Artists

Elena Ryazanoff

Elena Ryazanoff was born into a family of artists and intellectuals in Moscow. She grew up in an area where museums and galleries were in abundance and and provided continuous exposure to the world of art and theatre. She was schooled in Art from an early age and holds a degree from the famous Sourikov Academy of Fine Arts in Moscow. She is currently a constant and prolific artist. In 1991 she came to Australia and after a period in Canberra, she eventually settled in Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula close to Port Phillip Bay and the magnificent Bass Strait. Her works today reflect on her depth of feelings for nature and the environment in which she now lives. Her abstract paintings with the moon/sphere image and the traditional Iconic symbolism merge in a unity of sound and colour.

Elena says it is the mystery of this experience that inspires her, the search for the spiritual essence of life that transfers into art. She is deeply influenced by the masters of Renaissance such as Botticelli, Durer and Michelangelo, this is evident in her figurative works with the sensitive and fluid use of line. All her paintings contain the classical compositional components and the vividness of colour and occasionally using the glazing that evokes feelings from this era.
Yet, she brings to this a distinctive contemporary style, layers of texture and figures that seem suspended weightlessly in space along accompanied with luminosity of colour that gives a sense of physical vibration. Elena says, “My paintings are my life and I believe that every artist sees the word differently in the expression of their art. They generally do not record the works like a camera, but as if they are looking through their individual prism at the world.”

Standing in front of Elena’s paintings is an uplifting and meaningful experience, there is a sense of the melding of the physical and metaphysical worlds, a celebration of light and colour, a sense of history and true artistry and a feeling that comes from listening to inspiring music.

Jennifer Croom

I was born in Melbourne and studied tonal realism under Lance McNeill and portraiture with Barbara August. For many years I sold, exhibited, and sometimes won awards, for my landscapes.  In 2006 I felt a great longing to explore and find a more expressive way to paint. I tried different media and fell in love with the versatility of good acrylics. I experimented with both abstract and figurative work.

Over time, I merged tonal realism skills with abstract elements such as seemingly random linework and increasingly exuberant colour. Painting faces became my passion. I like to include hints of a narrative, using symbolism and colour in a way that imbues the work with meaning and life. I prefer my paintings to have an element of the unexpected.

I don’t always know the destination when I start a painting, but the process will be powered by the emerging human image. It makes the act of painting exciting, and has enabled me to discover my own emerging style. It is not just showing the likeness of an individual person: I want the work to be a vehicle for expressing an emotion or experience recognisable by the viewer. I my want work to have both emotional content and a painterly presence. The paint itself should also draw attention.

While successful in the earlier landscape genre and winning prizes such as the 2003 Streeton Award from the Sherbrooke Art Society, I have also garnered recognition with my current figurative painting. There have been many ‘Highly Commendeds’ as well as the following:

2016 Derinya Art Exhibition Best Modern Work
2016 Oak Hill Gallery Cigar Box Exhibition Best Work
2015 Bayside Art Show Best Work to the value of $600
2014 Derinya Art Exhibition Postcards Award
2013 Bayside Art Show Best Pastel or Acrylic Award
2009 McClelland Guild Biennial Exhibition Dame Elizabeth Murdoch Prize
2009 McClelland Guild Biennial Exhibition Best Modern/Contemporary
2008 St Kevin’s College Toorak Best modern Painting
2006 Dromana Rotary Exhibition Best Oil or Acrylic
2006 Altona Rotary Kiema Press Acquisitive Prize

My work has been shown in many public exhibitions as well as the Muse Galleries in Milawa and Beechworth, Bakers Gallery Balnarring, Oak Hill Gallery Mornington, Gallery#9 in Collingwood, and Paper Pear in Wagga Wagga NSW. In 2015 I entered the Archibald Prize for the first time with a portrait of my friend and mentor, Carole Foster.
I have held classes on portrait painting at the Bakers Gallery Balnarring. I held workshops on modern portrait painting at the Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington in 2016 and 2017, and the Ryazanoff Gallery in Albert Park in 2017. I have also been an art teacher at aged care facilities.

Above all I enjoy beyond measure, time in the studio bringing the next painting into existence.

Tea Ercoles

 

Graham Jones

Much of Graham Jones’ life has been consumed with some sort of artistic venture covering the genres of music, writing and design, where he forged successful careers in all three areas. He is probably best known throughout Australia for his award-winning home design company. After selling this company in 2006 he became Design Consultant to the Royal Family in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, where he worked for seven years.

It wasn’t until 2015 that Graham chose painting as a full time career…..a break of 50 years since he had won the school art prize at St. Bede’s College Mentone in 1965. Successful solo and joint exhibitions at established galleries around Melbourne followed. Primarily landscaped based, Graham’s paintings walk the line nicely between realism and abstraction.

