Maleny Arts and Crafts Group Inc.

Artist of the Month - May 2018 Jean McRuvie This last year has seen the beginning of my more serious journey in art which I hope will see me improve and decide who I am as an artist. I have been working full time plus since we arried in Australia in 1980 and whilst I always had an interest in art that interest like may others, cam second to children, spouse and career.  I did go to a botanical art class for 6 evenings in 2008 at Buderim but never picked up a pencil once the 6 weeks was over although I have a sketch book of half finished drawings. Again I treated myself to a five day beginners watercolour course with Jame Fernley the watercolourist a few years later which was marvellous - but yet again I never picked up a paintbrush once that week was over and for this reason could not go to his intermediate classes because I had not practiced! My next foray into the art world was a 6 week (one day a week) course with Marcel Desbien at Brisbane Painting Class in Level ...

Artist of the Month - May 2018 Peter Atkin Flinders Ranges (Pastel) Tasmanian Memories (Pastel) Sicilian Odessey (Pastel)

Artist of the Month - April 2018 Megan Bice I love birds - drawing and painting them is always fascinating - to represent the and to try to capture their essence. This small body of work represents some of my drawing and mixed media studies This year I hope to expand my work in this area. Watercolour mixed media Watercolour mixed media Watercolour mixed media Graphite drawing of a peacock Practicing and teaching art in Maleny for over 20 years, Megan has appreciated and loves Maleny's idyllic environment and vibrant arts community.  Art leaving school Megan started her commercial arts degree at Townsville TAFE College and has continued to extend her experience by attending many workshops and art courses over the years.  ' Working in all art media gives me buzz. Art at the moment seems to be developing in all areas. I love the idea that all traditional media is being reinvented and re-imagined. All this experimentation makes art so exciting at the ...

Artist of the Month - March 2018 Priscilla Vickers Priscilla has always been interested in art since her school days but had no opportunity or time to pursue the interest until she came to Maleny. She has since attending some classes with different artists and has gradually learnt more techniques and enjoyed them all! Priscilla likes to paint people and places she knows and usually uses acrylics. As well as painting, Priscilla has also created a few sculptures and has dabbled in relief painting, making artist's books and collage.  Apothecary Jars (Acrylic)  Nature Trek (Acrylic) Chooks (Acrylic on Board)

Artist of the Month - December/January 2018 Our Artist of the Month is Jenny Mortimer. Jenny has two of her amazing bright portraits on display.   Bright (Acrylic)                        |                     Karlee (Acrylic) Jenny Mortimer is a self taught artist. She has attended lessons and workshops over the years by a number of artists using a variety of mediums. She loves to work in acrylics and mixed media such as modelling compound, gel, inks crayons etc.  Her first solo art exhibition was 4 years ago at the Up Front Club with 21 paintings titled "Girls with Attitude". She has sold two works overseas, one in Japan and one in Austria, which were purchased from workings in Maleny as well as distributed around Australia.  The two works displayed are typical of her subject matter, abstract girls. She is currently working on a collection...

Artist of the Month - December/January 2018   Diana Allan Diana's first love in art was painting China purely as a hobby in the late 70's.  Before she knew it, she was painting fabric that led to a business in Darling Harbour, retailing Hand Painted Clothing. Then a tree change to Montville and another business - 'The Montville Rose Boutique' - more fabric painting for 10 years! Then another change, this time to painting on canvas, real paintings to enjoy! In between painting, Diana finds time to feed most birds, three monitor lizards and any other animal that visits her home.  Hard to believe, but she sometimes finds time to teach painting!

Artist of the Month - October Lynn Pryor Lynn with her work hanging in the MACG Workshop I was fortunate as a child that I had a very talented artistic grandfather, he was gentle and patient and encouraged my very naive attempts at drawing. He ignited a passion in me that (after moving to Queensland from South Australia) led me to complete three years in Visual Communications at the Queensland College of Art. While I was an art student I freelanced drawing native animals and race horses. Horse riding was one of my passions until a certain race horse of mine, which shall remain nameless, and I parted company; he went through a fence and I went to hospital! I entered some of my wildlife pen and ink drawings in the Brookfield Show and won first prize in the drawing section for two consecutive years.  After graduating I worked for about 12 months as a commercial artist, but the Pizza, KFC and Supercheap Auto ads just didn't thrill me! I then landed a job in the Zoology Depart...

Artist of the Month - September Carole Bond Make sure you have a look Carole Bond's amazing array of art work on display at the workshop for September. Carole has a diverse range of work that we are sure you will find interesting.

Artist of the Month - August Peta Jervois After 42 years in South Australia Peta moved to Queensland in 1998. She completed a Master of Science (MSc) whilst in Adelaide, worked in medical research for 8 years and then health and welfare policy and planning in the two state public services.  Peta has always had an interest in Art, with drawing being her main passion. While working full-time, she did many workshops in both South Australia and Queensland. She attended the Adelaide Institute of Art and the Brisbane Institute of Art for classes on topics including design mosaics mixed media, print making techniques, drawing and life drawing. She also painted silk scares under the business name of Silk Sensations in the 1980's and completed Ceramics 1 at the Brisbane Institute of Art in 1999.  After retiring, Peta joined the MACG Fine Art Group in 2013 having done little in art for about the previous 10 years. She started with some drawing assignments to refresh her ski...

Artist of the Month - June Jennifer Eurell Jennifer Eurell joined the Maleny Art and Craft Group about two years ago after she moved to Mapleton from Rockhampton where she was a member of the Central Queensland Contemporary Art group.  She majored in printmaking for her Diploma of Visual Art at CQ TAFE, and recently completed a degree in Fine Art through Curtin University. Her current  Artist of the Month exhibition at MACG shows her interest in different mediums with works that include, acrylic painting, cold wax and oil painting, and linocuts combined with hand stitching and watercolour accents. Her interest is in pattern and repetition with themes from nature, or more feminine aspects using images of clothing. Some of her work also references the time she circumnavigated the world in a yacht, and in particular her visit to the Galapagos islands.