s smaller scale works depict the repetition and patterns in nature.
Hailing from Neerim District ,Russell Handley’s acrylic paintings are larger than life and depict our modern world with a surreal slant.
Finally, after travelling, Travis Wiltshire from Trafalgar is returning to his art, exhibiting his illustrative fantasy works.
The exhibition is a wonderful opportunity for students, ex-students, parents and colleagues to see the work of their teachers. The quality will impress.
Mark the dates into your calendar. The exhibition will be opened in the Fountain Room at the Arts Centre Warragul on Friday May 16th at 7.00pm. or you can view the exhibition at your leisure between 9.00am and 5.00pm.on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May. For those who are interested the artists will be available between 2pm and 4pm each day to discuss the different techniques and materials used to produce the works.
Entry is free.
Source: http://gippsland.com/ Published by: news@gippsland.com
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