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Featured Work

Yeah by Lynette K.

Watercolour. / Portrait of Lynn. / http://www.lynnsk.com
Waiting, Watching by Bec Winnel

Graphite pencil drawing, digitally coloured.
Say What you Mean by Carlos Solorza

Acrylic on Canson Paper
mirrormirror by jannek

oil canvas
Intermind by Phil Cashdollar

acrylic painting
"Once" section 1 of diptych by Alice McMahon White

“Once” diptych section 1, charcoal on Stonehenge paper, 16×12”. Marketa Irglova, from a photo by Patrick Glennon, http://www.myspace.com/patrickglennon I discovered the Irish band “The Frames” this year, and it was love at first listen. Glen Hansard is the lead singer and guitarist with a powerful style, and influenced by some of my favorite groups, like Van Morrison and Bob Dylan. Wish I’d discovered them years ago, fantastic! Have a listen on my playlist, and then go buy something! ;) Soon after finding The Frames, I saw the movie “Once” filmed on a shoestring in Ireland. Once stars Hansard and Marketa Irglova, a pianist and singer from the Czech Republic. The couple (now also a couple in real life) wrote and performed all of the music from the movie, and even snagged an Oscar this year for the song “Falling Slowly”. Since Hansard started his career in the same way as the character in the movie, as a busker on the streets of Dublin, this is a wonderful story of success through determination and hard work. Glen and Mar are now on a successful concert tour with a show called “The Swell Season”, performing songs from the movie among others. I’m fortunate to have tickets for the Chicago Theater performance in June. I was inspired by this couple enough to want to do a drawing of them as a gift, an idea that came to me after a myspace friend of mine told me about how she gifted Glen with a guitar because his guitar from the movie was on it’s last hours of usefulness. Thanks, Mary Beth, for your help and encouragement! Since I had no way of taking my own photos, I contacted some of the photographers who have worked with Glen and Mar over the past few years to request using their photos for references. I found Zoran Orlic and Patrick Glennon here on Myspace, and they have been more than helpful and supportive during this process, cheering me on all the while. I’m fortunate to have had the opportunity of getting to know them both better along the way. Thanks so much Zoran and Patrick! You are the best! And of course, with photo realism the result is only as good as your references, so any comments on lighting, composition, etc. should go to these fellows. I only changed the compositions slightly and removed a few unnecessary details like mikes and the like. The hardest part for me was choosing the photos that would go best together from the many great photos these photographers have taken over the years. The results of the work fall short of my vision, but that’s always the way for artists, as Zoran reminded me. Charcoal on paper is really tough, and the smooth gradients are about as smooth as they will ever get. All in all a good exercise, and a great way to network and produce a co-operative work. Since most of my work in the past few years has been influenced by music, both rock and Irish music, it seemed like a good fit for me. It’s also nice knowing this one has a place to go outside of my studio. I hope they like it. :) ~ Alice
Still, still by Cristina Alana Goncalves

36”x48”x1.25” oil on canvas
the beat by Jackie Major

Pastels on textured paper
Amelia - Face Navigation series by Nina SMART

In my most recent series: ‘Face Navigation’ , I have used the fluidity of watercolour painting to express a personal perception of self and others. There is an awareness of the universal human condition through facial expression, and in some cases I create a progression of images, exploring the changing perception of a person by deconstructing facial recognition. As there is a shift over time in attitude or mood, there is a corresponding shift in visual interpretation. Sizes variable, average sizes 250×102 mm. Watercolour on rag paper. / / For current availability of original artworks and sales enquiries please contact Robert Avitabile at: Little Malop Gallery / 101 Little Malop Street / Geelong Victoria / Australia 3220 / Email robert@littlemalopgallery.com.au / Phone: 03 5221 6505 / Web: www.littlemalopgallery.com.au
Landscape Portrait by Jedika

Pen on paper / 2007
GORDON BOND AS "SHILOH" by Denny Karchner

This portrait is Gordon Bond of Land Of Lakes, Florida. “Shiloh Jasper Green,” as he refers to himself, is a member of S.A.S.S a/k/a the “Single Action Shooting Society, a national organization of quickdraw artists and shooting competitors. I met Gordon through an acquaintance at my printer’s shop in Tampa, called him on the phone to inquire if he would be interested in posing for my photographer, my wife Leigh, to obtain photographic reference for a painting and was subsequently invited to an upcoming quickdraw competition in Florida near where we live. Mr. Bond was more than happy to pose as were many of his friends at the competition. This piece is a traditional oil, on a “Claybord,” Gesso-covered Masonite. The overall size is 16” x 20”.
One Of Her Moods by loragarcelon

Watercolor on gesso covered paper. 11×14 inches.

Recent Work

Bring Back Buck by Alleycatsgarden

Bring Back Buck – Wayne “Buck” Shelford – legendary “All Blacks” (NZ Rugby) Captain. / The upper pose, he is performing the Haka (Maori war dance adopted by the All blacks as a traditional challenge to their international opponents)
Writing

Junko Azukawa's Japanese Calligraghy Class Melbourne…For more details / class times and location Contact: art@sumido.com.au
Reflective Girl - WOODCUT PRINT by BillyLee

This is a “Reduction Woodcut Print”, so its taken me lots of cutting of the wood to get it to this point. Printing over the top of the print about three times. This is the final result today. I am in the process of downloading the wood that I cut this print out of so you can get an idea on how it works. / First you cut into the wood, keep printing what you have, then see where you need to cut more. It has taken me three weeks and three sessions in the print room to get to this point. This is one of about 20 prints, all of them individual and slightly different then the other. Thanks for looking…Billy !
Gough Whitlam by ValerieSherwood

Oil on canvas
Mia by Lee Wilde

subject: The name Mia is of Swedish origin, meaning “uncertain”....an appropriate name for this painting as I have been in two minds about something for a little while now. medium: acrylic on stretched canvas / ............................................................................................. / size: 40cm x 40cm / ............................................................................................. / currently listening to: Sure Know Something by KISS New original art listed every Sunday night in my eBay store
Shark Biscuits by Karsten Stier

A week in the life of the surfing scene Oil on Stretched Canvas – No Airbrushing 35 X 78 inches / 89 X 198 cm Original : / Sold / contact my Agents at Gallery 112 / .................................................................................
Charcoal Study Bath Time by Jay Michelsen

This is a preliminary charcoal pencil sketch of a future drawing of a child in the bath. The drawing is 22×28 and completed in soft and medium vine charcoal and 2B pencil.
Slipknot - Corey Taylor by Alleycatsgarden

Slipknot – Corey Taylor
Good Woman Down by Lee Wilde

medium: Soft pastels and charcoal on 185gsm Arches paper. / ............................................................................................. / size: 29.7cm x 42cm (A3) / ............................................................................................. / currently listening to: Good Woman Down – Mary J. Blige / ............................................................................................. / New original art listed every Sunday night in my eBay store
Sosai Oyama - Kyokushin karate by Alleycatsgarden

Sosai Oyama – Kyokushin karate
Man with Glasses by bluerabbit

Pastel and charcoal on stretched and gessoed cloth