Art of the Flower & Garden 2012
This is a competition to challenge the ways we portray the world of nature. A Burra Gallery tradition producing powerful and imaginative works in a variety of media. Judges this year are Len Bence and Roger Boehm. Come and join on us on Sunday, September 9 at 2pm to see who is selected and make your own decision for the peoples choice prize.
Main Gallery
Main Gallery, showing raffle prizes on left: watercolour painting by Glenys Christopher and quilt by Shirley Thamm. Thanks to both for donating, first prize winner gets to choose!
Main Gallery
Lis Jones Ingman – Oranges & Lemons – Acrylic on Ply – $400
Lis Jones Ingman’s “Oranges and Lemons” painted on ply: the result of a life drawing session earlier in the year at Shared Arts.
Main Gallery
Main Gallery, flowers and floral art. The gallery is perfumed with the scents of spring.
Adrienne Matthews – Whistler in our Garden – Acrylic & Mixed Media – $300
Adrienne Matthew’s sculptural piece stands whistling in her garden, a projection from the past with all those “weeds”, a thoughtful mix of time frames that takes some looking in to.
Len Bence with First Prize (Open Section) by Natalie Lewcock – Roadside Garden – Oil – $210
Mr. Len Bence, esteemed judge (together with Roger Boehm) of this year’s Art of the Flower.
Second Prize (Open Section) – Maxine Donald – Scotch Thistles – Watercolour – $300
A delightful small watercolour, closely observed and freely painted by Maxine Donald.
Bence Room
View of the Bence Room showing the reading table, lent by Burra National Trust with the five books donated recently by the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Glynne Ryan – Vase of Flowers #1 – Acrylic – $220
Glynne Ryan’s gorgeous semi-abstract “Vase of Flowers”.
Bence Room
A range of works in the Bence Room.
Roslyn Batten – Wisteria – Oil – $210
Roslyn Batten’s “Wisteria” – flowers against the gold, a chance to linger for a few moments in meditation on a spring garden.
Alan Logue – Kookaburra – Photography – $99
Alan Logue’s “Kookaburra” catches the essence of this strong intelligent bird.
Lis Jones Ingman – Basket with Lillies – Conte & Papier Mache – $250
Lis Jones Ingman’s continuing adventure with papier mache.
John Warner – Early Morning Shadows – Oil – $190
Shadows withdraw as the sun rises – a simple explanation for an almost surreal event, as seen by John Morgan.
Annex
Photographs by Sharyn Sinclair (left) and Sara-Lea Parr, with Shirley Thamm’s floral art entry inspired by Sara-Lea’s photo “Onion Weed Glorified”.
Annex
View of works in Annex with Sharyn Sinclair’s bold “Lily” above and Pip Edson’s equally bold floral arrangement below.
Pip Edson – Spring Explosion
Jill Foster – Garden Chook Mugs
Jill Foster chook mugs and flower art by Shana Nourse.
Annex
Two big beautiful works in the corner of the Annex, by Ana Tossell.
Lesley Russell – Bird of Paradise – Acrylic – $250
The bird of paradise plant grows well in Burra but looks like it comes from Paradise. Yes! we have Paradise in Burra!
Julie Wilson – Angels Trumpets – Oil – $250
Deep rich greens show the plant’s sweetness and innocence, trapping the unwary.
Roszi and Lis
Roszi, with Lis in hat by Maria Salomonsen.
Joyce Lloyd with her Floral Arrangement
Joyce has recently run a series of floral art sessions at Shared Arts.
Merrilyn Williams – Floral Art Judge
Floral Art winner Shirley Thamm
Prize, a gem of a painting by Len Bence.
Pip & Brook
Bence Room