Elegance Stained Glass

Deb has been working with Stained Glass for 20 years now. Her business Elegance Stained Glass has been an industry leader in Sydney since 1989, and has recently relocated to Wagga Wagga as a tree change. Leadlighting has been the perfect marriage of my interests in architecture, art, colour and design, and of course the medium of glass. My work has been largely architectural glasswork up until recently. My new home here has re–ignited my dreams of combining stained glass with wrought iron in sculptor when we found an old iron frame from an upright piano on our land. All I could see was how amazing it would be it filled with glass as a garden installation. I am venturing into working with different mediums such as ceramics, found objects, rock, metal, natural wood and crystals combined with stained glass as hanging and static sculptures. I’m presently working on incorporating ceramic features into stained glass projects, stained glass hangings focusing on abstract and old style motifs, and insects, birds, animals and nature that have an ad–hoc and brightly coloured stained glass feature incorporated into them, where the accent is on the bright colours of the glass rather than the subject. From there I will expand these ideas into larger garden sculptures utilizing found objects, rock, iron and timber. I am situated about 20 minutes out of Wagga in the Olympic Highway and 10 minutes from Junee. Look for the Wagga Art Trail Banner on the corned of Yathella Rd and turn left off the Highway from Wagga, and right from Junee. Our property is the first lane on the right, and signposted for the Wagga Art Trail. The studio is open from 10 am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday, with demonstrations of leadlighting, refreshments and pieces for sale. Please note; Yathella Rd is also known as ‘Bronte Lane’ on GPS devices.

Sylvia Bamberry Studio

Sylvia has always had the urge to draw and paint, even as a small child when she used whatever implements she could find to draw and paint on the walls of her family home, much to the displeasure of her parents. With her mothers support, Sylvia went on to become an artist for a printing company and a student of the National Art School in Sydney. In 1964 Sylvia married and lived in New Guinea, working as an artist. When her children arrived, her art interests became centred on art development and activities for Early Childhood. In 1972 the family settled in Wagga Wagga and Sylvia Studied Early Childhood Education at Riverina College of Advanced Education. Fortunately incorporating a major in Art that included Life Drawing and Painting. Retiring from her position as Director of a pre-school in 1999 after employment in this area for 20 years, Sylvia at last had the opportunity to devote her time to her art passion. For the past 15 years Sylvia has experimented with various media, attending workshops and exhibiting in local exhibitions. In this time she has won various awards and sold her work. Sylvia has been an active member of the Wagga Art Society and was president for two years. Sylvia has enjoyed studying are with various artists such as Colina Grant, Ross Patterson, Colley Whisson, Catherine Hamilton, John Lovett (painting in Italy), and Amanda Hyat ( painting in Italy and Greece ).Sylvia loves to travel. Her various trips to Europe, UK, NZ, Asia and around Australia have given her a wealth of resources to work from. It is only time that limits the output of her work. Sylvia’s style is mostly Impressionistic. She loves to use bold happy colours and to experiment and work with a wide range of media. A diverse range of her work can be seen at her home studio. Visitors are welcome to visit and share in her activities. Her work is on display and for sale.

Cas Art Studio (Carol Stewart)

Carol Stewart I have drawn all my life but have been painting for approx. 30 years. I am virtually self taught except for attending various workshops over the years by well known Australian Artists. I have been teaching in my Home Studio for the past 30 years, hoping to pass on my knowledge and passion that I have gained. I have painted in Acrylic, Pastel but mainly in oils now although I still do the odd Pastel and drawing. My greatest passion is painting portraits of people or pets I have won several Awards and have sold paintings in Australia, England, New Zealand. My Awards 2008 Finalist in Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize S.A. 1st prize Coolamon 1st prize Yanco 2010 -2015 2016 1st prize Lake Cargelligo

Kylie Van Tol Fine Art Studio

Born in Lockhart 1973 as Kylie Smith. I am a self-taught artist who has always been able to draw. After working as a Graphic Artist for 6 years I started painting as a hobby in 2009 and am now a fulltime artist. I have artworks in the “Paper Pear gallery” and “Thirsty Crow Brewery” in Wagga Wagga and “Jugiong Wine Gallery” and “The Khaya” at Cootamundra. I do regular markets and I love to paint every chance I can get and I also do commissions. I have won many prizes in various exhibitions including People’s choice, Winner and Highly Commended. My paintings are in acrylic and I paint in all subjects and love the use of colour while trying to tell a story in my paintings. I have my own gallery and studio in Wagga Wagga and paint every day!

Kerry Smith Studio

Born and lived most of my life in Wagga, I have been drawing and sketching as long as I can remember, I started painting in watercolour as a subject of a drafting certificate I under took in Canberra in 1980, I am now a retired building designer of some 35 years, I attended Mitchell School of Arts Bathurst on a number of occasions and studied under world renown watercolourists Joseph Zbukvic and Alvaro Castagnet, and also under Blue Mountains international landscape oil painter John Wilson, I have won numerous major and minor awards in both Watercolour and Oils, I love to paint and draw in all mediums , including studio and en-plein air painting when time permits, I will paint any subject from portraits to interiors with a passion to paint Landscapes , Streetscapes and Old farm buildings, I find it’s not the subject that counts but what you can do with the subject that will make it sing.

