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All members are invited to be listed here North Shore Art Society members are invited to submit four images of their work and a short resume without contact details to webmaster Ernie Gerzabek by email egerzabek1@optusnet DOT com.au The preferred format for digital images is 72dpi jpg with long side max 250 pixels and not exceeding 20 kb in size. The resume text (max 950 words) should either be included in the body of the email or attached as a Word document. |
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People who cannot get digital images can post photographs of their artworks to webmaster for scanning and processing: Ernie Gerzabek Please note: artists below are listed in order of applications received by the webmaster |
| Barbara McBurnie |
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Artist, Barbara McBurnie of Mona Vale, Sydney, brings her own style of excitement and vitality to her art. Her love of the Australian outdoors is reflected in the subjects she paints – beaches, landscapes, native plants, birds, boating, abstracts and more recently oil paintings. Barbara began her artistic career as a potter, completing ceramic courses at Brookvale TAFE. The excitement of under glaze colours painted on clay was the motivation to study watercolour painting. Today, Barbara paints in oils, acrylic and water colour using the medium which best suits and reflects the mood of her painting. Barbara gives thanks to her teachers Val Kemsley, Paul Warner, Frederick Bates, Molly Flaxman, Alvaro Castagnet, Helen Goldsmith, David Taylor, Ross Paterson, Rex Newell, Ev Hales and Joseph Zbukvic. Barbara is a member of the following art societies. – North Shore, Mosman, Artists & Craftsmen of Pittwater, Pittwater Community Arts and Great Lakes, Forster. Commissions are accepted.
Horse and rider - oil |
Gone fishing - watercolour
Spinnaker start - acrylic |
| Linda Reay |
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Artist, Linda Reay resides at Narrabeen on
Sydney's Northern Beaches, is the mother of two grown up boys, both she and
her husband are now retired and her interests are art, reading, travel, and
fishing when she has time. Linda progressed from hand crafts to folk art then to fine art using watercolour, acrylic, pastel and oil. Much of her work is of local scenery with a particular interest in water and boats also native birds and mammals reflecting her love of the visitors to her garden. As student of Johanna Geluk since 1999 to whom she is most grateful for her help in developing her own style with brush and pastels, she is a committee member of the North Shore Art Society and a member of the Artists and Craftsmen of Pittwater. Her work has been shown in art shows at Avalon, Mona Vale, Collaroy, Queenscliff, North Steyne, Balgowlah and Mosman with some success.
The Lighthouse at Nora Head |
Palm Beach
River Gums
Spinnaker Run |
| Sally Morgan |
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Artist, Sally Morgan has resided in the Northern
Beaches area of Sydney for the last 36 years. Sally first studied drawing and
oil painting for three years while living in Japan. After a break while raising
her family, she spent several years studying silk painting. Sally finds that silk painting allows her to capture the vibrant colours and natural beauty of Australian flora and fauna. The art of painting on silk is thousands of years old and has the advantage of producing the brilliant colours that often aren’t achievable in some of the other mediums. Sally now divides her time equally between silk painting and pastels. She finds that pastels are ideal for flowers, landscapes, seascapes and the varied colorful bird and fish life so abundant in Australia. Sally has won awards for both her pastel and silk paintings. Sally is a member of the North Shore Art Society, Artists & Craftsmen of Pittwater and the Northern Beaches Artists. She shows her art in exhibitions throughout the North Shore as well as taking private commissions. Many examples of her work can be found throughout Australia as well as overseas.
White Lilies - pastel |
Coral Reef - silk painting
Spring poppies - pastel
Balmoral Beach - pastel |
| Midori Furze |
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The space Midori lives in inspires her. The nature that surrounds it inspires her. Her artworks are always special and very unique. On her canvases, she paints her dreams, music and people, trying to capture the harmonies of the universe. Midori was born
in Nagoya, Japan. Selected Exhibitions
Violin Concerto |
Jazz #42 - Moon Dance
Jazz #29 - On the Beach
Jazz #26 - The Jazzman |
| Ernie Gerzabek |
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Ernie is a contemporary landscape and abstract painter and
sculptor. He was born in Budapest, Hungary and came to Australia in 1958. He
started painting in 1970 while practising as a Chartered Architect. Following
his retirement in 1997 he started his full time art practice. He has a very broad range of artistic interests: painting, ceramics and sculpture, and thus cannot be pigeonholed into a single art form or ‘style’. Ernie's main inspiration is Nature and the unique landscapes of Australia: wilderness areas, wetlands, the unspoilt countryside, deserts, the ocean and seashores. He is interested in using environmentally friendly approaches and recently started using recycled materials creating bas-relief and three dimensional sculptures. Ernie tends to create playful, decorative and inspiring artworks, which are both optimistic and spiritually uplifting. He had more than 22 solo shows since 1999 -- in Sydney, Melbourne and regional New South Wales galleries. He also participated in countless group shows in municipal and commercial galleries and other venues. He is an exhibiting member of Ku-ring-gai, Mosman, North Shore Art Societies and The Sculptors Society. Apart from Australia, his works can be found in private collections all around the world, including USA, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Great Britain and other European countries.
