St Kevins Art Exhibition

'Faces of Summer'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

I've been flat out finishing work for 3 Exhibitions.....

...next up is St Kevins Art Show.

 This was the very first Art Exhibition I showed  my work...  

and I can't believe that 2015 will be my 15th year ! 

It's always a classy, varied and enjoyable event.... 

...hope you make time to see it if you're in town.

Opening Night Fri 22 May 2015
Sat 23 May 10am-6pm
Sun 24 May 10am-4pm
Mon 25 May 10am-4pm
An Exhibition and Sale of Artworks by leading Australian Artists

Promotional work for this years show....
...a shot from 2014 exhibition....that picture at the bottom looks familiar!

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'Nature Boy'

'Nature Boy'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

We've had some wild and varied weather of late.
From lashings of hail, and inky-violet stormy skies,
to stunning autumn days like today.

stormy skies ...violets and lime greens...perfect!

from Brighton looking towards Melbourne

blues and ochres...from Sorrento pier

Sorrento jetty and dinghies

And from 2010, one of the earliest paintings
in my series 'The Child Within' .... you can read
how this Series of my nipper paintings and
beach-kids started ....right here.  and here

'Nature Boy'
Jo-Ann Hunt
 'The Child Within' Series
H122x41cm
H48x16ins
Acrylic on Canvas
2010
sold

 And I'm still enjoying painting them!
Having a ball!  a painting-ball !
Who would guess!

                   Jo   :)

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possum ears and noses....

possum tenants!

The possums have been very insistent these last 4 months that I must
wake up every night between 3 and 5.30am to enjoy their galloping
across my tin roof.

A call to Pete the Possum-Man last November led to a one-way gate
being installed so the little critters living in my roof could leave and
not get back in.

Well that was the theory!

Installing a video camera finally revealed that, as I had insisted,
they had indeed managed to outsmart the one-way door
by squeee--eee--eezing in and out a new hole just above it.

To cut a long story short..... they are out, but still defiantly banging
and crashing at night at the old spot attempting to get back in.

Now I live across the road from a park with lots of trees, and 200mtrs
 from a HUGE golf-course and bush park with thousands of tall trees.

For goodness sake guys, give me a break! Get back  to nature!

Victorian Ringtail Possum

This gorgeous creature was so put out she / he? sauntered
across the window sill beside our tv, probably eyeing off
a spot to curl up on the couch!
I couldn't resist a photo....before I shooed her into the neighbours!

It was only when checking these shots I realised the similarity
between her and my paintings!

gorgeous! but noisy!
Ringtail Possum

Check out those gorgeous bumpy pink ears, huge liquid eyes
and that wet pink nose!  Oh, and sort of round, stumpy toes!

'Summer Freedom' no 1
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

work in progress
detail
 Jo-Ann Hunt©

And I've had my first full night's sleep in months....all the more energy
to launch into the studio and finish work for next week's Exhibition!
Onward!!

                                                      Jo  :)

( and I'm wondering if any members of my roof-squatting possum family
are the ones I rescued way back here .... humph!!   )

Western Pygmy Possum

This photo popped up in my Newsfeed on Fb...
apparently this little cutie native to Western Australia
is one of the largest species of Pygmy Possum in the world...
and it's only the size of a mouse!
wonder how many housewives have an opinion on this little guy!
photo via 'Australian Geographic'

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'Sisters 2'... a 'Small Work'

my sister sent me this. 

I love it.

the feeling is mutual so I'm a real lucky girl  :)

'Sisters 2'
Jo-Ann Hunt©
'Small Works Series
H30x30cm
H12x12ins
Acrylic on Canvas
sold

 this is a 'Small Work'... just 30x30cm ...

and it found a new home at the Canterbury Art Show. 

 a home with girls I'm guessing!

I'd love to know!

Jo  :)

( the scene is just from my imagination... it wasn't planned or drawn up... it just 'happened'...wondering if my sub-conscious was at play....nah, it's not me...not possible... I was a brunette!!    :)   :)

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hello!

joannstudio1 (at) gmail (dot)com     

yes I am still here....! 

