Art Exerbition for EORA College. Tuesday16 Nov 2010.

The Aboriginal Art Exhibition at Eora College is on Tuesday 16 November 2010 until Thursday 25 November 2010. The exhibition commences at 12.30pm - 4.00pm on the Tuesday 16 November 2010 runs from 9.00am - 4.00pm daily until the close at 4.00pm Thursday 25 November 2010.

This is the highlight of the year for the students as it gives us the opportunity to show off the artwork to the public and in some cases sell our art.

The diversity for a small college is really amazing each person have their own ideas and paint accordingly.

I personally enjoy this time of year and try to sell some works for Christmas.

Amnesty International Boomalli Gallery.

The Amnesty International Exhibition is now under way and has been up and running since 23 September 2010. Some of the students from EORA College attended the opening at Boomalli Gallery and a large crowd also attended. The setup with our paintings were professionally hung and looked great I personally was proud with the outcome and happy for the other students. We as a group would like to thank Boomali Gallery and Amnesty International for inviting our art class to participate in this venture.

I think that exposure is a great thing and being out there is important thing for our students.

NIT and the Koori Mail, took photographs of the artists, their work and the event and wrote up an article.

Amnesty International Boomalli Gallery

The Boomalli Gallery is located 55-59 Flood Street Leichhardt 2040.

There is a art exhibition of Eora students on going from 22 September for two weeks I personally have four items three painting and my ceramics piece with the Axes,Boomerangs,and spearhead on display.

Bomalli Gallery is open 11am - 4pm Wednesday - Sunday.

The Boomalli Gallery invited the students from EORA College to show their art works for Amnesty International and around twenty art works are on display.

We were invited to attend the opening of the exhibition and it was a real pleasure to see our works so professionally displayed. I felt a great pride not only for myself but for the other students. A really good night enjoyed by all.

Woodern Axes and hard wood dome shaped structure

I have completed the three wooden axes and painted some designs on the handle and axe head. No rythme or reason for the designs. I then painted with a stained varnish and I am very happy with the finished product.

The dome shaped hard wood on a soft wood base is almost complete I have painted the back and sides with green acrylic paint and now I want to paint the front in the Koori flag colours.

Ceramics completion of Ceramic Main Assignment

I am very near the end all the parts have been made and fired. On Tuesday 31 August 2010 I hope to put in the cement in the dome shaped base this will secure the structure. I will then have to construct the parts to give the best effects.

This has been a big undertaking but I could only build a part at a time and now I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and I am very happy to finish.

Wood work Axes and Hardwood carving.

I have made three axes from wood and I have Painted designs in black ink. I want to paint the axes with a varnish to give a raw effect. I am still waiting to see the finished product.


The other woodwork is like a totem, a hardwood slab with carvings. The hardware slab in fitted in the centre of a softer wood base and stands upright around three or four feet high. I need to paint the totem but I need to decide on the colours.

Three Axes made from wood and carved a wood .

Ceramics Update

The first assignment in ceramics is very close to completion. The boomerangs and axes, spearhaed and bundie are all looking good and I am ready to go.

The second assignment is under way and I am moving right along and feeling happy with the over all progress.

First Project progress. Second project started.

In ceramics progress on my first major project is going good, all Axes,Boomerangs, Spears, and Bondi are made and the dome shaped base completed. I still have to assemble it, everything is looking good.


I have started on my second major work and have run out two clay slabs around the size of an A3. Time is a real proplem with this project three hours a week is all I get and will have to push ahead to finish. I am very excited about my two projects and will be posting photos on my blog in due time.

Aboriginal Australia Pre-Invasion

Friday 23 July 2010.

Think tank to consider Aboriginal Australia Pre-Invasion as a part of my presention for the Aboriginal and Torre strait Art Course certificate 1V. I have found out that not much information is available on this subject. Aboriginal people did not just exist but had laws and structers in place for thousands of years and health problems were very rare. Infectious diseases(such as diabetes, Chicken Pock and other problems came about after the in-vasion and thousands of Aboriginal people died from these diseases.

At the time of invasion over three million people were in Australia 6000000 were Aboriginal and in a very short time only 140000 were around the English invaders had a idea that they could breed the Aboriginal gene out.

This painting I did at home on a large piece of Masonite with timber supports four by two at the back. I called this painting "Animal Beach" it is a scene by the Beach. I put in two Palms trees, two Magpies, two Magpies heads, a house and dogs, a wooden fence, two Pelicans on medium size waves.

These two paintings were based on Magpies. The first painting I called "Birds eye view" it is a view of Sydney Harbour and I added two magpies. Magpies often appear in my paintings. The second painting is a scene of two Magpies with a baby, this one I called "Baby Sitting". I have developed a love for this beautiful bird and as well it is a Totem for the Wiradjuri tribe of which I am a decendent.

Friday 14 may 2010.

On Thursday 13 May the college was visited by ladies from Tiwi Islands. We were entertained by the dancing and singing and had the privilege of sharing morning tea with them. The ladies were shy and did not talk much (some men would say the perfect woman) but they really danced up a storm and showed off their skills as print makers on materials. I was very impressed with the colours and the materials were wrapped around the models bodies, the back drop of Bathurst Island is quite stunning.
Angel (Vicky) Ruhl, (she is a art student at Eora College) danced the Emu dance for the ladies and she was very good.

Eora College is a great place to come to learn many different skills. It is a very laid back place with nice teachers, who are very skilled and professional and very nice students. They provide courses in Aboriginal Studies, Basic Literacy & numeracy, Music, Year 10 equivalent, Theatre, Welfare and the Art Course which is made up of Painting, Ceramics, Print making course, Sculpture and Scratchback. A master class on Aboriginal studies and Aboriginal identity. I find this place a home away from home and enjoy the courses big time. I would recommend to anyone thinking of doing an education course to consider EORA College 333 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale 2008. The Art course is made up with Aboriginal and Torres Strait students only. The other courses are made up from mainly mainstream (I hate this statement}. Aboriginal students are accepted in a number of these courses and are learning many different skills. I know from personal experience that it is hard to find an education facility that offers so much and a great building and five minutes from Redfern Railway Station. I would recommend that any person looking for a reason to get out of the house and learning something at the same time and make new friends, should give this college a go.

2010

I have taken on some big projects in 2010 and wanted to outline my undertakings so far.

1. Ceramics-I am making a piece that starts with a solid base with a steel threaded rod
the base will be filled with cement to secure the rod. I have made three axe heads, a spearhead, bundie, a three pronged boomerang, four boomerangs. Each piece has a hole and once the piece is finished I have made different size partitions to seperate the pieces and make up the shaft of the spear. This structure came about from childhood memories. My uncles made all these artifacts and they always let me watch but never passed on the way they made things.

2. Art- I have painted a couple canvases. One has a yellow background with images of two Magpies, two Trees, two Emus, two full Goannas, four turtles, two snakes plus two pods from a tree. The yellow background projects the images almost in three D because the images are in darker colours on the lighter background. I have always loved the flower Orchids and I painted two canvases with the Orchid on a black background with the flower in the middle and the light colours with the black background projects an image that stands out like three D.

3. I painted Two small canvas with "Black and White Ball" this images has been a good find for me every year I have good sales with these images people like the concept.

2010

In 2010 I would like to complete major works in Ceramics, Sculpture, Print making and Painting and do two assignments on an Aboriginal Artist and one of myself as an Aboriginal Artist.

The main task is the Ceramics piece as this is a complicated big work structure with pieces from my past watching the items being made and trying to build from clay mounted on a steel rod with threads.

Watch this space.