Oatley 101 Society of Artists Inc. Newsletter February 2015

Oatley 101 Society of Artists Inc.
Newsletter February 2015
First Oatley West Scout Hall,
101 Woronora Parade Oatley West, NSW 2223
Message Machine – 9594 4390
www.oatley101.com
President
Vice President
Geraldine Taylor
Contact – 0417 469 216
Email: info@gerryspaintbrush.com.au
Shirley Hagarty
9533 4037 / fax 9153 5457 / 0418 480 533
Email: miniart@optusnet.com.au
Secretary / Membership Officer
Treasurer / Web Master/ Class Co-ordinator
Robyn Riley
Contact 0429 774 539
Email – oatley101sec@hotmail.com
Freda Surgenor
Phone/fax 9501 1903
Email: surgenor1@optusnet.com.au
General Committee
Diana Garth - 9543 3202 – CASS Delegate
fdgarth@yahoo.com.au
Shirley Kane - 9576 2882 – Nude Café Reports
Annette Murchie – 9606 4453 – Gallery Craft Co-ordinator
Email: annettesarts@gmail.com
Anne Ware – 9521 1563 – Classes Co-ordinator Asst.
wareanne@bigpond.com
Valma Watson – 9541 2327 – Demonstration & Workshop Co-ordinator
Email: missvalma@optusnet.com.au
President’s Report:
2015 is looking good for the Oatley 101 society of Artists.
Waterbrook is almost here and the interest this year has been extraordinary. We hope to
see as many members as possible entering and getting involved in this exciting exhibition.
Val Watson and Anne Ware are gradually getting their heads around the processes involved
in the running of the programs on offer. This has been a big ask as they have only been
members for a short time. We are very grateful that they are so willing to take on the
responsibility of 2 of the major tasks and are still smiling.
The position of newsletter editor is vacant. This does not have to be a committee role. It
involves putting together the various reports which would be sent to the editor and
presenting it all in a professional manner. When it is completed it is then sent to the
secretary who will send it out to all members and art societies. If there is any member with
competent computer skills who would like to give it a go I would love to hear from you.
The committee has acted on the 2014 Members’ Exhibition evaluations. It is now the
September Members’ Exhibition and will be held on the second weekend 11th – 13th. This
will allow the planning sub-committee enough time to pull together the 2015 Members’
exhibition and build on the 2014 success. There will not be an August Gallery Weekend.
Happy painting
Gerry Taylor
Ongoing Monthly Activities
Saturday & Sunday 10am to 4pm
101 Gallery – First weekend in – May (Fab Fakes) – July – November – December.
Second Weekend in September (Members’) Exhibitions of top quality Paintings and Craft –
Free Admission Work by invited artists plus society members
Monday Nights 7pm to 9.30pm
Sketch Group (Except Public Holidays)
Weekly Fee - $12.00 members. $15.00 visitors
Contact Freda – 9501 1903
Tuesday Afternoon 4pm to 5.30pm
and 5.30pm to 7pm
Classes for Kids commences 3 February – Term fee applies, children aged 5 to 15.
Enquiries – contact tutor Amy Hu – 0405 356 708
Wednesday am/ pm 11.00am to 4pm
Wednesday Painters
A day to come and paint. No tutor, just do your own thing.
Arrive at 10.30am to help set up then paint all day! Assistance is always available, if needed!
$8.00 members - $10.00 visitors
Co-ordinator Shirley Hagarty – 9533 4037
Thursday Morning 9am to 12noon
Plein Air Painting – 1 Thursday each month – Various venues
Co-ordinator Robyn Reid – 9579 2906
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2 Saturday Afternoon
2pm to 4pm
Demonstrations
Fee: Members $8.00 – Visitors $10.00
Co-ordinator Val Watson - 9541 2327
Workshops
Fee: Members $100.00 – Visitors $120.00
Co-ordinator Val Watson - 9541 2327
Sunday Workshop
10am to 4pm
2015 WORKSHOPS
Workshops are open to all adults, for both members and non-members and are held at the Society,
101 Woronora Parade Oatley West, NSW 2223, from 10am to 4pm. BYO lunch.
Price of workshops is $50.00 for members and $60.00 for non members.
For a two day workshop, the price will be $100.00 for members and $120.00 for non members.
