AW6 Preview

Exhibition Countdown: 1 day to go! This is the final preview post for  Australia Wide Six.  Brenda Wood of Scarborough, Queensland has two works in the exhibition. Brenda's work often reflects her love of the water and in her 15 years since becoming a textile artist she has been able to explore a multitude of mediums and topics, with the ocean and it's environs often making … [Read more...] about AW6 Preview: Brenda Wood

Exhibition countdown: 2 days to go! Alison Withers of Warrnambool, Victoria has two works in the  Australia Wide Six.  This is Remember the River. For years Alison has looked to the landscape in her part of the world as a means of enriching her life – it gives her an enormous sense of peace and reaffirms her sense of place. It is suggestions of these places that are the … [Read more...] about AW6 Preview: Alison Withers

Exhibition Countdown: 3 days to go! Today's featured work from the  Australia Wide Six exhibition is Pond Algae by Deborah Weir of Palos Verdes, California, USA. Deborah is a mixed media artist and curator who primarily uses textiles in her work. Though contemporary in every sense, the work references traditional “women’s work,” slowly built up, mostly by hand, with a … [Read more...] about AW6 Preview: Deborah Weir

Exhibition Countdown: 4 days to go! Today's work from  Australia Wide Six is Evans Hill Tathra 18:03:18 byMargaret Wallace of Bega, NSW.  A two week course in freehand machine embroidery at USQ, Toowoomba, in 2001 with the renowned Ken Smith, was the "light bulb" moment for Margaret, and she was "hooked". AW6 Preview is a series of daily blog posts from 29 July to 31 … [Read more...] about AW6 Preview: Margaret Wallace

Exhibition countdown: 5 days to go! Today ‘s preview from the  Australia Wide Six exhibition is In the Gorge 1 by Carolyn Sullivan. Carolyn lives near Bundanoon, a rural township two hours out of Sydney, on five acres of flat, plateau country surrounded by eucalypt and deciduous trees in a park like site. Its cool climate, many gardens, closeness to the escarpment and … [Read more...] about AW6 Preview: Carolyn Sullivan