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Nicholas Osmond – Bronco Pony | Acrylic on Canvas

Painting by Australian artist, Nicholas Osmond

Nicholas Osmond

“His art is a breath of fresh air, often involving an innocence, whimsy and energy that is easy to identify with on one level. Like some of Nolan’s art it possesses an understatement however with more colour and a subjective twist. There is an ‘X factor’ that attracts!” Mark Widdup.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
In the wake of two severe injuries, Nick Osmond began painting two years ago in his weatherboard cottage by the Broadwater Creek, on the outskirts of Moree in north-west NSW.

Describing himself as a gardener who paints, Nicks home is now overgrown with plant life and portraiture. In the studio, he regularly enjoys the company of his twelve-year-old daughter Sophie.

ARTIST STATEMENT
I love to paint PEOPLE! Either as portraits or in a loose narrative style. My painting style is semi abstract, moving some times to realism. Often influenced by Sidney Nolan and Adam Cullen, I’m often also inspired by Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Goya. Painting in a loose naïve style works well given the in-distinctive way I paint. I require a very firm image, visualisation or photographic record to commence an artwork, yet believe most of the final image comes from the following artistic process and development.

Charcoal on fabriano etching paper, in mounts

http://heatherbetts.net/curriculum-vitae/

BIOGRAPHY
1962 born in Sydney, Australia
1981-1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts, City Art Institute, Sydney
1984-1989 Masters Fine Arts, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. Karl Hofer Scholarship.
Currently divides time between Berlin and Melbourne

Charcoal on fabriano etching paper, in mounts

http://heatherbetts.net/curriculum-vitae/

BIOGRAPHY
1962 born in Sydney, Australia
1981-1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts, City Art Institute, Sydney
1984-1989 Masters Fine Arts, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. Karl Hofer Scholarship.
Currently divides time between Berlin and Melbourne

Pastel portrait by Ann Seddon of Australian dramatic alto, Liane Keegan. It was drawn at her farewell concert in Melbourne in 1996 before she came to the UK. It is being reframed.

http://violaannseddon.com/

Liane Keegan is now a major Australian opera singer. Liane appears as Erda, 1st Norn and Waltraute in Die Walküre on the 2004 Melba Records recording of the first Australian Ring Cycle conducted by Asher Fisch.

Future engagements include Salome with Victorian Opera & Erda in Der Ring des Nibelungen with Opera Australia in 2020.

Painted by Australian landscape artist George Tuck. ‘The Road Home’ is a 94 x 64 cm painting in oil on canvas.

A3 artist’s quality paper
The medium is conte pencil
The mount( square) will make the finished size 45 x45cm.

http://www.floradaneman.com/

SPECIALIST IN PORTRAITURE – ADULTS, CHILDREN AND ANIMALS
Flora has undertaken private commissions and exhibited her paintings in a number of London art galleries and fairs. She has also illustrated for numerous magazines over the years. In 2011 she illustrated a children’s book “That Dog” which was written by Nanette Newman and published by Brubaker Ford and Friends, an imprint of Templar publishing.

Charcoal on fabriano etching paper, in mounts

http://heatherbetts.net/curriculum-vitae/

BIOGRAPHY
1962 born in Sydney, Australia
1981-1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts, City Art Institute, Sydney
1984-1989 Masters Fine Arts, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. Karl Hofer Scholarship.
Currently divides time between Berlin and Melbourne

A beautiful( in perfect condition) Kimono
5ft pure silk Japanese man’s robes.
“It was obviously made for someone grand and special.
It could be promoted as the dress for a big tall man who’s celebrating a big birthday and wanting to look different…
The silk base is embroidered with little medallions.
Its almost a museum piece I think. “

4 special prints

framed copy of Artiso’s crests

Frames from the decorator Stephanie HOPPER

DECORATIVE PRINTS OF FAMILY CRESTS

EARL OF CASTLEHAVEN and Baron Order in Ireland

Henry Somerset Duke of Beauford

The Right Honourable Hugh Percy The Earl of Northumberland

The Right Honourable George Wyndam Earl of Egremont

Mallacoota | Oil on Canvas | Belinda Syme

53cm x 43cm

http://www.belindasyme.co.uk/HOME.html

Belinda Syme has focused on landscapes and trees for the majority of her career, but in the past few years she has noticed that the art world has changed – both for artists and consumers.

The new generation of art buyers are after something that will fit a prescribed wall-space, will go with the furnishings, or will complement the colour scheme of their sitting room – ‘art for the Ikea generation’. Her latest work looks at the relationship between creative freedom and consumer demands. How does an artist approach people’s predilection for beige or grey, and the art to go with that?

Inspired by these notions, she has made art to enliven the domestic interior, in defiance of the rules of good taste. Her collages and paintings are intended as a wry challenge to the anonymous aesthetic of today’s chain store modernism.