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Mim Kocher Multi Media Artist ept. 1 1 1 STUDIOS OPEN 10AM–5PM Ph: 03 5962 0000 21 Romeo Road Healesville yarra valley openstudios 2009 1
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- Page 6: White St 1 2 Healesville Glassblowi
- Page 10: 5 6 Michael Emmett photographer Kim
- Page 14: 9 10 Pamela Gordon Pastels Ali Grif
- Page 18: Evelyn Grove 13 14 Mim Kocher mixed
- Page 22: 17 18 Tom Nelson painter Lynette Or
- Page 26: 21 22 Jenny Reddin painter Sean Rod
- Page 30: 25 26 Denise Smith artist Aileen St
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- Page 38: 29 30 Dianna Tarr Painter Cathy Van
- Page 42: 33 34 Savaad Felich sculptor David
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Mim Kocher<br />
Multi Media Artist<br />
<br />
ept. 1 1 1<br />
STUDIOS OPEN 10AM–5PM<br />
Ph: 03 5962 0000<br />
21 Romeo Road<br />
Healesville<br />
yarra valley openstudios 2009 1
contents<br />
Food Stops 2<br />
Healesville artists 4<br />
Touring Map 32<br />
Toolangi artists 40<br />
Warburton/<strong>Yarra</strong> Junction artists 42<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> Glen artists 56<br />
Steels Creek Stitchers and Sketchers 63<br />
Kinglake Visual Art Alliance 64<br />
Artists are listed by locality and then alphabetically by surname.<br />
This project made possible by a funding arrangement from <strong>Yarra</strong><br />
Ranges Council and the support of our wonderful sponsors.<br />
Contact:<br />
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info@yvopenstudios.net.au<br />
www.yvopenstudios.net.au<br />
Management team:<br />
Cathy Van den Essen Convenor 0407 655 483<br />
Tim Peel Sponsorship 5962 5470<br />
Liz Peel Finance 5962 5470<br />
Ali Griffin Artist Liaison 5962 5688<br />
Nicola Stairmond Exhibition Curator 0412 781 542<br />
Mike Emmett Marketing & Media 5962 6166<br />
Thanks to our supporters:<br />
NEST BUILDING & COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD<br />
ABN. 15 120 741 219<br />
PO Box 177, <strong>Yarra</strong>ville VIC 3013<br />
P 03 9689 0902<br />
m 0412 395 151<br />
e stefani@nestpr.com.au<br />
w www.nestpr.com.au
food stops<br />
A Alowyn Gardens 03 9730 2400<br />
1210 Melba Highway, <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen (Mel. Ref: 267 G9)<br />
Coffee, tea, cool drinks and cakes available in a<br />
gorgeous garden setting.<br />
B Amanda’s Café 03 5967 1593<br />
3/2460 Warburton Hwy, <strong>Yarra</strong> Junction<br />
(Mel. Ref: 288 D8) Mostly local, organic, fair-trade<br />
produce cooked inhouse – made with love.<br />
C Good Food Room 03 5966 2464<br />
3415 Warburton Hwy, Warburton (Mel. Ref: 290 B4)<br />
Fresh home cooked lunch and cakes, Boscastle Pies,<br />
gluten and dairy free pie, Jasper Fairtrade coffee.<br />
D Hargreaves Hill Brewing Co. 03 9730 1905<br />
25 Bell Street, <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen (Mel. Ref: 275 A1)<br />
Delicious handmade fare from fresh regional<br />
produce. Award winning Victorian microbrewery.<br />
Eclectic <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> winelist.<br />
E Harvest Café 03 5962 4002<br />
256 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville (Mel. Ref: 278 C1)<br />
Handmade pies, fresh baked muffins, Genovese<br />
coffee, gourmet lunches, delicious desserts, salads.<br />
F Kiltynane Estate 0418 339 555<br />
Cnr School Ln & <strong>Yarra</strong>glen - Healesville Rd,<br />
Tarrawarra (Mel. Ref: 268 H12)<br />
We serve antipasta platters built by the customer.<br />
Select from olives alone or up to a full platter –<br />
flexibility is the word. Coffee also available.<br />
G Red Shed Café 03 5964 4022<br />
24-26 Medhurst Road, Gruyere (Mel. Ref: 282 J7)<br />
Enjoy delicious food focusing on quality local<br />
ingredients & seasonal produce served in a relaxed &<br />
scenic environment complimented by Medhurst Wines.<br />
H Sticks Winery 03 9730 1022<br />
179 Glenview Road, <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen (Mel. Ref: 274 F5)<br />
Gourmet BBQ lunch available on the <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Studios</strong><br />
weekend - Saturday 18th, Sunday 19th September.<br />
J Three Stories Artspace 03 5962 5688<br />
505 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville (Mel. Ref: 270 K11)<br />
Our hampers will feed your body as you cruise<br />
artists studios, leaving you time to visit more<br />
studios! Lovely <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> finger food and drinks.<br />
To order: www.threestories.com.au<br />
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Lindy Burns,<br />
774 ABC Melbourne<br />
Ambassador for <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><br />
<strong>Open</strong> <strong>Studios</strong> 2010<br />
Yes - I’m back. After faking my artistic credentials<br />
beautifully last year, I now have been asked to maintain<br />
that facade for 2010’s bigger than ever event.<br />
Over the last 12 months, though, I’ve learnt a thing or two<br />
about creativity that makes me a little more comfortable<br />
about my involvement. I’ve learnt that you and I, every<br />
single one of us, is creative in some way. From the<br />
preparation of a special dinner to the way we put an outfit<br />
together; from the poem we write about our mate for his<br />
birthday to the artistic way my dear husband arranges<br />
the pillows on the couch. In a myriad of different ways, we<br />
utilise those creative parts of our brains nearly every day.<br />
I’ve also learnt amazing things about creativity’s power.<br />
Remarkably, it seems that whether we are partaking in<br />
it or simply witnessing or enjoying the results, we are all<br />
beneficiaries. And if my experiences during last year’s<br />
<strong>Open</strong> <strong>Studios</strong> are anything to go by, it’s true. Standing at<br />
painter Jenny Reddin’s property and seeing the blackened<br />
landscape that inspired much of her 2009 work or<br />
speaking with conceptual artist Ali Griffin as she stood in<br />
the gallery that was also her home after losing her house<br />
in the Black Saturday fires. I not only wanted to purchase<br />
everything I saw, I said a prayer of thanks along the way<br />
that these people exist.<br />
For they, together with every other person who is part of<br />
this event, bring not only beauty to the world but a sense<br />
of meaning and understanding. Bad things happen; good<br />
things happen; but often it is only through the creative<br />
process that we get to the root of the experience. And it<br />
doesn’t matter whether you are the creator or the receptor<br />
- we are all on the journey together.<br />
So, welcome again. I know that you, like me, will cherish<br />
the opportunities that <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Studios</strong> provides and will<br />
walk away refreshed and inspired by the restorative<br />
powers of creation.<br />
Lindy Burns<br />
yarra valley openstudios 2010 3
White St<br />
1 2<br />
Healesville Glassblowing Studio<br />
Tim Bassett & Tali Dalton<br />
Gayle Lorraine Burgess<br />
mixed media artist<br />
Healesville Glassblowing Studio was founded by Tim<br />
Bassett & Tali Dalton, internationally recognised glass<br />
artists with a combined practice of over 25 years. Their<br />
individual work is in the Australian National Art Glass<br />
Collection and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.<br />
Tim specialises in site-specific contemporary chandeliers<br />
while Tali’s focus is on sculpture.<br />
‘We work independently but also collaborate on a range of<br />
functional objects where we approach the vessel as a<br />
canvas on which to explore colour and texture in a painterly<br />
manner, creating abstract and expressionistic land and<br />
skyscapes. Our mezzanine viewing area provides the opportunity<br />
to see, first hand, the ancient art of glassblowing.’<br />
My works are bright and beautiful, and meet my need to<br />
create beauty that gives joy and happiness; works that<br />
uplift the viewer and wearer; to create original works of<br />
positive beauty. As an intuitive contemporary artist I work<br />
in two disciplines; painting; using acrylics and precious<br />
leaf on canvas or linen; and textiles including crochet and<br />
felting, using Australian wool, imported silk and <strong>Yarra</strong><br />
<strong>Valley</strong> Alpaca.<br />
Giving honour to the past, while moving forward into<br />
tomorrow, my creativity is underpinned by study and<br />