A $25.00 deposit for one day, or $50.00 for a two day workshop (non refundable) will secure your
place in the workshop, you can book your place at any of our activities or send a cheque to the
Society. See our workshop page for details: http://www.oatley101.com/workshops.html
Workshops will be cancelled if bookings are not made early.
SUNDAY MARCH 22 and 29 – CATHY HARRY Only 1 place left at time of printing.
Art is about many things
Good paintings have “Style” and each person has a particular feel to their work. Things such as bold brush
strokes or the use of colour, delicacy of line or abundant texturing. In these two workshops. . .
Explore - Ideas and how to compose pictures and get the best out of the subject you have chosen . . .
Creativity - Acrylics can be applied in such a variety of ways and the quick- drying property of acrylic paint
works well with glazing, layering and mixed media. Experiment with a la prima, hard-edge painting, blending,
underpainting and glazing.
Inspiration - Look and draw the bush around Oatley, en plein air weather permitting to create artworks.
JULY SATURDAY 11 AND SUNDAY 12 – PAUL MARGOCSY (2 day) Workshop
How Paul paints his finely detailed and realistic characters is enthralling. He is a highly
entertaining and giving tutor. Paul is an internationally renowned wildlife artist.
Details to follow. www.paulmargocsy.com.au
2015 DEMONSTRATIONS
FEBRUARY 14 – A CRITIQUE with ROBYN GOSBELL
Well known artist, and member of our Society, Robyn Gosbell, has been invited to critique our member’s work
on this occasion. Robyn has been working professionally for many years, and has been world acclaimed with
prizes and commendations. Many of her paintings over the years have found their way into public and
private collections all over the world.
So, if you have a painting or two that you would like Robyn to take a look at, then bring it along to the Critique
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on Saturday 14 February, 2015. Perhaps you had a painting that was not selected for the CASS Art of Sydney
– maybe Robyn can give you some advice. This is an opportunity we don’t get every day – don’t’ miss it!
MARCH 14 – PASTELS with CRAIG TAYLOR
Craig Taylor was commissioned to paint five race horses for the limited edition publication titled: “Notable
Australian Thoroughbreds”. He was commissioned by an Australian publisher to paint the racehorse Octagonal
for a limited edition print as well as the Melbourne Cup winner, Might and Power.
In the early eighties he was asked to exhibit several paintings of Phar Lap for a major exhibition to coincide
with the release of the movie Phar Lap. He shared the exhibition with Sir Patrick Kilvington at the George Styles
Gallery in Sydney.
He began painting and drawing figure work, specialising in the female nude. He also paints landscapes, heavy
horse teams, cattle mustering scenes, ballet dancers, birds and flowers.
His preferred mediums are oils or pastels.
His portrait commissions include: Famous Australian Jockey, Malcolm Johnston and Radio personality John
Laws. He has also painted several famous racing journalists: Keith Robbins, Bert Lillye, Bill Whittaker and Tom
Brassel. All were commissioned by either News Limited or John Fairfax.
He has been teaching art for the past twenty eight years.
He is listed in the Max Germaine publication, Artists and Galleries of Australia and is an exhibiting member of
The Royal Art Society.
APRIL AND MAY TO BE ANNOUNCED.
JUNE 13 – OILS with JOHN RICE
John lives in the village of Mulgoa on the western fringes of Sydney and has won several awards in local showsfirst prize for Australian Landscape at the 2003 Penrith Show. He has held four very successful solo exhibitions
and has works in collections throughout Australia and abroad including Federal Parliament House in Canberra.
John paints exclusively in oils and is inspired by the Australian landscape, in particular, the area from the Blue
Mountains to Mudgee. There are few more inspirational settings than being high in the hills around Mudgee
on a cool, autumn morning or camping out in the Capertee Valley surrounded by sunlit bluffs shrouded in
atmosphere.
AUGUST 8 – SCRATCHBOARD with GERALDINE SIMMONS
Geraldine Simmons was born in London, England and lives in Sydney. She has a deep respect and
passion for animals and the natural world specializing in mixed media and now scratchboard.
Gaining signature membership to the “Artists for Conservation” was one of her proudest
achievements. She has won many awards in national and international juried art contests for wildlife
works and illustration, as well as being featured in publications including the
“Artists for Conservation” hard cover book.
Geraldine has exhibited her works both nationally and internationally in a selection of group, juried
and invitational exhibitions. Her works are held in private collections throughout Australia and
abroad as well as in a selected collection in Sydney.
