Australia Wide Eight is a touring exhibition showcasing the work of Ozquilt Network Members. See it next at Naracoorte Art Gallery, South Australia 9 January – 25 February 2023, Gallery hours Wednesday to Friday 10am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 3pm.
Each work is 40x40cm. Many artworks are for sale and may be purchased directly from the artist. All works will continue to tour with the exhibition until September 2024. Download the AW8 Catalogue.
SHIFT
©2022 Dianne Firth
Turner ACT
Price: A$350
Statement: Part of a series exploring tonal shift over a neutral base.
Photographer: Andrew Sikorski
DESPITE EVERYTHING THE BANKSIA CONTINUES TO FLOWER
©2022 Louise Wells
Inglewood WA
Price: A$700
Statement: I live on the Perth Banksia Plain. However it is rare to see a
banksia on my daily walk. I notice the detail of the gradual blooming of this
one specimen. As I walk, I contemplate that nature continues its cycle even
while unprecedented events rage in our world.
FISH FALLS, GRAMPIANS (GERIWERD) NP
©2022 Sue Broadway
Ballarat, Victoria
Price: NFS
Statement: A lovely walk opens up to this very tranquil and picturesque falls,
near Zumsteins, in the Grampians (Geriwerd) National Park in Victoria.
AB EX NEXT GENERATION
©2022 Deborah Weir
California USA
Price: A$700
Statement: I love using photos of my previous artwork and seeing in what
ways they morph and develop.
THE DOOR OF NO RETURN #2
©2022 Sue Reid
Kyabram, Victoria
Price: A$250
Statement: Emotional memories of a visit to the Door of No Return on Gorée
Island Senegal. Many slaves passed through this door and left their homeland
forever.
GENTLE UPON THE EUCALYPT
©2022 Lois Parish Evans
Tauranga, New Zealand
Price: A$450
Statement: As the breeze gently breathes across
the thickness of foliage,
a glimpse of sky pushes through.
Sunlight plays across the surfaces
creating light and shadow
penetrating and highlighting the
structure of the individual leaves.
Changing the view,
sometimes dense in colour,
sometimes translucent.
Always changing,
always delighting the senses.
CHARRED
©2022 Lynette Weeks
Ocean Grove, Victoria
Price: A$200
Statement: There had been an Aussie bush fire. These leaves are
blackened. Yet when the sun shines on them they glow with brilliant rusty
colouring.
LAYOUT 2
©2022 Sue Cunningham
Stawell, Victoria
Price: A$225
Statement: A 1908 textbook for dressing an old fashioned doll, which
emphasises sewing perfection for girls, is a reflection of societal expectations
for women then. Attitudes have changed.
SUMMER STORM AT SUNSET
©2022 Jill Rumble
Erina NSW
Price: A$325
Statement: Stubble, dried grasses and weeds.
Summer storm on the horizon.
Hope that there is no lightning to start a fire.
FIRE BY NIGHT
©2022 Julie-Anne Rogers
Narara NSW
Price: A$450
Statement: During the 2019/20 bushfires in Australia I was still commuting each day to my day job. During the day the view from my train was simply orange. I couldn't see much else. During my evening commute the winds picked up and I could see the river and burnt flying embers.
KALBARRI
©2022 Barbara Weeks
Geographe WA
Price: A$480
Statement: A Wander out Yonder to explore this ancient landscape. While
wild storms reek havoc on the man-made structures, extraordinary geological
forms and impressive gorges remain to create a sense of wonder in the
viewer. Time stands still as you reflect. A breathtaking beauty that invites a
response.
WRACK DANCE:
Low Tide Lake Eraring (day)
@2022 Judy Hooworth
Morisset NSW
Price: A$375
Statement: Drying seaweed (wrack) wraps itself around exposed mangrove
roots... creating a rhythmic repetition of line, shape and form...suggesting
dancers in tutus...
MELBOURNE IN THE RAIN
©2022 Lorraine Rogers
Altona, Victoria
Price: A$500
Statement: I love the luminescent colours reflecting on city streets at night
during a heavy rainstorm. Colours mirrored onto nearby wet roads from cars,
streetlights & shopfront windows. People scurrying along under their
umbrellas trying to escape the downpour as water gushes along the gutters
disappearing down into city drains.
MAHI MAHI
©2022 Brenda Wood
Scarborough QLD
Price: A$580
Statement: The colours of the mahi-mahi are fluid. They change with vibrant
greens, iridescent blues, shiny silvers and of course vibrant yellows, as they
get excited due to chromatophores connected to their nervous system. And as
they pass these colours fade to soft grey. Often known as 'Dorado', Spanish
for gold.
CARNAGE 1
©2022 Suzanne Lyle
Ballarat, Victoria
Price: A$450
GOLD-DUST WATTLE
©2022 Linden Lancaster
Picola, Victoria
Price: A$350
Statement: The gold-dust wattle is a favourite of mine. It survives the
harshest conditions and explodes into luminous masses of yellow in early
spring.
FOREVER FALLING
© 2022 Beth & Trevor Reid
Gowrie ACT
Price: NFS
Statement: Australia’s non–deciduous trees mainly eucalyptus, drop their leaves throughout the year much to the annoyance of tidy gardeners and pool owners. The leaves often lay in a thick carpet around the base of these trees, home to a multitude of bugs and spiders.
SKELETON SHELL
©2022 Lisa Walton
Lewisham NSW
Price: A$450
Statement: Always fascinated by the internal structures of animate and
inanimate objects. Such complicated forms often house simple external
shapes. Nautilus shells are fascinating and make me wonder how something
can live inside all those crevices.