This prolific painter has completed over 450 works in just under 4 years and has moved three times as he continually outgrows his studios. His latest move into newly established studios in Mornington, provides him with a mini gallery plus a large commercial gallery servicing the 8 studios in the complex which is open daily to the public.

After an overwhelming response from 1500 artists from 25 countries, Graham Jones was selected as an “Artist-in Residence” at the stunning Chateau d’Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne France during May 2018 and has been invited back to participate in September 2019.

Graham’s painting “Bay of Fires” was chosen by Deborah Trudeau, the President of the IWF (International Women’s Forum) for the design of a silk scarf by Australian fashion Designer Lisa Barron which became the centrepiece of the 2018 IWF World Conference held in Melbourne in May 2018.

His works are held in private collections in the USA, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates as well as throughout Australia.

 

Jeanie Cooper-Brown

Art Background:

Trained as a Primary art teacher then as an illustrator/graphic designer.
Worked as an art teacher and artist in residence.
Worked as a freelance Illustrator, children’s and adult books and magazines over period of 25 years.

Exhibitions:

Linden Galleries Postcard Exhibition
Alliance Francaise
Canterbury Primary School Exhibition
Shortlisted: National Works on Paper at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Oak Hill Gallery: Body and Soul Exhibition
Bright Gallery
PortArt Bay Street
Poster design Port Melbourne carnival
Greenwood Gallery
St Kilda Art Supplies Annual artists exhibition
Adex program
Bluethumb Gallery
Ryazanoff Gallery

Currently:

Developing and expanding opportunities to exhibit and sell artworks.
Working on canvas and paper with acrylics, pen and ink, oil pastels and oil paints.

Artist’s Statement

I will continue to create using a variety of techniques and art materials exploring themes using whimsy, narrative and imagery.

Maureen Whitaker

US-born Maureen Whitaker is an award-winning artist/graphic designer based on the Mornington Peninsula. She graduated with Highest Honours from Platt College of Art & Design in Colorado and was a freelance graphic designer for over 15 years before adding a paintbrush to her toolbox.

Best known for her quirky mixed-media pieces, Maureen has a passion for abstract work. “My abstracts are moody, expressive and gestural; they are more concerned with colour, line, form, and texture than subject matter. They are not based on reality; instead they are reflections of the moods and emotions I’m feeling at the time, which could explain why my work is so eclectic. I don’t pre-plan my abstract works; instead, I allow them to happen organically. I love to experiment with an array of media and colour palettes, as well as textiles, papers, organic objects and recycled bits and pieces, and enjoy the challenge of finding interesting ways to incorporate and manipulate them to create complex, textured pieces with depth and a sense of mystery. I look for original and unusual ways to translate the images in my head onto the canvas, giving them an ‘element of surprise’ that draws people in. I take inspiration from the fabric of Australian life, from the natural land and beachscapes to industrial, urban cityscapes.”

Maureen is a regular exhibitor at art shows and galleries in the Melbourne metro area and on the Mornington Peninsula. Her works are held in private collections in the USA, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Japan, Ireland and Australia.

Awards & Commendations include:

• “Best Abstract”, 2018 Warranwood Art Show for “I Put All My Trust in You”
• “Best Abstract”, 2017 Warranwood Art Show for “Rust & Leather”
• Bay City Holden “Award of Excellence in Art”, 2015 Derinya Art & Craft Exhibition for “Tangled Up in Blue”
• “President’s Packer’s Award”, 2015 Flinders Art Show for “Love in a Time of War”
• Finalist, 2015 “She” Competition & Exhibition, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong for “Love in a Time of War”
• “Best 2D Artwork”, 2015 33-1/3 “Colours of Our Grief” Art Exhibition for “Love in a Time of War”
• “Best Contemporary”, 2014 Bayside Art Exhibition, Sandringham for “Memories of Melbourne”
• “Best Mixed”, 2011 Derinya Art & Craft Exhibition for “Deep Blue”
• Finalist, 2011 Rob McNamara Exhibition, Collingwood Gallery, Collingwood for “Post No Bills”
• “Best in Show”, 2009 Somerville Council Skatebord Design Exhibition for “Frangipanis on Safari”
• Feature Artist, 2017 Mount View Art Show
• “Highly Commended”, 2016 Derinya Art & Craft Exhibition for “Rust & Leather”
• “Highly Commended”, 2015 Mornington Rotary Show for “Postcards From Port Philip”
• “Highly Commended”, 2014 Great Art Show, Berwick for “Victorian Vintage II”
• “Highly Commended”, 2013 Dromana Art Show for “Trinity”

Anita Joseffsson

Anita has been involved in the Arts for most of her life.  A career that commenced in Television TVT6 in Hobart Tasmania with the Commercial Production team inspired her to pursue Performing Arts.

