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Australia Wide Eight

Australia Wide Eight is a touring exhibition showcasing the work of Ozquilt Network Members. See it next at Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery at at Inveresk, 2 Invermay Road, .Launceston, Tasmania from 3 February – 21 April 2024.

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 SOLD

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.

CORONA VIRUS
IT'S ALL A BLUR
©2022 Fiona Gavens
Brunswick West, Victoria

Price: A$300

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.

BLOSSOM BOUNTY
©2022 Ruth de Vos
Mt Nasura WA

Price: A$350

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.

OCEAN DANCE
©2022 Linda Steele
Park Orchards, Victoria

Price: A$550 SOLD

Red triangles on a turquoise background with intensive stitching
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: SOLD

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 by Irene Koroluk
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, Esperance, West Australia 17 August – 13 September 2023
  • Waltzing Matilda Gallery, Outback Regional Gallery, Winton, Queensland 3 November – 31 December 2023
  • Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania, 3 February – 21 April 2024
  • Bainz Gallery, Wangaratta, Victoria, 1 May – 30 May 2024
  • Millicent Gallery, Millicent, South Australia, 16 June – 28 July

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
  • Beth and Trevor Reid
  • Sue Reid
  • Julie-Anne Rogers
  • Lorraine Rogers
  • Jill Rumble
  • Brenda Gael Smith
  • Linda Steele
  • Carolyn Sullivan
  • Tania Tanti
  • Barbara Weeks
  • Lynette Weeks
  • Deborah Weir
  • Louise Wells
  • Prue Wheal
  • Rebecca Wolske
  • Brenda Wood
  • Zara Zannettino

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.

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Enter your textile artwork in Art Quilt Australia Enter your textile artwork in Art Quilt Australia 2025 (including Expressions the Wool Quilt Prize sponsored by @nationalwoolmuseum ). $9000 in prizes - open to artists resident in Australia and New Zealand and OZQN members worldwide.Entries close 15 April 2025. Entry form on the Ozquilt Network website. Link in profile.Art Quilt Australia 2025 will be on exhibition at the @yrrmuseum Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Lilydale, Victoria from Wednesday 9 July 2025 until Sunday 12 October 2025.Here is a selection of prize winners from the last 10 years:2023 Award of Excellence: Linda Steele @lindabsteele Moroccan Magic2023 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize: Alison Withers DIY Deluge Design No.52021 Award of Excellence And then there were three by Cathy Jack Coupland @cathyjackcoupland 2021 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize Ghost Blanket IV by Fiona Gavens @figavens 2019 Award of Excellence Whitewash Neroli Henderson @neroli_henderson 2019 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize: By Wagga Design Barbara Mellor2017 Award of Excellence Chinese Whispers Judy Hooworth @judyhooworth1 2017 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize Klimt Print #2 Suzanne Reid2015 Award of Excellence Alvena Hall, Arboreus: Ediacara Suite 20152015 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize Lisa Davis, The Art of Record Keeping#ozquiltnetwork #ozqnart #artquiltaustralia #artquiltaustralia2025 #expressionswoolquiltprize #nationalwoolmuseum #nationalwoolmuseumgeelong

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