Terrigal
Terrigal Program
Finish line Opens - 9am
Central Coast on Display - 11am to 3pm
Artists en Plein Air - see artists working outdoors - 11am to 3pm
Artists from the Terrigal locality will be painting and sketching in and around Terrigal Haven and the beachfront. Participating artists look set to include Paul Haggith, Patrick Carroll, Greg Coates, Kasey Sealy, Janet Cobb, Chris van der Wyck, Geoff Neil, Greg Somers, Yianni Johns, Graham Balchin, Greg Jamaine, Russell Austin, Wendy Bills and Mike Worrall.
Scroll down for details of the artists and where they'll be located on the day!
Click on this YouTube link to see Paul Haggith and Mike Worrall being interviewed recently by Scott Levi & Yianni Johns ABC Radio Central Coast about Artists en Plein Air: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WF8SQb6QwE
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Terrigal Bend plein air gouache by Paul Haggith
Garawa Ocean Stage - Live Performances 11am to 3.30pm
Sky Squadron (left) and Jacob Pearson (right)
GARAWA is an Aboriginal word, meaning OCEAN. This year, the 5 Lands Walk is proud to present the inaugural Garawa Ocean Stage at Terrigal with some fine young talent from the Central Coast.
Musical director of Garawa Ocean Stage is Yantra de Vilder of Avoca Beach, internationally award-winning composer and creator of multi-media dance theatre production Latitude 33 for 5 Lands Walk 2009. She says "It's such a privilege to be directing Garawa, Terrigal's first open stage for young musicians for the 5 Lands Walk 2011. The talent springing from the youth of the Central Coast is truly inspiring. The 5 Lands Walkers are in for a special treat at the end of their journey this year!"
Timetable
11.00 Sky Squadron (RYSS)
12.00 Jamie Pearson (RYSS)
12.30 Tess Green (Dear Monday) - acoustic duo
1.00 Post School Options - Dance and Theatre
1.30 Off Broadway Music theatre
2.00 Jacob Pearson - acoustic solo
2.20 Dominique Morgan - acoustic set
2.45 Ganang Dancers
Dominique Morgan with Red Hot Papas
Creation Time Marquee - 12 noon to 3pm
- Masks / poi making 12.00 - 1.00pm
- Aboriginal Story time 1.00 - 1.30pm
- Procession workshop 1.30pm - 2.30pm
- Greek Story Telling / workshop 2.30pm - 3.00pm
- Start of Procession 3.00pm
Blessing of the Village - 3pm to 3.20pm
- Village Blessing Parade 3.00 - 3.20pm
The Gathering - 3.20pm to 5pm
- Neiwa Song. 5 lands, Conservatorium, kids, Yantra
- Acknowledgement of Country
- Traditional Aboriginal Story telling
- Sacred Ceremony - Receiving the Message Stick and bearers
- Reading of 5 Lands Walk Message 2010
- Celebration of Cultures through song, dance, music and story by Greek and Aboriginal communities
- Sacred Smoking Ceremony - Drumming up the Heart
- 5 lands Send off grooves
Jamie Pearson (right) and Tess Green & Micah Dick of Dear Monday (left)
Celebration Feast - 4.30pm to 5pm
- All are invited to share food provided by local cafes & food outlets
- Official close 5pm
Participating Artists - Terrigal Plein Air 2011
Russell Austin
Russell Austin was born in Newcastle, Australia in 1971.
With a Diploma of Fine arts in 1991 and a continual curiosity, Russell has exhibited his work in several group shows throughout Sydney and the Central Coast NSW with solo exhibitions in Newcastle and Gosford and work in an international collection in Edogawa, Japan, first place in the UTBM art prize 2010, Sydney, and three major murals in the Gosford region.
Always looking with a fanciful eye, painting and drawing was inevitable. The work has become an expression of his idealistic interpretations of the world around and its eccentricities.
Working in oils, he attacks the canvas with a furious alla- prima method, followed by a more contemplative series of glaze layers to achieve light and illusion.
A number of Russell's paintings emanate an emotive atmosphere, alluring with ambiguous realities, while others can be brutally honest or a blatant parody.
Tascott by Russell Austin
Graeme Balchin
We live in a time where technology has advanced to the point we no longer need a camera to make a great image. For the commercial world, technology is the future, for it has embraced the new mediums with open arms. With this in mind, I am constantly amazed with the amount of artists who still use traditional mediums and methods simply because they wish too. I am one of those people, who has a compelling desire that borders on an insane obsession, to paint and draw. Painting has been and still is a successful way of recording history, but I feel it is also an integral part of human endeavour; the need to achieve excellence in creation.
