Home and Away
Recently an artist friend in Munich ( Penelope Richardson) came up with an idea for a photographic exhibition exploring the ex-pat experience of “home and away” during these unprecedented times. The project invited selected artists to provide 3 photos – one of themselves with an object representing ‘home’, another with an object that represented ‘away’, […]
Peculiar Annes installation at “Hidden”
Just to re-cap a bit on an earlier post, the Peculiar Annes are a collaborative artist group formed in May this year. We are Janet Parker-Smith, Cleo Gardener and myself-Claude Jones. Its been so much fun to work collaboratively with other artists, especially as I spend so much time alone in the studio with my own […]
Peculiar Annes and their little “Seraph”
We got in! The very first sculpture completed by “Peculiar Annes” collaboration (Janet Parker-Smith, Cleo Gardiner and myself – Claude Jones), has been selected as a finalist in this years prestigious Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize! Over 500 entries from national and international artists are received annually and approximately 40 finalists’ works are exhibited over a 16 day […]
Wedding dresses-from the closet to the grave
Do you have an old wedding dress hanging in your wardrobe awaiting the unlikely day when someone may want to re-use it? Of course these frocks hold special memories, but lets face it, most are worn once then put to rest forever. Some of the luckier ones do make it to the thrift stores hoping […]