Throughout her career she has received invitations to both exhibit and donate works to well-known
wildlife conservation and animal protection campaigns.
One of Geraldine’s most profound and life-changing experiences was travelling to the remote areas
of Indonesia to witness orang-utans in the deep jungles of Borneo. Inspired by this trip she founded
the Riding for Rangas charity bike to raise funds and awareness for non-profit organization Friends of
the National Parks Foundation. http://www.geraldineswildlifeart.com/
Other demonstrations – details to come
Norma C Jones – Watercolour.
2015 Classes
Tanner Tan has started Term 1, Term 2 details to follow.
Thursday Morning 9.30am to 12.30am
Saturday Morning 9.30am to 12.30am
Structured class in Watercolour with Tanner Tan.
Term 1 – 5 weeks. 5th February to the 5th March. Term fee applies.
Structured class in Watercolour with Tanner Tan.
Term 1 – 5 weeks. 7th February to 7th March. Term fee applies.
Let's do pastel.............with CRAIG TAYLOR
Monday 20th April to Monday 18th May
9.30am to 12.30pm - A three hour class.
This is a five week term, Members $150.00 - Only 2 places left
Non members, $183.00 which includes 2015 membership of the Society
Explore - the great variety of ways pastels can be used in your artwork.
What gives pastel painting and pastel drawing their originality is the way colours are
blended or layered directly on the surface, rather than mixed on a palette.
With these pastel painting classes, Craig Taylor gives you
the tools to learn how to paint with pastels by focusing on the generous colour effects
offered by this medium.
Achieve - vibrant colours, creating stimulating and high-energy pastel paintings.
Soft pastels are a lovely medium to work with. They come in a very large range of colours,
from black and the darker shades through to brilliant reds, blues and yellows.
Pastels - offer a much larger variety of colours than the other mediums.
The application of pastels can vary greatly, from sketches and spontaneous impressions
right through to fully worked pictures.
Craig - will be teaching people the techniques he uses to achieve different effects.
Students can bring their own reference material to the classes or use some that Craig will supply
Payments must be made in advance before the term commences
And can be made at any 101 activity or enrolment form can be downloaded from our website
http://www.oatley101.com/craigtaylor.html
For more details phone: Tutor: 9542 3585 or 0402 436 013 or Class Co-ordinator on 9501 1903
Let's do Portraits.............with JUDITH UPTON
Tuesday 14th July to Tuesday 11th August
9.30am to 12.00 noon - A two and a half hour class.
This is a five week term, Members $125.00 Non members, $158.00 which includes 2015
membership of the Society.
Explore - the great variety of ways portraits can be painted
Achieve - a good likeness, a portrait that conveys the subject's personality.
Paint - in a style of your own choosing - from traditional to contemporary - Judith will help you
achieve maturity in this.
Judith - will also be teaching people the techniques she uses to achieve different effects.
Students can bring their own reference material to the classes and whichever medium/s they wish to use.
Payments must be made in advance by June 22nd and can be made at any 101 activity. Enrolment
form can be downloaded from our website.
http://www.oatley101.com/judithupton.html
For more details phone: Tutor: 9153 8991 or Class Co-ordinator on 9501 1903
CASS:
ART AT THE TOP:
1/3 of the workshops have been filled. There are 10 rooms left for onsite bookings. Advertising in
Australian Artist and on various web sites is generating a lot of interest.
Art Of Sydney Awards
Congratulations to the following 101 members
Winner Section 3 Drawing and Mixed Media: Robyn Gosbell “Memories of Cambodia”
Winner Section 4 Abstract Painting: Beverley Charker “Grey Abstraction”
Winner Section 5 Best 9 x 5 : Freda Surgenor “The Yellow Dinghy”
Highly Commended awards:
Section 1 Oil painting or acrylic painted as oil Catherine Harry “Farmhouse, Luberon, France”
Section 6 Miniature Trish Bennett “Country Treasure”
Commended awards:
Section 1 John Wilson “Murray River Gum”
Section 4 Diana Garth “The Bouquet”
Section 5 Diana Garth “Afternoon’s Reflections, Barrack Point”
Section 6 David Lake “Evening Pastoral”
Section 6 Shirley Hagarty “Australian Flannel Flower”
NB: All other acknowledgements will be in the next newsletter.