The sublime Milla Milla Falls

I love this place - it is beautiful and awe-inspiring ... a fabulous large waterfall with lots of beautiful bush and lush growth around.

It makes me happy just thinking about it - so of course .... I painted it!

Here is 'Textures of Milla Milla Falls' - I love the place 

I do hope you enjoy it :)

Love
C

Thank you for the support!!

Through my working life I have met some amazing people and I have to say working in drugs and alcohol for 5 years were challenging in so many ways. I loved running the organisation and makign a difference to the people who used the services we ran.

I was lucky enough to meet Ben Aulich who came onto the Board and worked with him for a couple of years. Ben and I started talking about my art and he said he was interested in sponsoring an exhibition.

Three years later we are making it happen and today was our first meeting where Ben has some great ideas about the exhibition and the leadup to it at the M16 Gallery. He is not only financially sponsoring the exhibition but assisting us with marketing too through his contacts into the MArketing and Promotion industry.

In addition we also have a winery who are happy to serve our launch guests for free. I am so excited.

Today I met with Ben and we nutted out the sponsorship and I am delighted to say I think it will be fabulous!!

I am excited !!

Love
Carol

Such Exciting News

Wow I have to say I was feeling kinda rejected after 2 galleries did not feel as though they wanted our exhibition. It was rather deflating - as you put so much work into the paintings and works, planning and writing and putting yourself out there.

It sort of felt being rejected by that school boy you had a crush on all over again!!

But - not anymore - M16 has let us know we have an exhibition with them in 2014!! Hooray - I feel at least someone is going to take us on - how excited are we!!!!!!

Through the Lens 

17th April - 4th May 2014

M16 Artspace

Kingston Canberra

Carol Mead - Mixed media

Kristin Ballard - Photography

Whoooo hoooooo
And we have a sponsor too - Ben Aulich and Associates
So it is all steam ahead

I drank champagne last night - yep it is exciting!!
Love
C

In the quiet of the morning

I love far north Queensland - the light and the colours are just magical

So I have been wanting to paint Mossman Gorge for sometime and my son Matt and I went there before the visitors at 8 am to get some shots before the water was stirred up and people were everwhere

This is the painting that I completed today :) I love the water - it is different but works well I think

I have another photo and a different aspect - I think that might be my next one :)

Bye for now

C

Jacaranda Time at Tilba

Some paintings are so easy - and some are not :) This one was a particularly tricky one because it has huge rock outcrops with no sky to reflect on them, plus quaint (and difficult) houses in the foreground. But it is done - and now I can enjoy hte colours and textures of this painting.

I am very pleased with it

Thanks

Thanks for sharing this with me
Love
C

lots of painting finished

I have been busy today finishing off another painting and I have also completed 2 others over the past few weeks so I actually photographed them and here they are ..... I am really happy with the one I finished today - 'Morton Outlook' and I am interested to see people starting to crop up in my paintings :)  I have never painted running shoes before so I think they look okay :)

Morton Outlook (Riverview lookout Morton National Park)

Mixed media 2013

Waiting for lunch (Lanyon ACT)

Mixed media 2013

 Last Light (St Mary's Tasmania)

Mixed media 2013

I decided to take photos of these again..... they are much better I think

In the shade (Lanyon ACT)

A better photo than the previous post 

Mixed media 2013

Mid Summer Afternoon (Lanyon)

A better photo than the previous one

Mixed Media 2013

Thanks for looking :)
C

Been Painting today

I try to ensure that I have a painting day once a week and I love a challenge so today I finished another painting of the beautiful Lanyon and some visitors. I haven't named it as yet as I cannot seem to get the right name ... it will come

I took a photo of 3 ladies who were sitting after lunch and the tables had been cleared just looking at the amazing scenery of Lanyon.

What I didn't know was that while I was painting a rather interesing ghostly apparition decided to appear in the left hand door of the tractor shed - my husband Phil and I can see a man in a suit but my kids cannot - so it will be interesting to hear the response of others.

It is currently drying and I will post it up with 'Last Light' tomorrow which I finished last week

Then I am on to a painting of Morton National Park in NSW which is a different size and called 'Outlook' I am half finished that one so it will be completed (if all goes to plan) next Wednesday

It is all looking great.

I have lent 6 paintings to Branka for her open house and auction ..... she loves them and they look grat on the walls

Bye for now - I will be back soon with updated photos of the paintings

Cheers
C