The Melba Conservatorium of Music and the National Theatre in Melbourne became home for 2 years. Concert work ensued.(Travelling with a team that offered a selection of both classical and modern musical programs).  In 2000 Anita moved to the Mornington Peninsula and here her journey began from hobby painter to Artist.

The seaside & the artistic environment in Mornington inspired her early paintings.
She became a founding member of the Peninsula Studio Trail  (PST.)
and joined The Oak Hill Gallery in Mornington.  In the 15 years at this Community based gallery Anita has focused on encouraging emerging Artists to 'take flight' and assists in the development of Art on the Peninsula.

Anita has attended workshops with some of Melbourne's finest artists.  Her early tutors were Margo Vigorito & Carol Foster.

Much of Anita's art has been influenced by her environment. Whether in the Pacific Islands, Indonesia or Europe you will see evidence of her travels in art.  Anita's work has been exhibited in Art Shows throughout Victoria and in 2012 at the Regional Gallery in Mornington.

Anita's enthusiasm for art in her life has led her into an enduring friendship with Elena Ryazanoff.  Both as artists and convenors they seek new art and artists throughout Melbourne and abroad. Both artists live on the Mornington Peninsula so it's no surprise you will see many artists represented in Ryazanoff Gallery from this area.

Anita is a keen observer and delights in good humour and bright conversation.

Her theatre background brings together a story and a place in time.

Her theatre is now her Art.

Mary Raphael

Mary Raphael was born in Northwest Greece and came to Australia as an older child with her family. Mary’s love of art was encouraged under her mother’s influence and she continued to pursue various avenues to discover where her artistic passion lay.

After a Project and Design diploma course at Melbourne Polytechnic she has consistently been involved with painting and art projects. All of the  knowledge gained throughout her Studies, contributed to Mary’s skill as an artist. Travel and her environment especially the Australian Outback, have continued to be strong influence on her work.

“...the burnt sienna land and the cobalt blue sea...become the inspiration to create, to dream, to visit, to take the journey…”

Her style expresses the beauty and the energy around her and by using different techniques, vibrant colours,textures, materials and mediums she creates her art. From 2007 to 2009 she lived and worked in Darwin and has extensively travelled the Northern Territory attending various workshops and observing indigenous artists creating their unique art.

Mary uses her intuition to create her art. She has exhibited extensively in both group and solo exhibitions and her art graces the walls of many art lovers both in Australia and Overseas.

Listed below are some of the galleries where Mary has exhibited her art both in group and solo exhibitions.

Quadrant Gallery Hawthorn Vic
Steps Gallery Carlton Vic
Darwin Arts Center Darwin NT
Oak Hill Gallery Mornington Vic
Yarra Sculpture Gallery Abbotsford Vic
Eltham Gallery Eltham Vic
Collingwood Gallery Collingwood Vic
69 Collective Fitzroy Vic
Frankston Arts Centre Frankston Vic
Ryazanoff Gallery Albert Park Vic

Jean Sheridan

Bibi Ostermark

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Came to Australia in 1974 and has lived in Melbourne ever since. I’m a keen observer, and am well equipped to capture the idiosyncrasies of life and its players. My inspirations and ideas are drawn from everyday life, events, feelings and those special moments in life which come close to fantasy. My work is part abstract - part figurative, and part impressionistic. Flights of fancy, with a touch of humour, could well be the title of many of my paintings. In my figurative works my particular skill is capturing the expression of people’s body language, with which I can depict expressions of mood and feeling through form, without relying on the detail in faces. My latest abstract works are painted after a recent trip to Tasmania. I use intense colours and strong shapes. I always seek communication with the onlooker, even if it is criticism, it is very important that they react to my work. Why do I paint?: Is it a passion? Is it a hobby? Is it a money spinner?? No - it is my life!!!!