Graeme has been a finalist in the Moran portrait prize.
www.graemebalchin.com
Wendy Bills
Wendy Bills is a figurative and still life artist who uses oils and charcoal as her mediums, and paints from her home studio at North Avoca on the NSW Central Coast.
Wendy was a member of 'The Figurative Six' group of exhibiting artists for seven years. This group consisted of artists with eclectic painting styles, and met weekly for life drawing and exchange of ideas. Group exhibitions included a showing of the transition of their work from basic drawings to completed painting studies using a common model, and their variety of styles heightened interest. 'The Figurative Six' held a number of exhibitions in Newcastle at the Cooks Hill Gallery and at the Gosford Regional Gallery.
Wendy's solo exhibitions include Silks in Phillip Street Sydney and Brisbane Water Picture Gallery. Her work has been selected for The Royal Easter Show several times and she has been a finalist in the Gosford Art Prize a number of times.
Aside from her home based pursuits, Wendy studies at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney under Francis Giacco. She admires the paintings of Paula Rego and Balthus.
Unsuspecting by Wendy Bills
www.wendybills.com
Greg Coates
Greg Coates is a Central Coast artist best known for his realistic paintings of varied subjects such as; beach scenes, boats, landscapes, inner city laneways and quirky teacups. Greg studied at Meadowbank and East Sydney Technical Colleges, and the School of Visual Art, New York. Greg owns and operates his own gallery at Ettalong Beach and can be found at his own website.
www.gregcoatesart.com
Paul Haggith
20 Solo exhibitions in Gosford, Sydney, Newcastle and the Gold Coast
Many group, 3 and 2 man exhibitions
Numerous awards, highly commended and peoples choice awards, including shortlisted for the Wynne prize in 2007
Regular finalist in the Wynne Prize NSW Art Gallery; Gosford Art Show; Mosman Art show; Paddington Art Prize and the Tattersalls Club landscape prize, Brisbane
Muralist and Finishing artist projects including Mustaffa Palace Abu Dhabi; Terra Mittica Spain; Brisbane Water Private Hospital; Warner Brothers Movie World; Questacon, ACT; Austalian Reptile Park; Brisbane Waters Private Hospital; Deepwater plaza Woy Woy: and Sydney Aquarium and Zoo.
Immersion, oil on linen
www.paulhaggith.com
Greg Jarmaine
Greg Jarmaine's work has been described as modern impressionism, a technique which has evolved over more than thirty years as a professional artist.
During this time he has held 28 one man exhibitions and numerous combined shows. His work has appeared in the Australian Artist magazine including two cover features. Greg painted in England throughout 1997 and he has had his work distributed by galleries in Killarney Ireland, San Francisco and the United Kingdom as well as numerous galleries in Australia.
Greg is also represented by Showcase of Australian Art which promotes his work in New South Wales and Victoria. Greg works in oils, acrylics and watercolour and his subjects range from coastal and rural scenes to cityscapes, featuring many of the places he has visited.
www.showcaseart@bigpond.com
Yianni Johns
Exhibitions:
2011 Killcare Surf Life Saving Fund Raiser Exhibition. Featured Artist.
2010 Out From Downunder Exhibition Agora Gallery, Chelsea New York. 2009 June 16th to July 24th Solo Exhibition Gallerie Gora Montreal Canada.
2008 Curator of Super Centre Art Project Tuggerah* Solo Exhibition M Gallery Kincumber
2007 Nepal Art Aid Auction
2006 Glamorama Exhibition Captain Cook Gallery Rude Nude 4 Grand Gallery Wyong
2005 Art is Alive in 2005 Grand Gallery Wyong
Zooid Exhibition Captain Cook Gallery.
2004 Ferrous Non-Ferrous Exhibition Grand Gallery Wyong.
2003 Under a Grand Exhibition Grand Gallery Wyong Crossection Exhibition Erina Centre Art Space
2001 - 2002. The Plane Exhibition. Grand Gallery Wyong.
2000 - 2001. Hung in Discover Art Gallery Sydney and Newtown.
1998 -Solo Exhibition Avoca Gallery.
Regular exhibitor Gosford Regional Art Prize
Presently completing a BA in painting part-time through Curtin University.