observation, by beginning, thinking, planning and<br />
drawing. Through actioning these processes, the muse<br />
takes over and completion follows.<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Monda Pde<br />
Ph: 03 5962 2211<br />
416-420 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville<br />
www.hgbs.com.au<br />
Permanent open hours:<br />
10am - 5pm, Thurs - Sun<br />
Melways Ref: 270 F11<br />
Healesville<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Healesville<br />
District Hospital<br />
Goondah Lane<br />
Old Fernshaw Rd<br />
Ph: 03 5962 1389<br />
40 Graceburn Ave, Healesville<br />
Email: bgburgess@internode.on.net<br />
www.gaylelorrainedesigns.com<br />
Melways Ref: 270 H12<br />
Healesville<br />
Graceburn Ave<br />
Graceburn Ave<br />
Wallace Road<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
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3 4<br />
Christine Cafarella-Pearce<br />
painter<br />
Phyll Darson<br />
Painter<br />
When I paint, I strive to interpret mood and atmosphere,<br />
whilst maintaining reality in my imagery. The atmospheric<br />
mountain mists set against the lush greens and rich<br />
ochres of the farmland of the <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> are one of my<br />
favoured subjects. When I paint people, I love to place<br />
them in their environment where they can tell their own<br />
story. My artistic journey continually compels me to<br />
find new ways to paint what my eyes see. My primary<br />
medium is oil but I also work in pen, charcoal, pastel and<br />
watercolour on silk.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 6055 (w)<br />
Ph: 03 5962 2751 (h)<br />
21 Chum Creek Rd (Healesville - Kinglake Rd)<br />
Healesville<br />
www.cafarella-pearce.net.au<br />
Melways Ref: 269 H11<br />
Eleva Rd<br />
Healesville - <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen Rd<br />
Links Grove<br />
Healesville Kinglake Rd<br />
Healesville Kinglake Rd<br />
When I was 12 my family moved from the suburbs to the<br />
Dandenong Ranges. At this time the area was still very<br />
countrified and, together with our dog, I would spend<br />
many hours wandering through the bush, observing<br />
plants, rocks, birds and wildlife. I later moved to the<br />
Sunshine Coast and fell in love with the ocean.<br />
I developed a real love of nature and it is this feeling that I<br />
re-capture when working on my paintings – sunset colours,<br />
changing moods of the ocean and sky, the beauty of<br />
landscape, flowers, birds and animals. I find painting these<br />
subjects as absorbing and peaceful as being in their midst.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 6949<br />
49 St. Leonards Rd, Healesville<br />
www.phylldarson.weebly.com<br />
Melways Ref: 270 D11<br />
Bradshaw Drive<br />
Walkers Lane<br />
St Leonards Rd<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
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H HWY
5 6<br />
Michael Emmett<br />
photographer<br />
Kim Meghan Evans<br />
drawing, painting & mixed media<br />
Taking great photographs is like listening to a story.<br />
There’s a moment when you truly hear another’s story<br />
that complete understanding passes between you. It’s<br />
during that moment in photography that a great image<br />
is waiting to be captured. I try to be present in the<br />
moment before me, to take photographs that pass on<br />
understanding and tell a story.<br />
My works explore the realms of imagination, the<br />
unconscious and dream-like states. Animals, figures,<br />
nature and words, are sources of inspiration, yet they are<br />
not literally interpreted. The images I create are symbolic,<br />
otherworldly and surreal. I have been practicing and<br />
exhibiting as a Visual Artist including group shows in New<br />
York, Austria, Italy and regional galleries around Australia.<br />
I also work as a Conceptual Illustrator and have had works<br />
published in magazines and books.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 6166 M: 0418 990 813<br />
Hosted at: Three Stories Artspace<br />
505 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville<br />
Email: mike@redfishbluefish.com.au<br />
www.redfishbluefish.com.au<br />
Melways Ref: 270 K11<br />
Healesville<br />
McKenzie Ave<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Marysville<br />
I share a studio with Angela Nagel. She has remained my<br />
best friend and creative ally for over 20 years. We continuously<br />
support each other’s growth and journey as artists, and<br />
the studio is a sanctuary for our creativity and inspirations.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 4858<br />
149 Badger Weir Road<br />
Healesville<br />
www.kimevans.com<br />
Melways Ref: 278 K9<br />
DON RD<br />
Badger Weir Rd<br />
Badger Weir Rd<br />
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7 8<br />
Julia Franz<br />
Ceramist<br />
Julia Goodwin<br />
Textiles & painter<br />
I like to make tableware for my home or yours, as well<br />
as completely useless things that you need just because<br />
they make you smile!<br />
I work with stoneware clay, often with light subtle glazes<br />
to enhance the shape of the pot. My ceramics have a<br />
handmade look and feel not all quite the same but still<br />
clearly friends.<br />
I get inspiration from my home country, Sweden. I grew<br />
up next to the salty ocean, and dream about the nature,<br />
light, houses, lakes and people.<br />
Healesville Kinglake Rd<br />
Hunter Rd<br />
Lilydale Rd<br />
McGrettons Rd<br />
HWY<br />
MAROONDAH<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Healesville<br />
The Mud Factory<br />
Ph: 03 5962 5343<br />
29 Hunter Road, Healesville<br />
www.formbar.com.au<br />
Permanent open hours: Wed – Sun<br />
10am – 5pm. Melways Ref: 277 K1<br />
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I always paint with a spontaneous passion for colour,<br />
design and natural creativity. I have specialised in Silk<br />
Painting for 18 years and use story, symbols, nature and<br />
landscape to create unique, bright, happy, vibrant work<br />
that continually evolves.<br />
I am inspired by my surroundings, the <strong>Yarra</strong> River as it<br />
flows from Warburton, through the <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> towards<br />
the sea; people and every day life experiences.<br />
For myself, 2010 began with change, exploration and a<br />
new direction. As my Arte work unfolds, I find harmony in<br />
inspiring others to enjoy and create art for well being.<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Crowley Rd<br />
Lalors Rd<br />
Brumfield Rd<br />
Lalors Lane<br />
Lalors Rd<br />
Ph: 03 5962 1070 M: 0439 137 212<br />
79 Newgrove Rd, Healesville<br />
www.arteonyarra.com<br />
Melways Ref: 278 E3<br />
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Newgrove Rd
9 10<br />
Pamela Gordon<br />
Pastels<br />
Ali Griffin<br />
Conceptual art<br />
My passion is for pastels, but sometimes I choose to paint<br />
a particular subject in oils or acrylics. I love the feel of<br />
the pastel as I put it straight to the paper - such vibrant<br />
colours appear.<br />
In my studio you will find many varieties of pastels and<br />
papers, which I use to create my works of art.<br />
The experience of being part of last year’s inaugural <strong>Open</strong><br />
Studio, was exciting. I look forward to showing you how I<br />
create a pastel painting.<br />
Ever-changing, always looking, constantly learning.<br />
Interested in expressing the intricacies of life, I find it stifling<br />
to place myself in a particular creative category. So in<br />
my artistic life, I lead a very personal journey whilst trying<br />
to communicate a concept to the viewing audience. This<br />
may take form in a multitude of mediums, including sculpture,<br />
painting or drawing - through which I am learning to<br />
trust my creative self, and let it guide me to a wisdom that<br />
may not have been reached if not for my arts practice.<br />
I am happiest when my studio is full of books, recycled<br />
materials and sunlight.<br />
DON ROAD<br />
Healesville<br />
MOUNT RIDDELL ROAD<br />
Ph: 03 5962 5300<br />
272 Mt. Riddell Rd, Healesville<br />
Olive Gr<br />
Wallace Pde<br />
Melways Ref: 278 H3<br />
Ph: 03 5962 5688 M: 0411 722 737<br />
Three Stories Artspace<br />
505 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville<br />
www.threestories.com.au<br />
Email: ali@threestories.com.au<br />
Healesville<br />
McKenzie Ave<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Permanent open hours:<br />
