‘Afterlight’
Paintings from the forest
by
Annette van Betlehem

We have just opened a wonderful exhibition of paintings at our gallery by talented West Coast artist Annette van Betlehem.  The exhibition will be open at the Goulburn Street Gallery till 22nd December 2009.

Annette’s palette and her intimate understanding and insight into the Tasmanian forests enable her to create stunning oil paintings that anyone who is familiar with the West Coast will immediately identify with.

Come and see her work before she packs up on the 22nd and heads to Paris to take up a residency at the Cite’ Internationale des Arts.

Cradle Mountain Exhibition

We’ve hired a van and it is now packed full of framed prints ready to drive to Cradle Mountain for my latest exhibition.

This show is titled ‘Sussurations’ and is themed around the mystery and beauty of Tasmania as it may have been viewed by early settlers.

The Tasmanian Wilderness Gallery has allocated me 3 rooms of their magnificent space and this will be my largest show ever.

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Goulburn Street Gallery

Foggy mornings near Hobart

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Ten Days on the Island

I have just spent the past week assisting the curator, Tracy Thomas, at the Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery to prepare the exhibition ‘Strata’ as part of the Ten Days on the Island arts festival.
 
It has been a wonderful week in excellent company at an outstanding gallery.
 
 
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Crown Series Regatta 2009

Last weekend Bellerive Yacht Club once again hosted the Crown Series Regatta. A fleet of 230 yachts ranging through centreboard dinghies, skiffs, catamarans and keelboats contested the highly successful regatta in perfect summer conditions on the Derwent River.
 
My involvement was to produce 60 framed prints as prizes for the winners and placegetters. It is always exciting photographing yachts and despite the gloomy weather on Friday evening and mirror like conditions on Saturday morning there were still plenty of great photos to be taken. A stiff sea breeze in the afternoon provided more excitement.
 
The challenge was to obtain good quality pictures of every competitor and to then sort, print and frame the 60 best performers within 2 hours of the final race results being posted. Yep, it was impossible! I managed to do it 2 years ago with a smaller fleet but time was against me this year. Another hour and they were completed but an hour too late, the prize giving was over.
 
Nonetheless, I am happy with the result and feel I have produced some good memories of a great event. Next year we will rethink our approach and the amount of manpower required.
 

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Linking to Twitter and Blogger

Wow, can this program get any cooler. It seems I can post to Posterous and it will automatically post to my other accounts like Twitter, Blogger, WordPress and Flickr!

ABC Stateline Interview

Last week I had the opportunity to strut my stuff in an interview by ABC Stateline.  It was quite nerve wracking but I survived thanks to the good humour and professionalism of the crew from the ABC.  My interest in photography was sparked off many years ago while working at the ABC so it was fantastic to see it come full circle.

The segment may be seen on YouTube at http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=C_8GsarM9mM

Scaddy – A true story about an imaginary friend

Today saw the completion of printing of my latest project, a childrens book titled Scaddy. Scaddy is a true story about an imaginary friend, and is a wonderful tale written by Jenna Squire and illustrated by Ian Jeanneret. From here the book goes to Melbourne to be bound and will be available for purchase towards the end of October.

Once again Print Applied Technology has been my preferred printer and has done a marvellous job.

PICA Awards

The Tasmanian PICA Awards were held last week and Print Applied Technologies won a Gold award for my Stray Dog Photo Greeting Cards, 2 Silver awards for Kirsty’s Bare Winter book and a Silver award for her Rappaw Prints Greeting Cards.

As all of these publications were ‘first timers’ for me I am thrilled by the awards and especially happy to have chosen Print Applied Technology as our printers. Not only have they been judged by their industry to print to the highest standard, they are a fantastic team who have given us lots of fantastic support and encouragement.