Month: February 2020

Leanne Jones Demonstration

Leanne Jones will be running a demonstration at the Hornby Art Society
  • Where: Beatrice Taylor Hall at the rear of Wallarobba Arts & Cultural Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby.
  • When: Sunday 12th April from 1:30pm to 4:30pm.
  • Cost: Members $5.00, Visitors $7:50, Children Free
  • Parking: Free on-site parking

About the artist

Leanne is a talented and accomplished artist who is mainly self-taught, however, she has attended workshops with both Australian and internationally renowned tutors.  Leanne uses a variety mediums, paste, masking tape, glad wrap, nylon net etc which she sets into her work.  Once the paste starts to dry Leanne carefully removes the items and starts to paint using a red violet wash.  She uses a limited palette of very bright transparent and semi transparent watercolours .  Leanne likes 300gsm paper for small works and 600gsm for larger ones.and uses very wet paper.  Leanne has a studio at Kurrajong Heights where she holds workshops and teaches.
See more at www.mellowcrest.com.

Dario Falzon Workshop

WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED – Following the recent World Health Organisation declaration of a pandemic and information received from the NSW Department of Health, Hornsby Art Society has taken the decision to postpone the current HAS Volunteers Exhibition and Dario Falzon’s workshop.  Read more here

Oil Painting Workshop with Dario Falzon

Event Date – to be advised

About the artist

I consider myself a traditional realist painter. I’m inspired by finding the beauty in subtle, intimate scenes all around me. I work with oil paint because I find it the most versatile and suitable medium. My brushes and knives allow me a multitude of ways to describe and indicate an impression of my subject.

Primarily working en plein air, I capture impressions of the landscape around me. In working from life I’m constantly challenged by the passage of time but I feel that this is what gives my artwork its own unique voice. My paintings are a product of direct observation and experience of the landscape.

I may pass what appears to be a mundane scene everyday but for a small window of time, when the light is right, it transforms into something extraordinary, and that’s what I’m always looking for and trying to capture.

Visit Dario’s website here