11am - 4pm Thurs - Sun<br />
Melways Ref: 270 K11<br />
M<br />
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11 12<br />
Janet Hayes<br />
Pastels<br />
Bec Jones<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
I work almost exclusively in pastels, being attracted<br />
to their unique texture, glowing colour and the variety<br />
achievable, from a spontaneous sketch to a more detailed<br />
painting. My subjects include still life, which I use to<br />
express ideas and stories, figures and portraits.<br />
In the mid eighties I studied pastel portraiture with<br />
portraitist/artist/tutor Daniel Greene in New York. I have<br />
exhibited widely, and have also been published nationally<br />
and internationally. I have received several awards,<br />
including the Allied Artists of America Award at the<br />
Pastel Society of America annual exhibition, New York<br />
City in 1993.<br />
Ph: 0417 073 620<br />
25 Arlunya Road<br />
Chum Creek<br />
Email: info@janethayes.com.au<br />
www.janethayes.com.au<br />
Melways Ref: 270 A4<br />
Warringah Drive<br />
Arlunya Road<br />
Lowes Road<br />
I am passionate about photography as a medium to<br />
capture and express the very essence of life… simplistic<br />
and raw - as it really is. I have developed an interest<br />
in lifestyle photography… being more journalistic in<br />
style – with an emphasis on capturing the story and the<br />
imagination.<br />
In 1996 I graduated from the International College of<br />
Professional Photography, and Professional Studies<br />
College and am currently completing Post Graduate<br />
studies in Graphic Design.<br />
I have held a number of exhibitions, and also engage<br />
in commission work for various publications, local<br />
businesses and select weddings.<br />
Ph: 0418 688 865<br />
Hosted at: Three Stories Artspace<br />
505 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville<br />
Email: becinfocus@bigpond.com<br />
Healesville<br />
McKenzie Ave<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Melways Ref: 270 K11<br />
M<br />
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Evelyn Grove<br />
13 14<br />
Mim Kocher<br />
mixed media<br />
Daniel Mathers<br />
painter<br />
I have worked for 16 years as a primary school art teacher,<br />
and 13 years as an Art Consultant, running practical art<br />
workshops for teachers.<br />
During that time I also worked on my own art, and now<br />
enjoy exploring what I can do with all sorts of materials.<br />
My main love is creating <strong>small</strong> sculptures, using recycled<br />
bases and a modelling medium. I also make hand painted<br />
calico bags and love the thought of people carrying my<br />
artwork around shopping centres. I also paint on canvas<br />
Healesville<br />
with acrylic Oval paints and am currently developing a <strong>Yarra</strong><br />
<strong>Valley</strong> ‘sisters’ theme.<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
I initially used art as a tool to work with and find insight<br />
into my struggle with depression. My work comes from<br />
spontaneous thoughts and feelings about society and<br />
myself – in a nutshell I approach the canvas or paper and<br />
see what happens. My art often mirrors the extremities<br />
of our every day human conditions – depression, social<br />
angst, lethargy, mania, often tinged with a sense of<br />
humour. My influences are surrealism, expressionism,<br />
horror movies, media, the books I read, the music I listen<br />
to and anything else that pops into my head.<br />
Westmount Rd<br />
Ph: 03 5962 2322<br />
21 Romeo Road<br />
Healesville<br />
Melways Ref: 278 K4<br />
Healesville<br />
DON ROAD<br />
Mount Riddell Road<br />
Donald Road<br />
Healesville<br />
Showgrounds<br />
Gibbs Road<br />
Anderson Road<br />
Romeo Road<br />
Ph: 03 5962 1803<br />
10 Westmount Rd,<br />
Healesville<br />
Melways Ref: 270 E11<br />
St Leonards Rd<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Eadie Ave<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
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15 16<br />
Angela Nagel<br />
SCULPTOR - Ceramics, Glass and Mixed Media<br />
Zephlyn Neilsen<br />
textiles<br />
My visual art practice is an integral part of my life and<br />
when I sculpt I feel a powerful and embracing energy. My<br />
works are human/animal forms that invesigate the human<br />
condition and our impact on the environment. I reference<br />
extinct, endangered and introduced species to reflect<br />
upon personal concepts relating to identity and home.<br />
I hold a Masters of Fine Art with works represented in<br />
Australia and Europe.<br />
The shared studio: Kim Evans and I met during our art<br />
studies. She has remained my best friend and creative ally<br />
for over 20 years. We continually support each other’s<br />
growth and journey as artists, and the studio is our<br />
creative sanctuary.<br />
I am a textile artist, specialising in the creation and use<br />
of felt as my major medium of expression. Felt is the<br />
textile that results from the fusion of animal fibres, mostly<br />
sheeps wool. It is an ancient and contemporary textile<br />
simultaneously.<br />
Whether creating clothing or pieces for gallery exhibition,<br />
my goal is the same; to stretch the boundaries of this<br />
versatile medium and create contemporary, beautiful<br />
pieces of the highest quality. My locally produced<br />
clothing, made from wool sourced within a short radius<br />
from my base is the ultimate in sustainable clothing with<br />
very low GGE miles!<br />
Ph: 0405 355 583<br />
149 Badger Weir Road<br />
Healesville<br />
www.angelanagel.com<br />
Melways Ref: 278 K9<br />
DON RD<br />
Badger Weir Rd<br />
Badger Weir Rd<br />
Ph: 0429 778 277<br />
Hosted at: Old School House,<br />
Cnr Badger Creek Rd & Glen Eadie Ave,<br />
(opp Healesville Sanctuary)<br />
Badger Creek<br />
Email: zephlyn@ekit.com<br />
Melways Ref: 278 F8<br />
Healesville<br />
Sanctuary<br />
BADGER CREEK ROAD<br />
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17 18<br />
Tom Nelson<br />
painter<br />
Lynette Orzlowski<br />
airbrush artist<br />
I live in the <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> and have been painting for more<br />
than 35 years, building a substantial following throughout<br />
Australia.<br />
I presently have two focuses to my work. The first<br />
consists of Contemporary, Realist and Semi-Abstract<br />
paintings, dealing with landscape, coastal and forest<br />
scenery, and the dramatic seasonal changes within<br />
that scenery. Some of these paintings deal with the<br />
devastation created by Black Saturday 2009.<br />
Links Grove<br />
My studio now has an exciting new Gallery space where<br />
I am able to showcase a wide array of individual pieces<br />
including pastels, watercolors, acrylics, oils and a unique<br />
technique using automotive colors.<br />
My main focus is to create realism in what I paint, mixing<br />
the texture and variety of mediums to express an individual<br />
piece. Inspiration has come from being lucky to live in the<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> for the past 20 years; living and working in an<br />
area of supreme beauty brings creativity for an artist.<br />
The second area of focus deals with the human subject,<br />
often within a landscape scene. I endeavour to capture<br />
the inner feelings and sensitivities of the subject through<br />
the use of brilliant colours amid vibrations of form.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 4260 M: 0419 314 095<br />
Kiltynane Estate. Cnr. School Lane<br />
& <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen/Healesville Road<br />
Tarrawarra<br />
Healesville - <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen Rd<br />
Permanent open hours: Sat, Sun & Mon. 11.00am - 5.00pm<br />
Melways Ref: 268 H12<br />
School Lane<br />
Healesville -<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> Glen Rd<br />
Now an Internationally renowned award winning artist, I am<br />
also a demonstrator, airbrush and traditional art judge and<br />
an airbrushing teacher both nationally and internationally.<br />
Ph: 0408 382 309<br />
8 Rutter Ave. Healesville<br />
www.orzlowski.com<br />
Email: info@orzlowski.com<br />
Permanent open hours: 1st & last weekend<br />
of each month or by appointment.<br />
Melways Ref: 270 D12<br />
Walkers Lane<br />
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Rutter Ave<br />
Rutter Ave<br />
St Leonards Rd<br />
DON ROAD<br />
MAROONDAH HWY
19 20<br />
Jerry Osadczuk<br />
