Bonsai | Print Artist Talk & Canberra Times Review

We're very proud of how our Bonsai | Print group exhibition has come together in the Megalo Gallery space and grateful for the fantastic response to the project. Please join us for an artist talk at 2pm on Saturday the 30th April (the last day of the exhibition) to gain a deeper insight into the ideas and process behind Bonsai | Print!

The well-respected art critic Sasha Grishin has reviewed the exhibition for The Canberra Times and has connected very positively with my ideas and motivations. I am pleased to have my work described as "outstanding and captivating" and do encourage you to read the rest of his thoughts here: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/review-two-art-forms-can-coexist-at-megalos-bonsaiprint-in-canberra-20160412-go4bv7.html

Bonsai | Print Residency & Exhibition Opening

Over the past year I've had the pleasure of being involved in an innovative residency & exhibition project organised by Megalo Print Studio & Gallery. Bonsai | Print brought together five bonsai artists and five printmakers to share ideas, inspiration and skills. Please come along this Saturday to enjoy the fruits of our labour, we'd love to see you for a drink/chat/look/ponder!

Opening event: 2pm Saturday, 9 April 2016

Exhibition dates: 9 - 30 April 2016
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9.30am - 5pm

Megalo Print Studio + Gallery
21 Wentworth Ave, Kingston ACT 2604
www.megalo.org

Annika Romeyn, Precipice, 2016, monotype on paper, 228cm x 112cm

Coastal #3

I'm pleased to be part of the group exhibition Coastal #3 at Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne on display from February 9th-27th. I will be at the gallery on the afternoon of February 13th if you'd like to say hi and enjoy a look at Coastal #3 as well as New Works - a solo exhibition by the amazing Kathryn Ryan. I'm looking forward to hearing Kathryn's artist talk at 1.30pm on Saturday February 13th (refreshments will be provided, and although this is a free event please RSVP by 5pm Tuesday 9th February to info@flg.com.au).

To capture the essence of Summer and celebrate the ritual of escaping to the seaside, FLG presents the next installment of its popular 'Coastal' exhibition. Featuring artists Ken Smith, Annika Romeyn, Naomi White, Peter James Smith, Amber-rose Hulme, Susan Baird, William Breen, Thomas Bowman (guest artist), Fiona Murphy (guest artist) and Claire Bridge, these artists capture the scent of the sea breeze and the feeling of cool sand underfoot.

Hill End Residency

My month-long stay in Murray's Cottage (November, 2015), as part of the Bathurst Regional Gallery Hill End Artist in Residence program, was an incredibly inspiring and productive experience! Working both in the Murray's studio and outdoors in Golden Gully, it was a great period of artistic growth and experimentation. I immersed myself in getting to know a landscape that has been painted many times in Australian Art History, a landscape that I found deeply wounded (by colonial mining and continued erosion), yet ultimately transcendent and endlessly intriguing. I am very grateful to Bathurst Regional Gallery for the opportunity, to ArtsACT for their Out-Of-Round Funding support, and to the community of Hill End for welcoming me with open arms! Scroll on down to see a few photos and some images of the work that I created (click to enlarge):

 <<--- Fallen Sentinels, 2015, pencil in concertina book, 21cm x 221cm --->>

Hindsight_ Gippsland Art Gallery History & Collections 1965-2015

I'm very honoured to have my watercolour "Luminous Earth" (2013) featured in this beautiful book alongside some of my favourite artists! "Hindsight_ Gippsland Art Gallery History & Collections 1965-2015" is written and compiled by Simon Gregg with collection photography by Lindsay Roberts.