DRAWING STRENGTH - final weeks

Pictured top: pages from a recent sketchbook with ideas for future works mapped out. The centre drawing is the basis for one of the paintings I’m working on at present.

Meanwhile, the sketchbook is currently part of DRAWING STRENGTH, a visionary show curated by Jo Lane that celebrates the art of drawing in its myriad shapes and forms.

Now in its final weeks, DRAWING STRENGTH can be seen at the Barn Gallery, Montsalvat until January 6, 2019. Afterwards, a stroll around Montsalvat’s magnificent grounds is also highly recommended, especially if you’re seeking respite from the Silly Season that’s currently upon us.

DRAWING STRENGTH

Shane Jones and I each have an artwork and sketchbook in the group show DRAWING STRENGTH in the Barn Gallery at Montsalvat Arts Centre. We’re delighted with curator Jo Lane’s placement of our drawings, in a charming alcove flanking an oversized fireplace. Despite being part of the main gallery, the area feels quite self-contained, as if we are in our very own room. My concertina format sketchbook sits in front of the fireplace. Shane’s book, opened in the view below to sketches of our cat Alice, is grouped with other sketchbooks at the opposite end of the gallery.

DRAWING STRENGTH runs from November 17, 2018 - January 6, 2019.

DRAWING STRENGTH: the sketchbook component

Non-portrait Sketchbook (detail 1)

Previewed above and below is my diminutive concertina sketchbook, delivered this very day to the Barn Gallery at Montsalvat Arts Centre in anticipation of DRAWING STRENGTH, a drawing-centred exhibition curated by Jo Lane.

Non-portrait sketchbook 1 (detail 2)

Here is the book in its entirety:

Non-portrait sketchbook 1, 2018, 15 x 10 cm (closed); 15 x 78 cm (open), ink, gouache and watercolour on rag paper 

That’s Shane Jones below, dropping off his drawing and sketchbook. From the work we saw today, it’s clear that drawing, in all its guises, is very much alive and kicking.

DRAWING STRENGTH opens this coming Saturday, November 17 and runs until Sunday, January 6, 2019.

For further information, go here: http://deborahklein.blogspot.com/2018/10/drawing-strength-at-montsalvat.html?m=0

Drawing Strength at Montsalvat

Splendid emerald wasp woman, 2015, watercolour, 41.91 x 29.72 cm

My watercolour Splendid emerald wasp woman is part of the forthcoming show DRAWING STRENGTH at the Barn Gallery, Montsalvat. Curated by Jo Lane, it celebrates the gloriously diverse art of drawing. The exhibition features works by Melbourne and international artists, including, in some instances, their sketchbooks. (My own sketchbook will be previewed here in the near future).

DRAWING STRENGTH runs from November 17, 2018 - January 6, 2019.

Opening event: Saturday November 17, 2 -4 pm

Artist Talk: December 1, 11 am

For further information, including a list of participating artists and gallery opening hours, see below. Click on the invitation for a clearer view.