Painter<br />
Tim Peel<br />
Gold and Silversmith<br />
Painting for me is an amalgamation of elements that<br />
communicate an idea, a feeling, a mood, and should be<br />
done with a passion. Everything I paint is a statement<br />
about myself. After the first stroke, the surface I’m<br />
working on assumes a life of its own and I become both<br />
spectator and performer in my own event.<br />
Creating is like a roller coaster ride, beginning with<br />
the anticipation and excitement, followed by the uphill<br />
climb, then gliding down hills with ease, and the grand<br />
finale of the finished product. In the process I can both<br />
lose and find myself.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 3047<br />
269 Myers Creek Rd, Healesville<br />
Melways Ref: 270 D3<br />
Myers Creek Road<br />
< to Maroondah Hwy<br />
< To Cascades<br />
Cascades<br />
Myers Creek Road<br />
The development of my discipline as a goldsmith is marked<br />
by four significant events; discovering jewellery as a child,<br />
graduating as a goldsmith from Monash University, opening<br />
Silvermist Studio in Healesville and being accepted as a<br />
Fellow into the Gold and Silversmiths Guild of Australia.<br />
For me, jewellery has become an intimate form of sculpture<br />
where function is given equal or greater importance than<br />
form. By melting, hammering and bending precious metals<br />
around gemstones I handcraft beautiful treasures.<br />
The jewellery is now a precious, valuable and durable<br />
symbol of significant events either in my life or in those<br />
I have created for. It will in time, become an antique and<br />
family heirloom.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 5470<br />
Silvermist Studio<br />
136 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville<br />
www.silvermiststudio.com.au<br />
Healesville-Kinglake Rd<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
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Lilydale Rd<br />
Permanent open hours:<br />
Thurs - Sun 10am - 5pm and Public Holidays.<br />
Melways Ref: 278 B1<br />
Harker St<br />
MAROONDAH<br />
HWY<br />
MAROONDAH<br />
Healesville
21 22<br />
Jenny Reddin<br />
painter<br />
Sean Rodwell<br />
Painter<br />
I find inspiration from flashes of images and colours out of<br />
the corner of my eye during my daily life, driving down the<br />
road, or on the farm. I seek ambiguity, leaving the viewer<br />
to interpret. I am interested in the interplay between light,<br />
dark and textures. There are suggestions of landscape<br />
and figure and an element of drama. They are not quiet<br />
paintings – sometimes a feeling of night time – of a rabbit<br />
caught in the headlights, an image that challenges the<br />
viewer and strives for a deeper content. I seek not to be<br />
too controlled but to hold it together with unity and form.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 6366<br />
129 Whelans Rd<br />
Healesville<br />
Melways Ref: 269 A4<br />
Whelans Rd<br />
Whelans Rd<br />
Turners Ln<br />
< XX metres<br />
Whelans Rd<br />
Old Healesville Rd<br />
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Long Gully Rd<br />
Thirty eight years working as a creative within the strict<br />
strategic disciplines of the advertising industry has made<br />
my move to full time painting feel like a new beginning;<br />
the ability to express with mind and materials and no<br />
boundaries.<br />
Links Grove<br />
I draw inspiration from helping to regenerate our<br />
vineyard which was burnt in the February 2009 fires and<br />
experiencing the benefits Biodynamic Practices have<br />
contributed to the regeneration of the vines.<br />
I am currently working towards an exhibition based<br />
on ‘Regeneration’, celebrating the amazing strength<br />
of nature to recover and the colour and life that has<br />
emerged from the black.<br />
Ph: 0419 314 095<br />
Kiltynane Estate. Cnr. School Lane<br />
& <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen/Healesville Road<br />
Tarrawarra<br />
www.kiltynane.com.au<br />
Healesville - <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen Rd<br />
Permanent open hours: Sat, Sun & Mon. 11.00am - 5.00pm<br />
Other days by appointment. Melways Ref: 268 H12<br />
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School Lane<br />
Healesville -<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> Glen Rd
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Amanda Ruck<br />
painter<br />
Melissa Shemanna<br />
Painter<br />
I graduated from the Canberra School of Art in 1988 with<br />
a Bachelor of Art (Visual) in Printmaking. After teaching<br />
Lithography at the School of Art, I moved to Melbourne,<br />
and when landscapes and particularly clouds, became<br />
a major focus of my work, I seized an opportunity and<br />
moved to the <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong>.<br />
My technique has evolved through printmaking, cutting<br />
and pasting, using collage, ink, pencil and pastel and I<br />
now paint with acrylic on canvas.<br />
From 2005-2008 I was exhibition coordinator at Yering<br />
Station Art Gallery and co-coordinated their Sculpture<br />
Exhibition. I currently manage a Cellar Door, where my<br />
work is on permanent display.<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Ph: 03 5962 1263<br />
42 Symons St. Healesville<br />
Email: hogbelly7@bigpond.com<br />
Melways Ref: 278 C1<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Symons St<br />
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Green St<br />
Symons St<br />
I embrace my art with the same philosophy as my life - to<br />
seek deep truth and honour the Mother Shakti inherent<br />
in all creation. The language I communicate through my<br />
art is rich and sensual, earthy and cosmic with a diversity<br />
that delves into ancient cultures, sacred practices,<br />
spiritual nectar and the unity consciousness of our whole<br />
existence. I seek to emulate the luminosity of light and<br />
colour, combining the ancient masters technique of oil<br />
glazes and egg tempera paints, which I mix myself from<br />
pure pigments and traditional mediums. I aim to produce<br />
quality works of art with extra-ordinary contemporary<br />
visionary content.<br />
Ph: 0432 816 034<br />
Hosted at: Old School House,<br />
Cnr Badger Creek Rd & Glen Eadie Ave,<br />
(opp Healesville Sanctuary)<br />
Badger Creek<br />
Email: omnicultureliss@yahoo.com<br />
www.honeybeetemple.com<br />
Melways Ref: 278 F8<br />
Healesville<br />
Sanctuary<br />
BADGER CREEK ROAD<br />
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Denise Smith<br />
artist<br />
Aileen Stinten<br />
mixed media<br />
“Nature, Wildlife and Painting” are my passions! Oils<br />
and Pastels are my preferred mediums with which I love<br />
creating wildlife and nature artworks. I really get lost in<br />
my paintings and love every minute of the journey. The<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> is such an inspiring area in which to live -<br />
I believe this is my “little piece of heaven”.<br />
I would hope my art is in some way a message for people<br />
to think about Healesville their actions so our wildlife, their habitats<br />
Oval<br />
and humans can all live peacefully alongside each other.<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
My artwork which started as a hobby, has become<br />
enjoyable, challenging, rewarding and at times exciting.<br />
Instead of directing my energy into negative thinking,<br />
making art lets me use the same energy in a positive<br />
and creative way. I particularly enjoy the challenge of<br />
portraiture and people often comment on the expressions<br />
I’ve been able to capture in the faces. I personally think<br />
that some of the emotions and bottled up feelings within<br />
me, or what I can see in others, comes out in my work.<br />
For me art is a freeing and healing form of expression.<br />
Healesville<br />
Ph: 03 5962 3950<br />
M: 0408 351 700<br />
3 Anderson Road, Healesville<br />
Email: densarts@tadaust.org.au<br />
www.visityarravalley.com.au/artisans,galleries<br />
Permanent open hours:<br />
3rd - Sat & Sun monthly, 10am - 5pm<br />
Melways Ref: 278 J3<br />
DON ROAD<br />
MOUNT RIDDELL ROAD<br />
Donald Road<br />
Healesville<br />
Showgrounds<br />
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Gibbs Road<br />
Anderson Rd<br />
Romeo Road<br />
Ph: 03 5962 6890<br />
M: 0400 637 826<br />
Hosted at “Rivendell”, next to<br />
Healesville Living & Learning Centre<br />
1 Badger Creek Road<br />
Healesville<br />
