Thursday, 4 February 2021

Wild Swan Art Group Exhibition - Covid -19 period 2021 - State of Emergency - Japan


John Cullinane - City Block 2017
oil on linen
30 cm h x 40 cm w

Currently The Wild Swan Art Group is showing only via the internet from 2 Dogs Art Space - Akashi -  Japan until further notice thankyou for your continued support it is greatly appreciated.


Caspar Fairhall - Grey Mountain 
High resolution digital Image 2021





Peter Davidson

If people ask me why do I draw? My answer is this it is because there is so much I don’t see in modern life and drawing allows me to appreciate the forensic nuances of tone, hue and texture of chosen motifs and that is endless.

Self Portrait III 2021
pen, ink, on paper
150 mm h x 100 mm w



Connie Petrillo - Landscape 
Digital Image


Connie Petrillo Margaret River 
Digital Image 


Kevin Robertson
"Munt Street Satellite Dish",
oil on canvas, 76 x 2012.5,  2020/21



Cynthia Ellis

Yellow Day 2020
Oil paint on wood board
60 cm x 60 cm




Peter Davidson 2021

Untitled (the end of a days drawing research)
Pencil gouache on paper
16 cm h x 14.5 cm w





Chelle Bourne 

Hair of Dog and Snails Breath 2021
Mixed media 
15 cm h x 15 cm w



Michael Doherty 

Humming Bird 2020
oil on canvas
20 cm x 20 cm 



Diokno Pasilin 
Etching A/F Untitled 
29cm h x 42 cm w 2021




Taka - Hyogo Prefecture 

To all our supporters from around the world many thanks for staying with us in this State of Emergency in Japan. 


Friday, 15 January 2021

Happy 2021 from the Wild Swan Art Group

 

Happy 2021

from

The Wild Swans Art Group


Peter Davidson - Nishiwaki Central Japan 2020

Pencil/ pastel/ wate rcolour - 300 g water colour paper - 150 mm h x 100 mm w

 

The Wild Swans Art  Group will present only internet exhibitions for the foreseeable future via 2 Dogs Art Space Akashi for the safety of our audiences as we are now in a State of Emergency in Japan

Thank you for your continued support.

Please take care and stay safe in this Covid-19 period.

Sunday, 22 November 2020

Vale Lynne Norton 1950 - 2020


 Lynne Norton
Western Australian Kangeroo Paws
Mixed media
17 cm h x 17 cm w

Lynne Norton was born in Fairbright, New South Wales, moved to Perth in 1958. Studied at Claremont School of Art and Curtin University. Professional artist since 1988 and a part time tutor with Community Art Groups in painting and drawing from 1988 – 2014.
A member of The Wild Swans Art Group 2016 -20 from Western Australia. Exhibited throughout Australia as well as internationally in Europe and in east/south east Asia.
Notable Art Collections:
Art Gallery of Qingdao Cultural Exhibition Centre, CHINA
Stedelijk Museum, Sint-Niklaas BELGIUM (International Exlibriscentrum)
Museum of Graphic Art, Bruneck ITALY
Exlibris Museum, Panevezys LITHUANIA
Australian War Memorial CANBERRA
Australian National Maritime Museum SYDNEY
University of Western Australia
Curtin University of Technology
Bank West
Leeuwin Estate
and the daughter of artists Frank and Audrey Norton.

Monday, 26 October 2020

Japanese Autumn show - Covid period 2020



Temple Nishi Ku



Duncan Mckay
Semaphorical Whispers, 2020,
oil- and water-based enamel on canvas, 32 pieces, each 25cm x 25cm
(overall approx 106cm x 214cm). Photo by Christophe Canato.


Cynthia Ellis - Untitled
oil and medium on wooden board
46 cm h x 61 cm w



Cynthia Ellis - Untitled

oil and medium on canvas
20 cm h x 26cm W


Due to the prolonged Covid - 19 period
Some of The Wild Swans Art Group are putting up another internet exhibition in this Japanese Autumn from work recently created and past artworks for our supporters enjoyment.

Thank you for your continued support.