Solo Exhibitions:
2005-2011: Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington, Own Gallery Seaford / Frankston
2004: Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington; Own Gallery, Seaford
2003: Own Gallery, Seaford; Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington; Without Pier Gallery, Sandringham
2002: Oak Hill Gallery; Own Gallery
2001: Without Pier Gallery; Art Shed Gallery, Red Hill; Theatreworks, St. Kilda; CAS Space Collins St. Melbourne; The Danish Club, Melbourne
2000: Without Pier Gallery; CAS Space Collins St.; Melbourne; Roar Studios, Fitzroy; Manyung Gallery, Mt.Eliza; Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabbin; Big Mouth Restaurant, St. Kilda; A Lange Gallery, Brighton; Custom Wharf Gallery, Williamstown; Swedish Church, Toorak; CAS Space Collins St. Melbourne.
1999: Big Mouth Restaurant, St.Kilda; CAS Space, Collins St. Melbourne; Carringbush Library, Richmond; Images Gallery, Richmond; Leanne’s Cafe, Sorrento
1998: Haven Gallery, Williamstown; Daring Gallery, Richmond; Suits Restaurant, Melbourne; Esplanade Gallery, Brighton; The Lounge, Swanston Walk, Melbourne
2012 - 2018: Oak Hill Gallery Mornington, Ryazanoff Gallery x 2, Toorak House Toorak

Group Shows:
De Coy Restaurant Melbourne
A 4 Herring Island Festival
Members Exhibition Contemporary Art Society Richmond
Members Exhibition Oak Hill Gallery
Contemporary Art Society Herring Island Festival South Yarra
Little Archie's Oak Hill Gallery
Deck the walls Oak Hill Gallery
Frankston Arts Centre Cube 37
Postcard Show Oak Hill Gallery

Memberships:
• Member Contemporary Art Society of Vic. Inc.
• Beaumaris Art Society
• Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery
• Frankston Arts Centre
• Oak Hill Gallery Mornington

Paola Ditel

I am Melbourne born based on the Mornington Peninsula. My art style has changed over the years. My creative art journey continues to evolve. Change is part of life so I flow with this thread. My preferred medium is acrylic since I discovered its versatility. I like experimenting the many techniques and exploring new ideas. So much more fun than the traditional realistic. Initially years ago I started with oil paint but was not able to continue for allergic reasons. My art has loosened up from those early days. I enjoy painting contemporary abstract and impressionistic styles, subjects may contain animals, nature and portraiture. Though there are times when I bounce back to realistic traditional just to reanimate its discipline.

Sometimes planning, researching my next art piece, sometimes improviso spontaneity makes for variety of approaches to my inquisitive artistic nature that implements the endeavour to communicate a pictorial story. I will have a go at utilising different materials with acrylics just because its freeing and fun finding new ways of expressing what I see and feel in the experience of observing the nature of life.

Other mediums I work with are pastel, watercolour, ink, pen charcoal and pencil.  My artwork can incorporate mixed media/collage.

My art has been described by some; as one being drawn into the painting as if walking into the scene. Something I didn’t see till recently when I gazed at one of my painting in an exhibition and had an “A Ha” moment as I was drawn into it. I thought it amazing that it took me so long to discover this aspect of my own work. What wake up moment that was!

Along my art journey I have picked up a few awards in Victoria and in N.S.W.

Best Acrylic 2015
Best In Black and White Exhibition 2003
Third prize in Post Card Exhibition 2016
Highly commended 2005

Lorna Gerard

I love art and life.

My earliest dream I can remember as a child was to be an artist, so began this wonderful journey of creativity, always keeping the dream alive.

Over 40 years experience.

At thirteen years old won a small award in art at High School, over many years other small awards followed which fuelled my confidence to keep on going with my dream.
Mostly self taught, but also some wonderful tutors along the way.
At thirty nine years old went to college and studied art and design for two years, whilst being a wife and mother to four children, plus juggling two part time jobs.
Now teaching two to three days a week art classes around Melbourne, and being a grandmother to four beautiful children all this has really helped me focus to create and do what I love.

Many joint and solo exhibitions of series of my paintings and selling my art, which has helped to pay for materials canvases and costs to keep creating.

I find inspiration in many ways, mostly Mother Nature, but also life in general, as well as, from my faith, belief and intuition, which I try to channel into my art, and believe a lot of my work tells a story with the hope that it may inspire or be meaningful to others as it has been for me.

Lily Nova

Lily is an outstanding and award winning artist, she has been drawing and painting from her early childhood. Her artistic impression is unique and she beautifully reveals what she sees in her paintings while using a rich palette of colour.

Lily completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree in the former Soviet Union. She immigrated with her family to Australia from Russia in 2009 after living in London for some time.

Since living in Australia she has gained a whole new appreciation for beauty of nature which she captures in her works. As she paints daily
she views it as an adventure and also a blessing.

“Painting such beauty truly makes my soul dance and for me it’s a colourful way of celebrating God’s creation”.

Sophie Reid

Night has always held a fascination for me. In darkness familiar forms change, spaces shift and shadows vibrate allowing the mind room to move beyond daytime perceptions.

With the setting of the sun the world becomes new and things which seem mundane in the daylight hours are open to a myriad of re-interpretations.