Melways Ref: 278 E1<br />
Healesville<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Badger Creek Rd<br />
Queens Park<br />
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Craig Swindells<br />
silver, gold, metalsmith<br />
Creating jewellery for me is an endless world of artistic<br />
expression, and provides the opportunity to design and<br />
make sculpted pieces of wearable art.<br />
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Through my work I explore the many textural qualities<br />
of metals and incorporate contrasting elements such as<br />
light, dark and colour.<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
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Ph: 0432 089 343<br />
8a Elamo Rd, Healesville<br />
www.affinitivedesigns.com.au<br />
Melways Ref: 270 E12<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
St Leonards Rd<br />
Elamo Rd<br />
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Myers Creek Rd<br />
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Victoria Rd<br />
KINGLAKE<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
LILYDALE<br />
STEELS CREEK<br />
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Etham - <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen Rd<br />
Glenview Rd<br />
Macintyre Ln<br />
MELBA HWY<br />
COLDSTREAM<br />
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WARBURTON HWY<br />
CASTELLA<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> Glen - Yea Rd<br />
DIXONS CREEK<br />
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MELBA HWY<br />
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YARRA GLEN<br />
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King St<br />
54<br />
Kilara Rd<br />
WANDIN<br />
NORTH<br />
GRUYERE<br />
TOOLANGI<br />
Healesville - <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen Rd<br />
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SEVILLE<br />
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Medhurst Rd<br />
Kinglake - Chum Creek Rd<br />
Maddens Ln<br />
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CREEK<br />
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Healesville Koo Wee Rup Rd<br />
WARBURTON HWY<br />
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Lowes Rd<br />
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HEALESVILLE<br />
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BADGER<br />
CREEK<br />
Don Rd<br />
WOORI<br />
YALLOCK<br />
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LAUNCHING<br />
PLACE<br />
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Donna Buang Rd<br />
Don Rd<br />
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NARBETHONG<br />
E 23<br />
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YARRA<br />
JUNCTION<br />
Healesville Koo Wee Rup Rd<br />
MILLGROVE<br />
WESBURN<br />
HEALESVILLE<br />
Donna Buang Rd<br />
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Acheron Way Way<br />
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WARBURTON 40<br />
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BADGER<br />
CREEK<br />
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Healesville<br />
Sanctuary<br />
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McMAHONS<br />
CREEK<br />
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August 2010.<br />
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899 Healesville - <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen Rd<br />
Ph 03 9730 1861<br />
Mobile 0427 30 1861<br />
efries@bigpond.net.au<br />
An internationally renowned<br />
artist/sculptor’s working studio and<br />
commercial art gallery now offers the<br />
ultimate in accommodation comfort and<br />
convenience. Only a leisurely 1 hour<br />
drive from Melbourne, in the centre of<br />
the <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong>’s wine producing region<br />
and with sweeping views to the Ranges,<br />
you will find art at linden gate.<br />
22 28<br />
Agnes Szetey<br />
painter<br />
ceramics | blown glass | jewellery<br />
handcrafted in healesville<br />
238 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville Ph: 5962 6961 <strong>Open</strong> weekdays 11am-5pm, weekends 10am-5pm<br />
I am passionate and dedicated to capturing the unique<br />
essence of Australia. Inspired by my love of nature,<br />
the outback, horses, birds, people, history and the high<br />
country, I have been painting for more than 40 years. I<br />
paint in most mediums but my favourite is oils, which I use<br />
in my own unique impressionist style.<br />
Over the years, I have won numerous art prizes and<br />
awards and my work has been purchased by local and<br />
overseas art lovers.<br />
Healesville<br />
Ph: 03 5962 1129<br />
278 Badger Ck. Road,<br />
Healesville<br />
www.healesvillefineart.com.au<br />
Permanent open hours:<br />
Thurs - Sun. 10am - 5pm<br />
Melways Ref: 278 F6<br />
BADGER CREEK ROAD<br />
BADGER CREEK ROAD<br />
Toora Cres<br />
Hannover Rd<br />
DON ROAD<br />
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Dianna Tarr<br />
Painter<br />
Cathy Van Den Essen<br />
gold and silversmith<br />
Creating art is a meditative practice for me, a discipline of<br />
focused awareness.<br />
Highly textured and sometimes sculpted with papier–<br />
mache, my love of line and textures come together to<br />
create, with vivid colour, art to stimulate the senses.<br />
I have been exploring the ancient art of Yantra, that is<br />
specific art used for open eye meditation. The paintings<br />
produced with this in mind are functional contemporary<br />
images to be meditated upon.<br />
My meditative works sit alongside commission pieces,<br />
figurative, landscape and purely energetic art works.<br />
I completed my Craft Degree in 1991, majoring in Gold<br />
and Silversmithing. Life’s journey has brought me family,<br />
motherhood and now, Designer Jeweller in precious<br />
metals, stones and wood.<br />
I love the different colours and patterns in the timbers<br />
that exist on our planet and I intend to use more recycled<br />
timbers in the future. l also like experimenting with<br />
textures in my metal. My inspiration comes from life,<br />
nature, communication and symbolism, (historical, cultural<br />
and modern) particularly the Runes; the Vikings used them<br />
as a simple form of communication, unspoken language. I<br />
hope my individual pieces communicate to you.<br />
Ph: 0413 687 570<br />
21 Auburn Road, Healesville<br />
www.internalart.com.au<br />
Melways Ref: 278 F1<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Healesville<br />
DON ROAD<br />
Farnham Rd<br />
Auburn Rd<br />
Thomas Rd<br />
M: 0407 655 483<br />
Silvermist <strong>Studios</strong><br />
136 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville<br />
Permanent open hours: Thurs - Sun<br />
10am - 5pm and Public holidays,<br />
Melways Ref: 278 B1<br />
Healesville-Kinglake Rd<br />
Lilydale Rd<br />
Harker St<br />
MAROONDAH<br />
HWY<br />
MAROONDAH<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Healesville<br />
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White St<br />
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32<br />
Antonio Villella<br />
painter and sculptor<br />
Laura Windmill<br />
Ceramist<br />
I am inspired and influenced by the inherent beauty of the<br />
natural environment, its colours, shapes, texture and its<br />
changing moods.<br />
My art making is a process of following your instinct<br />
rather than consciously trying to pre-determine an<br />
outcome. Vibrancy, spontaneity and an atmosphere of<br />
mystery is essential.<br />
In painting I try to express the landscape in an intuitive<br />
rather than literal manner, using acrylic, watercolour and<br />
gouache, to interpret the rhythm and patterns of nature.<br />
My drawings are an exploration of line and texture in pen<br />
and ink, graphite and pastels while my sculptures cover<br />
a variety of subjects from figurative to abstract, working<br />
mainly in wood.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 2428<br />
450 Maroondah Hwy<br />
(enter via Monda Pde)<br />
Healesville<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Monda Pde<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Graceburn Ave<br />
I am drawn to unique firing techniques such as saggar,<br />
wood firing and raku. My style is very much influenced by<br />
the Central Australian outback. The effects achieved allow<br />
me to capture the amazing colours of the region.<br />
Ceramics to me is an ever changing journey; the road I<br />
