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Listed below are our past Featured Artists. To read their story click on the story title. |
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| » | Art for Heart's Sake | | Meet Raelean Hall, inspiring and healing others through her art and art therapy. | | |
| » | The Art of Spirit | | Meet Meloney Steyl, expressing her passion and faith through paint and pen. | | |
| » | Magic Music Mamma | | Meet Kath Willams, a talented performer and teacher, touching others through the magic of music. | | |
| » | Jewellery Gems. | | Meet Pauline Murray, decorating women everywhere with her exquisite jewellery. | | |
| » | Market Art Magic | | Meet Adrienne Parker, blending pattern and colour to create inspiring works of art. | | |
| » | Glamorous Glass | | Meet Glenys Fentiman shining a light on the diversity and beauty of glass art. | | |
| » | Inspiring Images | | Meet Tracy Woolley a photographer and business woman inspiring people all over the world. | | |
| » | Outback Artist | | Meet June McCotter, promoting and painting the essence of the outback experience. | | |
| » | Soulful Singer | | Meet Delany Delaney, a mesmerizing and magical performer, weaving her magic through song. | | |
| » | Natural Beauty | | Meet Saffron Drew, capturing the texture, colour, and dynamic pattern of nature in her art. | | |
| » | Forming the Female | | Meet Lindi Birnie – ‘Body & Soul’ – celebrating the female form sculpturally. | | |
| » | Funky Females | | Meet Denise Daffara, celebrating the light and joy of women in her funky, fun, colourful paintings | | |
| » | Captivating Ceramics | | Meet Shannon Garson, a porcelain artist inspired by nature and history, blending them into magical pieces. | | |
| » | Painting Pleasures | | Meet Natalie Dyer, diversely expressing the beauty of life in sensational works of art | | |
| » | Sensational Sistas | | Meet Louise and Sarah, sisters in life, string and song, creating beautiful music together. | | |
| » | Alluring Abstracts | | Meet Christine Maudy, French born abstract artist creating soulful abstracts and striking colours. | | |
| » | Sculpting Sensations | | Meet Anne-Laure Demene, superbly sculpting form and fauna in a variety of mediums. | | |
| » | Mayan Magic | | Meet Heidi Woodman, ceramic artist blending ancient wisdom with intuitive impulses, expressed in earth material. | | |
| » | Divine Drawing | | Meet Francie Griffin, using her artistic and intuitive gifts to contact and draw your spirit guide | | |
| » | Quintessential Quilts | | Meet Cynthia Morgan, creating tantalizing textile art, specializing in art quilts. | | |
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| Meet Pauline Murray, decorating women everywhere with her exquisite jewellery. |
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Featured Artist Question and Answers: |
| How long have you been making jewellery? I've been a qualified Gemmologist since 1975,as well as cutting and polishing gemstones ( lapidiary hobby) since that time but didn't actually start making jewellery until about 12 years ago. |
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| How have you developed your this skill in creating jewellery?
In the beginning a look at a $4 wire art book inspired me to start setting stones, then a video or two and lots of consultation with friends developed my skills. |
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| Who or what has been a major inspiration/influence in art? The endless variety of gemstone has always been the inspiration for my focus; the stone dictates the work, while the members of the Hawaii Fibre Art and Stitchery Guild have been the most influential in my creative journey.
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| What do you hope to give with your art?
An appreciation and enjoyment of the natural beauty and amazing variety of gemstone both precious and ornamental. |
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| What has been your greatest moment with your jewellery?
There have been so many wonderful moments along the way that I couldn't separate any one in particular. Just qualifying all those years ago was probably the basis for all the adventures that followed. |
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| Where would you like to take your art?
I'm not taking my art anywhere at the moment and just not sure where it's taking me.
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| What would you say to someone who is interested in taking up jewellery making?
Follow your instincts - explore, learn and enjoy. |
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| What part of your spirit adds to your success as an artist?
I think my never-ending sense of exploration and discovery as a free spirit adds to the success of my wire-art jewellery. |
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| Who do you know that is a ‘spirited’ woman? The most influential and spirited woman I know is my dear friend Fran Cummins of Two Teachers Digging Science Hawaii, She has been an inspirational friend and mentor over the years. |
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| Is there anything else you would like to let us know about you?
I exhibit at Seaview Artists Gallery, Moffat Beach and at the Noosa Regional Gallery, Pelican St, Tewantin. I also travel every year to the world's largest Gem & Mineral Show in Tuscon, Arizona,to source my gemstone material. |
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