Sydney current exhibitions

"The exhibited works are my struggle with remaining in the present, rather than existing in thoughts of my past or future. The eye, in many of the paintings, symbolises the desire to see the world through a visual lens, of being aware of what is right in front of me. It is also a documentation of my imagination and the intuition and spontaneity of form and colour.

My art has a surreal quality, most of the paintings have a bird entwined in the flowing forms, and these birds are frequent visitors to my house. I live close to the Woronora River where cockatoos, magpies, kookaburras, pelicans, cormorants, cranes and parrots are in abundance. I could not ignore their presence, as their laughing, screeching and warbling, drifted into my home studio.

My experience as a textile designer influences my work. The patterns, swirls, shapes and images, the flowing lines and the colours are reminiscent of the way I construct textiles for the fashion industry. This time I have embraced the traditional platform of the canvas rather than the computer but I really miss the quick key for erasing mistakes. The freedom of the brush, however has been liberating and allows for more imaginative improvisations.

I am currently studying art therapy at the University of Western Sydney. My study about the power of art to heal has led me to create some of these paintings. I believe that through creating art and reflecting on the art products and processes, people can increase awareness of self and others, cope with symptoms, stress, and traumatic experiences and enjoy the life-affirming pleasures of making art."

Exhibition ends Tuesday 7 April 2009.

ART MOMENT GALLERY
website: www.artmoment.com.au
Shop 1, 99 Curlewis St, Bondi Beach 2026
phone 02 93654999, 0411695089.
GALLERY HOURS: Tue-Thur 11am-7pm,
Fri&Sun 11am-4pm Closed: Mon, Sat, Public Holidays

Sydney openings w/e 5.4.09

tuesday 31st March

NG Art Gallery
3 Little Queen Street, Chippendale 2008 Phone: 02 9318 2992/0815
Exhibition: Underground to Aboveground - celebrating the FraserStudios Artist Residency. (Selected works for the exhibition cross the mediums of video art, craft, installation art, sculpture and mixed media, as well performance art works, exemplifying the multi-disciplinary, cutting-edge nature of the program.
Opening 6-8pm (until Sat. 18th April)

thursday 2nd April

The Washhouse Gallery
711 Darling Street, Rozelle 2039 Phone: 0425 248334
Exhibition: Jacqueline Sherwood - Jackie's French Adventures.    Opening 6.30-8pm (until Sun. 19th April)

saturday 4th april

gallery41
41 Riley Street, Woolloomooloo 2011 Phone: 0408 226 827
Exhibition: Ian Barnett - The Music of Hill End and other works.
Opening 2-5pm (until Wed. 15th April)

Richard Martin
98 Holdsworth Street, Woollahra 2025 Phone: 02 9327 6535
Exhibition: Julie Harris.
Opening 4-6pm (until Wed. 22nd April)

Canberra openings until w/e 5.4.09

Beaver Galleries
81 Denison Street, Deakin 2600 Phone: 02 6282 5294
Exhibition: Denese Oates & Bruce Latimer (Tenuous connections Denese Oates' intertwined copper sculptures and etchings of Bruce Latimer explore relationships between society and the natural world.)
Opening 6-8pm (until Tues. 21st April)

friday 3rd april

Fyre Gallery
84 Wallace Street, Braidwood 2622 Phone: 02 4842 1142
Group Exhibition: Under New Mexico Skies - Printmakers from New Mexico Phyllis Sloane, AnaMaria Samaniego and Sandra Duran Wilson with Australian artist Suzanne Bellamy.
Opening 6.30-8.30pm (until Mon. 18th May)