awarded best painting Ipswich Art Awards 2016
overseas travel
I am heading to Ukraine for 3 weeks in March and The Netherlands for the 4 weeks of April. It will be both a challenging and recharging time and I hope to do much drawing and documenting while travelling. You can follow along if you like on Instagram and Facebook.
Drawing Dogs for Ukraine fundraiser
the whole story is here….. 20 days, 104 dogs and a few cats later
https://debmostertartist.atavist.com/drawingdogsforukraine
Public art sculpture
My work continues in collaboration with Chalkoz Art Foundry to produce large scale sculptures for the Brisbane City Council. Fabrication will be finalised in the next few weeks with the installation happening in mid May. It’s been a year in the making and still under wraps but the full story will be told in due course.
People – Places
3 works have been curated into a group exhibition at the Ipswich Art Gallery entitled People- Places.
Exhibition held from the 5th January – 23rd January with a ‘drinks with the artists’ evening on the 22nd January from 5.30 p.m.
Summer Group Show
I will have two works in the Summer Group Exhibition show at Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery opening Saturday 12th December and running until 30th January 2016.
Studio 87, Ridgeway Avenue, Southport
‘Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones’ Migrant Sand Piper 2015 oil on linen 71 x 81 cm
Finalist in Eutick Memorial Still Life Award 2015
For the 8th consecutive year I am a finalist in the EMSLA at Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W.
with this work entitled ‘We travel a lot so collecting these made sense’ Bartailed Godwit Vintage Airline bags 2015 46 x 61 cm watercolour
15 Artists
I was curated into 15 Artists at Redcliffe Art Gallery. The opening night was the first chance to see the other artists involved and I was very happy to be hanging with such high calibre of artists. Lindy Lee’s beautiful work ‘Stealing Bamboo Shoots’ was acquired by the gallery for it’s collection. Other artists involved were Gwynneth Boyce, Keith Burt, Stevie Fieldsend, Shaun Gladwell, Judith Kentish, Sherrie Knipe, Lindy Lee, Euan MacLeod, Deb Mansfield, Lauire Nielsen, Mike Riddle, Kristin Tennyson, Kawita Vatanajyankur and Guan Wei.
Artist in Residency at Coorparoo State School
Vogels en Dingen near sellout
the opening night was fun with lots of lovely people attending and many of the birds flying off to new homes.
12 out of 15 works sold before or on opening night.
My dealer Lorraine Pilgrim and Susi Muddiman (Director of the Tweed Regional Art Gallery) who graciously opened the exhibition.
a lovely gathering enjoying the hospitality of Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery
