N E W S L E T T E R April 2016

Ku-ring-gai Art Society PO Box 229 TURRAMURRA 2074 Mobile 0419 983 917 wwwourkascomau

Next General Meeting

Tuesday 3 May 2016 at 730pm

Masonic Hall Turramurra

Cnr Pacific Hwy amp Turramurra Ave

Next Committee Meeting

Monday 2 May 2016 at 730pm

207 Mona Vale Road St Ives

President Charmaine Phillips

0419 615 319

charmainecharmaineartcom

Secretary Jan Harrington-Johnson

0400 119 211 janhjiinetnetau

Treasurer Caroline Oesterheld

Patrons

Lou Klepac amp Meg Stewart

Guest Speaker April Adrian Lockhart Printmaking

Adrian Lockhart is a contemporary artist who draws paints sculpts and creates books He particularly loves still life and working on figurative motives simplifying them to the point of abstraction He also enjoys composite pieces mixing up still life and figurative and abstraction His wife Caren is his muse and model Much of his work involves figures on the beach or shoreline landscapes Until recently he would do his own work in his studio then go into the water and surf ndash every day Adrian was born in Queenstown Tasmania in 1947 the son of a teacher His first passion to make marks was when he was very young in kindergarten ldquoI remember walking home with my mum and my painting and I felt so real and proud ndash the same feeling I get after a day in the studio when all goes wellrdquo ldquoAll mumrsquos notepads were scribbled on so mum gave me my own padsrdquo It was the start of a love affair with sketchbooks ndash He has completed 243 sketchbooks so far (all numbered) some of which he brought along for us to peruse They were simply beautiful When he was 5 the family moved to Launceston and he became a regular visitor to the Queen Victoria gallery and museum He remembers that during a travelling exhibition of works by Rodin a piece of sculpture went missing making national news It was found in a local park and restored to the art gallery ldquoAt the gallery I saw Boyd Olsen Dickenson and Tucker ndash modern paintings made an impression on merdquo John Olsen won a prize at that time at the gallery for ldquoJourney through a you-beaut countryrdquo At the age of 15 Adrian managed to secure a job as an artist with the local newspaper He found the pressure of deadlines and workload enormous His mentor at work told him to ldquoJust do itrdquo a long time before Nike urged the same thing This colleague also urged him to open his mind ndash ldquoand I have tried to keep it open ever sincerdquo Lockhart moved to Sydney in the early 70s ldquoAfter a full day in the office I had renewed energy to do my own thing at home I was quite energized which resulted in my being able to have work in art galleries at that timerdquo Robin Gibson saw his work in a framers and asked him to exhibit in his gallery which he did Lockhart learned from masters he admired such as Chardin David Hockney Morandi At one stage he thought he should stop looking at other artists of reputation and even stop going to exhibitions in order to find his own voice but he found that you cannot develop in a vacuum In the 1990s the exhibition of his work expanded to the US Perth Brisbane Canberra and the New England and Maitland regional art galleries Photos of major exhibitions included a series of surfboards which he had painted and the Shorelines and Bookmarks exhibitions in Maitland featured his recent figurative and abstracted work together with his artistrsquos books He particularly loves creating books either through printmaking (etching and woodcuts) or by drawing over the pages of second hand books allowing the original typesetting to show through He believes that his love of all things to do with print and books is a consequence of his newspaper background Adrianrsquos advice to himself (and us) is ndash open the mind Just do it And always be an explorer Now approaching 70 he continues to take his own advice Thomasin Graham httpadrianlockhartcomau

