Alex Gillies
Alex specializes in Woodblock images and relief prints. You may have spotted his work up in the cafe last year. He's completely self-taught and has only been doing this for about about 18 months. By the look of the results, we think that's pretty impressive!
Visit Alex's blog here- http://againstthewoodgrain.wordpress.com/
David Thorley
David Thorley is another local who exhibited with Bleeding Heart twice in 2009- our second, all-male Hearts of Gold and our Christmas exhibition, Deck the Walls. A David Thorley painting will often feature a strange and surrealistic tableau, presented on a thin, framed stone slab. Very unusual and wonderful, we think. David also makes t-shirt designs on Threadless.com.
http://www.davidthorley.com.au/
Jonathan Mc Burnie
Jonathan makes his lurid, energetic pictures using a mixture of ink and correction fluid. As you can see, he draws a lot of influence from comic books! He also traverses some heavy emotional territory- sex, love, death, et al, managing to cross that highbrow/lowbrow line with fluid ease. He's in the gallery currently for our Hearts of Gold #3 exhibition and we hope to see him here again soon.
http://www.jonathanmcburnie.com/
Sarah Hickey
Sarah Hickey's highly embellished canvases are also currently in the gallery as part of Hearts of Gold #3. She works mainly as a painter/mixed media artist but has recently started experimenting with screen printing, which you can see above. Her work explores the notions of femine beauty and spiritual iconography. In 2009, images from her Goddess series were transformed into beautiful wine labels for Barossa Belle.
http://www.sarahhickey.com.au/
Celeste Potter
Celeste is a very talented illustrator and animator based in Melbourne. She exhibited with us last year for the Art2 4ZZZFM Exhibition. Her strange and wonderful characters have appeared on CDs, music videos, posters and advertisements for the Wildlife Fund and Dodge Cars (US), plus much more. Visit her here-www.myspace.com/carbonbycarbon
..and of course, we have more to come, stay tuned!
