Artists WA – showcasing West Australian artists

Gail Devine is a ‘big drawer’ who jumps around all over the place. She likes to draw on big expanses of paper, then combine drawing over painting and painting over printmaking.

Her work is widely recognised in Australia and overseas for her large calligraphic drawing effects on paper and for her mark making on drop canvas.

She has won several awards for drawing and painting and exhibited in Australia, New Zealand, England and in South America.

She works from a studio in Woodbridge, Perth.

Currently she is working towards two solo exhibitions, one in Manila and one in Sydney this year.

Amsterdam on Yellow (Acrylic on canvas. 45cm deep x 45cm wide)

Dog and Coolie (Oil on canvas. 45cm deep x 45cm wide)

Paris and Art (Mixed media, wire, on paper. 35.3cm deep x 50.5cm wide)

Federation (Acrylic, mixed media on drop canvas)

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

Creepy lives in Perth, Western Australia although he grew up sharing his time between the Solomon islands, Perth, Melbourne and Holland.

Being an early comic book fan influenced creepy’s painting and illustration style quite obviously and helped shape his unique style today. Creepy’s work is inspired by the bizarre people he sees on the streets, humorous observations of life and what it means to exist.

Whois Twiggy Thip

Big Joe And His Fluffy Moe

Pablo

Freein The Trees

For more checkout Creepy’s website http://creepy.headtank.com/