As this transformation from the known to the unknown occurs it brings with it fear, but also possibility. These emotions are also strongly present when I think about the future and so night acts as a metaphor for exploring what may come to be in my own life.

Yelena Revis

I’m professional artist and art educator. The creation and refinement of my unique style has been something I’ve spent decades perfecting my craft and unique style with its whimsical humour, textural sensitivity and vibrant sense of colour. Although I’m a current resident of Sydney, Australia, I was born and raised in Omsk, Russia. As a result of this mixed culture, my aim has been to blend my eclectic background in European art, experiences, and classics with the fresh Australian colours of both life and nature I’ve come to find.

I’m most passionate about painting and drawing and have been involved with the two since childhood. I’ve always loved the experience of losing myself in thought and diving into the world of art and imagination. This creative introspection allows me to produce art that is not only beautiful, but one-of-a-kind. I’ve been told again and again that this uncanny ability to illustrate the exceptional beauty of everyday life is what makes my artwork lovable.

Throughout my career, I’ve accumulated a vast repertoire of artistic techniques that have allowed me to better illustrate my intentions as an artist. My aim is to create unforgettable works and impart a deep emotional connection between objects and human beings whenever I begin a new piece. As a result, most of my work conveys the synthesis between Eastern and Western art, the figurative and the abstract, and the real and imaginary.

I’m highly educated and experienced artist as well as an accomplished lecturer specializing in painting, graphics, and art history/theory. I graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Painting at Omsk State University, with First Class Honours. About a year later, I began my 14 year career as a Fine Arts lecturer at the same university. During that time, from 1992 -1994, I took an Advanced Master Course in Fine Arts at the Repin State Academic Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in St. Petersburg, Russia as well as a Professional Fine Arts Master Class at V.I. Surikov State Academic Art Institute in Moscow, Russia.
I’ve been involved in a number of professional organizations throughout my career such as the Russian Association of Painters & Sculptors and the Russian Academy of the Arts.
I have been featured in prominent art galleries and exhibitions in Australia, Middle East, Russia, Europe and Asia. In Asia I have been successfully exhibiting at Art Revolution Taipei every year since 2012 (www.arts.org.tw), Taiwan (A.R.T.). I was featured in A.R.T. publication “Meeting the Masters V.S. The Greats Meet the Greats” and my paintings were featured in many Taiwanese publications.
I also run “Kids Love Art”, Yelena School of Fine Arts in Bondi and Chatswood (NSW), specialising in imparting a grasp of depth, tone and awareness of light in subjects to my students.

I believe that my constant exposure to new ideas and types of art is what has allowed me to develop into the artist I am today.
I am a passionate artist and my ultimate aim is to focus on the quality of my work rather that the quantity of it and impart a small piece of myself as an artist into each and every one of my creations.

Les Peach

For established Melbourne artist Les Peach, more than 30 years of artistic practice has been fuelled by passionate responses to a variety of stimulus. His urge to transcribe his feelings in paint stems from his belief in the therapeutic properties of painting as well as paintings subjective and expressive qualities. Les tells; “I often paint what really gets up my nose”. Whether celebratory, sorrowful, inquisitive, his paintings are driven by drama.
The inspiration for anyone painting may not be immediately obvious. A certain level of ambiguity is imperative to maintaining viewing interest. In their constrained use of colour and shape, Les’ compelling abstract compositions frequently escape a literal reading. “I don’t want everything to be clear or immediately interpretable – I f I wanted that, I would’ve been a writer, not a painter” says Les. He avoids thematic exhibitions, preferring an honest and spontaneous body of work; each painting an exploration in its own right. Nevertheless, certain themes sometimes overwhelm the artist, deserving multiple visual manifestations. In this show, Les has dedicated at least 3 canvases to the life and death of Spanish Poet, Frederico Garcia Lorca. These paintings, including “La Fuente de las Lagrimas”, “A Death in Granada” and “The Death of Lorca” are not narrative accounts, but dynamic visual responses to an iconic artistic and somewhat political figure.

Amongst Les’ Lorca paintings are others whose subjects are more vague, including the violent ‘Chaos Maker’ with its erratic brushstrokes evoking a ferocious thunderstorm or a frenzied state of madness. “Apres un reve”, referring to French composer Gabriel Faure’s piece of the same title, is particularly interpretive. In this painting, we could say Les uses carefully selected forms to suggest the melodic and rhythmic patterns specific to the music; the black ripples representing Faure’s repetitive use of rhythm in contrast to his expressive melodies, as represented by the loose forms of the background. Yet, as with all Les’ paintings, we can only speculate as to the true meaning of this painting. His dynamic compositions and perplexing titles suggest that there is always room for more than one interpretation.