set out on isn’t necessarily the path I end up on, however<br />
there is plenty of interest along the way. The process is as<br />
enjoyable as the results and after many years of potting I<br />
still haven’t lost the passion or the enjoyment.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 6606<br />
31 Silverleaf Pl<br />
Healesville<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Old Fernshaw Rd<br />
Healesville<br />
District Hospital<br />
Healesville<br />
Old Fernshaw Rd<br />
Silverleaf Pl<br />
Melways Ref: 270 H11<br />
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Monda Pde<br />
Melways Ref: 270 G12<br />
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Savaad Felich<br />
sculptor<br />
David Williams<br />
Ceramist<br />
My Arts practice has moved away from direct carving<br />
to construction, assemblage and lamination of timber,<br />
incorporating an array of found objects and recycled<br />
materials. I am particularly fond of old furniture parts<br />
which often form the nucleus of my sculpture.<br />
I generally commence with a loose image and allow<br />
unfolding to flow its own course and momentum. I am<br />
presently less inclined to wanting to wear the mantle<br />
of sculptor and its associated connotations to simply<br />
enjoying playing in the studio immersed in a timeless<br />
plane.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 9414<br />
M: 0402 018 675<br />
44 – 48 Cherrys Lane, Toolangi<br />
Melways Ref: Key Map 10, Q2<br />
Cherrys Lane<br />
Cherrys Lane<br />
Toolangi<br />
HEALESVILLE KINGLAKE ROAD<br />
Cherrys Lane<br />
I established my studio after completing a BA (Fine Art)<br />
at Phillip Institute, Melbourne in 1980. Using one of the<br />
most unpredictable glazing techniques, my ceramics<br />
feature crystal patterns or blooms.<br />
Very high kiln temperatures are used to fire the clay<br />
and then the kiln is cooled over many hours. During this<br />
cooling process, crystal patterns of various shapes and<br />
sizes form, giving the appearance of delicate flowers,<br />
stars or frosts. My work has been exhibited in the National<br />
Gallery of Victoria and Parliament House, Canberra.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 9287<br />
1691 Kinglake/Healesville Rd<br />
Toolangi<br />
Permanent open hours:<br />
weekends 10am - 4pm<br />
Melways Ref:<br />
Key Map 10, Q2<br />
Old Toolangi Rd<br />
Cherrys Lane<br />
C.J. Dennis Road<br />
Toolangi<br />
HEALESVILLE KINGLAKE ROAD<br />
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35 36<br />
Jena Bedson<br />
Ceramist<br />
Michael Boatwood<br />
printmaker<br />
I have been making pots for over 25 years and I still love<br />
the feel and texture of the clay on my hands.<br />
The bright underglaze colours I use to decorate my pots<br />
excite me with their vibrancy and each of my pieces<br />
becomes a celebration of colour.<br />
Fun and whimsy abound in my work but attention to<br />
function and form is always present.<br />
I create each piece either on the potter’s wheel or by hand<br />
and enjoy the rhythm of my days working in my studio.<br />
My life is an obsession with creativity. From childhood<br />
I have always observed, created, learned and lived art.<br />
Drawing, visual documentation, art history and design<br />
fill my mind. Now, after a love affair with coffee and its<br />
industry I have returned to art.<br />
While recently living on Vancouver Island, two things<br />
changed my life. The first being exposure to the art of<br />
Japanese woodblock printmaking. The second was the<br />
culture and artwork of the Northwest coast native peoples.<br />
I hope to honestly reflect the world I see within anything<br />
that I produce, whilst utilising materials that do not harm<br />
others.<br />
Kellys Rd<br />
Ph: 03 5966 9951<br />
5 Armitage Ave, East Warburton<br />
www.jenaceramics.com<br />
Permanent open hours:<br />
Saturdays & public holidays,<br />
11am - 5pm<br />
Melways Ref: 291 C7<br />
Hazelwood Rd<br />
Armitage Ave<br />
Armitage Ave<br />
WOODS POINT ROAD<br />
Warburton<br />
Ph: 03 5966 5840<br />
16 Ferntree Ave, Warburton<br />
Melways Ref: 290 F5<br />
Riverside Dr<br />
Riverside Dr<br />
Ferntree Ave<br />
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37 38<br />
Gayle De Angelis<br />
textiles<br />
Sioux Dollman<br />
Painter/Sculptor<br />
“The Sheila’s Shed” reflects my diverse interests as poet,<br />
painter and garment designer. What inspires me about<br />
making Wearable Art from recycled and collectable<br />
materials is that it encourages ordinary people to express<br />
their own style and beauty in collaboration with the artist.<br />
My joy is in the creative process.<br />
I was born into an artistic family and have sewn, sketched<br />
and written poetry since childhood. I continue to explore<br />
different mediums and am currently taking pastel classes<br />
in Healesville.<br />
My studio, at the foothills of Mt Donna Buang, is colourful<br />
and light, and visitors can enjoy many sensory pleasures<br />
in the beautiful surrounds.<br />
M: 0416 046 788<br />
6 Ferndale Rd, Warburton<br />
www.retiedattire.com<br />
Permanent open hours:<br />
Tues - Thurs. 10am - 4pm<br />
Melways Ref: 290 F2<br />
Donna Buang Rd (Acheron Way)<br />
Wattletree Rd<br />
Ferndale Rd<br />
Ferndale Rd<br />
‘Imagination Equals Creation’<br />
It is through my art that the heart is expressed and<br />
manifested in an outward visual form to be shared with the<br />
people and the world around me. Expressing and sharing<br />
all that is felt and experienced within me and allowing me<br />
to contribute JOY, PASSION, LOVE, MAGIC and BEAUTY<br />
TO THE WORLD.<br />
WARBURTON HWY<br />
I believe it is through art and our imaginal faculties that we<br />
shall together CREATE HEAVEN ON EARTH.<br />
Ph: 03 5966 5936<br />
4 Azalea Court, Warburton<br />
www.siouxdollman.com<br />
Melways Ref: 290 D7<br />
Park Rd<br />
Lala Rd<br />
Clarke Ave<br />
Old Warburton Rd<br />
Azalea Ct<br />
Homers Rd<br />
< To Warburton Hwy<br />
Sylvan Ave<br />
Old Warburton Rd<br />
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39 40<br />
Ember Fairbairn-Ramsay<br />
Painter<br />
Gillian Farrow<br />
textiles and collage<br />
To me, creating art is a communion with creation, it is<br />
a meditation where one “loses” self and merges into all<br />
that is and all that is yet to be. The artwork can also be<br />
a contemplation, rather than a mental, conceptual idea<br />
of artmaking. To a large degree it is the process and the<br />
form which shapes the content of the work, employing<br />
colour, mark making, symbol and shape through oil paint,<br />
and texture via the encaustic process.<br />
Trained in Queensland, I have been exhibiting since 2000,<br />
selling work and completing commissions. My works have<br />
sold in Australia, USA and Canada.<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> Junction<br />
Railway St<br />
WARBURTON HWY<br />
My training as a textile designer and screen printer has<br />
rewired the way I look at the world. From smooth river<br />
stones, to the unique tactile nature of a eucalyptus tree or<br />
compositors printing block, I see not just the object itself,<br />
but a motif or a texture.<br />
This all becomes part of my visual language, as I simplify<br />
shapes and build layers in my collage, using my printed<br />
fabrics, found objects and the ephemera of every day life.<br />
WARBURTON HWY<br />
I love my studio space. It allows me to explore different<br />
elements of my textile and art practice.<br />
I also enjoy the collaborative process with people from<br />
different creative backgrounds.<br />
Park Rd<br />
Lala Rd<br />
Homers Rd<br />
Ph: 0421 000 361<br />
Lot 1/4 Douglas Pde, <strong>Yarra</strong> Junction<br />
Email: emberatia@iprimus.com.au<br />
Permanent open hours: last Sunday of every month<br />
Melways Ref: 288 G8<br />
McOwan Cres<br />
Douglas Pde<br />
Ph: 0412 499 869<br />
17 Clarke Ave, Warburton<br />
www.gillianfarrow.com.au<br />
Melways Ref: 290 D6<br />
Clarke Ave<br />
Old Warburton Rd<br />
< To Warburton Hwy<br />
Sylvan Ave<br />
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41 42<br />
Christine Goode<br />
print maker<br />
Lynne McDowell<br />
Ceramist<br />
Inspiration for my artwork comes from my love of nature,<br />
and my home in a beautiful tranquil valley with huge<br />
mountain ash and flowing water.<br />
Recently I have begun to explore the elemental qualities<br />
of copper and dry point. Its velvet subliminal qualities<br />
