Sarah ORourke

Next week will see the opening of Mirrors, an art exhibition that’s about more than just pretty pictures on a gallery wall…
Supporting Melbourne based charity The Butterfly Foundation it seeks to raise funds & awareness surrounding the complex issues of Eating Disorders & Body Image. In a broader sense, it’s also very much about Expression though art & how powerful a platform art can be… whether that be through personal expression or in creating art that conveys a message or inspires others.

Please visit the blog to read more about the aims Mirrors seeks to reflect.

Many of you will know i’ve been heavily involved in putting together this exhibition, alongside founding Director, Rhiannon Bulley.
A large part of that has been selecting artists whose work somehow spoke to the issues we were dealing with… In the most part, artists who convey strong, positive images of beauty, inside & out.

The support of artists here on Red Bubble has been phenomenal, with works coming from right around the globe… i am so grateful & i know i speak for all involved in Mirrors.

Gracing the walls of the Mori Gallery will be:

Karin Taylor
Karin has so generously donated the framed original of her inspirational painting, Hidden Treasure.

Cynthia Lund Torroll
A print of Cia’s latest beautiful work, And The Day Came is in the air on it’s way to Sydney as we speak!

Bec Winnel
Bec has so kindly sent us one of her sublime feminine portraits, a framed original yet to be revealed! Below is her latest stunner on RB, Silk Cocoon

Caitlin Shearer
Caitlin has created a stunning new painting especially for Mirrors, you’ll have to wait to see that one, in the meantime, Immaculate , is just that!

“Steph Granshaw”: http://www.redbubble.com/people/stephg
Stephs gorgeous drawing Baby Blue landed in my hands all the way from Thailand just yesterday & is being beautifullly framed as we speak!

Mimi Yoon
Who is rushing a print of her gorgeous work, wear me wear you all the way from the U.S to Sydney, right as we speak!

AWarr
AWarr’s Beautiful Anonymous series caught my attention the moment i saw it, seemingly speaking right to the heart of one aspect of what Mirrors is all about, a new BA piece has been created especially for Mirrors, BA- Weightless is a hint at it’s direction.

Remus Grecu
Remus created 3 paintings for an award-winning Anti Anorexia campaign in Europe & has very kindly allowed us to display prints of the series as well as the video you can view here

A special mention to the lovely Pip Gerard whose journal alerted me to Remus’ work.

So this is a MASSIVE thankyou to all of the amazing artists here who have so generously supported this project, it means such a great deal to me.

There are also a number of other artists from right around Australia donating work, as well as submissions from the public & a number of pieces from in-hospital Art Therapy programs.

For those of you in the Sydney region Mirrors opens this Wednesday, 14th October 6-8PM at:
Mori Gallery
168 Day St
Darling Harbour
If you can’t make it to the opening night, don’t worry there is plenty of time, with the exhibtion running from the 15th-26th October.

The issues Mirrors looks at affect all of our lives one way or another… whether it be as directly as in personal experience or that of friends or family… or from a distance in a more general sense.
We’d love you to invite friends & family & it’s easily done here

I also just need to add one more little thankyou to Karin for kindly posting about Mirrors last week… Between co-ordinating the exhibition & finishing my own painting for it, my intention to post this much earlier was a little way-laid!
There were also a small number of you whom i know really would have loved to contribute but for one reason or another were unable to. I appreciate the in principle support many of you have expressed to me privately just as much :)

Hope to see some of you at Mori on Wednesday!!!

Xxx Sarah

Opening Night
Photo Gallery