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5 CONTEMPORARY ONGLAZE ARTISTS EXHIBITION
Vase featuring Redback Spiders
painted by Anne Blake
Once again 5 well known local porcelain artists and WA Guild of China Painters members will join forces to present a new exhibition called "5 Contemporary OnGlaze Artists". Lucy Bertilone, Anne Blake, Brenda Henderson, Gloria Paxman and Heather Tailor will present their exhibition at the Guildford Villiage Potters Gallery at 22 Meadow Street, Guildford, from Saturday 23rd October until 21st November, 2010
There will be a casual opening with the opportunity to meet the artists from 12 noon Saturday 23rd October, all are welcome. An excellent opportunity to see the latest work from these local artists!
For more information visit Heather Tailor at www.heathertailor.webs.com or Anne Blake at www.anneblake.com
WORKSHOP - POPPIES WITH JUDITH STANDING
The West Australian Guild of China Painters is happy to announce it will be holding a workshop in October with locally renowned artist and china painter Judith Standing. The subject is "Multicoloured Poppies in a Massed Design - a workshop to capture the cheerful hues and simplicity of single poppies in bloom."
The Workshop will be held between 5th and 7th October, 2010, at the St Augustine's Anglican Church Hall, Corner Murray and Roberts Streets, Bayswater between 9:30am and 3:30pm each day.
There will be 10 students in the class. The fee for the 3 days of tuition will be $95.00 and $90.00 for members of the WA Guild of China Painters. This much anticipated workshop will prove very popular, so please contact us for more details and availability.
Photo Left: Plate featuring Multicoloured Poppies
painted by Judith Standing
GUILD ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2010
The Guild held its annual exhibition and sale of work at the historic, art-deco Guildford Town Hall, on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of May.
Work from over thirty artists was represented and over five hundred pieces of porcelain were on display. The exhibition featured a great variety of subject matter from classical flowers with traditional raised paste, wildflowers, local and exotic fauna, abstract, scenes, and portraits. Many techniques were used to produce both traditional and contemporary styles.
The 2010 Exhibition theme was 'Connected Design' and the award winners are listed below. Photographs of the prize winning exhibits can be seen in Gallery 2.
1st Prize - Brenda Henderson, 'The Human Connection'
2nd Prize - Heather Tailor, 'Inspired by Maja'
3rd Prize - Gloria Paxman, Abstract Connections'
Highly Commended - Jill McPhail, 'Victoriana'
Best First Time Exhibitor - Barbara Getty, 'Golden Butterflies'
President's Choice Award - Penny Mueller, ' Lanterns & Light'
The exhibition is also a once a year opportunity to view the Guild's 'Collectables' (see Gallery 1) and many visitors took the opportunity to view this interesting collection which the Guild began acquiring almost a quarter century ago.
Congratulations to all the 2010 prize winners and to the dedicated members without whose hard work the Exhibition could not have been such an outstanding success! Next year's Exhibition will be held at the Guildford Town Hall on Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May, 2011 - mark your calendars!
2010 ALBANY PORCELAIN ART CAMP
The Albany Porcelain Art Camp held between the 11th and 14th April at the beautiful Camp Quaranup near Albany, has once again proved to be a very successful event. This year was attended by almost 50 china painters including some 15 first time students from all around Western Australia.
The Tutors at this year's camp were Trixie Emery from Queensland painting African Elephants, Judith Standing from Perth painting Rich Yellow Roses with Cornflowers, Marilyn Barrington from Walpole painting Red Eared Fire-Tail Finches and Brenda Caelli from Ravensthorpe painting Silver Topped Grass Trees.
The students in Trixie Emery's class painted elephants from family groups to imposing bulls, with the large ears proving an unusual subject matter. The pieces were back grounded with a wide variety of techniques ensuring all students' work was quite different.
Marilyn Barrington's students were painting the beautiful little Red Eared Fire-Tail Finches. These beautiful little native finches were brought to life by the students under Marilyn's expert eye, once again utilizing a variety of backgrounds to produce very different outcomes.
Judith Standing's class painte d an array of beautiful yellow roses back grounded with blue cornflowers. The student's work under Judith's expert tuiition, produced some really stunning yellow roses and cornflowers.
Brenda Caelli's class painted a most unusual grass tree found around the Stirling Range National Park. The distinctive silver top of this grass tree looked striking against the blue/purple hues of the Stirling Ranges used in the background. Again the class tackled the subject matter using a variety of techniques and also explored textures produced by the grassboy's seed stems.
The Camp was enjoyed by all present and Fran Martin and the whole Albany Porcelain Art Camp Committee are to be congratulated for producing another very a successful event.
GUILD 2009 CHRISTMAS PARTY AND FAREWELL TO ART & CRAFT HOUSE
 
It was a very warm afternoon for the Guild's last meeting at Art and Craft House, in Subiaco which was held on the 5th December. This house has been the venue for Guild Meetings for 45 years but owing to the disbandment of the WA Women's Society of Fine Arts and Crafts, the owners of the premises, the House is to be sold and the Guild has had to relocate to a new home.
Many members braved the heat to join in the festive fun and afternoon tea. The Guild's Patroness, Botanical Artist Philippa Nikulinsky attended and enthraled those present with tales of her latest exploits. Janet Darby, the Secretary of the WAWSFAC was also welcomed. Janet was a President and Vice President of the Guild for several years.
A most pleasant afternoon was spent by all with much chatter and laughter interspersed with several raffle draws. After a sumptious afternoon tea it was time to depart and pull the door closed behind us on 45 years of memories.
12th AUSTRALASIAN PORCELAIN ART TEACHERS EXHIBITION
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Filipe Pereira - Tiger
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The much anticipated 12th Australasian APAT Convention and Exhibition took place between the 14th and 17th of October, 2009 at the Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle.
The main exhibition hall contained work from artists representing all States of Australia, in addition to work from Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Portugal and Singapore. The standard of work was excellent and was displayed beautifully on round tables adorned with local wildflowers.
Over 30 different teachers participated in the demonstrations over the 3 days of the Convention featuring a wide variety of subject matter. From the more traditional subjects handling exotic flowers such as 'Hydrangeas of Every Colour', to more modern topics such as 'Geometric Texture Work' to the straight out of left field 'Why DID I Buy This?', there were plenty of demonstrations to choose from to suit all persuasions.
The five 'Featured Artists' at the Convention offered a display of exceptional talent.
Filipe Pereira from Portugal demonstrated his skills painting exotic flowers including roses, pansies and poppies in addition to birds. At the demonstration of White Poppies his brush strokes were more akin to magic than painting, as beautiful poppies appeared from the skilful movement of his brushes.
Andreas Knobl from Germany also demonstrated a variety of exotic flowers and birds. He also delighted his audience with a demonstration called 'Miniatures on Eggs', examples of which were a much admired exhibit at the main Exhibition.
The three remaining Featured Artists were all highly respected Western Australian china painters and members of the Guild. Heather Tailor demonstrating her superb skills with lustre and modern technique; Judith Standing using her expertise to paint a range of floral subjects and Barbara Cronin bringing to life a wonderful range of local flora and fauna. For those people lucky enough to attend it was a smorgasbord of inspiration.
The Guild had an information desk at the Convention to promote membership. The acquaintance was made of many enthusiastic painters, several of whom joined the Guild with many more promising to attend a forthcoming meeting. It was very rewarding to meet with so many of our members who were attending the event, especially members from rural areas who we do not see as often as we would like. Many new friendships were made and goodwill was very much in evidence.
Finally, congratulations must go to Betty Schreck, APAT's Convention President, and all her team for hosting such a spectacular event!
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