Peter Davidson - Study of Siamese Cat XIII 2020

Mixed media
300 g water colour paper
150 mm h x 100 mm w



Peter Davidson - Study of Siamese Cat IX 2020

Mixed media
300 g water colour paper
150 mm w x 100 mm h


 

John Cullinane - " A Thought" 2010

Oil on Cotton
30 cm h x 25 cm w



Lynne Norton - Flux of Tulle 82

Unique State screen print






Kevin Robertson, ANZAC Cottage Mount Hawthorn, 2020,
 oil on canvas, 91 x 90cm



Kevin Robertson, Axford Park, Mount Hawthorn, 2020, 
oil on canvas, 90 x 90cm


Caspar Fairhall  Mountain in a new space, 2020,
iPad painting




Michael Doherty - Black Hole 2019

oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm





Michael Doherty - Space Code 2020

oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm



Chelle Bourne

Alone in Paradise - Looking through the blinds - There is someone outside?

Digital image 2019



Diokno Pasilan - Isolation.
Oil on canvas.
122cm x 122cm

Diokno Pasilan - Off Seasons
Oil on canvas
120cm x 900cm

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Images of Western Australian landscape of what grows and lives in it plus how its imagined and seen.



Images of Western Australian landscape of what grows and lives in it, how it's imagined and seen has been bought to you by the following members of the Wild Swans Art Group 
from 
Western Australia



Kevin Robertson, All These Worlds, Lake Cowan, 2016, 
acrylic on canvas, 122 x 301 cm



Cloudscape  - Caspar Fairhall
Water colour on paper 
A5

I hope you enjoy this smallish exhibition during this Covid – 19 period, please stay safe and view it via the internet. 



Cubist Creek 2018 - Michael Doherty
oil on canvas
100 cm x 100 cm 



Western Australian Kangeroo Paws - Lynne Norton

Mixed Media 
17 cm h x 17 cm w


Study of black swan Lake Monger WA
Peter Davidson 2020
pen and ink 
20 cm h x 20 cm w approx


 



Kevin Robertson, A Place Without An Echo, 2016,
 acrylic on canvas, 122 cm x 301 cm

Thursday, 20 August 2020

Update Covid-19 Wild Swan Art Group

 

The Covid-19 period in Japan is ongoing so the group will not be traveling to any other countries or prefectures for the foreseeable future but hopefully there will be more works from the Wild Swans Art Groups studios to show you soon. Thank you


Friday, 3 July 2020

News from the Wild Swan Art Group during the Covid - 19 period.



Nishi Ku - Japan

Currently, due to Covid -19 the Wild Swans Art Group will not be travelling/exhibiting in Japan or any other country until further notice and we wish all our supporters to be safe in these times.

 

The Wild Swans Art Group are still working in the studio and other projects, please view below thank you.


Cynthia Ellis
 will be exhibiting in a members show
 at the  
Oak Hill Gallery
 in  Mornington Victoria 


Cynthia Ellis - Mount Martha Looking North 1 - 2020
Gouache on paper 
30 cm h x 40 cm w

Image courtesy of the artist 





Kevin Robertson
 has an ongoing blog called 
The Western Australian Art Museum 
here is the link: 




Recent painting by Kevin


"Afternoon light rays"

 Oil on Belgian linen. 

43.5 x x102 cm, 

2020.

Image courtesy of the artist 




Detail of "Afternoon light rays"
by
Kevin Robertson

Image courtesy of the artist 


Peter Davidson 


Painting of the Islands in the Seto Sea - donated to a Rehabilitation Hospital Hyogo Prefecture - Japan in June. 
 by 
Peter Davidson 


Duncan Mckay


Exhibition opening

14th of August 2020 6 – 9pm

Art at Fremantle Church

217 High Street,

Fremantle

Western Australia




Michael Doherty

“Painting for those who never returned” 

oil on canvas 
50 cm h x 70 cm w 
2020

Image courtesy of the artist 


Michael will also be exhibiting in the group exhibition

 Titled “Even Keel”. Wanneroo Art Gallery.