suggestive of movement have a fragile and textual<br />
quality, which is in direct contrast with the hard-edged<br />
application on the surface of the copper. The mark has a<br />
physicality, which is drawn directly onto the plate, derived<br />
from my insight into the environment.<br />
The importance of the mark making process and its<br />
strength provides a glimpse into another detailed world.<br />
Warburton<br />
WARBURTON-<br />
WOODS POINT RD<br />
Reefton<br />
Hotel<br />
Ph: 03 59 668518<br />
75 McMahons Creek Rd, McMahons Creek<br />
Melways Ref: 612 U2<br />
Reefton Dr<br />
McMahons Creek Road<br />
In an old dairy overlooking the beautiful Woori Yallock<br />
<strong>Valley</strong> you will find my studio.<br />
My work encompasses a broad spectrum including decorative<br />
garden pieces, contemporary lighting, fine porcelain<br />
with gold inlay, and celadon or shino glazed homewares.<br />
For the garden I’ve made water features, majestic “Queen<br />
Head” planters, designer boulders and lights for terraces.<br />
For the home I’ve created large slab constructed lights<br />
with patterns of piercing and gold inlay, which also<br />
function as containers for reeds or bamboo.<br />
I still continue my signature work in porcelain with designs<br />
of fine black lines inlaid with gold lustre.<br />
Williams Cres<br />
Ph: 03 5964 7507<br />
1715 Warburton Hwy, (opposite TYREPOWER)<br />
Woori Yallock<br />
Permanent exhibition. Please ring first.<br />
Melways Ref: 286 H12<br />
Phillip Rd<br />
WARBURTON HWY<br />
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Sara McPherson<br />
painter<br />
Betty Mitlan<br />
Raku pottery<br />
My works are both autobiographical and inspired by the<br />
landscape around me. They depict the beauty of our<br />
world and the many ways we interact and experience life.<br />
Romantic cloudscapes hover over a world where day and<br />
night often appear simultaneously. Oversized toys inhabit<br />
fictional landscapes, representing the daughter/child/<br />
human race and alluding to our impact on the natural<br />
environment.<br />
Expanses of tea tree blend into the rock pools of<br />
holidays spent at the beach, as light, both nostalgic and<br />
voyeuristic, streams across darkened front lawns.<br />
I have worked with ceramics for over 30 years, and feel<br />
my work is evolving along a distinctly earthy path, with<br />
inspiration drawn from the environment in which I live<br />
and work.<br />
Recent work is largely Raku Fired, and primarily decorative<br />
rather than functional. The process involves lifting fragile<br />
pieces from the kiln at 1000°C wearing protective apparel.<br />
No firing can be repeated, making each piece highly<br />
unique.<br />
I am also an enthusiastic watercolourist, although my<br />
ceramic work has recently taken precedence.<br />
Ph: 0419 999 686<br />
6 Rue de Gare, Wandin Nth<br />
www.saramcpherson.com.au<br />
Melways Ref: 119 C10<br />
Rue De Gare<br />
WARBURTON HWY<br />
Gembrook Launching Place Rd<br />
Ph: 03 5967 4304<br />
305 Jameson Road, Hoddles Creek<br />
Melways Ref: Key Map 14, R10<br />
Hansen Creek Rd<br />
3 kms to studio ><br />
Jameson Rd<br />
Old Mill Rd<br />
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Mary Newham<br />
Painter/pastels<br />
Malcolm Peel<br />
Painter/Sculptor<br />
With landscape I am particularly inspired by the effects<br />
of weather and time of day; and the subsequent light,<br />
colours and atmosphere. Sky, reflections, surface textures<br />
and shadows are often a particular focus.<br />
Working predominantly in oils, although watercolours are<br />
of great use when travelling, I prefer to paint on site, trying<br />
to record and share my visual awareness of places of<br />
beauty and interest within the <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> and beyond.<br />
Another aspect of my work involves equestrian pastel<br />
sketches from direct observation where I try to immediately<br />
and quickly capture a sense of the movement, power and<br />
grace of individual dressage horses and riders.<br />
Ph: 03 5964 3580<br />
Station Oak<br />
455 Victoria Rd, Seville<br />
www.marynewham.com<br />
Melways Ref: 119 K8<br />
Station Rd<br />
Victoria Rd<br />
Railway Rd<br />
Old Warburton Hwy<br />
WARBURTON HWY<br />
It is about people and place, about my sense of reality,<br />
about the realities of others, in time and place, about the<br />
nature of the universe we find ourselves living in,<br />
In sculpture: about form, texture material,<br />
In painting: about form, colour, surface appearance,<br />
boundaries, shape, mind, body,<br />
In drawing: about texture, form, exploration of ideas,<br />
explanation of events.<br />
The place we occupy in this vast universe constantly<br />
astounds and terrifies me. By the light of day I see the<br />
warmth and comfort of the present and the familiar.<br />
By night I see the vastness and the violence of the rest of<br />
time and space, I see our future.<br />
Ph: 03 5967 1107<br />
165 Milners Rd<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> Junction<br />
Melways Ref: 288 C12<br />
Riverview Pde<br />
Milners Rd<br />
Milners Rd<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong><br />
Junction<br />
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Merrie Steventon<br />
ceramist and mixed media<br />
Alistair Whyte<br />
Porcelain Ceramist<br />
A wonderful creative journey...the challenge of an empty<br />
wall…pots, platters to make, to paint on.<br />
Forms emerging, figures appearing. Concrete, mosaic,<br />
glass. Garden sculptures; complementing, enhancing<br />
magic spaces. New ideas, always searching for the right<br />
medium, the technique to create what I see. Texture, the<br />
play of light dappling leaves…come and see what I see.<br />
My work explores the joy of being alive; lol.<br />
The relationships we have with the natural world and<br />
ourselves.<br />
A celebration of life through colour and form.<br />
Ph: 03 5961 5957<br />
4 Bridgewater Rd, Seville East<br />
Melways Ref: 285 G11<br />
WARBURTON HWY<br />
Peters Rd<br />
Bridgewater Rd<br />
Old Warburton Hwy<br />
I have been working as a potter for what seems a lifetime,<br />
and get great pleasure from it. My skills come from years<br />
spent studying and working in Japan learning fine porcelain<br />
techniques, though I make a diverse range of ceramics<br />
in porcelain, stoneware, earthenware, raku and by pit firing.<br />
I gain much satisfaction knowing people use my work in<br />
everyday life. For me, function and use is an important<br />
reason to make pots. My studio reflects my nature and the<br />
satisfaction I get from spending time there. I hope you will<br />
come and visit so that you can gain some insight into my<br />
world and the pots I make.<br />
Ph: 03 5966 5292<br />
80 Scotchmans Creek Rd, Warburton<br />
www.alistairwhyte.com<br />
Melways Ref: 290 A6<br />
Warburton<br />
Station Rd<br />
Scotchmans Creek Rd<br />
WARBURTON HWY<br />
Glenbrook Rd<br />
Station Rd<br />
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Ernst Fries<br />
sculptor<br />
Margaret McLoughlin<br />
mixed media artist<br />
With my current works, I am investigating light, colour<br />
and spatiality, expressed through sculpture. To realise<br />
this, I am using a diverse range of materials, including<br />
stainless steel, mild steel, concrete and glass, and<br />
engaging natural light or artificial light to animate the<br />
experience of my works.<br />
Living in the <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> is always an inspiration for an<br />
artist. Especially the changes of the natural light and<br />
the colour it produces in the landscape. My work is<br />
more indirectly related to those phenomenon, but still<br />
important as I am deeply concerned with architecture in a<br />
virgin landscape.<br />
Colour has always fascinated me, both in pattern<br />
and design and generally in my artwork. Its power of<br />
suggestion motivates the way I work.<br />
Line is another element I favour, sometimes used to<br />
create strong shapes or else in calligraphic form. Its<br />
sensitivity can be so suggestive of space.<br />
My artwork often tells a story – by suggestion rather<br />
than being merely representational. Scale changes or<br />
exaggerated shapes help to create tensions or emphasis.<br />
By exploring a range of mediums and techniques, I feel<br />
that each component of my work remains fresh, as each<br />
area of work influences the other.<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> Glen<br />
