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EDUCATE - ENCOURAGE - EXCELLENCE
Newsletter August 2021 No 50
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WASA acknowledges the
Traditional Indigenous Owners of Country throughout Australia
and recognizes the continuing connection to lands,
waters and
communities.
We pay our
respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture,
and to the
elders - past, present and emerging.
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Jane Zandi
Member of the Month - August 2021
Watercolour
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A
Message from the President
The WASA Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 15th July,
2021. The meeting was attended by 62 members who voted in
the new Committee to administer and run the society for the
next 12 months.
Reports were given by the departing Treasurer and the President
and members voted to accept these reports. In essence, in
July 2020, WASA embarked on a journey of ‘growth’ which,
despite the COVID restrictions, opened the door to a new focus
to make WASA the 'society of choice' for all WA artists.
Being the WASA 125th Anniversary Year, 2020/2021 had a key
focus and new plans and ideas to enhance a growing and active
membership. Going to press today, we have over 200
members of WASA now. Our pioneering early committee and
members of the Wilgie Sketching Club in 1896 would indeed be
very proud of what WASA is becoming now.
In the last year, there were several important initiatives
implemented to reinvent and adapt to the many changes being
thrust on WASA from a changing environment. These were
primarily to reposition WASA for a more sustainable future.
Communication is always the key to better understanding
change and the committee has committed itself to doing this
well in 2021/2022 and to continually seek input from members
for their participation and growth of WASA.
The Strategic Plan, using a “bottom up” approach to capture members
ideas for change, was completed and now the new Committee team
is planning the project team approach needed to implement new
ideas. The Society is now finalising a Mission and Future
Vision Statement. The planning is being completed with
environmental considerations and membership endorsement. The
next important and detailed implementation stage has now
commenced.
The date for the 2022 Annual Exhibition has been agreed for the
weekend of 4th to 6th March 2022. The event over 3 days
will be held at the Italian Club in Fremantle.
Social media will continue to be a strong suit of the Committee
now that the Website, Facebook page and Instagram are well
established. Continued emphasis will be kept on these
vital public platforms to grow membership benefit and value.
The hard work and additional focus on the 125th
Anniversary Celebrations on social media, paid off handsomely
for WASA in the past 12 months. Growing a WASA media
presence is a key plank of growth now.
Vice President, Tim Sewell, Treasurer, Carol Murphy and past
president and Committee member Lucy Papalia all stepped down
from the WASA Committee. All 3 members have served the
Committee with distinction over many years. The new
Committee now sees both Jane Holtfreter and Tanya Izzard as Vice
Presidents, Meredith Sonder-Sorensen as Treasurer and Suzanne
Lawson as both Secretary and Membership Coordinator. Other
committee members now include; Pippin Margaria, Jo Duffy and
Karin Duarte.
The last 12 months has been a challenging year for WASA but as
the new FY 2021/22 begins the Society is in robust health
financially, with a clear eye to the future, a growing
membership and a new dynamism for innovation and new ideas that
bring value.
We are looking forward to growing a sustainable and successful
Society in 2021/2022.
With my best wishes
Roger
Reading
President
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WASA this is your Committee for 2021/2022 with Alan
Pickering and Pippin Margaria at our Planning Session.
From Left: Jo Duffy Exhibition Coordinator & Social Media,
Meredith Sonder-Sorensen Treasurer, Suzanne Lawson Secretary &
Membership Coordinator, Pippin Margaria WASA Newsletter Editor,
Tanya Izzard Vice President & Media, Jane Holtfreter Vice
President, Alan Pickering Planning Session Facilitator, Roger
Reading President, Karin Duarte Workshop Coordinator.
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"High Society" Comes to
WASA
Thursday 19th August 2021
WASA MEMBERS FREE
Visitors Welcome!
$20.00 PER PERSON
Artwork from the High Society
Event
may be entered into the Monthly Competition -
October
The overall winner will be presented with
$250.00 Gift Voucher
The "Palms"
Community Centre
Cnr Rokeby Road & Nicholson Road Subiaco
Come and join us as we step back in time to the 18th Century.
We will be exploring art with a "Still Life"
Event just like the old masters!
There
will be fun, frivolity & ART
Be prepared for an exciting night.
Bring your own drawing or painting supplies or purchase on the
night.
Come
and take your own photos of our High Society Still Life
Event!
No
August Monthly Competition
Drinks
will be available at no charge
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OUR NEXT GOVERNMENT HOUSE 'EN
PLEIN AIR'
Hurry
- Register your interest with WASA Secretary, Suzanne Lawson,
as soon as possible as only a few places remaining for
the August paintout.
suzannemcg@hotmail.com
Thursday 26th
August 9.30 - 12.00
Our final Government House En
Plein Air Paintout
will be
Thursday 16th September 9.30 - 12.00
We are
currently organizing an exhibition which will
be held at
Government
House in early 2022.