For Society questions or

enquiries contact

Any Society or Membership enquiries Jan Harrington-Johnson janhjiinetnetau

Financial MattersPayments Caroline Oesterheld aoesterhbigpondnetau

Exhibitions amp Entries Robyne Berling rcberlingicloudcom

Website Bryan Freer bryanfreergmailcom

Newsletter Linda Butterfield mhlmbutbigpondnetau

2

Guest Art ist

M a y Kasey Sealy

Oils

M E M B ER S N E W S

Website

Click on the Gallery

tab to view membersrsquo

work currently

showing and see

instructions for adding

your own artwork

wwwourkascomau

Annual Awards

Exhibition

18 - 31 July 2016

Intake

Sunday 17 July

Awards Presentation Night

Friday 22 July

Artists Pickup

5pm 31 July

Born in Forbes in 1961 Kasey began

painting at the age of 17yrs in 1978 and

has painted professionally since 1980

Kasey has painted in many overseas

countries including UK France Venice

Italy amp USA He still manages regular

painting trips around Australia as his love

of the Australian bush is the source of

much of his inspiration He was previously

a regular lecturer at Charles Sturt

University in Bathurst but now holds

tutorials for Art Society members

throughout Australia and holds his own

home tutorials in his studio Kasey states

ldquoMy work is a direct influence of the

impressionist style of painting with a direct

hand eye co ordination in front of the

subject trying to capture the subtleties of

mood light and atmosphere always trying

to avoid any formulation sentimentality

and clicheacute giving the individual viewer a

unique visual experience every timerdquo

He has had 6 solo exhibitions in London

and has been represented at major

London Art Fairs such as lsquoOlympiarsquo where

a record price of pound18000 was established

for a major canvas in 2002 He has been

commissioned by the American Australian

Association to provide works painted and

presented as awards to Greg Norman and

Andrew Liveris president of Dow

Chemical Co USA and Paul Anderson ex

CEO BHP and present CEO of Duke

Energy in America Commissions for 2007

include Chip Goodyear ex CEO BHP amp

James McInerney Vice President of

Boeing Air USA Kasey was selected for

the Ingles equestrian Prize 2012 Sealyrdquo

was published in 1993

httpwwwkaseysealycomau

Next Guest Speaker

7 June Chantal Mahoney ndash Oils

Membership Renewal

Members are reminded to pay their membership subscriptions to the Treasurer if they have not yet done so

Vale

The recent death of Judith King a long-time member and printmaker was announced with regret and condolences to her family Judith was known for her printmaking

New Members

The following new Social Members have been welcomed into the Society Kyung Mi Jung Linda Gee Andrew Urge and Eva Molnar

Resignations

The resignations of Beverley Symonds and Liesel Gibian were accepted with regret

Exhibiting Membership Intake

All Social Members who wish to apply for Exhibiting Membership should go to our website and please read all the conditions carefully

httpourkascomaumembershipexhibiting-membership-application

Next intake is 22 April 830am-12 noon at the Turramurra Masonic Hall Then 5 August

Wednesday Sketch Group

If you would like to improve your drawing skills why not join our friendly Group We meet every Wednesday morning to master the human figure

Ring Rowena Monty 99582596 for further details

Judges

Kasey Sealy and Melissa Read Devine

Entry forms

Will go out in May newsletter Entry forms are also on the website

Prizes

In all categories they have been increased 1st $750 2nd $350 3rd $150

Artistrsquos CVrsquos

After looking through the Artists CVs it is obvious that these need updating Some have not changed for many years As prospective buyers and other visitors and artists do look for information about artists could you all take time to provide a new look CV

These can be mailed to the secretary or sent with the July entry form or brought to the General Meeting

The Family of Margaret Wills have very generously offered to sponsor the Golden Jubilee Prize with a perpetual donation of $2000 each year

Margaret Wills has dedicated many years of her life to Art and to the Ku-ring-gai Art Society and her husband Dean has made this offer as an ongoing tribute to her

One of Margaretrsquos beautiful paintings appears on the cover of the Golden Jubilee book and there are many references to her work and involvement throughout the book

On behalf of all the members of The Ku-ring-gai Art Society I thank Margaretrsquos family most sincerely for their sponsorship of this prestigious award Charmaine Phillips President

The Margaret Wills

Golden Jubilee Award

3

CASS Report

Art in Action will be back in 2016 lsquoThe art convention with a differencersquo

May 13 14 15 2016

At Merroo Conference Centre Mill Rd Kurrajong

Here is all the information you need to book your favourite classes ndash or try a new one

2016 Workshop Booking Form - httpcombinedartsocietiescomwp-contentuploads2015112016-A-in-A-FORM-Workshopspdf

2016 Accommodation Booking Form - httpcombinedartsocietiescomwp-contentuploads2015112016-A-in-A-FORM-accommodationpdf

2016 Art in Action Workshops and Tutors Booklet httpcombinedartsocietiescomwp-contentuploads2015112016-Art-in-Action-Booklet-25_10_2015pdf

