ARTISTS AS INSPIRATION FOR MY GALLERY/SHOP:

Below are three Australian artists that have captivated me. Together, concepts of layers, expressiveness and purity emerge.

MIKE STACEY

Mike Stacey is a photographer who focuses on vast space and light. Space is his motivating concept, as well as purely showing the primitive objects such as the horizon which can be seen as a boundary as well as an extension. He creates series of photographs that are in the same place but taken at different times of day with different qualities of light.

SALLY SMITH:

Sally Smith is a painter who "celebrates and explores life through the imaginative force of vibrant colour, texture and form." Her work is very expressive and full of layers. Each painting tells a unique story.

ULRICH STEINER:

Sculptures by local sculptor, Ulrich Steiner.

This sculptural artist lives a few suburbs away from me. When I was younger we would go on day trips around this area and look at the farms and art around the place. I remember seeing sculptures by this man. They have organic qualities about them and the materials used (often stainless steel) and forms reflect light and cause refraction etc., creating beautiful qualities.