Wattle Blue Butterfly Winged Woman

                            

This newly completed painting is a commission that came out of my recent exhibition at Chrysalis Gallery - I'm just about to deliver it, and hope their client will like it.

The Wattle Blue is a South Australian butterfly, so called because of its favourite habitat, the glorious Australian Wattle Tree. For me its personal significance is twofold. I have just returned from a short trip to Quorn and Adelaide in SA, reuniting with family members, and wattle is one of my favourite flowers. The butterfly was sourced from an excellent textbook on South Australian butterflies purchased from the South Australian Museum. 

So ends my last project for 2010, as the countdown to Christmas, already well under way, continues….

Pictured above: Wattle Blue Winged Woman, 2010, 36 x 36 cm, acrylic on linen. Completed work and some developmental stages. Top image by Tim Gresham.

Yay! My 2nd Unity image is posted!

My second stamp for Unity was posted as a sneak peak. This is my last one for this month's kit. I hope everyone like's it. Lisa Hetrick wrote the sentiment. I'm not so great at sentiments. :(
Have a super, terrific day everyone!!!!
Tracey

Project Raksasa Doodles by Squeak Art Asia (Update 19)

Hi guys, Project Raksasa Doodles' deadline is coming near and we've been updating on Facebook since we announced Artmakr coming in to support the project.

We have since had loads of entries, please visit our Project Raksasa Doodles album to view all the submissions: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=16690&id=117673671604031&page=7

Here are the latest entries.

Doodler: Li Shian Yeo
Title: Teary-Eyed Me
Medium: Black Ink, Staedtler Triplus Fineliners, Sharpie Permanent Marker on B6 Sketchbook
Location: Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Description: A day that left me in tears.

Doodler: Li Shian Yeo
Title: Swollen Knees
Medium: Black Ink, Staedtler Triplus Fineliners, Sharpie Permanent Marker on B6 Sketchbook
Location: Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Description: Lost my balance and injured my knees during a cycling outing...

My first UnityStampCo. stamp!

Good afternoon all,
I'm so excited! This is a sneak peak of my first stamp I've drawn for UnityStampCo. It'll be in the December kit of the month. I actually have 2 stamps in the Dec.KOTM, but I can't show the other one until it's released. (grrrr...) If there's a sneak peak of it, I'll post it!
Have a super Wednesday!!!!! :D
Tracey

Butterfly friend...

A new "Enchantment" image.

Our princess is back!

Princess Jennifer latte is back and decorating for Christmas. She's so absorbed in herself that she may fall over the tree, but otherwise doing well. LOL!
I hope everyone participates in the blog hop tomorrow the design team has been working so hard on. I'll post more details soon.
Have a wonderful evening everyone~
Tracey

IMPRESSIONS 2010

Stages in the development of Unmasked, 2010, hand coloured linocut, 20 x 15 cm, edition 10. It was created for the Australian Print Workshop exhibition IMPRESSIONS 2010 limited edition prints by contemporary artists

Images from top:

• Work in progress
• Completed block
• Proofing finished work
• Participating artists

(Click on images to enlarge)

The exhibition will be launched on Friday 3 December from 6-8 pm and continues until 12 February 2011

Australian Print Workshop Gallery

210 Gertrude Street

Fitzroy Vic 3065

Phone: 03 9419 5466

Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 am - 5pm

Gallery closed for Christmas and New Year 25 December 2010 - 10 January 2011

A Blast from the Past

Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum have just done an extensive rehang. We called into the gallery yesterday and enjoyed revisiting some of the collection's many highlights.

In conjunction with this, their latest exhibition (which opened on Saturday) focuses on artists from the Castlemaine region whose works are held in the gallery's permanent collection.

My own work, Femme Fatale, 1996, linocut with chine colle, is currently on view in the Benefactor's Gallery. It was acquired at the conclusion of the touring survey exhibition Deborah Klein - Out of the Past 1995-2007, which was guest curated by Diane Soumilas. The work originates from the Film Noir series (1995-1997.)

View their website HERE.

To see other works from the Film Noir series visit the Portfolio Page on my website.

From top:

Femme Fatale, 1996 pictured with works by Rick Amor, Paul Boromeno, Albert Tucker and Petra Reece

Installation detail: Femme Fatale, 1996

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What's new at UnityStampCo.? Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's right! I'm now one of the few,elite UnityStamp artists and so proud I could burst. I'm going to be super busy with Unity and TSB, but I can do it. My brain is spinning with ideas. I can't wait to get started!
I hope everyone has a super, fantastic day!!!!!
Tracey

Natural Histories - final days

From top:

• Gallery entrance
• Last day visitors: Leigh Hobbs, Deborah Klein, Dmitri Kakmi, Robert Heather, Edwina Bach
• Chrysalis Gallery Director Delwyn Freestone with Shane Jones
• Shirley Murdoch, Deborah Klein, Sue, Peg Johnston
• Shane Jones, Deborah Klein, Kim McDonald