Artists WA – showcasing West Australian artists

Graham Hay’s unusual paperclay sculptures are often inspired by architecture and unique Western Australian flora. Hundreds of individual parts are organised into structures, to suggest social organizations.

The new medium of paperclay (processed cellulose fibre mixed with clay, and later fired) has enabled him to push the physical and expressive boundaries of ceramics. It has also led to invitations to give workshops across the country, and globe. Originally a by-product of making his paperclay, Graham also developed new techniques to compress and carve paper into sculptures (no glue). Over time the amount of information coming at us has grown, as well as the scale of the work.

“Net I” Ceramic Earthenware & Terracotta Paperclay – 110×120x60cm. Photo: Victor France

“Curved Information as Object” 4 tonnes of government documents – 250×250x600cm. Photo: Marcia Lochhead

“Gateway” Ceramic Earthenware & Terracotta Paperclay – 37×37x27cm. Photo: Victor France

“Pull, Twist and Bend” Paper: Gold Corp annual report and mining prospectuses – 190×180x85cm. Photo: Fran Dennis

For more on Graham checkout his site www.grahamhay.com.au

Facter became interested in art whilst bombing with various graff crews in Perth during the early 90’s, but moved away from graffiti into the design realm several years later. It is from that early love of graffiti that his passion for art first sprang. After studying art in Queensland he became interested in curating exhibitions and presenting group works, and after several years doing so he finally returned to Western Australia and continued to work in almost complete seclusion, only having begun to show and present his artwork to the outside world in the past two years.

Facters work has evolved over the past fifteen years to a distinctive tech-natural style. Meshing his early graffiti influences with his life-long addiction to science fiction and his passion for traditional Aztec and Maori design has enabled Facter to create a unique personal style which is almost instantly recognisable. With his respect of the natural world, which was instilled in him whilst living in the rainforests of Far North Queensland, Facters works hope to present a harmonious interpolation between visions of the future and the organic world – without the at times too harsh a nature that “bio-mechanical” forms of art usually take. Almost all of his work is drawn in charcoal pencil or artline 0.4/0.8, with as minimal utilisation of photoshop as is possible.

Lost and Found

Life Line

Acridique

Weird Enough

For more of Fletcher’s stuff checkout http://facter.deviantart.com

The most obvious and notable common denominator of Caroline Christies’ paintings is the repeated use of the circle. Circles float, spin, cluster, suspend and drop with in and out of the canvases – sometimes one lone shape and sometimes numerous forms.

The organic nature of circles and their distinct presence around us leads the audience to inquire what this timeless symbol means in the context of these painterly compositions. The artist’s technique appears loose and free; comprising of multiple layering of pigments, paints and stains. Utilizing mixed media and the varying reactions these substances have on each other, the artist parodies the spontaneous complexities of Life. The response these varying moments have on the viewer is provocative and subjective.

Squared Circle Black (Oil on canvas 1000 x 1000)

Surge (Acrylic on canvas 1000 x 2000)

Melting Memory (Acrylic on Canvas 1000 x 1000)

Ambient Edges (Acrylic on canvas 1100×1100)

You can see more of Christies’ work on her website www.carolinechristie.net

English born Sally Smith creates illuminative works which combine her studies of studio ceramics, fine art and textile making. Sally’s art is a celebration, is an exploration, of life through the imaginative force of vibrant colour, texture and form, placed in seemingly random configurations until closer inspection reveals a subterranean poetry of sensual cohesion.

Sally’s work is, thus a visual metaphor of her relationship to the world. She expresses through her painting that exact fusion of spontaneity and purpose that she sees reflected in the beauty of nature and in the finest moments of cultural achievement.

show me the way

goodbye my man

till we meet again

the other side

More of Sally’s work can be seen on her website www.sallysmith-artist.com.au