Healesville-<strong>Yarra</strong> Glen Rd<br />
Gulf Road<br />
Simpsons Lane<br />
Ph: 03 9730 1861<br />
899 <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen-Healesville Rd<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> Glen<br />
Permanent open hours: weekends<br />
11:30am -5pm. Melways Ref: 275 H2<br />
Ph: 03 9730 1258<br />
‘Dandara’<br />
35 Scott Road<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> Glen<br />
Melways Ref: 266 K6<br />
Scott Road<br />
Steels Creek Road<br />
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Justin Purser<br />
metal Artist<br />
Maureen Purser<br />
potter<br />
My designs are based on free flowing organic forms and<br />
patterns. I am inspired by the lines and forms of nature<br />
like the growth of a plant, grass in the wind, the flow of<br />
a river or a rolling landscape. I use simple bending and<br />
shaping techniques, a gas fired forge and an old power<br />
hammer to create the components for gates, balustrades<br />
and architectural details.<br />
I use my Architectural Ceramics and Design background<br />
to design artistic objects for specific spaces. The majority<br />
of my work comes from private commissions although<br />
I have completed a number of public and commercial<br />
projects.<br />
25 years ago I got out of the workforce to do something<br />
creative. Inspired by my friend Pam Merlo to “do what is<br />
in your heart”, I took classes at Potters School at Potters<br />
Cottage, Warrandyte. I later purchased the business and<br />
ran the school with my son Justin. I had the benefit of<br />
observing the different teachers and their techniques.<br />
For the past 12 years I have had a studio, Cow Shed<br />
Pottery, in <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen. I make functional pieces in<br />
Stoneware with earthy colours of blacks, blues and reds,<br />
as well as Raku and Lustre pots.<br />
Ph: 0425 747 636<br />
386 <strong>Yarra</strong>view Rd, <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen<br />
www.decorativemetal.com.au<br />
Melways Ref: 274 C4<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong>view Rd<br />
Glenview Rd<br />
Glenview Rd<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong>view Rd<br />
Ph: 0419 322 242<br />
386 <strong>Yarra</strong>view Rd, <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen<br />
Permanent open hours: most days between<br />
10am - 4pm. Please call first.<br />
Melways Ref: 274 C4<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong>view Rd<br />
Glenview Rd<br />
Glenview Rd<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong>view Rd<br />
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Carolyn Rogers<br />
textiles<br />
Wendy Jane Sheppard<br />
painter<br />
I was lucky to have inherited my mother’s artistic spirit<br />
and my father’s love of blending colours. I am a self<br />
taught artist who keeps an open mind to take up new<br />
and different textile applications. My work mainly involves<br />
layering and three dimensionality, and I often combine<br />
different disciplines of fabrics and textiles to achieve truly<br />
unique outcomes.<br />
Living in the beautiful <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> means I find endless<br />
sources of inspiration and materials including recycled<br />
materials that I incorporate whenever I can.<br />
North Gwy<br />
‘They (the animals) show themselves to me, and I cannot<br />
but respond, because I cannot turn away’<br />
This is a profound and insightful proclamation from French<br />
philosopher Emmanuel Levinas and is a predominant and<br />
undeniable influence on the art I create.Through my artwork<br />
I endeavour to create an accessible in-between space of<br />
meditative openness for intuitive and empathetic reflection<br />
on our complex relationship with other animals. To capture<br />
the physical characteristics and unique personalities of people<br />
and other animals I predominately paint in oils, employing<br />
a traditional and classic style and I also complete large<br />
graphite drawings and watercolour studies of my sitters.<br />
South Gwy<br />
Ph: 03 9739 1967 M: 0412 279 053<br />
8 South Gateway, Coldstream<br />
www.ripplesonthepond.com.au<br />
Melways Ref: 281 B9<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Maroondah Highway Service Ln<br />
Belchester Ave<br />
Ph: 03 9735 5691 M: 0402 576 068<br />
21 Bristol Cresent, Lilydale<br />
www.wendyjanesheppard.com<br />
Melways Ref: 38 J7<br />
Bristol Cres<br />
Hillcrest Pl<br />
Hereford Rd<br />
Bristol Cres<br />
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Katrina Spooner<br />
ceramist<br />
Steels Creek Stitchers & Sketchers<br />
friends of yarra valley open studios<br />
I am both a potter of functional ware, and of hand built<br />
sculptural forms.<br />
Many of my pieces take on a whimsical nature by the<br />
exaggeration of a certain feature. I enjoy the tactile<br />
nature of clay and am inspired by the environment and<br />
its abundant palette of texture, colour and shape. I use<br />
a variety of clays and I’m particularly fond of the warm<br />
speckled earthy colours. I love exploiting the texture<br />
in clay – either by highlighting patterns using oxide or<br />
placing texture over texture and glaze on glaze – thus<br />
allowing the piece to form its own unique pattern.<br />
We are pleased to welcome the Stitchers & Sketchers<br />
groups as friends of the 2010 <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Studios</strong>.<br />
Alowyn Gardens hosts these two groups in 2010 whilst<br />
the <strong>Yarra</strong> Ranges Council conducts an upgrade of<br />
the community hall which they usually call home. The<br />
upgrade acknowledges the importance of activities such<br />
as art, in the healing of communities after the 2009 fires.<br />
Gulf Road<br />
MELBA HWY<br />
Ph: 0419 322 242 or 0411 530 157<br />
386 <strong>Yarra</strong>view Rd, <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen<br />
Permanent open hours: most days between<br />
10am - 4pm. Please call first.<br />
Melways Ref: 274 C4<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong>view Rd<br />
Glenview Rd<br />
Glenview Rd<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong>view Rd<br />
Ph: 03 5965 2372<br />
Hosted at: Alowyn Gardens<br />
1210 Melba Highway, <strong>Yarra</strong> Glen<br />
Melways Ref: 267 G9<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> Glen<br />
MELBA HWY<br />
Alowyn Gardens<br />
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Kinglake Ranges Visual & Performing<br />
Arts Alliance<br />
We are pleased to welcome KRVPAA as friends of the 2010<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Studios</strong>. Since ‘Black Saturday’, February<br />
2009 and in spite of many members losing their homes<br />
and all their equipment, Kinglake artists have endeavoured<br />
to express their personal response to the bushfires and to<br />
create a visual record of their journey of recovery.<br />
Kinglake artists come from a diverse range of social<br />
and ethnic groups. They work together in a spirit of<br />
friendly cooperation to produce art that reflects their<br />
personal response to the bushfires, provides inspiration<br />
and comfort to their community and offers the onlooker<br />
an artistic insight into the strength and resilience of the<br />
Kinglake people.<br />
Ph: 03 5962 3461<br />
Hosted at: 5 Church Street, Healesville<br />
To contact KRVPAA email Michelle Bolmat:<br />
chera@iprimus.com.au<br />
www.krvpaa.com.au<br />
Healesville<br />
Church St<br />
MAROONDAH HWY<br />
Melways Ref: 278 B1<br />
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179 Glenview Road<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> Glen<br />
Ph 03 9730 1022<br />
www.sticks.com.au<br />
Sticks Cellar Door is located just<br />
one hour from Melbourne and is a<br />
must see, offering unforgettable<br />
views of the <strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong>.<br />
Alongside our full range of Sticks<br />
<strong>Yarra</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> wines available for<br />
tasting, we also offer our exclusive<br />
‘Sticks cellar door only’ wines which<br />
can only be tasted and purchased by<br />
visitors to the winery. These wines<br />
are often produced in boutique<br />
batch sizes as <strong>small</strong> as 25 dozen<br />
(1 barrel) and have been selected to<br />
exhibit the unique characteristics of<br />
specific regional sites.<br />
Cellar Door open 7 days<br />
10am – 5pm