Myall Coast artists to hold Art Affair before long weekend Myall Coast Myall Coast - popup ad Myall Coast News Photo Gallery by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 13, 2023 Julia Ross, Liz Cheers, Geradine Thomas, Grahame Bell, Lynne Young and Rudy Jacobs. AN AFFAIR of the art will transform the Tea Gardens Hotel’s Dolphin Room into an impromptu gallery from 18-22 September, just before the school holidays begin. Featuring over 100 works by several local artists in each medium of painting, printmaking, woodworking, and mosaics, the exhhibition should hopefully inspire some love with their myriad subjects and motivations. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au Julia Ross, winner of the 2D Anderson Art Award’s earlier this year, showcases stunning oil-on-canvas seascapes from our beautiful aquatic surroundings across Port Stephens, inspired by her regular visits to the beach and the bay. Ceramics and mosaics feature from the crafty hands of Geradine Thomas, who takes as much joy in smashing up the recycled materials and tiles as she does in piecing them into beautiful mosaics that the Ancient Romans might envy. “Building the backgrounds as much as the glass and tile on top, creating a 2D to 3D effect,” Geraldine said. Liz Cheers, who started out in framing, soon moved into making more exquisite flat and embossed prints to frame, along with delicate collages composed of local native leaves on silk paper. The therapeutic side of art comes out in the animal and human subjects of Lynne Young’s acrylic painting, with special interest in the eyes that she says “makes you feel more a part of the art”. Grahame Bell’s woodworking shows how a simple log can become Thor’s mighty hammer, or a laminated fence post can transform into simple and rustic bowls and candleholders, the result of decades of a much-loved hobby from the mountains. Landscapes and experiences from travels across Australia are the subject of Rudy Jacobs’ oil paintings, having travelled more than 23,000km last year alone, “and never the same road twice”, to bring the beauty of Australia to his work. Spring is set to be an artistically vibrant and diverse season on the Myall Coast, with more art shows opening up during the school holidays and Labour Day long weekend thereafter. By Thomas O’KEEFE Julia Ross’ seascapes in oil on canvas. Geradine Thomas’ mosaics proudly use recycled materials. Liz Cheers’ prints have already sold as cards, with owls as a favourite motif. Lynne Young’s living works in acrylic bring you into the paintings with their eyes. Mjolnir, candlesticks and pelicans show the range of Grahame Bell’s woodworking and turning. Rudy Jacob’s decades of travels have inspired his varied and various oil subjects.
