Opening tonight

I'm very excited about the opening tonight. It's so lovely having it in a local gallery in an area where I've spent the last 20 years (giving away my age?) watching my gorgeous children grow up.
And I've put special prices on the pieces to celebrate this. Plus there are  limited edition prints available to be ordered at the gallery. (They're on beautiful archival quality museo portfolio rag and all signed and numbered).

handyman skills

Putting up a painting for my very dear friend Danny Finley. Impressive handyman skills, huh?

Wine labels

Wine labels with my art from the exhibition on them. Thanks to Lee-Anne Harrison  for the great idea. 

A lovely article in the Leader newspaper this week! Chris Eastman was the photographer and I remember him photographing me for my first book in 2002.

I'm going to be part of an exhibition at Media House Gallery
655 Collins Street, Docklands, called OUTSTANDING WOMEN ARTISTS .....love the title. it opens April 24th and int his exhibition I'll be hanging some of my portraits. It will be a good opportunity to see them all in person for those who have only seen the photos.
This one here is of Emma Ayres from the ABC

I have an interview with Joy fm on April 5th about my exhibition Eclectic Synergy (opens april 1). I'm not sure if it's live or not, but will keep everyone posted. It will be fun to be on the other side of the mic for once.
https://joy.org.au/

This is the start of a self portrait of myself floating underwater in my art studio (a little weird I know). I had great fun getting the reference with the help of my wonderful son Jake We went to the pool of a friend of Jake's and both dove underwater to get the photos. It was a little hit and miss in the process. We worked out in hindsight that goggles would have been handy for Jake to have to see underwater. And thanks to my daughter Danni for letting me borrow her dress under water. Although I consider it payback for all the times she's borrowed my clothes.

I had the privilege of interviewing David Hurlston and Susan Van Wyk from the National Gallery of Victoria last Friday.
David is the curator for an exhibition on that the moment called Shifting Gears. The exhibition looks at cars over the last century as an object of design. I know nothing about cars, but I was given a personal tour of the exhibition by David, and now I know a little bit more. It was fascinating.

http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/shifting-gear/

Susan is the curator for an exhibition opening April 25th called  Follow the Flag
Australian Artists at War 1914–45.
This exhibition shows the work the work of Australian artists who drew on their experiences of war between 1914 and 1945. There were some extremely poignant stories connected to some of the art works.

Both interviews are for Arts Weekly, on 3MBS (103,5 fm) which runs from 10am to 11am.

http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/follow-the-flag/

ECCLECTIC SYNERGY’

‘Ecclectic Synergy’ explores what makes us human….is it our physical form, our emotions, our achievements? We spend so much time striving and creating monumental structures to validate our humanity, which are often truly beautiful, and certainly worthy and remarkable shows of ingenuity. But sometimes it’s just a moment of simple reflection, when we have no greater aspiration than to simply be, that we are at our most connected.

    

“I try to capture a simple honesty within a subject. People change and evolve throughout their lives – behaviours, interests, and priorities – the essence of whom we are never changes, however, and that’s what I love to portray.”

Jacqui Grantford

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- See more at: http://www.kingstonarts.com.au/EXHIBITIONS/Exhibitions/Eclectic-Synergy#sthash.ECgYzHyt.dpufOPENING
Wed 1 April 2015, 6 - 8pm

EXHIBITION DATES
Thurs 2 April - Sat 2 May 

VENUE

G3, Shirley Burke Theatre, Parkdale
64 Parkers Rd, Parkdale