Artist & Creative Retailer – Sam Blanks
For our May 2022 Popup Activation, we would like to introduce one of our exhibiting Artists & creative retailers of which you can purchase her products during our event. Sam Blanks ABOUT SAM Sam is a Central Coast artist who has completed a Bachelor of Natural History Illustration with Honours at University of Newcastle. Sam favours carbon dust, coloured pencil, digital illustration, pen and ink, scratchboard, clayboard with acrylic inks, and cyanotype. Sam’s passion is nature but her obsession is paleontology and she also enjoys entomology and botany. Sam’s work has been shown locally and regionally, including Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Royal Easter Show, Royal Botanic Gardens and in exhibitions with local art societies and Wildlife and Botanical Artists, Inc. She also sells her work at markets locally, the products available are original artworks, cyanotype artworks, cyanotype zipper pouches and bags, cards, gift tags, bookmarks, and...
Tutor & Creative Retailer – Brooklyn Arnot
For our May 2022 Popup Activation we would like to introduce to our Workshop Tutor & Creative Retailer Brooklyn Arnot ABOUT BROOKLYN Brooklyn Arnot studied a Bachelor of Arts (1st class honours) at Sydney University which taught her about the importance of...
Creative Retailer – Bridget Acreman
For our May 2022 Popup Activation we would like to introduce one of our creative retailers of which you can purchase her products during our event. Bridget Acreman ABOUT BRIDGET I’m Bridget Acreman, a children’s book illustrator and motion designer from Woy Woy....
Artist, Tutor, Retail & Facilitator – Belinda Lindhardt
For the May 2022 Popup Activation I would like to share a bit of information about me Belinda Lindhardt Belinda Lindhardt Belinda is an artist, illustrator, graphic & web designer, tutor & mentor and has been living on the Central Coast for over 16years...
Artist – Sherry McCourt
For the May 2022 Popup Activation we would like to introduce to one of our exhibiting artists Sherry McCourt Sherry is a local artist here on the coast, residing on MacMasters Beach. ARTIST STATEMENT I'm moving on this year, away from painting on ephemera such as...
Tutor – Wendy Burgess
For our May 2022 Popup Activation we would like to introduce to our Workshop Tutor: Wendy Burgess ABOUT WENDY Wendy lives on the Central Coast and has been an avid crafter for over 30 years. In that time she has learned a wide range of crafts including wet felting,...
Artist Biz Workshop, Websites & Eccomm for Artists & Creatives – Popup, May 2022
This practical workshop will be run by Belinda and covers the topic of: Practical Workshop - Websites & Eccomm for Artists & Creatives Date: Tuesday 17th, 24th May 9.30 till 1pm Getting your own website can be a daunting task there is lots to think about...
New Painting – Evening Waves
Just sharing my latest painting which is enjoying its place in my loungeroom This one was really an experimentation with light and colours in acrylic. 🙂
Happy New Year – Welcome 2022
We made it to the end of the year! I am not going to get in here talking about how rough the year was and misguided hype and resolutions about goals about the new year coming, for me this year was actually pretty ok. I have had many much worst years, harder years,...
New Designs – Letter Writing Sets
Do you like to send handwritten letters? I love receiving something handwritten in the mail. I have in my keepsake box letters from girlfriends in the teenage years, past lovers notes from my Grandma & my Aunty from Denmark when she used to send me little notes...
Home Illustration
This week is marking the fourth week in lockdown and the second week of home school here on the Central Coast NSW. To be honest, I actually quite like home 🙂 Majority of times if I had a choice about being at home or out I usually choose home. I have all my art...
Illustration Project – Ness – Films 4 Change
For this exciting illustration project, I was working with Film4Change and I was asked to create a bunch of illustrations that were to be turned into illustrations for kids. It involved creating a bunch of animal characters a Wombat, Kookaburra, Lyrebird, Tassie...
A letter to CREATIVITY.. when paintings are NOT working
In my studio session today, i was painting, it wasn't working... and i went into a feeling i have had many times before... i know it now.. i trust it.. but it wasn't always so.. here is my letter to creativity when paintings are not working out. Dear Creativity The...