AUTUMN SOIRÉE
March 30 - April 28
Opening drinks Sat 30 March 4pm - 6pm
Join us for this extraordinary exhibition featuring Mirka Mora, Toni Clarke, Peter Berner, Helen Oprey, Kylie Findlay and Laurie Mckern.
Autumn Soirée explores concepts of love, compassion, vulnerability, chaos, laughter and everything in between.
Mirka Mora: is one of Melbourne's most revered and treasured artists. Mirka and Georges Mora immigrated from France in 1951. They made an indelible and everlasting impact on Melbourne's cultural fabric.
Close to John and Sunday Reed, Charles and Barbara Blackman, Barrett Reid, John and Mary Perceval (later to become Lady Nolan), Lawrence Hope, Arthur Boyd, Joy Hester and Albert Tucker, Mirka and Georges were instrumental in the re-establishment of the Contemporary Art Society in 1953, in Melbourne.Mirka's seventy years of making art have produced an extensive array of works using unique techniques—drawing, painting, embroidery, soft sculpture, mosaics and doll making. Her distinct and outstanding imagery has emerged from her passion for reading, her love of classical Greek mythology, her desire to reclaim and make sense of her childhood and ultimately her unwavering belief in the strength of humanity to unite us all.
Toni Clarke: A practice, for me, is about letting go; there is no room for fear and no time to procrastinate. I want to remove the intellect and find a playful way to let the paint dance on the canvas without boundaries.
The crux of my work is looking at life in a more positive way. It is good to recognise the dark, but also important to see the light.
In a world full of uncertainty, we should remember how free we were when we were children.
Peter Berner: is a stand up comic, cartoonist, writer, artist…and he has been a TV host, radio host, petrol station attendant and auctioneer. He graduated from NAS in 1995. He has been a finalist in a number of art prizes including twice in the Archibald, Muswellbrook, Caloundra…the National Still life prize, Adelaide Perry drawing prize and Lester Prize. Also, he’s been nominated for a Logie twice.
The two portraits continue my work in character. I have spent many hours using many mediums drawing manipulating abstracting faces. They fascinate me in the way landscape does for landscape painters. I would argue they are, in their own way, my landscapes…
Helen Oprey: I paint the way I FEEL which is inevitably influenced by what is occurring in my own life. I tend to use my art as a mechanism to understand, process and ulJmately find peace. I wear my heart on my sleeve so I am an open book. I am insanely curious about human psychology and welcome all feelings, vulnerability, chaos and everything in between as it is a pathway to growth, wisdom and spiritual wealth. Bring it on.
Kylie Findlay: In 2010 Kylie Findlay completed a Bachelor of Visual Art at Southern Cross University, majoring in Painting. Her current practice is based in Currumbin, Queensland. Working with both acrylic and oil paints, she creates mostly abstract landscapes, flora and figurative work and sometimes portraiture. She’s been a multiple finalist in the Neumann Portrait and Dean Cogle Portrait Prizes, participated in group exhibitions in Queensland and Victoria, and sold paintings in Australia, NZ, USA, Canada, Norway and the UK
When it all seemed like a good idea, until it wasn’t. Contemplating the point when ideological ideas become unreasonable.
Laurie Mckern: After working in graphics/illustration, I moved to Sydney, Australia and slowly made the move to a full time painter. My art practise includes working with gouache, oils, oil pastels, encaustic wax and fabric. I am always evolving and expressing my surroundings as they change. The more I travel – the more I enjoy outdoor sketching and painting landscapes and nature. However, my favourite thing to paint is always people, especially women.
Click on each image to enlarge and read more.
Autumn Soirée explores concepts of love, compassion, vulnerability, chaos, laughter and everything in between.
Mirka Mora: is one of Melbourne's most revered and treasured artists. Mirka and Georges Mora immigrated from France in 1951. They made an indelible and everlasting impact on Melbourne's cultural fabric.
Close to John and Sunday Reed, Charles and Barbara Blackman, Barrett Reid, John and Mary Perceval (later to become Lady Nolan), Lawrence Hope, Arthur Boyd, Joy Hester and Albert Tucker, Mirka and Georges were instrumental in the re-establishment of the Contemporary Art Society in 1953, in Melbourne.Mirka's seventy years of making art have produced an extensive array of works using unique techniques—drawing, painting, embroidery, soft sculpture, mosaics and doll making. Her distinct and outstanding imagery has emerged from her passion for reading, her love of classical Greek mythology, her desire to reclaim and make sense of her childhood and ultimately her unwavering belief in the strength of humanity to unite us all.
Toni Clarke: A practice, for me, is about letting go; there is no room for fear and no time to procrastinate. I want to remove the intellect and find a playful way to let the paint dance on the canvas without boundaries.
The crux of my work is looking at life in a more positive way. It is good to recognise the dark, but also important to see the light.
In a world full of uncertainty, we should remember how free we were when we were children.
Peter Berner: is a stand up comic, cartoonist, writer, artist…and he has been a TV host, radio host, petrol station attendant and auctioneer. He graduated from NAS in 1995. He has been a finalist in a number of art prizes including twice in the Archibald, Muswellbrook, Caloundra…the National Still life prize, Adelaide Perry drawing prize and Lester Prize. Also, he’s been nominated for a Logie twice.