I know, I know..I need to get my I.T act in order and update 

my web-presence, facebook, instagram, twitter, google-plus etc etc 

...feeling exhausted just thinking about it...and I don't have any of those! 

just this lil' blog!

work in progress
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

Feeling shell-shocked!

jeepers ...it's May already!

up to my eyeballs in paint and canvas and pelicans!

when I hunker down to paint I survive by ignoring the computer.

Three big exhibitions coming up and never enough time..... I need electric brushes!

First up is the Canterbury Art Show.

Opening Night Fri 01 May 8-11pm
Sat 02 May 10-5pm
 Sun 03 May 10-4pm

Catalogue here.....

But if you can't make it you can say hello on  .....

  joannstudio1 (at) gmail (dot)com     

...... one Exhibition down and two to go! 

    I've had my coffee break..now to get to the Studio and back to business!

                                      :)  Jo 

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'a fair-dinkum day'....

'A Fair-Dinkum Day'
 Jo-Ann Hunt©
'The Child Within' Series
H122x40cm
H48x16ins
Acrylic on Canvas
sold

I was looking for a title for this painting.

some paintings start with an idea, a title, but others take on an identity

once they're completed.

with the 100th Anniversary of Anzac Day fast approaching,

I was feeling quite patriotic. the words 'fair dinkum' kept popping up.

it was a phrase my father used a lot...it's kind of old-fashioned now ,

but I still hear it occasionally, especially away from the 'burbs'.

and every so often I've even been known to use it myself!

so this little lad became part of a fair-dinkum day,

and a fair-dinkum legend....the Anzacs!

'5000 Poppies Project'
 Federation Square, Melbourne
 photo: 'ohmygoodness ' Facebook

crochet poppies
4.30 am Anzac Day
 Fed Sq staff rolling up the wet poppies to move them inside out of the rain
photos: ac
(thankyou my lovely daughter :)
on her way to the Shrine of Remembrance Dawn Service)

Anzac Day ....100 years....25 April  2015

'A Fair Dinkum Day'
 detail
 Jo-Ann Hunt©

(update ... this little nipper went to a  new home at the Canterbury Art Show 01-03 May 2015...
 hello and thankyou ! fair-dinkum I'd love a pic of where he ends up! ..and thanks again :) 

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...'Sisters'.....

photo:  ac

"I know my older sister loves me 

because she gives me all her old clothes 

and has to go out and buy new ones."

(author unknown, attributed to a 4 year old named Lauren)   

from quotegarden.com

'Sisters'
 Jo-Ann Hunt©
'The Child Within' series
 H122x92cm
H48x36ins
Acrylic on Canvas
sold

'Sisters'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

'Sisters'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

 I once worked with a girl who was one of 14 children. (ouch!)

She had an aunt who, every Xmas, would handmake each of the 8 girls 

in the family a dress from the same pattern, and in the same fabric. 

My friend, the youngest girl, dreaded this Xmas gift  because she knew 

that she would never outgrow all those hand-me-downs, 

and that she'd be wearing versions of that dress for the next 12 years!

                                     true story!         

                                                           :)     Jo 

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'We'll be Back Tomorrow'

We'll be Back Tomorrow'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

Driving around the suburbs its not unusual to see large flocks

of Corellas hanging like masses of lanterns in the trees.

Apparently they move down from the higher areas to avoid the cold

and to feed on the autumn berries. Yesterday I saw a 'swarm' in the sky

....way too many to call it a 'flock'....there must have been a couple

of thousand birds.

They were too far away to photograph, but the noise was raucous!

So awesome! Magic!

'We'll be Back Tomorrow'
 Jo-Ann Hunt©
;The Child Within' Series
H122x92cm
H48x36ins
Acrylic on Canvas
sold

This painting from my archives (2012) is called 'We'll be Back Tomorrow'

I enjoy seeing and hearing these huge flocks at this time of year....

and I hope they'll be back tomorrow too...

but only if they wait till I'm up and awake!


                 Jo  :)


(you'll find  more Cockatoo and Corella posts here and right here  )

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