Cheers! |
After the drought
Gone sailing
Low rise - bas-relief wall sculpture |
| Alison Holland |
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I reside on Bilgola Plateau on the Northern Beaches, where I have lived for over 50 years. I was born and spent most of my childhood in North Western NSW. Later I lived in Rushcutters Bay, Hong Kong and Rose Bay. I first studied Art at East Sydney Technical College but did not finish my course due to marrying and going overseas to live in Hong Kong. On my return to Australia I did not paint for some years due to bringing up my two children, my interest in acting and the stage, and later working. Later I studied with Arthur Murch, Betty Morgan (portraits), Peter Abraham and at present I am a pupil of well-known artist, Johanna Geluk. I am a member of the North Shore Art Society, Artists and Craftsmen of Pittwater and Pittwater Community Arts. and was a member of the Warringah Arts and Crafts Society before it folded. I have won several prizes for painting and some of my paintings are hanging in the USA and Amsterdam. I prefer painting in oil but also do water colour, acrylic and pastel. My interests apart from painting are golf, teaching computer to Seniors, library volunteering, gardening and reading.
Spinnaker run |
Street in Tuscany
Frangipani
Elizabeth |
| Laurette Swanson |
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I was taught water colour by John Santry and oils by Fred Goss, both two well known Sydney artists. I work in oils, water colour, pen and ink, acrylic and other mediums. I taught painting for beginners for many years using oils and water colour. Have won awards in various art shows.
The Lyre bird's serenade $1000
The Three Sisters (Katoomba NSW) $450 |
Touch of Autumn (Bowral NSW) $800
Poppies $480 |
| Brian Hutchings |
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Artist, Brian Hutchings, moved to Beacon Hill
in 2006 and joined the North Shore Art Society, the Artists and Craftsmen of
Pittwater group and Johanna Geluk's art class, to work and relax amongst other
like-minded people. He appreciates the helpful advice and encouragement he has
received since joining these groups. During 2007 Brian was successful in selling a variety of pictures at a number of exhibitions held in the Northern Beaches Peninsula. Brian has been interested in art from an early age, but never found the time to develop his interest until retiring in 1998. He enjoys working in watercolour and acrylic media, embracing a variety of subjects with a preference for seascapes and landscapes. Since moving to Australia from the U.K. he finds the Australian colours and light very challenging and loves painting the wildlife and beautiful scenery very much. As a diversion from the formal pictures, he has had success with humorous paintings, some printed as limited editions after he was commissioned by a U.K. company to produce paintings for postcards in cartoon format. In the U.K. he was a member of Seaford Art Club and the Society of Eastbourne Artists, and regularly exhibited at exhibitions, selling to buyers in the U.K., Eire, Canada, U.S.A., France, Holland and Australia.
Origin scrum |
Uluru
Bungle bungle range
Three Sisters Blue Mountains |
| Paul Solomon |
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I am an artist who is passionate about the environment and loves
to paint and draw from real life. My latest series of artworks is titled
"Birds of Sydney", a place I hold dear to my heart. QUALIFICATIONS Masters in Education Visual Arts, (University of Technology
Sydney) ART Preferred mediums: Watercolour, pastels, oils, airbrush CURRENT SERIES OF WORKS A series of watercolours of “Birds of Sydney”, “Birds of Centennial Park”, 25m panoramic mural of “Birds of Centennial Park” COMMISSIONS By Private collectors of Australian wildlife and birds EXHIBITED Israel, Canberra University, University of Technology Sydney, North Shore Art Society, local council art exhibitions and the Gallery Café Surrey Hills.
Pacific Black Duck |
Palm Cockies
Yellow-tailed black |
| Bill Giles |
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Now I'm retired I'm free to do all the things
I've always wanted to do such as the fine arts, modelmaking, sailing & travel. After school I studied for four years at East Sydney Tech. (National Art School). The first two years was an excellent introduction to the basics of painting & drawing, the different mediums, & the varied forms of art. I wish I'd paid more attention to the tutors who included such notables as: Jeffrey Smart, Harold Abbot, Noel Kilgour, Roy Fluke etc, rather than starve in a garret I opted to specialise in commercial (Graphic) art instead of the fine arts for the remaining two years. I started work in the film industry as an animation background artist and then moved onto layout, design and finished art for studios & agencies. By the time brushes, paint & markers were made obsolete I had moved on to Studio and Production management. I tried to keep up my fine art drawing and painting skills by attending classes with Fred Bates at the Royal Art Society but business and family commitments soon stopped this. Lately I've been able to attend some classes once again, mainly life drawing with Pina Bartolo at the Tramshed to try and improve my drawing and work bigger and looser. I believe in the importance of good drawing as the foundation of all painting & regard myself as a perpetual drawing student. I've specialised in pen and wash and watercolour because it is easy to pack and carry when travelling. I'm also looking forward to working in Acrylics. As a subject I'm attracted to old buildings, old and working boats, and our spectacular landscape.
Devils Marbles |
Mt Morgan Pub
Church Point Wharf
Church Point Store |
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