Christmas morning memories with Shane Jones and Alice B. Cat, the start of a wonderful day spent with family and friends.
Our two Christmas trees are our pride and joy, with a story attached to every ornament. This year two hand-painted decorations by our friend Gaye Britt, depicting our very own Alice, have pride of place, one on each tree. (Images #11 and #18 below).
Yuletide greetings to one and all. May 2025 bring you everything your heart desires.
Image on card: Deborah Klein, Secret Garden, 2024, acrylic on canvas panel, 30.5 x 30.5 cm.
An era ends for me with the close of this exhibition.
The last four years have brought enormous personal upheaval and change, some of it extremely positive, some of it positively not. But in terms of what I’ve learned along the way, I’ve come to believe that on balance, all of it has been for the greater good.
As the great Stephen Sondheim once wrote, “Art isn’t easy”. Big thanks to Stephen McLaughlan for his hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to the exhibition. Thank you, too, to everyone who took the time to visit the show, for your kind, thoughtful and generous responses to the work and most of all, for your friendship and support.
With a fresh new year almost on our doorsteps, here’s to new beginnings, and here’s to all of you. 🥂
Images 2-7 above: Selected installation views from WAYS OF BEING at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, December 4 - December 24, 2024.
Photography: Tim Gresham
Where has the time gone to? My solo exhibition WAYS OF BEING at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery is now in its final days.
For those who haven’t had a chance to call in, the gallery will be open every day until Christmas Eve.
Gallery hours:
Saturday December 21, 11 am-5pm
Sunday December 22, 1-5 pm
Monday December 23, 1-5 pm
Tuesday December 24, 1-5pm (final day)
Image on invitation: Birds of a Feather, 2024, acrylic on canvas panel, 30.5 x 30.5 cm.
To view the fully illustrated exhibition catalogue, go here: https://deborahklein.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2024-12-11T11:14:00%2B11:00
As the year winds down, I’m delighted to share the news that my painting Masked Australian Painted Lady ll has been acquired for the Whitehorse Art Collection.
The collection was initiated in 1927 by the former City of Box Hill with artworks by Frederick McCubbin, Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton, all members of the renowned Box Hill Artists’ Camp.
“How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another.”
- Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1865
Shane Jones and I
Featured here are a selection of happy snaps from last Saturday’s mid-exhibition gathering at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery. Huge thanks to everyone who dropped by and made it so much fun, including Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison, Elaine and Peter Haby, Bryan Putt, Megan Finlayson, Vanessa Taylor, Veronica Loew, Cresside Collette, Angela Cavalieri, Annette Burns (a former fellow student from my art school days) arts writer Inga Walton and family members Rosemarie and James Jones (all pictured below).
Among other visitors were Melbourne-based artists Jim Pavlidis and Graeme Drendel and Ballarat-based artist Debbie Hill and her husband Stephen (not pictured).
After the opening event on December 7, I realised that I didn’t have a photo of my partner Shane Jones and I together. Many thanks to Stephen McLaughlan for taking the one shown here (top image) and for hosting yesterday’s soirée.
My gratitude to everyone who has visited the exhibition so far, including those who have made multiple visits and those who have acquired works.
WAYS OF BEING continues to Christmas Eve. There’s no substitute for IRL, but for those who can’t make it, individual works can be viewed by clicking HERE.
