Members Meetings

REVISED COVID PRACTICES IN THE ROOMS

With the relaxation of Covid-19 rules masks are no longer mandatory and it is not necessary to scan the QR code. However, please maintain 1.5m spatial distancing wherever possible and wear a masks if that is not possible.
If you are feeling unwell please stay at home.

Next Members Meeting:

4pm 11 October 2022 - A discussion about the recent Members' survey
Venue: the Society's rooms

MONTHLY MEETINGS

Members' meetings are held a few times a year, generally on a Tuesday afternoon commencing at 1:00pm and finishing about 2:30pm, however sometimes we shift the meeting to a Saturday.

We generally have a talk or demonstration by a well-known artist or similar. The meetings are held in our rooms at Lambton. See the 'Contact Us' page for the location

Previous Meeting Guest Demonstrators

AGM March 2022 - oil painting demonstration by Bob Saxon

Bob's preferred style is 'alla-prima' where a painting is completed wet in wet in one session which he very effectively employs in his plein air works. Although he prefers painting plein air to capture the moment, he approaches his studio works in a similar manner, albeit the larger works take more than one session.

Click on the movie above to play a 2 minute time-lapse of Bob's 1 hour painting process.
(Click on the diagonal arrows on the right to go full screen)

October 2020 - Plein air sketching & painting in NZ

Hugh Cross presented a talk on two back to back art holidays to New Zealand late last year. The first was through the through the mountains and lakes of the South Island, and the second, was a cruise-based art workshop with expert watercolourists Greg Allen and David Taylor. He showed some of his on-site watercolours and sketches, as well as photos of the stunning scenery.

Portrait artist John Dorahy - February 2020

A demonstration in pastels by portraitist John Dorahy, an active member of the Society's Monday portrait group, also known as Portrait Painters Hunter.

John is also part of an up coming exhibition by the group; ‘Unique People of the Hunter’ portrait exhibition, being held on March 20 – 22nd at the Adamstown Uniting Church Hall, cnr Brunker and Glebe Roads.

The image on the left is a self-portrait John completed in 2016.

Travel sketching
At our July 2019 meeting Hugh Cross demonstrated his pen and watercolour techniques for travel sketching.

Vietnam Art Tour
Annie Palmer, assisted by Sharon O’Hearn, gave a great talk on their recent trip to Vietnam. In a kind gesture Annie donated back the $50 given to her (as we do to all our demonstrators) to help rebuild the Society’s coffers.

Deanne Newland - Acrylic and Alcohol Inks.
Deanne Newland inspired many of us to experiment with acrylic and alcohol inks on yupo paper. The photos show her bright creations of acrylic ink abstract landscapes and alcohol ink flowers. Lee-Anne is organising a Soc of Art workshop with Deanne later in the year.

Jennifer Grace - Post Modernism.
Jennifer says: “I am a Post Modern style art-worker. I like to use symbolism and draw inspiration from historical themes,anything from the ancients to the post impressionist period. Much of my past work reflects a particular interest in medieval tapestries and ancient Greek mosaics. Pattern is a passion which I explore with linocut mono-printing, acrylic, shellac, charcoal, ink, graphite. The effect is reminiscent of tapestry or mosaic.

Bob Saxon - Plein Air Painting
Bob inspired many who attended the meeting with his enthusiasm for plein air painting. He showed a series of photos of places he'd been, the scenes that inspired him and the resulting paintings.
You can read an article Bob has written about Plein Air painting here.

Bob on location.

Lee-Anne Corrigan - Portrait Demonstration
An excellent demonstration of how to do a portrait in pastels was performed by Lee -Anne
on Monday (May 2) night's meeting. It was very informative for who attended.