‘THE EVERY DAY’ Exhibition;
‘CANVAS & CLAY’ Behind the Scenes;‘SPRING FLOWERS + TEACUPS & TEAPOTS’ Painting WorkshopS; ‘1001 REMARKABLE OBJECTS’ Exhibition + EARLY BIRD price for my ‘BEECHWORTH ART RETREAT’!
At my Gloucester Exhibition accomodation, courtesy of Jenny & Greg from the Craven Creek Music Festival
Welcome to my Winter Studio News!
Thank you to so many of you that supported me leading up to and during my ‘BLOSSOMS & ORANGES’ exhibition at Gloucester Gallery. I am very pleased to report that it was a great success with many of the paintings selling from large to small, to known collectors and new. Additionally, I made a number of new Gloucester friends. Notably Jenny & Greg from the Craven Creek Music Festival who kindly provided my accommodation at their beautiful farm in Craven Creek where they hold the Craven Creek Music Festival each year. You can see their performance space in the image above - a very rustic milking shed, it’s so rich with character. To use their words ‘for one weekend in September the barn at Kingfisher is transformed. Join these superb musicians as they create a unique not to be missed musical experience’. I can’t make it this year, but I would dearly love to go next year, the atmosphere at Kingfisher is brilliant!
Oranges and the Posey Bowl, Hibiscus, Gum Blossoms & Oranges, Citrus & Gum Blossoms
‘THE EVERY DAY’ Exhibition at the Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW: 19 - 29 July
The Every Day poster, ‘Gum Blossoms, Lemons and Sugar Bowl’ and the Corner Store Gallery in Orange, NSW
My painting ‘Gum Blossoms, Lemons & Sugar Bowl’ was accepted into The Every Day Exhibition at the Corner Store Gallery in Orange. This was a highly competitive round, so I was super pleased to be excepted. I love the Corner Store Gallery and the theme of the exhibition ‘the Every Day’ resonates with my approach to art wonderfully, in that I believe that inspiration is very easily found, you just need to take a moment to see it, touch it, and embrace it! Hug it any form, whether it be through a painting, a photo or simply bundling some blooms in a vase for home. That’s what I think art for ‘every day’ is all about. If you are interested in this painting, please contact Maddie here and to learn more about all the artists on show please visit…
Behind the Scenes for CANVAS & CLAY with Denise McDonald at the SHAC Gallery, Bowral, 6 Oct - 6 Nov
Still Life set ups and choosing ceramics with Denise McDonald at the Glebe Artisan Markets in June
I’m back in the thick of creating a new collection for CANVAS & CLAY at the SHAC Gallery, Bowral. This time collaborating with the very talented ceramicist Denise McDonald. We’ve got together and selected some favourite pieces from her Flannel Flowers series. In response to the forms, colours and surface of each piece, I have created striking still life works featuring our bold Australian native flora, each one intriguing in form, colour and surface. I particularly love capturing the strong silhouettes that each combination creates. And to foreground each work, I’ve created a layered background of whites that nod to how glazes form when they are dipped and swirled over the bisque clay. I’m loving the purity of each canvas, it has afforded the flowers and ceramics plenty of visual space to shine. Please watch out for your Opening Night invitation in September, I really hope you’ll be able to join me on Saturday 7 October!
‘CANVAS & CLAY’ Paintings and Ceramics by Julie Lynch and Denise McDonald
The Southern Highlands Artisans Collective (The SHAC)
Old Town Hall Bowral
16 Bendooley Street, Bowral NSW 2576 Opening: Saturday 7 October - 4pm
Season: Friday 6 October - Monday 6 November 2023
Friday to Monday 10am - 4pm (or by appointment)
Entry is free!
‘BEECHWORTH ART RETREAT’: Monday 20 - Friday 24 May, 2024 - Early Bird price available now!
In the true spirit of art making, I’ve put together a fabulous Art Retreat for next Autumn. You’ll be able to immerse yourself in creativity & beauty at my 4 Day Art Retreat in historic Beechworth, Victoria. I love empowering others to create and paint in my bespoke, nature inspired art retreats. Create your own art with like-minded people, in a relaxed and friendly environment.
Expert tuition
Beautiful art
Gorgeous accomodation
Inspiring plein air locations
Dedicated art studio
Relaxed picturesque surroundings
Delicious food
Empowering company
It is going to be such a special retreat, spots are limited and I am offering an EARLY BIRD price with 10% OFF until October 31, 2023. To read the BROCHURE visit, to BOOK visit. Use EARLYBEECHWORTHBIRD to secure your discount. I really hope you can join me!
‘SPRING FLOWERS’ & ‘TEACUPS & TEAPOTS’: My next 2 Painting Workshops at Green Door Studios
After sell out workshops at Green Door Studios, I have added my SPRING and SUMMER workshops and they are now live. The new GDS workshop space is incredible; surrounded by beautiful Robertson scenery - the large fully equipped art studio with glorious fireplace really hits all my creative buttons, it’s such a great place to relax and learn.
For SPRING I have planned a nostalgic and luscious SPRING FLOWERS impasto painting workshop, and as an early Christmas present, my SUMMER workshop takes you into the bright and wonderfully designed world of Clarice Cliff, where we’ll create gorgeous TEACUP & TEAPOT paintings with acrylics.
Both workshops are designed for beginners to intermediate, you’ll create your own take home artwork, all the materials are supplied, so just bring your paint clothes, your creative energy – and enjoy!!! To book SPRING - click here, and for SUMMER - book here. I hope to see you there!
‘1001 REMARKABLE OBJECTS’: Opening Friday 25 August
The Peacock Room and Harps & Harpsichords - pre-visualisations for 1001 Objects by Julie Lynch
In my other life as a designer for performance, I’ve been collaborating with the Powerhouse Museum as one of three designers, designing the ‘1001 Remarkable Objects’ exhibition. This has been a year long project working with Artistic Chair Leo Schofield AM, and my co-designers Pip Runciman and Ross Wallace, with lighting by Damien Cooper; a fabulous bunch of theatre people, taking their talent into the museum space. I have designed 13 of the 30 amazing room experiences.
This is the largest exhibition every mounted by the Powerhouse Museum, and celebrates - you guessed it…1001 of the most remarkable objects from the museum’s collection, including extraordinary objects such as: the only surviving fragment of the Lockheed Altair aircraft Lady Southern Cross flown by pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith for his final flight in 1935; a section of original Transatlantic cable from 1858; a mousetrap making machine designed in Sydney; an Edo period samurai warrior’s suit of armour; a 1.5 metre tall Mintons ceramic peacock from the 1870s and a Detroit Electric car manufactured in 1917.
Season runs from 26 August - 31 December, it promises to be extraordinary! To learn more visit
Stay Warm & Keep Creative
Opening Night, BLOSSOMS & ORANGES, outside Gloucester Gallery
Wishing you a Winter that is warm and creative, full of inspiration and quality time with friends and family!