Email combinedsocietiesyahoocomau

Websites httpcombinedartsocietiescomart-in-action httpwwwcassartdirectcomau httpwwwcombinedartsocietiescom

FOR YOUR INTEREST

Books are available at a cost of $55 each with $16 extra if postage is required and can be purchased at General meetings or by ordering online Details are available on the website

Kasey Sealy Italy Workshop 2016

Based in the beautiful village of Lucignano Tuscany Runs from 11- 25 September 2016 Tuition and tour guiding costs $1200 Accommodation organised in village to your requirements Lots of nice restaurants cafes and bars Day trips will be organised to Cortona and Florence including a Tuscan wine tour Transfers from Rome airport can be arranged For more details see website

httpwwwkaseysealycomaututorialshtml

Or Email Kasey kaseykaseysealycomau

Paint Away Norah Head

Paintaway planned for Norah Head where local artist Noeline Millar will show us some of her favourite painting spots

Date Monday 9 May to Saturday morning 13 May

Accommodation is available at Norah Head Holiday Park For bookings and costs of types of cabins phone 1800 241 342 or 0243 963 935 Have a look on their website

For further information call Baith on 9498 3359 International Womenrsquos Day in

Ku-ring-gai Council - Gems of

Ku-ring-gai

Each year to celebrate International Womenrsquos Day Ku-ring-gai Council recognises ldquoGems of Ku-ring-gairdquoand a certificate of recognition for outstanding work in the community is awarded This year KAS nominated Robyne Berling and Suzanne Lane for an award The presentation was held at Ku-ring-gai Wild Flower Garden in St Ives It was a very entertaining morning for forty ldquoGems and their guests with excellent speakers and entertainment along with morning tea The mayor Cr Cheryl Szatow presented the certificates followed by the cutting of a huge celebration chocolate mud cake

CONGRATULATIONS

URGENT

The President is appealing for a member to take up the Committee Position of

Publicity Officer

Jo Macree who has done this for many years can no longer continue due to family illness She is very happy to instruct and guide someone to get you started Please contact Charmaine at

charmainecharmaineartcom

Prize Winners

Suzanna Chen Chow mdash Overall Winner Thora Ungar Memorial Award at The Royal Art Society Annual Autumn Exhibition

Linda Joyce - 1st Prize for Still Life and Peoples Choice at the Deniliquin Art Show

At the 2016 Royal Easter Show Art Exhibition

Judy Daniels - 2nd Prize Section 2 Still Life Painting Spare Partsrdquo

Yvonne Langshaw - 3rd Prize Section 2 Still Life Painting Clay and Clothrdquo

Susan Joyce - 3rd Prize Section 9 Miniature Art ldquoThat gatersquos openhellipagainrdquo

Connie Allman - Highly Commended Section 1 RuralLandscape Painting Bark Extractionrdquo

Judith Robinson - Highly Commended Section 9 Miniature Art Country Scenerdquo

Linda Butterfield - Highly Commended Section 6 Drawing ldquoMagnoliasrdquo

Three Day Outdoor Oil Painting

Workshop 14-16th October

Warwick Fuller is giving a 3 day oil painting workshop in the Kanimbla Valley to be held on the 14th 15th 16th October at Warrigal Homestead Little Hartley NSW See the the website

wwwwarrigalhomesteadcom

The group will be limited to about ten energetic painters with experience in oils He will be giving demonstrations and helping you individually while you paint

For all details and contact go to Warwickrsquos website httpwarwickfullercomtuition

Pamela Fairburnrsquos workshop Paint Paradise Fiji Art Tour is filling up fast There are presently only about 5 places left

If you are interested in this wonderful art adventure in Savusavu Fiji from 15-22 October 2016 please contact Adrienne Witteman from Trendsetter Travel or Pamela as soon as possible to secure your place Please see attachments for details

Rod Milgate Retrospective

1934-2014 Rod was a Professor of the visual Arts UNSW and used to visit the Art Society during the 60rsquos through to the 80rsquos to discuss the new art movement Winner of the Blake Prize in 1966 1975 and 1977 the SMH Heritage Award 1987 and Mosman 1991 among many others Not only an artist but also a writer of plays scrips and poetry Considered one of Australiarsquos most influential artists during the 60rsquos and 70rsquos A retrospective of his marvellous works is on at the Artarmon Gallery from 16th April to 31st May Well worth a visit

