 The highly acclaimed work of Artist Leon Pappas will be on display at North East Artisans (NEA) throughout July.
Oil and acrylic paintings presented by Leon span the last 50 years, and showcase his creative flair. They feature Classic Bucolic Australian Landscapes; Harlequin Post-Impressionist Art; Floral Arrangements and Sea Scapes. Leon studied at Monash University, completing a course of advanced art. He has exhibited his work and won numerous awards in shows presented by galleries throughout Victoria, including the Kew, Toorak, St Kilda, Warburton, and Alexandra galleries to name a few. Leon will be present on opening day to meet members of the public, and on other days on an appointment basis. (Content: Benalla Visitor Information Centre) The Coming Together exhibition at Cafe Martini in Wangaratta to February 13th celebrates the coming-together of Northeast Artisans and GANEAA. Two paintings from Cathy Pianta's ‘Cafe’ Series on exhibit and for sale. You will also find artworks from many of NEA artists in various media. Call in and don’t miss out on checking out local art.  Hi members, Just a reminder of our upcoming exhibition at Cafe Martini 13 DECEMBER 21 - 13 FEBRUARY 22 celebrating our new members from Benalla (NEA). Submissions close THURSDAY 9TH DECEMBER. Delivery of Art MONDAY 13TH DECEMBER AT 10AM Attached is the submission form and details. Regards Paddy 0407 311 899 ______________________________________________________________________________   The 'Up Your Arts' exhibition/event features works of art made by Local Artisans, and is additionally supported through generous donations of goods from local Benalla merchants. The items on display are not for sale. However, they will be won by some very lucky people who purchased a page (or more) pf 20 tickets for $5, which the purchaser then distributes into the numbered ticket box(es) that match the number of the prize they want to win. It's that simple. Prizes will be drawn on December 17th and the winner notified using details provided when purchasing a page of tickets.
We look forward to sharing your company.  Allan Jack
'Not Another Lockdown' 'The physiological affects on children of repeated 'COVID lockdowns is an unknown quantity at this stage. Hopefully the resilience of youth will prevail, and the experience put down to mere character building" Graphite Pencil on water colour paper $300  Have you got a piece of art you can afford to mark at $50 to put in our annual $50 Christmas exhibition? All members welcome to join. Submit your work this week - the exhibition starts at the beginning of December.
 Click on the poster image to go to the online exhibition!
 Title : Greta Thunberg leading the Next Generation (work in progress)
Medium: Oil on canvas Artist : Tim Bowtell Although this painting is not finished – there is more to do, the artist Tim Bowtell has kindly agreed to the request to exhibit it for this collection of NEA Studio Artists’ work. This is a traditional painting with a contemporary and topical subject. Actually, the idea of a traditional painting with a contemporary and topical subject is traditional as well. Artists such as Delacriox, David, Picasso, Arthur Streeton and Juan Davila and an army of others have successfully stung the public consciousness with artworks which bring timeless ideas and values to the fore. Jacque Louis David’s “The Oath of the Horatii” (1875) depicted a Roman patrician holding swords upward for his sons to take in commitment and pledge to defend Rome. Originally exhibited in the Paris Salon, the painting created a great controversy which carried across to the evolving political climate in France at the time. 1875 was the year of the establishment of the Third Republic in France. The painting now stars in the Louvre. Arthur Streeton painted “The Last of the Messmates” in 1928. The painting depicts a lone tree standing in a cleared landscape. Cleared as far as the eye can see. The land is littered with the trash of the former Dandenong Ranges forest. Streeton and the Australian painters of his “Impressionist” group focussed on the Australian land, the environment and its particular beauty. “The Last of the Messmates” was a protest painting, foretelling the end of the forestation of the Dandenongs – once called the lungs of Melbourne…. The centre of this composition is Greta Thunberg. The three figures on the ground in blue suits raise their arms and form a pyramid composition drawing the eye to Greta. Behind Greta are her followers. They are all young. She leads them away from the devastation of the landscape ravaged with fires and polluting smoke. The blue suited figures in the foreground attempt to stop Greta, but her eyes are firmly raised above their entreating arms. One of the raised hands holds a lump of coal. This painting was commenced well before the current fire season began. Some people will find it quite unsettling.  The two untitled works by Simon Klose in NEA's current 'Upstairs Downstairs' exhibition do not refer to any specific experience or subject. They are intended to be autonomous experiences in their own right, although others may understand them through their own associations or experiences.
