Friday, 30 April 2021

The Golden Week exhibition by the Wild Swan Art Group from Western Australia and Friends


Michael Doherty
The Sand-dunes of Shoalwater’
oil on canvas, 2020. 40x50cm

The Wild Swan Art Group and friends have put this online exhibition from their studios so you can view their current praxis from the safety of your own space during this pandemic. I hope you enjoy these artists images as they have uplifted me in putting this exhibition together, thank you.   



Linda fardoe

‘In The Clearing” Acrylic on canvas
102cm x 102cm





Peter Davidson
Covid 19 Domestic View
acrylic gouache pencil water colour paper
14 cm h x 15 cm w


 


Melissa Nolan McDougall - Change of Seasons  

Conti/pencil on paper



Lia McKnight, Deep pink burst, 2020,
 ink, graphite, archival pen and coloured pencil
 on 638gsm Saunders Waterford watercolour paper, 
38 x 28.5 cm


Chelle Bourne Gran's Collection of broken Shells 
Mixed media in paper 



Cynthia Ellis - Wild thoughts 2
Oil paint and medium on canvas
101 x 101cm



Sally Douglas Triggs Point (Easterly Wind)
water colour on watercolour paper 




Monique Tippett - Earth Cycle 2019 140 cm Jarrah and Marri Veneers, Ink, lacquers, gold and silver leaf on board
Fluorescent glow in the dark lacquers



Kevin Robertson
Sunrise, Mt. Hawthorn
oil on linen
26.5 x 20.3 cm
2021


Diokno Pasilan - Sailing Oil on canvas 20x16inch
2021


Shelley Cowper -Portholes and Portals.
etching

Monday, 22 March 2021

The Wild Swan Art Group and friends at 2 Dogs Art Space - Akashi - Spring Exhibition 2021


2 Dogs Art Space Akashi Japan

presents 

Spring Exhibition of 2021 

by

The Wild Swans Art Group and friends


2 Dogs Art Space  

will not be opening to the public.

 Due to the current pandemic but it will be online thank you.


Kevin Robertson  Caspar Fairhall  Connie Petrillo  Pippa Tandy  Peter Davidson 

Shelley Cowper

Cynthia Ellis  Diokno Pasilan  Lia McKnight  Melissa Nolan McDougall  Chelle Bourne

Sally Douglas  Jurek Wybraniec  John Cullinane   Lynn Norton (d'ced)

Linda Fardoe 

Kevin Robertson, Moon VIII, oil on canvas, 90 x 90 cm, 2020.

 

Shelly Cowper - Night Passage - AP

Etching on paper 29 cm h x 29 cm w



Caspar Fairhall Star, 2018,
acrylic on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm



Jurek Wybraniec Untitled 2018 
paper layed on paper with watercolor wash
21 cm h 29. 5 cm w


 

Sally Douglas - Study of Poppies

watercolour on paper

 


Melissa Nolan McDougall - Dark Hellebores

Conti colour pencil on paper



Melissa Nolan McDougall - Rose garland 

Conti/pencil on paper



Chelle Bourne - Untitled study 
Acrylic and pencil on acrylic paper 210 x 297mm


 

 

Peter Davidson Plum (ume) tree nishi ku IV

15 cm h x 10 cm w

pastel/pencil  on coloured paper

 

 

 Lynn Norton (d'ced) - Sturt Peas

Mixed media in paper

18 cm x 18 cm

 


John Cullinane - Hanging Around 2008
Pencil on paper
a4 Approx


Linda Fardoe - Forrest Track 2/3

 A3 Ho Sho paper Lino Cut




Lia McKnight, Deep in the dark, 2020,
glazed ceramic, synthetic hair, tinsel, wool, tassel fringe, 82 x 32 x 12 cm.

 


 

Connie Petrillo - Pemberton Forest

Digital Image




Cynthia Ellis -Then the clouds got in the way
Oil on canvas 91 x 91 cm 2021



Diokno Pasilan -The Fisherman

oil on canvas  
120 cm x 90 cm


Pippa Tandy

Warrenheip Pastorale
tchings printed on digital photographic prints
22.67 x 17 cm

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