Neville Pilven

Neville has been concerned with producing unconventional modernist landscape paintings for about four decades. His work relies on atmosphere light to define form and distance and so belongs to the evolving history of Australian landscape paintings which began in colonial times. Like Streeton, Drysdale or Arthur Boyd he has developed a personal vision of our landscape.

Pilven shares his interest in the aesthetics of landscape painting with Tim Guthrie, author of a method for painting landscape which exploits low keyed pattern. Guthrie’s approach countered styles employed by Nolan and Drysdale. The 1997 exhibition at A.R.T Gallery Eden continues the historical exploration of the Victorian Landscape in the brooding colours advocated by Guthrie and Pilven’s ideas. Max Frost’s ‘Twentieth Century Landscape’ and ‘Jungle’ compositions also influenced Pilven. Painting like ‘River Edge, Pambula’ are anti-romantic responses to Ernst’s treeless forests, but they also acknowledge Arthur Boyd’s Shoalhaven River series the same way. At times the colour harmonies evolved by Pilven suggest works by Clifton Pugh, Gareth Samson or Michael Shannon each of whom have intellectualised their response to the landscape. Like all contemporary modernists, Pilven has engaged in the challenge to establish a succinct Australian iconography.

Pilven’s work depends on the conceptualisation of his emotional connection to the land. The creation of his smaller ‘Journey Studies’ generally pre-empt the larger paintings, however working at times from emotional inspiration alone, some of the larger works are not preceded by Journey Studies.
An earlier series of paintings was a response to Kakadu National Park. At the time he painted watery areas in the foreground allowing glimpses of the landscape to be seen through branches or tree trunks. The Journey Paintings do not exploit this kind of composition. Their force is established by hermetic devices which negate human presence in the landscape.

The bleak and impersonal nature of the landscape explored in this exhibition directed Pilven’s focus away from the effects of human endeavour on the environment, although we are reminded of distant human intervention in ‘Journey Lines’. Larger paintings like “Escapment Lines’ and ‘Big Blue’ emphasise the dynamism of changing topography and explore harshness of the forces which sculpted in forms.
Neville Pilven has established himself as an authority of anti-romantic landscape painting. He denies the validity of folk myths and avoids nostalgic reference. His selectivity and use of brooding colour, set him apart from his contemporaries and lends his work the stamp of authority. This exhibition of Journey Paintings will stimulate his admirers as they follow him in his journey across the timeless Australian continent.

Phillipe de Kraan

Phillipe de Kraan describes himself as an impressionist and expressionist. From Brush & Ink Realism to Extreme Colour he’s always conveying the Art of Creating a character study in every shape and form, even some with no detail. Phillipe has held over 48 solo Art Exhibitions from Europe to Australia.
Rembrandt and Van Gogh have always inspired him to find his inner-hidden self, as they did.

Carolyn Harrington

Carolyn Harrington's diverse works in acrylics are the manifestations of rich and varied life experiences starting in the NSW Riverina rice belt, on to African village life and then to Northern European cultures.

Carolyn commenced her formal training at RMIT, gaining a Diploma in Arts with a specialisation in fashion.  She continued to develop her art while travelling in Africa and Europe and eventually living in London before returning to Victoria in 2002 where she now lives on the Mornington Peninsula.

Previously focusing on acrylics, Carolyn now also works with mixed media and varied techniques. These include loose washes, thick impasto paint applied with palette knives, charcoal, oil sticks, inks and collage. Through these media she continues here theme of playing with colour, texture and tone.

She has successfully exhibited around the Peninsula as well as at art shows across Victoria and NSW where her work has been widely awarded.  She is also represented by Panoply Gallery in Glen Iris, Ryazanoff Gallery in Albert Park and Paper Pear Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW.

Awards

Best Painting Under $500	St Francis Xavier Art Show 2006
Best Modern/Non Traditional	Deniliquin Art Show 2006
Barmah Park Vineyard Award	Oakhill Gallery 2006
Popular Choice Award	Man From Snowy River Festival 2007
Highly Commended	Man From Snowy River Festival 2007
Highly Commended	St Francis Xavier Art Show 2007
Best Modern/Non Traditional	Deniliquin Art Show 2008
Highly Commended	Mount View Art Show 2008
Highly Commended	Derinya Art Exhibition 2008
Highly Commended	Wimmera Art Show 2009
First Prize (Small Works)	Canterbury Art Exhibition 2010
Best In Show	Derinya Art Exhibition 2011
Award of Excellence In Art	Derinya Art Exhibition 2011
Highly Commended	Camberwell Art Show 2012
Best Modern	Derinya Art Exhibition 2013
Highly Commended	Mount View Art Show 2014
Highly Commended	Camberwell Art Show 2015
Honourable Mention	Man From Snowy River Festival 2015

Tatyana Binovska

The most important thing in my life is Art.

