Kangaroo Drawings

I have started a new series of kangaroo drawings. They are my new life drawing, although this one is a more sustained study.

This one is called "Elder Citizen"

All quiet on the gallery front?

Stories of doom and gloom abound about the art scene and galleries in general. So many closing and many excuses for people not spending.

I have several theories about my positive attitude that things will pick up soon. I am an artist and a gallery director and I get told so much about what is going on. Many artists are only working small in the hope that these less expensive items will still prompt the impulse buyers.
I refuse to be cowed into doing this and am working bigger than ever before...

OK people are not spending as much but with what they've been saving they can now buy a truly beautiful sculpture in bronze or marble or a wonderful large painting that will be an investment, a possible tax deduction (if they are a business owner) and definately an heirloom for the next generations.

So many people say to me that they are just "waiting to see what will happen", referring possibly to global economics, the carbon tax, rising costs of living, but it is always the regrets I hear most about. "If only I had bought..." but now it has sold...

Artists are still producing, the really committed ones at least. Our work will just keep getting better and when all the financial gloom is over we'll make a killing!

Florilegium

This is my newly released book.

Limited edition of only 100 copies.

Available only at

Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery

http://www.robynbauergallery.com.au/

Flowers are rich in symbolism. They embody a multitude of facts, myths and properties. This symbolism can be interpreted in many ways, positively or negatively, sacredly or profanely.
In the early 19th century flowers were used to express and even awaken feelings and emotions at a time when strict etiquette supressed openness.
The language of flowers has been developed from ancient times to the present and research into plant folklore and mythology is extremely rewarding for the visual artist. The coded messages already contained within the history of each flower can be expressed visually with symbols, pictograms and calligraphy taken from many cultures and traditions.
I have searched widely for the references I have employed and it has been an extremely creative exercise combining these disparate elements into cohesive compositions with a meaning that can be traced and explained.
I have chosen just one flower for each letter of the alphabet. This choice was based on which flower had, for me, the richest cultural, historical and symbolic significance. Also the range of visual possibilities had to be considered. The flower had to speak to me on more than one level. For the letter P, I had to choose between protea, passion-flower, petunia, peony, pansy, primrose, poinciana, poinsettia, polyanthus, primula and pelargonium but settled finally on poppy because its symbolism was so powerful to me and part of the lives of Australians.
I did try to include Australian native species where they fulfilled the above criteria. I have also included flowers we had in our garden when I was growing up, such as daylilies not daffodils, geraniums not gardenias.
Plants have featured in my work for some time, in my Garden of Eden series and my La Perouse discovery paintings, but what I have enjoyed about this series is the idea of gathering together a collection in a systematic way. A popular theory among 19th century plant gatherers was that the Garden of Eden could be recreated by gathering together all the beautiful plants that had been scattered around the globe at the fall of Adam and Eve.
This florilegium is such a gathering of flowers, an anthology of certain chosen flowers and their special meanings.
Each original painting is 51x61cm and is painted in oil and acrylic on canvas.

Coloured Works on Paper of Brisbane

All paintings available from Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery

www.robynbauergallery.com.au

www.robynbauer.com

Drawing Brisbane- An Artist's Journal

I have spent about a year walking and driving around Brisbane choosing what I would draw for my book of drawings of Brisbane.

It was not just a question of ticking off monuments but using my artist's radar to find the unusual and the quirky and what appealed to me visually as an artist.

I loved drawing the river and all its bridges. The trees and abundant plants, birds, dogs and cats and walkers. I found so many things underfoot.

The end result is a book with 90 pages of black and white drawings. Each page is composed with different sized images, some small, some large.

Available only at Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery, Paddington Qld.

www.robynbauergallery.com.au

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Drawing Brisbane

Drawing Brisbane

Getting busy working on my Paddington drawings which are all going into a book of Brisbane drawings. Book to be launched in December 2010 at Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery.

I am currently working day and night. If I am not drawing I am painting some huge canvases of the Paddington area.

This is something I've been planning to do for years but have finally gotten around to doing. While the gallery is open I can actually draw as it is not too messy, whereas painting is out of the question.

My book will be a very personal artists view, not a sanitised touristy brochure production. The attached drawing has my dog Daisy walking along. She has accompanied me on all my jaunts.