MICROSCOPIC 1
©2022 Rebecca Wolske
Boronia, Victoria
Price: A$495
Statement: A simple leaf, look closer!
Under the microscope it looks so different,
Nothing like the leaf we see with our naked eye,
individual cells, almost like a bee hive,
it seems almost from another world.
BRIGHT & FROZEN WITH TINO ON THE RADIO
©2022 Lynne Hargreaves
Legana, Tasmania
Price: A$350
Statement: An early start, listening to garden guru Tino Carnevale on the car
radio I was enchanted by the morning, the brilliance of colour belying the cold
of the frozen fields which the sun had yet to touch. The work is a miniature
study of ideas and impressions from that morning.
VINTAGE
©2022 Suzanne Gummow
West Croyden SA
Price: A$675
Statement: Bold, bright and vintage.
Canopy 21- The Burn
© 2022 Anna Brown
Bungwahl NSW
Price: A$400
Statement: Australian eco-systems are threated by climate change. We must
act now.
SABI; EUCALPTUS LITTER FALL
© 2022 Julie Haddrick
Adelaide SA
Price: A$550
Statement: The ‘sabi’; things fallen, consume my attention as I walk;
delighting in litter-fall. Fresh, undecomposed plant debris protects the topsoil;
and encourages beneficial microorganisms. Of 700 species of eucalyptus
native to Australia, each has a different seed pod. This flowering gum species
provides artistic structure, forms and defining negative space.
SCARAB DREAM
©2022 Vanessa Newton-Brown
Hobart, Tasmania
Price: NFS
Statement: Scarab beetles are the ancient Egyptian symbols for the cycle of
life, regeneration and hope. The natural world of beetles with their striking
patterns and colour combinations provides endless inspiration for my work. I
am not attempting to represent anatomically accurate beetles but rather my
interpretation of these creatures.
TRANSGRESSIONS
©2022 Rachel Ratten
Timaru, New Zealand
Price: A$350
Statement: This piece is from an ongoing series that explores abstraction, a
theme that has having evolved from spontaneous mark-making.
CALLISTEMON CASCADE
©2022 Brenda Gael Smith
Copacabana NSW
Price: A$350
Statement: In my neighbourhood, the arrival of spring is heralded by a ruby cascade of bottlebrush in full bloom.
DOWN THE RIVER 3
©2022 Tania Tanti
Altona Meadows, Victoria
Price: A$500
Statement:The water calms, the flora and fauna brighten your day. The swirl
of the water helps find resolution. Take a stroll along the river and breath.
GATHERINGS 3
© 2022 Susan Mathews
Ocean Grove, Victoria
Price: A$525
Statement: From a series of lino prints on fabric which grew from gathering
drawings for the design from my many sketchbooks of Australian plants that I
have created over the years.
SEABED
©2022 Irene Koroluk
Taroona, Tasmania
Price: A$1400
Statement: Seabed is inspired by the diverse and colourful soft corals found
in Australia's coastal waters.
STRONGER TOGETHER
© 2022 Zara Zannettino
Highbury SA
Price: NFS
Statement: Zebra finch thrive in Australia’s sunburnt arid centre and every
individual is unique in its markings. When united in a flock, they are stronger
together.
THE SETTING
©2022 Prue Wheal
Adelaide, South Australia
Price: NFS
Statement: The rhythms and patterns in both land and city scapes played
part in this abstract composition. Quilting was kept to a minimum to
emphasise the composition.
AWAY FROM HOME
©2022 Carolyn Sullivan
Bundanoon NSW
Price: A$300
Statement: Indian decorative arts are such an inspiration.
STUDY IN GREEN
©2022 Cathy Jack Coupland
Breakfast Point NSW
Price: A$450
Statement: An expressive colour linking life with the natural, verdant world,
rampant with thriving, prolific, lush greens.
Exhibition Tour Program
The exhibition will tour around Australia until August 2024 including the following venues:
- Warwick Art Gallery, Warwick, Queensland 14 July – 27 August 2022
- Dysart Art Space, Dysart, Queensland 10 October – 12 December 2022
- Naracoorte Art Gallery, South Australia 9 January – 25 February 2023
- World Theatre, Charters Towers, Queensland 1 – 30 April 2023
- Joel Gallery, Altona, Victoria 13-25 May 2023
- Kyabram Town Hall, Kyabram, Victoria 16 June – 31 July 2023
- Cannery Arts Centre, West Australia 29 August – 3 October 2023
Please direct exhibition inquiries to: AW8@ozquiltnetwork.org.au
AW8 Artists
- Sue Broadway
- Anna Brown
- Sue Cunningham
- Ruth de Vos
- Dianne Firth
- Fiona Gavens
- Suzanne Gummow
- Julie Haddrick
- Lynne Hargreaves
- Judy Hooworth
- Irene Koroluk
- Linden Lancaster
- Suzanne Lyle
- Susan Mathews
- Vanessa Newton-Brown
- Lois Parish Evans
- Rachel Ratten
Australia Wide Eight Selection Panel
Lisa Walton is a textile artist who started with traditional quilt techniques but quickly developed the urge to break the rules. She creates her own fabrics for her artwork which she exhibits worldwide. Lisa is a past president of Studio Art Quilt Associates in the USA.
Cathy Jack Coupland is a textile artist whose work has evolved from using traditional quilt and embroidery techniques to creating fully machine stitched works covering the entire surface. Cathy won the Ozquilt Network Award of Excellence in Art Quilt Australia 2021.
Sophie O’Brien is Head of Curatorial & Learning for the new Bundanon Art Museum near Nowra NSW. She oversees a diverse range of the arts and artists through Bundanon’s residential program which is open to all Australian artists.
