IATTBYH
A group show
Al Phemister
Al is an internationally-recognised sculptor who works with industrial materials, waste materials and discarded objects to create organic and natural forms.
Al is inspired by the natural environment, his wife and his family. His work reflects his love for them and their home. From his workshop in Yass, Al creates these decorative forms from everyday and industrial objects. He has a passion for things that have touched and been used by hand. Objects that tell a story, used for a new purpose.
Al is a leading advocate for the arts and leads workshops encouraging others to make art with a mind for good mental health. He has worked with local schools, art groups, councils and governments, as well as the Australian Conservation Foundation. His Waste to Art projects have a wide appeal and have resulted in Several Award winning Sculptures.
Amanda Ferguson
Amanda Ferguson is an artist based in Bendigo in the Victorian Goldfields. Amanda’s works often blend abstract elements and representational forms.
“I work in schools, youth justice and the disability sector, so I know how powerful art and making can be as tools to re-engage young people with education and support literacy development. But art is also for me an incredibly important tool for self care. In the same way that some people describe only being able to switch off their minds while running, painting is my most reliable meditative practice.”
“I appreciate having the freedom to embrace ambiguity in abstract painting. I am constantly inspired by nature, botanical shapes, and the contradictions present in the fragility but also enduring nature of flowers and seeds.”
Helen Cattell - Good Hope Pottery
After 32 years owning and operating a Sydney based business, pottery for Helen has been the motivation for a slower paced lifestyle.
"As we slow down, we start to notice the beauty in our surroundings. In the perfection and the imperfection of our natural environment and how this in turn influences the perception of our art."
Helen’s pieces are produced at their property at Good Hope, surrounded by the most beautiful of natural environments, bordered by the waters of Lake Burrinjuck and the surrounding hills, with views to the Brindabella Mountain range.
"Good Hope for us has been slow living with mindfully made pottery."
After this change of lifestyle Helen has leaned toward the beauty in the feminine form with the colours and the textures of the natural world, made with the slow-moving pace of coil pottery.
Jessica Olpp
Jessica grew up in the beautiful bushlands of Warrandyte, and has lived and worked in France. She is currently based in Caulfield North, Melbourne.
Jessica has always nurtured her creative side through dance, poetry and the study of foreign languages.
She is a self-taught artist who began painting as a means of self-expression and creating moments of calm in her busy life as a French teacher.
Jessica is inspired by the colour palettes of both Australia and France, beautiful skies, memories of overseas travel as well as the simplicity of still life moments.
She has been a finalist in The Next Big Thing art prize - 2023, Gallery Finalist at Aspire Gallery, 2023, held a solo exhibition at the Black Cat Fitzroy, 2023, and been in a group exhibition at The Fitzroy Art Collective, 2023.
Michael Warner & Kate Carruthers
Kate is a landscape painter and ceramic artist whose work is inspired by the beautiful bushland around Braidwood. Michael is a potter and metal sculptor primarily creating works from steel.
Together, they established Braidwood Clayworks in 2018.
Michael began his journey in ceramics in 1999, studying in Japan for 18 months before moving to the Isle of Mull (off the West Coast of Scotland) to continue his pottery career where he ran a successful Gallery and Pottery studio for 10 years.
His goal with both his ceramics and sculpture work is to continue to develop his individual style and techniques whilst always challenging himself to balance form and function.
Sophie Ryan
ophie Ryan is an emerging artist originally from Bathurst, New South Wales.
Sophie's artistic journey has been one of exploration and growth, driven by a deep connection to her surroundings and a desire to convey the vitality and movement of the world around her.
Sophie moved to Canberra in 2018 undertaking study at The School of Art and Design at The Australian National University, where she recently graduated in 2022. Working primarily in painting, Sophie paints a variety of subjects explored through energy in gestural brushstrokes, and a bright colour palette to create a sense of connection to place and emotion.
Sophie is currently looking into different ways of representing landscapes through gesture, embodiment, emotion and memory while combining elements of drawing and painting.
Tessa Hoser
Tessa is an Australian potter producing wheel-thrown and handbuilt forms. Her work explores the contrast between textures, colours and apparently perfect and imperfect shapes.
She is a full-time potter, surrounded by green, misty farmland with rich red and black soils and soaring rainforest that tumbles down to the coast. Clean air and bountiful water create lichen-encrusted trees, fence posts and rocky outcrops. This informs Tessa’s most recent work, as well inspiration from her collection of pottery picked up on travels and the deep legacy of Bernard Leach and Lucie Rie.
Her work is held in private collections in the US, UK and Australia. She was awarded the Craft ACT 2021 Emerging Artist Award. Recent and current exhibitions include at the Canberra Potters Society, Powerhouse Museum shop, Crackpot Gallery, Sydney Street Gallery and Sydney Ceramics Market. Tessa is a member of the Australian Ceramics Association, Sturt Gallery & Workshops and Canberra Potters Society.
Uschi Novinc
Uschi is an abstract artist who currently splits her time between her home town of Canberra and the beautiful Kybeyan Ranges.
Specialising in large-scale abstract mixed media works, Uschi has a deep love for moody semi abstract still life and Australian native flowers inspired by her background in horticulture. The work is a fresh and ever evolving take on the modern abstract utilising and showcasing intuitive and unconventional mediums, palate and subject.
Uschi has been painting for four years and has a strong online presence. She has worked with interior designers, businesses and has many works in the homes of Australian and overseas collectors
Uschi's studio is in Curtin, Canberra. For now
She has been a featured artist on Bluethumb and at Artlovers Australia.
