STEVEN DIX

Like his abstract Art, Australian abstract artist, Steven DIX,
has had an inspired year in 2009 culminating in his first joint international art DIXhibtion in Hong Kong during September
and October.

DIX’s art adorns walls in Taiwan, LA, London, Macau and Hong Kong as well as Australian business and homes. Trade Queensland and many political and business figures supported DIX’s first international DIXhibition.

DIX said, “It is exciting that my art is finding its way into
all kinds of cultures. My long term goal is to build an international awareness of my work and what a modern Australian artist looks like.”

DIX’s larrikin spirit endears him to his audience and his followers. He remains modest, gracious and generous.

For more information contact Steven Dix at
www.stevendix.com or Louise Van Ristell on 0407557701. 

Helen Clifford

Born in Bellingen, New South Wales. After Extensive traveling, I have found myself settled in Brisbane. I have now lived in Brisbane for 20 Years, I have always had an eye for colours, textures and different art forms. Being involved with fashion and make-up my whole life it seemed a natural progression to explore the world of abstract art. I have been studying and painting now for 10 years, mostly experimenting with oils. I enjoy putting my spin of colour and creativity onto a canvas. I love the depth of colours and the many textures you can create, I have learnt a great deal from my former art teacher “Bill Sass.” Having a proud and passionate feel for our very own Brisbane city It gives me great pleasure to create artworks involving our coastlines, landscapes and city views. Abstract is my passion. Though I don’t mind the freedom of a sunrise at the beach with a glass of wine. I hope you enjoy my outlook of life through my paintings as much as I enjoyed painting it.

Mobile Contact: 0418 789 488
E-mail Address: hponws@bigpond.com.au

Dave Behrens is an emerging artist living and working in Brisbane.

Dave's unique multiplex, grid-like works, rely on symbology, texture, intricate lines and vibrant, modern colours to express themselves. The conceptual drive for Dave’s work extends from tribal hieroglyphic art with added universal influences & sometimes familiar cultural references.

Dave’s works have been described as bringing a sense of sophistication, glamour, and classic simplicity to works that are anything but simple.

Predominantly using acrylic & glass paint on canvas, Dave values art that is visually stimulating with his passion being art nouveau symbolism. His style comes to life in “Thinking Inside The Squares”, the title he labeled his collection, due to its ability to provide the observer with the opportunity to explore and interpret the many individual paintings within the one canvas and exploit their own imagination.

Dave’s works can be found in private and corporate collections throughout Australia & New Zealand.

Jennifer Barrett gathers her ideas from many influences and allows her paintings to evolve from the extensive layering of texture, abstract marks and glazes. "I like to work free and intuitively, that way every mark I make allows endless possibilities,and this I find very exciting".
Barrett is a graduate of Queensland College of Art and uses mixed media,acrylic,oil,and encaustic. Ph:0408884314

Robert Edward Kerswell
R.E.K.

Many of my paintings have their origin in a passing glance, something glimpsed while driving on the street or from the windows of the train or on foot on my way to work each day.

So many of the scenes we see each day are full of hidden beauty and enchantment. The majority of people would look down a street with a distant view of the city hiding behind an overpass or a concrete pylon as an ordinary view, something they pass everyday and think nothing more of it. I see such a scene as an opportunity, a chance to create. I find myself transfixed and frantically begin to sketch and photograph what, in that moment, was the initial seed of a new creation – the process which unfolds after this seed is planted is a painstaking one, involving numerous preliminary sketches and studies.

To calculate the hours invested in each piece would be an exercise in futility, the joy I derive from my work negates the need to measure the end product in time spent.

I am trying to paint the real world we live in, as beautifully as I can, as seen through my own eyes.

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