Artists WA – showcasing West Australian artists

Nathan’s passion for photography began unexpectedly in 2003 when his girlfriend bought a small compact 3 mega pixel digital camera. With the ability to review results instantly the realisation dawned to him that a digital camera was a good way to teach yourself a little bit about photography. The quest for capturing images that stood above the average “snapshot” was underway. Well over a year later a growing frustration with the limitations of a basic point and shoot highlighted the... (more...)

Recently acknowledge by Joy Legge (Art Bank) in Insite Magazine as an artist to collect for under $5000, Spencer has had several group exhibitions both in Western Australia and interstate, as well as a sellout solo exhibition. Spencer’s attack of the canvas with vibrant and dramatic colour, rhythm, pattern and symbol, is stimulated from a modern industrial world. His paintings are emotionally charged as he abandons artistic control to push, experiment and express. With these elements combined,... (more...)

Although Shem was born and bred in W.A., he really only discovered his passion for photography whilst living and working in Melbourne. “The arts scene in that city is fantastic and at that stage I was shooting with one of Kodak’s first 1.2 megapixel cameras” After organising a work transfer back to Perth his interest in photography grew strong, but felt like he was lacking a basic understanding of photography, particularly the fundamentals of composition. The first semi-serious step for Shem... (more...)

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... (more...)