I can't not paint. And as much as I enjoy travelling, visiting new countries and meet new friends,  I am also getting  new inspirations and new feelings. Often the people asked, in what style do you work, the answer is this is the style of Tatyana Binovska.

In my life there were more then 30 solo exhibitions all around the world. I took part in great number of group international exhibitions and projects. More than 20 years I hold two beautiful galleries and now I belong to the world. I became an artist in travel and it makes me absolutely happy and I share my happiness with you, my dear friends! 

"Tatyana sees the world like the ancient Greeks who created a sunny culture did. Her canvases sing a hymn to the “eternally feminine”. The author thinks in terms of forms-archetypes here. Works by Tatyana have their subjects. They are always stories about something; however, her “being literary” is conventional. A subject transferred into painting from outside is reborn in a plastic form and colour out of their own inner resources.The reality for the artist is that you see things.

The compositional structure of works firmly built. Form paintings - are paired or tension of the composition, such that the form is co-content of. The phenomenon of T. Binovskoy artist that constructive credibility canvases supported by decorative and expressive aura of joy, perceived by the sea. Like Pygmalion, that fell in love with Galatea, Tatyana enjoys the power and beauty of the person, its plasticity and rhythms. All this is presented in a complex composition, making the world of images of Tatyana is deeply personal. T. Binovskaya occupied its niche. Her voice is not confused with the other, paintings embody the natural, God-given temperament and anywhere but the cosmos is not borrowed sensuality. The artist cultivates the expression of feelings and at the same time extends the "super-reality" of paintings principles of poetry - associations, metaphors, the laws of the trail. Tatyana bestows web freedom, including by being-conditioning in the manner of poetry. "Painting is not prose, - said Pablo Picasso - it is written in verse with plastic rhymes ... Plastic rhymes - are forms that resonate with each other and coordinated with other forms or with the space around them."

Angela Russo

Tatiana Odegova

Tatiana was born in Russia. She began her artistic journey at the early age of 11 and inherited her artistic abilities from her father. In 1991 she graduated from the State Art College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

In 2010 Tatiana immigrated to Australia where she continues to explore her artistic abilities with growing reputation as an artist and teacher. She works in a variety of mediums such as acrylic, oil, watercolour or pastel, however oil is a preferable choice.
Tatiana paints in a contemporary realism style combining abstraction with figuration and stylization. She developed her own technique where images arise from an abstract background combining roughness and serenity. Regarding themes and her colour palette, she has no limitation, except for avoiding dramatism in her creations. Sometimes our life is filled with unpleasant moments and she believes that her paintings could bring positiveness and inspiration for others.

Tatiana has always been amused by the relationship between nature and human being. Emotions and feelings are the main motives that drive her creativity and she tries to convey them on her paintings. Her paintings might look sensitive, lyrical or impressionistic and dynamic.

Tatiana believes that whatever subject the artists create, it is always a self-portrait of their spirit.

Yulia Pustoshkina

Yulia Pustoshkina is a third generation artist born in Russia, immigrated to Australia in 2001. Studying at the Art School of Petrozavodsk, Yulia’s painting technique is influenced by famous traditional Russian art schools including Palekh and Loubok. Yulia’s early miniature paintings traditionally applied on wood plaques depicted Russian folkloric daily scenes of harvesting, fishing, domestic activities. Once immigrated to Australia she discovered for herself new medium as oils and mastered her painting technique on large canvases. Each painting tells a story. Yulia draws inspiration from her past, native traditions, fairy-tales and the world around her when travelling to different countries. There always is a thoughtful purpose in everything that her characters do. Now living in Australia Yulia still manages to carry on depicting her characters and minor details of her paintings with a distinctive flair of her Russian heritage.

Julia Leontyev

The first time I put a brush to the canvas I must have been almost fifty. The experience was enlightening to say the least! It was as if the years spent outside the world of painting, with many highs and lows in my constant search for self-expression (be it through music, literature, or drawing) was all just preparation for my inevitable encounter with painting. I shed the fear that comes from the unknown, delved deeper into what for me was already known, and trust in my own intuition became the key to my creativity.

Every day, whether intentionally or otherwise, I accumulate more knowledge: exhibitions, books, art journals, the internet with its endless potential for education, short courses by talented artists, discussions with friends, observation both of nature and its inhabitants—this is an incomplete list of how I learn and enrich myself. Each act of self expression, in art and painting in particular, is an episode in a long adventure, through which I absorb and acquire new skills and techniques.

