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From childhood, Graham has always been an artist. According to his father it was the only thing that he could do, so at 17 he went to Art School where he studied painting and printmaking. He graduated with a BA and MA, both with Honours. While his training was very academic, he found the mid…
One of the most extraordinarily brave and difficult things to do, in the wonderful world of art, is to paint a portrait of someone live in front of an audience. But our guest this month, Pamela Irving, was more than up for the challenge. After selecting her model, Pamela started her portrait using only two…
Mo Godbeer was born in Manchester, England and chose to be an Australian, moving here in 1987. She now lives and works in Sydney from a small Studio on the North Shore. As a contemporary artist working in the areas of encaustic, mixed media and photography, Mo incorporates many diverse items into her works, including…
Paul McCarthy has been a guest artist on many occasions for KAS, however he is so amusing that on each occasion he has also been thoroughly entertaining. Paul’s’ demonstration was again enjoyable to watch, be mesmerised by his skill together with a florid running commentary throughout the demonstration. Paul is an artist who paints…
It has been traditional in recent years to invite a ‘mystery artist’ to entertain us at our December meeting. This year Santa appeared, aka Malcolm Carver, filled that role. Surprisingly enough, Santa turned out to be an adept watercolourist (“I’m not as good as Malcolm”) and announced that he would demonstrate a snow scene, something…
Chan Dissanayake was born in Sri Lanka to an artistic family, his father an internationally acclaimed film director and his mother an art teacher. He migrated with his family to Australia in 1986. A talent for drawing was recognised in pre-school days and a passion for art, especially for watercolours, kept him actively involved. He…
Joseph Bezzina (FRAS) is a multi awarded Sydney based acrylic artist. He holds an Advanced Creative Fine Arts Certificate and Statement of Attainment in Skills and Practices in Fine Arts. While studying for his certificate Joseph received the Highest Achievement Award and five Distinctions. Joseph is also a Fellow of the Royal Art Society NSW …
Pamela has worked in mixed media and experimentation for over 35 years and her philosophy is based on “play”. As a teacher she previously taught in high schools and at Cromehurst Special School, Lindfield where she became involved with Art as Therapy for special needs children from age 5 – 20. This was enormously rewarding…