Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Feline Friends at Mason And Daughters

Behind the red doors down a little lane way in Wynnum you will find a hidden secret called Mason and Daughters. Mason and Daughters specialise in custom picture framing and have a gallery space that showcases various artist, I've got some of my little paintings in the gallery space at the moment.



I stumbled across Melanie Mason (Director/Framer) at the start of the year when she was working out of the sports and memorabilia shop on the street front at Bay Terrace. I walked into the store with 'My Little Dear" in hand looking for someone to frame this work, the store was my last hope as I was not happy with the other framers I had spoken to, they looked at my painting like it was a bug and picked out unflattering frame combinations, were going to charge an arm and a leg for the work and clearly did not know what they were talking about. It was worth a try right? To be honest with you I was expecting an older gentleman who was into sports and had no clue about the arts, so I was pleasantly surprised to find the enthusiastic, experienced and knowledgeable Melanie who not only spoke me about enhancing my image through framing, she was going to charge less for a better job.

The sports and memorabilia shop has since move up the street and Melanie has stayed out the back in her framing studio and set up a gallery/framing store in the building down the lane way. If you need something framed or you are looking for some artwork I highly recommend you pop into Mason and Daughters.

                                      Date: 22 December -onwards

                                      Time: Mon - Sat : 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

                                      Location: 120 Bay Terrace

                                      Wynnum, Australia, 4178

                                     Website: http://www.masonanddaughter.com

                                     Facebook Page: http://tinyurl.com/373mslj

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

The Bird that Caught the Fish Shark at Handmade Heaven

My little paintings about the Bird that Caught the Fish Shark are now at Handmade Heaven!

It's an honor to have my work in this beautiful store, it's a treasure trove of wonderful handmade goodies.  Liesa from Handmade Heaven did a blog on these four paintings and said "Words can not describe how much detail is put into each of the pieces...you really need to come in and have a good look at these pieces to appreciate them".

These paintings are boxed framed so they can be hang on a wall or stand on a shelf, as pictured below.



                                Date:                  14 December 2010 - ongoing

                               Time:                    Store Hours
                                                            Tues - Fri 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
                                                            Saturday  9:00 am - 2:00 pm
 

                               Location:            Shop #11, The Old Flour Mill, 
                                                          231 Brisbane Street 
                                                          Ipswich, QLD, Australia

                             Phone:                   0422876154

                              Website:              http://www.handmadeheaven7.blogspot.com
                                                          http://www.ethikl.com.au/Handmadeheaven

                              Facebook Page:  http://tinyurl.com/28kt6o2                         

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AMENDED: Please note the exhibition has ended.


'P.S. I Love You...' | A Christmas Fundraiser

'P.S. I Love You...' is an exhibition featuring works with the themed 'love' by Artworkers members.

All artworks are works on paper, no bigger than A4 in size, and all priced below $100. You will find no better original gift ideas this Christmas!

Join the Artworkers staff and exhibiting members on the opening night for your chance to win major prizes from our sponsors.

Here are my donations!

 



                                Date:                  17- 24 December 2010


                               Time:                    OPENING NIGHT  Friday 17th
                                                            6.00 pm - 9:00 pm
                                                            Gallery Hours
                                                            Monday - Saturday 10.00 am - 5.00 pm. 


                               Location:              P.S. Gallery                                                
                                                            150 Enoggera Tce
                                                            Paddington Q 4064
                                                            Australia

                             Phone:                   +61 7 3368 1488

                              Website:              http://www.artworkers.org/

                              Facebook Page:  http://tinyurl.com/25b9fls                          

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The Collective Store Opening Night


Come along and celebrate the opening of this wonderful handmade gift shop in Wynnum. There will be wine and nibblies and lots of gorgeous things to look at! Hope you all can make it!




                                Date:                    16th December 2010

                               Time:                    Thursday 5.30 - 8.30 pm



                               Location:              78 Bay Terrace                                                                       
                                                            Wynnum, Australia, 4178

                              Website:              http://www.thecollectivestore.com.au

                              Facebook Page:  http://tiny.cc/99ca1

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