As a textile artist, I think it is healthy to venture beyond quilt show and specialist textile venues and to share my work alongside artists in other media. The Gosford Art Prize is a great opportunity to do just that. Each year, Gosford Regional Gallery invites local and national artists across all media to submit […]
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Studio News
Issue #26 of Down Under Textiles magazine is now on sale. It includes an article where I have gathered my thought and share insights into my Weekly Art Project. The article includes key tips for: setting parameters gathering inspiration designing making record keeping If you missed the profile article, thoughtfully written by Erica Spinks, in […]
Karkalla: AQC Challenge 2017
Today the Australasian Quilt Convention 2017 opens in Melbourne and I am delighted that my artwork Karkalla features as a finalist in the AQC Challenge Made in Australia: Flora and Fauna. Karkalla aka pig face (carpobrotus rossii) is a succulent coastal groundcover plant native to Australia. From late spring into summer, it forms a vibrant […]
Weekly Art Project: Week 30
It’s week 30 of my self-guided weekly art project and the bird theme continues. This time my attention turned to galahs – pink breasted cockatoos. Galahs like to forage on foot in grassy areas. Our home is hopelessly devoid of anything resembling lawn so we don’t see them in our yard but they do congregate […]
Quilters Companion Profile – In the Studio
Look out for Quilters Companion Issue 78 (March/April 2016)that, amongst other good things, includes a five page profile article In the Studio with Brenda Gael Smith. The article is thoughtfully written by Erica Spinks and features lots of great photos of me and my creative space. I am indebted to editor Clare Mooney for inviting […]
Galah Quilting
Thank you for your encouraging comments on my last post about my Galah composition. I was keen to make it bigger along the lines of the mock up photo. However, I didn’t have a supply of dusky pink fabric to execute this idea so stopped at 25 galah units – approximately 30x30ins. Now it’s stitching […]