The works are intended to be read as an ‘object’ and a ‘subject’ where the object and subject are as close as possible to being the same. They employ the traditional relationship of viewer and subject, although they differ in that the smaller is closer to a pictorial representation whilst the larger work is enhanced by the wall on which it is located. What may be experienced by a viewer at best will reflect the many and layered processes and decisions which have led to the present works. The process of their making employed sensing as well as thought, a form of engagement that best communicates making and meaning that is embedded there in the work. A work is completed to attain a ‘truth’, not simply a preference or a liking – that comes from having a primary objective in mind. Then, I naturally discover beauty as well, so the traditional trilogy of perception, truth and beauty is there. Simon Klose Studio Artist Exhibitiions Coordinator  ‘#15’ – Bruce Buckley
Number 15 is a painting from an image created by a photographic process. Using a photograph circumvents some of the problems artists encounter with drawing, but not all. Whilst the looking and putting of lines and tones is avoided the other pictorial elements remain. Composition, colour, translation of one medium to another. The process brings its own unique challenges to resolve before a successful compelling image can be created. Number 15 has some very close tonal values – the nose, the eyes and the number fifteen ticket are the three elements which allow us to see the image. They enliven the image, the rest is mainly the black hair of the coat. The animal looks directly at us. Its baleful stare states facts and asks questions. Simon Klose NEA Exhibitions Coordinator 
Over the past few years a 'between exhibitions' tradition has been established of exhibition team members bringing work from the upstairs studios into the Exhibition Gallery (Gallery 2). These exhibitions now have a title - 'Upstairs Downstairs'.. The current, 'Upstairs Downstairs' exhibition features work from studio artists Mervyn Beamish, Bruce Buckley, Frank Burgers, Katharine Martin-Burgers and Simon Klose; costumes from the Killer Pig Productions team and a large work in progress by Tim Bowtell. There may also be works on display by other local artists during the exhibition. 'Upstairs, Downstairs' exhibition, NEA Exhibitions Gallery, 12 January to 7 March 2020
In 2019 the 'Lessen the Pollution, Better Their Lives'; 'Identity', 'Postcards from New York's Hudson Valley', 'Postcards to New York' and 'Creativity Untamed' exhibitions all resulted from applications to exhibit at NEA. We would like to invite artists or groups from NEA or the community to showcase work in our large Exhibition Gallery space in 2020. There is a very reasonable weekly room hire fee; Curating and organising all aspects of the exhibition are the responsibility of the artist/s or group, with mentoring provided if required by NEA's Exhibitions Coordinator, Simon Klose. The NEA exhibitions for the year have not been finalised - quite a few months are still free. Applications will be considered based on availability. Please refer to the Exhibitions Application below for details. If anyone has any requests or theme ideas for NEA exhibitions this year, please contact Simon Klose 0412 545 656  Irina Korotkow, speaking at the opening of the 'Postcards to New York Response Exhibition' she coinspired and created, Exhibitions Gallery, October 2019.
The brainchild of NEA's Exhibitions Coordinator Simon Klose, the $50 Christmas Exhibition is now underway in the Exhibitions Gallery (Gallery 2). Featuring works by NEA members, early sales are promising - new works will be installed as works sell! If something takes your eye, our Gallery Shop volunteers will assist you. '$50 Christmas'
A special Christmas exhibition provided by members of North East Artisans Friday December 6 2019 to Thursday January 9 2020 '$50 Christmas' is an exhibition of affordable artwork by members of the North East Artisans made or selected to meet the Christmas Season’s tradition of giving gifts. Our '$50 Christmas' exhibition provides gift opportunities which will be thoughtful, individual and have high personal and human value. Although the price of the artworks is fixed at a ridiculously low $50 – this is meant as a humorous and ironic gesture – but really - it is NEA's gift to Benalla's Festive Season. We're not making any money here.... The idea of the exhibition is to bring NEA's exhibition space into the commercial domain with a $50 splash opportunity for the Festive Season commercial mayhem period. There is no entry fee (waived) but the 20% commission stands - so the "in hand" artist payment for sold works will be $40. We hope the exhibition will help the Gallery Shop as well....if there's nothing in the exhibition then try the shop.... The exhibition runs from Friday December 6 to Thursday January 9. Works are to be dropped off on Tuesday 3rd December from 10 am to 4 pm and collected on 10 January from 10 am to 4 pm. Further details are available on the attached Conditions and Application form. We don't expect members to give works away - but if there is oldish stock or an idea for a less labour intensive artwork than usual this is the time to bring it forward The EXHIBITION team - simon, bev, cathy, frank and grace (and sometimes Tim) The Exhibition team is sending out invitations today to NEA members to enter works in the '$50' Christmas exhibition. If you are thinking of entering, or find yourself talking to a member who may be interested, the work entered doesn't need to be new work, can be concepts you are currently developing. Entries are due in next Tuesday 3rd December, although there will be some grace as the opening isn't until Friday 6 December. Please check out the web post below, the Conditions and Application form, and the poster developed by Tim Bowtell in response to an invitation by Simon Klose, Exhibitions team leader. It's already causing lots of discussion... which is what art's all about! (If you are aware of rapper 50 Cents...or Fiddycents you'll understand the connection!)  $50 Christmas Exhibition From NEA Members ‘Affordable, creative and fantastic” An in-house Christmas exhibition provided by artists of the North East Artisans Friday December 6 2019 to Thursday January 9 2020 North East Artisans 122 Bridge Street Benalla $50 is an exhibition of artworks by members of the North East Artisans made or selected to meet the Christmas Season’s tradition of giving gifts and presents which are thoughtful, individual and have high personal and human value. Although the price of the artworks is fixed at a ridiculously low $50 – this is meant as a humorous and ironic gesture – it is the choice of the artists to determine their own contribution to the equation of principles and ideas.
Don’t expect works to be glazed and framed = although some may be – but expect a great gift opportunity provided by people who share the North East with us and want to provide a positive human contribution to the seasons character. Simon Klose This slide show is under construction - More to come!
 We've just received the news that the Postcards response show is opening later today (November 9) at Beacon Arts Riverwinds Gallery in New York. Love the title = 'Air Mail: Artist Postcards from Oz'. We've received first image, along with a link to the exhibition information on the Gallery's website. If you are planning a trip to NY, the show runs through to December 8. Find out more: https://beaconarts.org/events/air-mail-artist-postcards-from-oz/
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