A Scoop mention!

Hey look! Our exhibition, Beast for Thee got a little mention in the current Scoop Homes & Art, Spring 2011 issue. It's on page 207. Thanks Scoop!

Owl mask ready for Halloween mischief

I designed this owl mask for the Beast for Thee exhibition, but since it is Halloween on Monday I thought it might be useful for a little trick o' treating too! You can download the PDF here - http://www.mediafire.com/?237txy2qib0io. Cut it out, colour it and staple some elastic to the tabs at the sides and you'll be ready for some nocturnal revelry.

We all designed a paper mask each for Beast for Thee so if you are nearby you can collect all four masks from The Oats Factory.

Have a fun Halloween everyone!

Beast for Thee

A few more pictures of my work in the Beast for Thee exhibition. It closes tomorrow at 5pm so if you haven't seen it and would like to, please pop in sometime this weekend. Open hours can be found on The Oats Factory website.

Installation view

The beast in me loves the beast in you (detail), hand stitched cotton, papier-mache,
acrylic paint, ink, recycled wood, glass mirrors.

Mr Wolf, charcoal & pastel on paper.

Mr Tez, charcoal & pastel on paper.

For pictures of work by all of the Beast for Thee artists please visit my flickr album - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bearamongbees/sets/72157626890457426/with/6263489478/

Images from Beast for Thee

I've got a lovely new camera and I'm trying to get the hang of it! Here is some of the first pictures, they are of our current exhibition, Beast for Thee.







If you haven't seen the show yet it is open until the 30th October! see www.theoatsfactory.com.au for more details.

Some beastly thanks

Til wears her customised Beast for Thee mask and shows us how it's done!

Thanks heaps to everyone who came along to the Beast for Thee opening last night and made it extra grand! I had a wonderful time and I hope you did too. My biggest thanks go to The Oats Factory gallery director, Melody Smith. She is one awesome, hard working lady who knows how make great stuff happen!

The show will be open until the 30th October, so if you missed last night there is still plenty of time to visit.

See The Oats Factory website for details http://www.theoatsfactory.com.au

Beast for Thee: opens next Friday!

Photo by Belinda Gittos

Our exhibition Beast for Thee is opening at The Oats Factory next Friday at 6pm.

You are welcome to join us for a drink and a look at the beastly delights we have created.

If you can't make it on opening night the exhibition runs until October 30th.

Beast for Thee: Claire Bushby, Claire Canham, Maria Hildrick & William Wernham

Opening 6pm 7th October 2011

Runs 8 - 30 October Wed – Sun 12 - 5pm

The Oats Factory  69 Oats Street Carlisle WA 6101

Beast for Thee

I'm going to be part of an upcoming exhibition at The Oats Factory called Beast for Thee during October.

Maria Hildrick, Stereotypy 2 (Sunbear), 2011. Mixed media on canvas.

Beast for Thee

8 October - 30 October
The Oats Factory

Animals can equally inspire our love and our fear. They act as our companions, protectors, labourers and provide us with sport. We have caged them, cooked them and we have worshipped them. We associate some human behaviours with the animal, often behaviours we would prefer to see as 'other' than human... and some behaviours that we long to allow in ourselves forgetting that we are part of that same 'kingdom'.

Beast for Thee features work by four artists currently based in Western Australia, Claire Bushby, Claire Canham, Maria Hildrick and William Wernham. The artists came together to explore this many layered relationship between humans and animals, from their own individual viewpoints and through a variety of artistic mediums including painting, drawing, collage and small scale 3d works.

Stay tuned for more about this show...

http://www.artguide.com.au/exhibition/beast-for-thee-/