MEDIA:
Yianni presents a weekly radio programs called Smart Arts ABC Central Coast 92.5.
www.saatchionline.com/Yianni
Geoff Neil
Exhibiting paintings and wood things since 1984 in various galleries across NSW and Queensland.
Currently working and exhibiting at The Block.
www.theblockvirtually.com
Simon Sawell
Born Hornsby NSW, 1967. Architectural Draftsperson, Julian Ashton, North Sydney Art School, Private tuition - Patricia Tabor
2008 - Jakarta Private Commission - ceiling murals Classical Italian Theme
Ritz Carlton Private Apartments
2009 - Completed Deep Water Plaza mural Woy Woy with Paul Haggith
Stage 2 Cinema Paradiso Ettalong over 30 murals in one location - scope ongoing
the theme is classical Italian Art and Decoration
Group Exhibition Studio 48
2010 - Cinema Paradiso " the Italian Festival "with now over 50 murals -
Group Exhibition SOAG Newcastle
2011 - Cinema Paradiso "the 2nd Annual Italian Festival "
More than 60 murals - now boasting Australia's most heavily decorated cinema
Greg Somers
Born in Sydney. Trained at Julian Ashton Art School. Self employed since age 26, I have lived in the two worlds of fine art and commercial illustration.
Being mainly a figurative artist my fine art includes portraits and figurative subjects as well as landscapes. Portrait commissions are rewarding, as the painting will last long after the sitter and artist are gone.
I have had four solo exhibitions and been part of numerous group exhibitions. My solo exhibitions have been the result of painting trips, each focusing on a certain area or city.
Past shows have been of Paris and Venice in winter, and Italy in summer.
Established Somers Studio in Sydney 1977, specializing in illustration.
Exhibitions
Archibald Prize finalist 2010
Black Swan Prize For Portraiture finalist 2010
Gosford Art Prize finalist 2010
Solo exhibition The Old Bakery Gallery 2007
Solo exhibition The Old Bakery Gallery 2005
PAA Face Off! Exhibition 2010
Three group exhibitions
Exhibited in the following art prizes
Alice Bale Art Award
Camberwell Rotary Art Show
Sydney Royal Easter Show Art Exhibition
Wyong Rotary Art Show
Gosford Art Prize
Member Portrait Artists Australia
Past gallery representation
Eddy Glasta Gallery, Paddington
Art North, Gordon
Old Bakery Gallery, Lane Cove
Parker Gallery, The Rocks
Greg Somers
www.gregsomersstudio.com
Christine Vanderwyk
Christine trained in Fine Art and Art Education at Sydney College of the Arts and City Art Institute. She uses drawing, painting and mixed media to explore the environment and people around her, aiming to capture the bursting vibrancy of life. The images are expressive and symbolic, often with an emphasis on colour. She is influenced by the work of Fred Williams, Arthur Boyd and Kandinsky. She runs Kalulu's Art School and exhibits in group and solo shows which enables her to encourage an enjoyment and appreciation of art in the community.
www.kalulusartschool.com.au
Mike Worrall
Born 1942 UK. Self-taught, I have been involved in art since the late 50s when I started out as a coffee boy in the art dept of an advertising agency in Reading UK where I grew up. Being a frustrated fine artist I was in and out of this commercial art scene well into the 60s when I eventually made the brake into painting making of course a frugal living, but never to return to advertising which incidentally I had no love for!. I had my 1st solo show at the Piccadilly gallery in Cork St London in 1971, and apart from working in film as a storyboard and concept artist in the late 70s to the mid 90s I have continued to paint and exhibit in various galleries internationally. Concentrating on Sydney as I have lived on the central coast for 20 yrs with my family we have 3 boys. I was with the Wagner Gallery, Paddington for 20 years having solo shows more or less every 2yrs. I will be having a one man show at the Charles Hewitt gallery in August.2011. I paint in the vein of a figurative surrealist that is you may have difficulty in seeing what I have done but might have difficulty in deciphering what it means, as I myself often do!
Plein air painting or drawing is not my natural way of working, and I admit it doesn't come easy to me. But I find it very challenging and is why I don't do a lot of it, as I tend to be a lazy artist and am not keen on too much a struggle (not that I sit around in coffee bars idly chatting art theory with other bohemians all day) I will find this 5 walks painting a real challenge as I will be definitely out of my comfort zone and it will most likely be cold and windy, but it might be a nice sunny day and easier to concentrate - Mike Worrall.
Mike has been Hung in the Sulman Prize 3 times
The Dawdler by Mike Worrall
www.mikeworrall.com