Category: art

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now showing > deborah zibah

Deborah Zibah is an exuberant character, driven by passion and purpose in an irrepressible quest for excellence in her work ethic and personal life. Born in Zimbabwe, Africa, Deborah works and lives in Perth, Western Australia. Currently, she is working extensively with bitumen and grass tree resins, which she collects herself from the Australian bush. She is a prolific painter and is constantly experimenting with new materials and concepts. Though she has a strong sense of form, not to mention exceptional drawing skills, the process of surface texture takes priority for her at the moment.

Deborah’s work exudes strong form, with no apologies for the intensity of colour bombarding the viewer’s senses.  There is constant longing to experiment with new materials, to discover new concepts and fuelled impetuousness as each boundary is blistered and fresh ground is ravished.  It is Deborah’s passion, her love, and what she does best.

For me, life has to be lived extravagantly, to the nth degree, and I am constantly striving for better, more effective ways to visually demonstrate me experience and appreciation of nature and its Creator – Deborah Zibah.

Deborah has 5 artworks on exhibition and for sale at one hundredth gallery until 10 July 2011.

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now showing > wolfgang glowacki

Wolfgang Glowacki is a Tasmanian and Australian wilderness landscape photographer. He specializes in Tasmanian landscape photography and wilderness photography. Be inspired by the amazing landscapes, intricate details and incredible macro.  His photography has received numerous awards and his photographs have been published extensively in a large variety of media ranging from calendars, books, advertising and the publications of Australian  Geographic, Wild magazine, 40 Degree South and many more.

“Thank you for having a look at my photographic art. I’d like to introduce you to the natural world I know. Come follow along on my journey. Explore, consider, and take something with you. This is nature through my eyes. These photographs do not arise from any particular desire to see the world through a lens, but rather from my deep passion for this land we call wilderness. It has shaped every aspect of my life. I wish to show you the amazing, beautiful and powerful forces that have created the Earth we live on.”

I particularly enjoy doing macro photography.  I find myself looking at the world in a completely different way than with any of my other work.  There is so much in the small details of nature that can be missed if you don’t REALLY stop to take it all in.  For this kind of work you have to sit back and absorb the wilderness a while, clear your mind from the office stress, the traffic and mobile phones you left behind and then the details begin to reveal themselves.  Sometimes, I find, the beauty is in the little things.” – Wolfgang Glowacki

Wolfgang has three framed works on exhibition at one hundredth gallery until Sunday 26 June.

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now showing > michell guo

Born in Beijing to an artist father and actress mother, Michell was immersed in classical music and fine arts through her childhood years and was formally trained as a concert pianist.

Moving to Melbourne in the early 1990’s from a foreign country resulted in the inevitable language barrier.  It was during this period of adjustment that Michell learnt to rely on her non-verbal senses, expressing herself in pictures with a simple point-and-shoot camera.  It was during her architectural studies that Michell’s passion for photography blossomed.  In 2008, Australia and the GFC crossed paths and she suddenly found herself unemployed with a bruised confidence and unsure about the future.  At this point, Michell truly immersed herself in photography.  She packed a digital SLR camera and left for Japan to find herself…

The ‘eye for detail’ inherited from her late father and no formal training in photography resulted in a refreshing and sensitive approach.  Years of classical still-life, life drawing and oil painting combined with strict architectural training have given Michell an innate ability to find the ideal composition, angling and lighting to sublimate any subject matter. She is able to quickly hone in on the soul of an image and turn it into a reflective, meaningful piece of work that evokes feeling and thought from the viewer.

Michell has three artworks on display and for sale at one hundredth gallery until 26 June 2011.

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now showing > kylie mouat

Born in New Zealand and now residing in Melbourne, Kylie is a very strong, passionate and eclectic artist who has lived all over the world.  She has a background in both visual and performing arts and her artistic pursuits have many common threads.  It is her ability to use these in her paintings that gives her abstract work a point of difference.  She creates both a sense of movement with her juxtaposition of texture and colour, often rendering the viewer with unexpected emotion.

Kylie has very strong environmental principles and creates her paintings using existing materials, such as the last two inches in a tin of house paint and timber off-cuts from a construction site.  Her inspiration comes in many different forms including street characters, popular culture, human expression, advertising layouts, and multicultural philosophers – it’s all part of the fabric of life and the decisions we make.

Kylie has five artworks on display and for sale at one hundredth gallery until 26 June 2011.

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now showing > kate hursthouse

Originally from Auckland, New Zealand Kate has been travelling and living in different countries, in between studying and working, for the last 5 years. Trained as an architect, Kate’s passion for photography began with a course in black and white film photography 5 years ago. Kate still continues to pursue the art form that is black and white film photography as she finds nothing more satisfying than developing her own photographs, but has also moved into the world of digital photography.