I enjoy working with watercolour, acrylic, oil, ink, and mixed media, mostly in the abstract style. Lately I’ve become obsessed with graphics. Through Zentangles, a technique widely employed for meditative drawing, I have discovered an inexhaustible source for expressing every facet of my rich inner-life. A common theme that runs through my work is a sense of motion and dynamism, and the interconnectedness of all things.

My works have been exhibited at various galleries around Melbourne. For a list, please visit: https://linemotionart.net/exhibitions/. Most of my work can be purchased as print as well. Please contact me for details: https://linemotionart.net/contact-2/.

“Amaizing! Power of fantasy converting the realistic mode of brain functioning into a sort of creative substance… I feel – wish to observe some of them again, and again…My gratitude and best wishes to the artist! Sincerely,” Nataliya Neyzhmakova.

Tanya Korin

SCULPTOR-PAINTER
Masters degree in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic University.
Since 1976 live in Melbourne and had built career in travel industry, using the associated travel benefits to explore culture and art around the world.
But it was not until beginning of the new century that I could invest time in my favourite pursuit of creative art.
I developed my technical skills of making ceramics through Box Hill TAFE, realising that my interest was focused on sculptural forms rather than functional ware.
Some private tuition, numerous workshops and classes, Tom Bass school of sculpture in Sydney, Visual arts diploma at CAE and Swinburne TAFE course.
My interest has widened from clay to casting in bronze, carving lime stone and painting. Lately I am also experimenting with metal.
Both paintings and sculptures are my emotional interpretations of nature and its organic fluidity which constantly changing through time and calamities, creating corrosion, cavities, canyons- a metaphor for transformation of harmony and balance into new forms.
Negative spaces in sculptures play an important part in my work.
The “inner spaces” I create are my intuition, dreams, memories, imagination.
They are emotional landscapes.
The viewers are invited to respond according to their imagination, memories, intellect and life experiences.
Through the years I had group and solo exhibitions. The latest solo exhibition in Kyoto, Japan in 2017.
Private collections in Australia, USA, Europe and Japan .

Michael Kemp

Michael is a Melbourne artist whose work explores what it means to be a psychological being. While his images bare some resemblance to their models – the purpose of the model is primarily inspirational. This leaves the paintings to become explorations in their own right, through the use of line and form and colour.

Michaels practice of painting over his old paintings again and again has led him to a current practice of retaining the history of a given painting, so that it becomes part of the content. In this way images become messy, and mistakes and odd juxtapositions are formed. These are all utilized as part of the character and the development of each painting.

 

Julie Ditel

I was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne. I come from a varied artistic family background comprising painters, opera singers and dancers so I appreciated the arts at a very early age. I am a self taught artist and have been illustrating since I can remember.

Although my intention was to become a secondary school art teacher, I pursued a 25 year career as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator and later became Art Director.  Initially working for advertising agencies then freelancing and finally working in the publishing industry.   I worked on the drawing board and then technology saw me through the biggest change in graphics.  The arrival of computer graphics.

Only when I left that industry did I get more time to concentrate on my own work and creativity.  I began to paint more frequently both in traditional and contemporary styles as my skills in graphics allowed me to have a diverse variance in styles.

My artwork is sometimes influenced by my graphic background and often it is detected by people viewing my work.  I love the use of bright colours against a dark background.  Although my work is varied, sometimes it can be described as semi surreal.  I am attracted to art that tells a story and conceptual artwork.  That is, to have a theme with a meaning and creating a series of work reflecting the meaning with similar but different images. Drawing came first for many years then I picked up a brush and have stuck to it ever since.  My work varies from traditional to contemporary works.

One of the things that fascinates me is the concept of flight.  It’s a beautiful thing in all the forms it takes. It’s aesthetic, sometimes breathtaking and often symbolises freedom.  It comes in so many forms: mechanical or manmade, living, and spiritual.  All forms of flight have beautiful lines.  My interest and pursuit in this seems infinite and has been with me for a very long time.

I am also attracted to futuristic images but I also have a great appreciation for the Renaissance, The Pre-Raphealites and even the beautiful lines in the Art Deco movement and how all these art forms displayed the human figure.

I work mainly with acrylics and sometimes watercolour, ink, pencils and pastels.

I am looking forward to much more time available to me to paint and illustrate as I approach my retirement.  This is what I am meant to do.

Group Exhibitions:

Dante’s “Triumvirart” Exhibition. Gertrude St, Fitzroy.

Midsummer Festivals

Kingston Art Centre

Chelsea Art show

Frank Gallery, Beach St., Frankston, Vic.