Tonight… I am pacing in excitement and starry eyed… I just got an email from my district gallery to say… da dut du dahhhh….
I have 2 (not one, but 2) entries selected as finalists in the 2008 Art Awards (which incidentally was judged by the Curatorial Assistant of Contemporary Australian Art for the Queensland Art Gallery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) This is BIG for me…
Australian Pacific Triennial is NEXT!!! 2009…
For anyone who might be interested… my selected works are (with the accompanying statements):
2D Works Open Section
Gaea the Living Earth
Conceptualising the local area to intertwine artistically with my love of Greek Mythology, the waterfall photograph is Mt. Glorious after recent rain.
A self portrait depicting my connection to Glorious but also the story of the creation of Earth at the beginning of the Cosmos. Montage contains 5 photographs.
(so even if I don’t win the Bubble comp. I got me some attention…)
and
Category Four
Special Photography/Digital Art/Computer Art – ‘Memories of Pine’
Habitat, 2007
Digital Photograph taken of the ‘Petrie on Pine’ estate from the lookout on Dayboro Road. This was a morning following a tremendous bush fire in Brendale.
The distant mountains are completely veiled in the all encompassing smoke, it struck me as quite eerie and still.
Even just being a finalist puts me in the same park as Bianca Beetson and Gordon Bennet… they are my heros.... YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Kitsmumma, 3 months ago
Kathleen, that is so bloody exciting, I’m so happy for you. CONGRATULATIONS!
Juilee P Pryor, 3 months ago
well done Kathleen….. good one indeed…..
kathleen
in reply to Kitsmumma’s comment,
3 months ago
girly screams that are embarrassing are sent to YOU… thanks heaps…
Gregoryno6, 3 months ago
Great News! Congratulations.
Anne van Alkemade
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3 months ago
Waaay 2 Goooo. That is great news Kat. Well done. Nice works too. Very nice.
midzing, 3 months ago
fantastic news,,,, congrats
Paul Louis Vil..., 3 months ago
That’s absolutely fantastic news! :D
kathleen
in reply to Juilee P Pryor’s comment,
3 months ago
thanks Juilee… surely you know the work of Gordon Bennett!... he won a couple of years back… apparently he lives locally and is a huge recluse…
thanks JP… :-)
cooincidentally (and I hope she doesn’t mind me saying) but Bianca is pinkstinks (which you may know) and my best mate (which you probably also know) and she is also a finalist in the painting section… so between us two crazy witches, we got 3 categories covered….!!! awesome
kathleen
in reply to Gregoryno6’s comment,
3 months ago
ta Greg… or… y… six…
kathleen
in reply to Anne van Alkemade’s comment,
3 months ago
tanks Anne Van…
kathleen
in reply to midzing’s comment,
3 months ago
any ta midzing
kathleen
in reply to Paul Louis Villani’s comment,
3 months ago
well, I don’t often have anything to brag about so I’ll say personal thanks to you too PLV… :-)
Juilee P Pryor, 3 months ago
I am very familiar with the work of Gordon Bennett…. he’s a blooming genius in my humble opinion….. so it is a great honour for you….. and yes I have one of Bianca’s tee shirts which I wore in Antarctica…. with pride…... :)
kathleen
in reply to Juilee P Pryor’s comment,
3 months ago
she has many fans… :-) you should check out propanow on the net if you haven’t yet… Richard Bell and Vernon Arkee and Jennifer Herd… then hassle bianca for a sydney show… she’ll hate me then! for making her do more work!!!
yanmos, 3 months ago
wow! really happy for you!!! congrats Kathleen
kathleen
in reply to yanmos’s comment,
3 months ago
thanks for sharing my excitement Yanis… I hope we win the grant too… !
Melinda Kerr, 3 months ago
Top effort. Well done :)
Tom Godfrey, 3 months ago
Well done and well deserved -enjoy Kath -Yeeehaaa! :)
maka1967, 3 months ago
Congratulations! That’s great!
Cathie Tranent
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3 months ago
Maaaaaate! That’s bloody marvellous! Congratulations! (((hug)))
kathleen
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3 months ago
thanks everyone… fingers crossed… you are all very cool for prolonging my egoism… I love you all..
Damian, 3 months ago
Wooo! Excellent Kath!! Great to hear it :)
Cathie Tranent
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3 months ago
PS … that tag is exceptional!
kseriphyn
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3 months ago
Brilliant news!! I’m so glad to hear this. Sort of like a belated b’day present? The works are beyond superb. You deserve this.
Daniel Rayfield
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3 months ago
awesome work!!
Patricia L. Ba..., 3 months ago
Congratulations, Kathleen. You deserve it.
kathleen
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3 months ago
actually ks… the email date was my birthday but wasn’t sent til today… so it was really… nice too!
thanks Damian and 6p1…
and patricia thanks to you too and for your lovely note this morning!
amorspainter, 3 months ago
good luck
your work is good
kathleen
in reply to amorspainter’s comment,
3 months ago
pales in comparison to yours truly amors…. thanks so very much for your encouragement… :-)
Danny
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3 months ago
cool
It’s all starting to come together
You were right to be excited
go girl
xx
D
kathleen
in reply to Danny’s comment,
3 months ago
thanks Danny!
Helen Bascom KMA, 3 months ago
Most excellent news!
Karin Taylor, 3 months ago
congratulations Kathleen!!! wonderful wonderful!!
greenbeards, 2 months ago
Congrats!