Outsider Art, Abstract artworks, paintings for sale, original oil on canvas, acrylic paintings and drawings, modern and comtemporary by Dawn Lim.
Helamen says, the jumps and leaping activities of the drawings were breathtaking. They convey the feeling of the art of Le Parkour, and the ideas expounded by Marcia was quite novel to me. I cannot do justice to her, without the lengthy quotes of her ideas of 'taking a leap', or starting a new, so I refrain here. These few images will hopefully convey the feelings of her drawings and her concepts.
Helamen says impressive!
Michael Grant's Buna paintings depicts the sensitive and emphathises with the fallen Aussie diggers at Pupua in the WWII, these paintings were for his Masters degree at the University of Ballarat. He travelled widely in Pupua for his research studies. Helamen says he likes the paintings although some of the faces depicting were a little horrifying for his taste.
Helamen says, "Dawn's latest painting". A big departure from her usual abstract pieces, this one is simple but quite nice I thought.
Helamen says today we went to see Debbie Hill and Duncan Lanne's exhibition at the Postoffice Gallery at the University of Ballarat. I did not appreciate Debbie's paintings until she explains that they were social comments on "what happens when we go to bed", the things that we don't see in our world here in Oz, all happening overnight in the other hemisphere. Hence the green paintings of dolls and toy soldiers on a black background. I still think that they are a bit too dark for my liking.
Also, black velvet is in vogue again.
Loris Button's, Helamen likes these, very signature works of Loris.
I liked these pair too, very colourful and interesting, pleasing to the eye.
Red brick gallery in Ballarat.
Helamen said, "We went to see Casey Tosh exhibition, I did not not like it and I think it lacks continuity, although the painting of Nick Cave was notable. However it looked too much like a caricature. "
Dawn has been fortunate to be the art teacher for a revitalising effort of the City of Ballarat in its Summer in the City activities for anyone interested. So the year has started off very well for Dawn. She has also started back on her regular private art tuition classes.
Today has been a washout with the rain in Ballarat, but it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the students, they held a class at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
When I begin to paint I have no idea of what I am going to do. I have types of paintings that I love and want to emulate and learn from, they are here locked in my heart.
So, with those thoughts in mind I just start painting, after I have chosen some colours and have had a prayer.
One of my lecturers whilst at University, told me to try and have my colours prepared so all I have to do is paint. I did that with this painting and enjoyed the composition that evolved.
As usual when I think the painting is near to completion I look at the painting for a while (I do this with every painting) and begin to understand what I have brought about.
I get a strong feeling of silhouettes of buildings from the Biblical days, even Jerusalem perhaps, at Sunset, and I think the lower ocher colour in block form on both sides could be baptismal fonts, dug out of clay.
I believe my method of painting can bring about my subconscious and experiences.
such talented children, now showing at Arthur Gallery. Under 12 years old.
Yesterday we went to see Lois Button's drawings on Hanji paper which she bought back from South Korea. Chai liked the drawings very much except for the theme of aging. The flowers were quite beautiful but the skulls were a bit morbid, he thought.
Sally Miller's paintings on skin deep gave Chai the horrids. He did not like it very much at all, otherwise the techniques were quite good.
More of the paintings Dawn did at Amphitheatre, mostly landscapes and portraits; a few abstract paintings. The abstracts are typically Dawn's style and her recent paintings have the same feel about them.
This morning we took a train ride down to Melbourne to see the Contemporary Art Society of Victoria's annual art show at Burnley Harbour. There were a few good pieces and Dawn especially liked Shirley Dart's abstract art, other than that, I think our local Ballarat Society of Artists can paint better and more impressive than what I have seen. It was good to see the amatuer art scene and what people are painting. Some of the prices were quite low and some were ridiculously high.
This is another of Dawn's old painting of her mum when she was 16. It was one of Dawn's strongest portrait that was a very good likeness of her and was one of the many portraits that Dawn was doing at the time. Dawn was also concentrating on landscapes at the time. She did quite a few at Amphitheatre, Victoria.
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Dawn is going to sell her art at this market in Melbourne.