The two portraits continue my work in character. I have spent many hours using many mediums drawing manipulating abstracting faces. They fascinate me in the way landscape does for landscape painters. I would argue they are, in their own way, my landscapes…
Helen Oprey: I paint the way I FEEL which is inevitably influenced by what is occurring in my own life. I tend to use my art as a mechanism to understand, process and ulJmately find peace. I wear my heart on my sleeve so I am an open book. I am insanely curious about human psychology and welcome all feelings, vulnerability, chaos and everything in between as it is a pathway to growth, wisdom and spiritual wealth. Bring it on.
Kylie Findlay: In 2010 Kylie Findlay completed a Bachelor of Visual Art at Southern Cross University, majoring in Painting. Her current practice is based in Currumbin, Queensland. Working with both acrylic and oil paints, she creates mostly abstract landscapes, flora and figurative work and sometimes portraiture. She’s been a multiple finalist in the Neumann Portrait and Dean Cogle Portrait Prizes, participated in group exhibitions in Queensland and Victoria, and sold paintings in Australia, NZ, USA, Canada, Norway and the UK
When it all seemed like a good idea, until it wasn’t. Contemplating the point when ideological ideas become unreasonable.
Laurie Mckern: After working in graphics/illustration, I moved to Sydney, Australia and slowly made the move to a full time painter. My art practise includes working with gouache, oils, oil pastels, encaustic wax and fabric. I am always evolving and expressing my surroundings as they change. The more I travel – the more I enjoy outdoor sketching and painting landscapes and nature. However, my favourite thing to paint is always people, especially women.
Click on each image to enlarge and read more.
An Afternoon Gathering With Friends 1985 - Mirka Mora
A$3,000.00
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MIRKA MORA
An Afternoon Gathering With Friends 1985
21 X 20.5 cm
watercolour and pen on paper
AU$ 3,000
In The Valley of Love, 2001 - Mirka Mora
A$3,900.00
Mirka Mora
In The Valley of Love, 2001
Gouache on paper
26 X 37 CM
AU$ 3,900
My World Is At Peace, 1989 - Mirka Mora
A$3,400.00
Mirka Mora
My World Is At Peace, 1989
Gouache on paper
21 X 28.5 CM
AU$ 3,400
Happy Crab in Paradise, 1986 - Mirka Mora
A$3,000.00
Mirka Mora
Happy Crab in Paradise, 1986
Watercolour and pen on paper
17.5 X 24.5 CM
AU$ 3,000
The Sun Is Always Shining, 1985 - Mirka Mora
A$4,100.00
Mirka Mora
The Sun Is Always Shining, 1985
Gouache on paper
28 X 37 CM
AU$ 4,100
My Italian Beauty - Toni Clarke
A$2,200.00
Sold out
Toni Clarke
My Italian Beauty
Acrylic
Framed
750x700cm
$2200
Morning Black Bird - Toni Clarke
A$2,600.00
Sold out
Toni Clarke
Morning Black Bird
Acrylic
990x760cm
$2600
Darkness and Light - Helen Oprey
A$1,200.00
Helen Oprey
Darkness and Light
Acrylic on canvas
101 x 101 x2
$1200
Requires a shipping quote.
This painting is my dissection of how to survive the dark side of someone else's personality. After years of enduring unspeakable hurts I realised my power resided in my response. I understood that the darkness in another bringing out the light in me was the ultimate way to gain the empowerment I needed to survive and eventually thrive.
Hold onto your light, especially in times of darkness. The light will always show you the way.
Lady In Red - Helen Oprey
A$800.00
Helen Oprey
Lady In Red
Mixed media on canvas
91cm x 61 x 5
$800
Lady in Red is a celebration of the mature woman. Putting on your red lipstick and smelling the roses. Knowing that you have done everything in your power to be the best person you can be. The ability to look at yourself and others directly in the eye because you are at peace with yourself. Red represents sitting in one's power while the yellow signifies the reward of happiness that follows a life well lived.
Leda and the Swan - Laurie Mckern
A$2,500.00
Sold out
Laurie Mckern
Leda and the Swan
Acrylic on canvas
Unframed
100x100cm
$2500
Oak frame - extra
Requires a shipping frame
Red Hot Summer - Laurie Mckern
A$2,500.00
Sold out
Laurie Mckern
Red Hot Summer
Acrylic on canvas
Unframed
101x101cm
$2500
Oak frame - extra
Woman and Palm Tree - Peter Berner
A$1,450.00
Peter Berner
Woman and Palm Tree
Acrylic on board
30x29cm
$1450
Anxious Beauty - Peter Berner
A$1,450.00
Peter Berner
Anxious Beauty
Acrylic on board
Framed in timber
42x38cm
$1450
Everglades - Laurie McKern
A$1,275.00
Sold out
Laurie McKern
Everglades
Oil, printmaking, coloured pencil, encaustic wax on board
50 x 40 cm
$1275 framed
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