Each country she places her feet down in provides a new opportunity to create and capture new memories. Photography allows her to discover as much as she can about each place through the eye of her lens. Kate has a particular interest in exploring the effects of light on places, buildings and objects. Combining her passions of travel and photography has broadened Kate’s horizons and she strongly believes that “art is not about what you see, but what you make others see”. She hopes through her photographs she can share some of her experiences.

Kate currently resides in Melbourne, a city with one of the most interesting art and design cultures she has experienced. She recently exhibited at the Build New Memories fundraising exhibition for The Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal to help those affected by wide spread flooding in Queensland. She also exhibited at the 10th Annual Traditional Darkroom Printmakers Exhibition at Michaels Gallery where she was selected to exhibit at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale later this year.

Kate has five artworks on display and for sale at one hundredth gallery until 26 June 2011.

You can see Kate’s gallery by clicking here.

 

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now showing > pete goodlet

At Muskvale, on the edge of Daylesford, Pete Goodlet paints in his violet coloured studio, an original miner’s cottage. Pete’s whimsical paintings invite you to share his observations and perspectives of the world and the characters inhabiting it.

Pete’s paintings are full of joy and the celebration of life and just looking at them can make you smile. Pete has lived and travelled to many places along the East coast of Australia. Many of his paintings reflect time enjoyed in places as diverse as Apollo Bay, St.Kilda, Sydney, Daylesford, Noosa Heads and Murwillumbah, and one day has plans to have a large garden in the sub-tropics.

Pete lives in Daylesford with his partner David. Pete also draws inspiration from his large family and two great kids, Jack & Lily and Thelma Louise his very funny dog!

Pete has five artworks on display and for sale at one hundredth gallery until 26 June 2011.

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now showing > mark hammon

With a lithographic background spanning 18 years, Mark has an acute ability to use colour with both a meticulous and creative attention to detail.

Understanding colour and its creative possibilities is Mark’s self-confessed obsession.  Mark is frequently inspired by photos, colour schemes, music, lyrics, indigenous art and culture, street art, and observations of human interaction.  From this he formulates multiple ideas, sometimes ‘playing’ with them for years, until he is ready to commit them to a piece of tangible art.

Technology is an integral part of art and society, however although Mark is proficient in its use lithographically, he prefers to use original methods and techniques artistically.  Detecting the originality in a single piece of art is paramount to Mark’s process.  Mark wants you to be able to see that each one of his works has been created by human hands.

The craft, diligence, research, skill, and time invested in making each piece of art is what Mark enjoys doing the most.  Mark gets immense satisfaction from creating his art with a free, expressive, and unrestriced mindset.  Mark doesn’t box himself in within one particular style.  Instead he works in many mediums, always experimenting with old and new techniques.  One day he is designing a child’s bedroom mural, the next he is creating a thematic exhibition, and in between he is designing tattoos for private clients.

Commissions motivate me Mark to create a work of desire, personal to the client, that is enjoyed and inspiring.  Each piece of Mark’s artwork is representative of his need to put a little bit of himself into the result.

“I become bored easily doing one style of art, and usually have multiple projects on the go to keep interested’ – Mark Hammon

Mark has five artworks on display and for sale at one hundredth gallery until 26 June 2011.

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now showing > brian mangano

Growing up in north western Victoria near Swan Hill, Brian Mangano exhibited a natural eye for capturing cityscapes and landscapes.  He keeps some photographs taken with his MZ-30 in his desk drawer to remind him where he came from.  Just before his 18th birthday, he left home and began a journey that lead him to Melbourne two and a half years later; looking for work and stumbling into the corporate lifestyle.

Some nine years after moving to Melbourne, Brian decided it was time to escape the corporate slave trade and get back to the place he enjoyed being most; behind the camera.  Somewhat reluctantly he purchased his first digital SLR, and then another.  He keeps the MZ-30 in his bag loaded with black and white film and a nifty 50 attached.  Just in case.

Brian is now on a new journey, camera in hand and suits donated to Vinnie’s, establishing himself as a photographer and artist.  Combining the technologies of the digital age with his naturally creative eye, contemporary landscape and cityscape photography is being merged with High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging to produce some truly spectacular work.

Bucking the trend of idolising photographers and artist from afar, Brian Mangano cites John Williamson as a major influence on his current work.  “Most people my age are keen to get out of this place and look at what the rest of the world has to offer, but there’s so much beauty and wonder right under their noses.  He sings about it what a great Country we live in, and I hope capture it at least half as brilliantly.  Maybe even a few of my generation will take some time to have a look at it themselves one day.”

Brian has eight artworks on display and for sale at one hundredth gallery until 26 June 2011.

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