DrawingMixed Media

In this workshop Michael will teach students a wide range of approaches and techniques from a diverse range of still life subjects Using different mediums such as ink charcoal graphite and pastel the workshop will explore tone rhythm composition and combinations of materials Participant will be encouraged to develop and explore their own creative response to subject and techniques Michael will give demonstrations and explain each technique and approach encouraging an artist practice to build a body of work Observational skills underline Michaelrsquos teaching - Tuition is suitable for all skill levels and will be tailored to suit individualrsquos personal needs We were all enthralled with Michaelrsquos recent demonstration at the March meeting It promises to be a great workshop

Still 8 places available

Drawing and Watercolour

Susan will demonstrate her unique method of using watercolour and drawing media to create fresh and lively images Traditionally trained in all aspects of drawing and painting Susan has taught at TAFE and community colleges and was a gallery guide at the Art Gallery of NSW She tutors on regular painting trips to Norfolk Island and next semester begins tutoring a Monday evening class at Ku-ring-gai Art Centre Roseville where she taught for many years You will enjoy this workshop and Susans gentle encouragement

Susan Farrell Saturday 18 June 2016

Pastels

David Wells was born into an artistic family but didnrsquot start painting until he was 26 years old and he hasnrsquot wasted anytime since then He has exhibited extensively and his work has been regularly published in international journals and featured on the cover of both ldquoThe Artists Magazinerdquo and ldquoThe Pastel Journalrdquo He was a finalist in the Black Swan prize for portraiture David will demonstrate the techniques he uses and show us how to use pastels to create stunning modern works of art Davidrsquos relaxed yet highly informative teaching style has made him a popular tutor His passion for art and especially pastels is matched by his extraordinary talent which he is more than happy to share with anyone willing to be taught 1 place now available - get in fast

Treasurerrsquos

Report

Please send Ku-ring-gai Art Society

news to

Linda Butterfield

Email mhlmbut bigpondnetau

Deadline for information for next

newsletter

Friday 6 May 2016

Plein Air Painters of Australia Venues Gregoryrsquos 2000 UBD 2000

For more information please ring Jim Attril 9918 8625 or Ed Sturz 9971 5513 Founder Allan Waite FRAS AWI

4

Our KAS Workshops 2016

Check the KAS Website for booking and payment details wwwourkascomau

Workshop Coordinator Thomi 0408 891 702 thomasinbigpondnetau

Ku-ring-gai Art Centre

Art Classes 2016

Semester 1 brochure available on website (link below)

BOOKINGS

T 9424 0310

E artcentrekmcnswgovau

W wwwkmcnswgovauartcentre

Future Workshops for 2016

9 July - Marijke Greenway - acrylics outback

22-Apr-16 North Harbour Park Condamine St Balgowlah 287 K10 197 K10

29-Apr-16 North Harbour Park Condamine St Balgowlah 287 K10 197 K10

6-May-16 Warriewood Beach South Headland 199 F12 138 L12

13-May-16 Warriewood Beach South Headland 199 F12 138 L12

20-May-16 Bangalley Head Marine Parade North Avalon 140 F14 99 F14

David Wells Saturday 16th April 2016 We are trialling a new format for the

Treasurerrsquos Financial Statement with copies of the Profit and Loss available at each meeting or emailed on request

Sales for the March Exhibition were strong with 51 paintings sold for $25280 Cheques have been mailed for payments to artists and bank transfers will be completed early the week beginning April 11 We have transferred our account to the Bendigo Bank which has a more streamlined process for internet transfers so payments from the Awards Exhibition onwards will be in a much more timely manner

The vast majority of Membership renewals for 2016 have been paid with the last remaining being reminded by phone calls Wersquove introduced receipts to members this year which can also be presented to Art Shops to take advantage of any discounts offered to members of Art Societies

As mentioned we have transferred our banking business to Bendigo Bank which for several years has been a major sponsor of our Grand Prize at the Awards Exhibition of $1000

Payments can be made to the Society at any time by post direct deposit or online at website to

Ku-ring-gai Art Society

BSB 633 000 Account 156977167

Please also email Caroline advising of your remittance aoesterhbigpondnetau

Michael Herron Saturday 14 May 2016