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• Turner to Monet, Archibalds, Redbubblers and Art School
  by Estelle O'Brien

  Recently Dennis and I attended the major exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, “Turner to Monet- the triumph of la…

  Recently Dennis and I attended the major exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, “Turner to Monet- the triumph of landscape painting”...which was just awesome. The Prime Minister descibed it as “the most comprehensive survey of nineteenth century Western landscape painting ever assembled and showcases Australian landscape painting of the nineteeth century in an international context”. It drew works from around the world and the GNA produces excellent quality catalogue books which are a good resource and a wonderful reminder of the event. There was an extensive representation of artists, Monet, Tuner, Constable, Gauguin, van Gogh, Cezanne, Serusier, Seurat, Courbet, Daubigny, Dahl, Martens, Palmer, Glover and many others, including a few of the Australian works of Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton ~ they were all fabulous…but some works particularly struck me -Nicholas Chevalier’s “Mount Arapiles and the Mitre Rock”... “Bush fire between Mt Elephant and Timboon 1857” by Eugene von Guerard and of course Turner’s marvellous works as he progressed toward more abstract painting. I am a big Constable fan, my dad having come from the south of England, and was not disappointed with the works of his exhibited. His “Leaping horse” was a treat to behold but I think my favourite of the day was a small Constable of “Brighton Beach”. I am still, two months later, absorbing the impact the exhibition had on me. Last Friday Dennis and I drove up to Goulburn (about 1.5 hours up the highway from us) to see the exhibition of this year’s Archibald finalists as it travels around New South Wales. For those outside Australia, the Archibald is Australia’s premier portrait competition which has been going for over a hundred years. We enjoyed the exhibition very much. I had seen a picture of this year’s winning entry in an art magazine and didn’t like it much, but of course, seeing it full size in real life changed that. Del Kathryn Barton’s work “Your are what us most beautiful about me, a self portrait with Kell and Arella” is a really interesting multimedia piece with very distinctive style. I very much enjoyed Peteris Ciemitis’s work “Grabowsky”, the famous Australian pianist and composer. Yi Wang’s self portrait was also a wonderful piece, highlighting his juxtaposition between western and oriental art. What made it even better, was the company. We had arranged to meet a fellow redbubbler, Seraphina6, who lives in Goulburn, for the first time. We recognised each other from our bubble profiles, and had a lovely lunch, talking ten to the dozen, before attending the exhibition together. It was really special to meet another bubbler with whom I had corresponded by bubblemail….outside of the world of bubble! We had a lovely time together and it was great to look at the paintings and share our impressions. I wrote in my bubble journal after I saw a D’Arcy Doyle exhibition earlier in the year, I think, about whether I had it in me, to put in the time and effort to become a serious artist. Well, thanks to encouragement from Seraphina…I came home on Friday night full of renewed fire and passion and first thing Saturday morning I enrolled at Curtin Uni to do a fine art degree! I can do it online, which is great for me living in the bush. And my newly met dear friend Seraphina is also doing the course, so we will be great study buddies for each other. I finish my two year Diploma of Professional Counselling on August 30 and begin a BA (Art) on Setpember 1…so that will keep me busy for another three years. I turn 50 next week and it seems a good time to take on a new career direction!

• HELP?!
  by elizabethrose05

  hey there peoples. / i need a little help. / in art at school in studying White Water Lilies, and i need to write what format claude monet…

  hey there peoples. / i need a little help. / in art at school in studying White Water Lilies, and i need to write what format claude monet used in this painting…. only one problem, i dont know what they mean by format!!! / does anyone know??? Blue