Craig Couzens Print Studio

Since retirement I have been able to follow my interest in Printmaking. After six years study at TAFE Wagga I graduated in 2015 at Distinction level from the Advance Diploma - Printmaking. In the last year I have been able to consolidate my learning through the Artist in Residence process. This has given additional confidence toward placing my work in front of the public. My art will normally exhibit a mildly surreal representation of my world. Dependent on the materials that best suit representation, the work may be painted, drawn or printed. It may interest you to know that artists in the fourteenth century were the starting point for modern printmaking. Unfortunately, the public concept of the generic term ‘Print’ usually can mean – anything from a hand printed on a cave wall, to near photographic likenesses of artists’ work, screen-prints, or to posters. Unlike the mass-produced copies seen in the market place, limited edition prints are original works. Rather than the result of a chemical reaction on a light sensitive surface, the individually formed images are coated with pigment and then delivered to the paper. After the plate is put through a press the formed image will show on the heavy paper. The prints that I display may be from the Relief Print process. Here my original design is cut into a board such as linotile or wood panel. The actual image is recovered from the pigment held on the surface of the plate. If it is an Intaglio / aquatint print then an image is scratched or acid-etched onto a metal plate. It is then inked up with (usually) an oil-based product, and rolled through a press. This image is printed from the ink held in the indentations. I live a life where I experience the adventure of experimentation and the subsequent surprises. I hope that you will join me as you travel from artist to artist on the Artist Trail. To actually see the artist at work may help you to understand the complexity, and length of time taken to product each individual print.

Julie Perri Art Studio

Julie Perri is a mixed media artist drawn to ambiguity and forms of abstraction, influenced by life, faith and nature. Her unique abstract styles combine contemporary romantic with expressionist mixed media investigations. She completed a Masters of Arts practice in Visual Arts in 2014 and is a successful exhibiting artist with works held in collections throughout Australia and overseas.

Melinda Schiller Studio

Melinda is an Aboriginal artist who grew up in Wiradjuri country on a farm near Temora and relocated to Wagga in 1993. She is a self taught artist who began painting in 2012 and has since participated in exhibitions in NSW and Victoria. She was the winner of the Indigenous Art Award 2013 at Spirit of the Land Lockhart Festival and in 2014 and 2015 received a highly commended. Melinda was awarded third place in the 2014 National Close The Gap Day Murrumbidgee Medicare Local Aboriginal Art Competition. Melinda continues to paint as a form of therapy to assist in her demands of every day life and keep her connection to her aboriginal heritage. Melinda’s work is looking at social themes in society looking at ideas of care, community and treatment of the natural world. Her practice presents a tactility in process to encourage enjoyment in audiences of all ages. Her works are layered thematic s through movement and texture. Her art stands for fairness, openness, empowerment, acceptance, respect and family.

Bev Harris Art Studio

Bev Harris was born and educated in Wagga Wagga and developed an interest in drawing at an early age. Although she loves painting the landscape en plein air, Bev is primarily a studio painter, using acrylic paints and mixed media in a contemporary style. Bev’s painting is informed by regular sketching and life drawing. Bev has studied with Elsie Cochrane, Denis O’Connor, Joyce Jenkins, Neil Overton, Jenny Ashby and has completed numerous workshops with several well known Australian artists- John Lovett,Merve Moriarty, John Caldwell,Judith White, Colina Grant and Jim Kinch. Over the years Bev has won many awards for her art, and in 1989 was selected to hang in the Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize. She has participated in exhibitions at the Riverina Gallery, the Docker Street Gallery, The Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and the Cottage Gallery in Griffith. In 2009 she was selected by Margaret Olley as a finalist in the Mosman Art Prize. Her inspiration comes from the hills and waterways around Wagga, viewing major exhibitions in local and city galleries, especially work by well known Australian contemporary artists. Bev enjoys painting in acrylics and mixed media,usual subjects being figures,still life,flowers and landscapes. Her work is currently shown at Paper Pear Gallery and Scribbles Café in Wagga Wagga .

The Old Boiler Studio (Jenny

Jenny makes ceramic flowers in the most extraordinary way

Strayleaves Art Studio Raelee

My studio is located at The Rock on our family farm. There is an old cottage on the place which I have renovated to include a gallery and a large workshop room. I have been open since 2008 and have had exhibitions, workshops and currently I am teaching one night a week. My main focus is to produce more artwork which I enter in to competitions and I have been successful in winning some prizes. I also sell my work which is diverse. Paintings , drawings sculpture and prints are all mediums I enjoy. I open to the public by appt. Only takes a phone call and I can meet you there. Some of my work is not always about selling. It is making a statement or a social comment. I have taken such a show to Melbourne and Sydney a few years ago. This was a great experience. I would like to again showcase my work in Sydney or Melbourne but at the moment I will be Exhibiting at Gallery 43, Riverina Institute of Tafe in May 2016 Titled: Such is Life.