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Thursday 16th September 2021
Monthly Competition - Miniatures
- Your Pet
Demonstrator CATHERINE
SCARTACCINI
Beautiful things come in small
packages.
CS Illustrator
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ARTIST
QUOTE
A sincere artist
is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on canvas
what is in front of him, but one who tries to create
something which is, in itself, a living thing.
William Dobell
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WELCOME TO
OUR NEW MEMBERS
Karterina Franklyn
Val Glover
Patrick Hanrohan
Wayne McGovern
Corrine Rapley
Kate Ryan
Donna Woodhouse
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MEMBER OF THE MONTH
JANE
ZANDI
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JANE ZANDI ARTIST'S
STATEMENT
"I
try to tell my story in as few brushstrokes as possible."
Born in Tasmania and now living in Perth, I have been painting
for over twelve years and for the last four years regularly
painting en plein air.
This has resulted in a passion for getting the light just right
while on-site and then taking that lightness into studio
paintings. I am a member of Perth Plein Air Painters and
get out to paint with them as much as possible.
Regular attendance at life drawing, but using paint on vintage
paper, has lead to improved skills.
Regular attendance at watercolour workshops held at local,
national and international workshops, has helped me develop my
own personal style. I am a Committee member of the WA
Watercolour Society.
EXHIBITIONS
2016 Artspace, Nedlands, emerging artists exhibition
2017 - 2021 West Australian Society of Arts
2019 - 2021 West Australian Watercolour Society
Jane Zandi | Facebook
Jane Zandi Watercolours (@jane_zandi) •
Instagram photos and videos
https://jane-zandi-watercolours.myshopify.com
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Bayside Kitchen- Matilda
Bay
Watercolour.
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Life Drawing N0 40
Watercolour on Vintage Paper.
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CONGRATULATIONS JENNY DAVIES
FINALIST LESTER
PORTRAIT PRIZE 2021
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#statedaddy
Jenny Davies
I am honoured and thrilled to be a finalist in
this year's Lester Portrait Prize. I have been
optimistically entering since 2015. As each year's
finalists were announced, it was heartbreaking not to make
the cut once again. I had a glimmer of success in 2017 when
a painting of my husband Robert was accepted into the Salon des
Refuses. Ironically this painting took me three
hours.
Every year (for as long as I can remember), I have been to
the exhibition and studied the portraits trying to glean what it
is that makes for success. I have slowly worked out that
there is no magic formula. It is so subjective. Some
paintings I have loved, others not. Some I don't
understand, or maybe I am just too traditional.
I have been lucky this year. My painting is topical,
and I hope it catches the human side of our Premier. The
idea for this portrait took root a few months ago, as I was introduced
to #statedaddy by my teens, Isaac and Annabella. I was so
amused and intrigued with the rock star status of our Premier
that I couldn't let the thought go.
It took a lot of planning, and I am very grateful that the
Premier and his team agreed to meet with me. My husband
Robert took the photographs, and he has been an incredible
support to me throughout my whole painting journey. He had
consoled me each year when I didn't make the finals.
Mark McGowan was engaged and bemused by my idea. I met with
him again to show him the finished portrait, and once more, the
Premier was charming and welcoming. The whole experience
has been surreal and just wonderful.
Jenny Davies
Facebook
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En Plein Air Perth Group
Exhibition
‘A Brush with Life’
KENT STREET GALLERY
3rd September - 15th September
Facebook: EPAP
Artists capture a moment in
time, telling a story with a brush, paint, ink and pencil to
interpret what they see around them.
En Plein Air Perth (EPAP) was founded in late 2016 by three
local Perth artists, Sue Hibbert, Geraldine Box and Sue
Liddicoat.
En Plein Air painting is the act of painting outdoors and is
characterised by artworks completed while outside in the
environment.
This exhibition shows work that is 100% ‘Plein Air’ with no
studio touch-ups.
Victoria
Park Centre for the Arts
12
Kent Street, East Victoria Park 08 6454 1803
admin@vicparkarts.org.au
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QUICK DRAW PLEIN AIR EVENT
FRIENDS OF LAWRENCE WILSON ART GALLERY
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Friends of the
Lawrence
Wilson Art Gallery & Western Australian Society of Arts
invite you
to join them on the beautiful grounds of UWA for the
Quick Draw
Plein Air Event.
Visit the Gallery and check
out the exhibitions.
Feeling Abstract? and want Matter for your inspiration, release
your creativity and have fun making art.
The event is open for everyone
to join, from practising artists to novices.
Prizes will be awarded for each category, including runners-up
novice and student.
Quick Draw will start at 1.00
pm and finish at 3.00 pm,
followed by judging the artworks, by Carl Altmann, on the front
verandah.
You are invited to list your artworks for sale as well as enjoy
an afternoon tea.
BYO art materials (some will
be provided)
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday 9th October
Time: 1-5pm
Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
RSVP: Please register at
https://folwag2102.eventbrite.com.au/
or
Catherine McCloy 0409689626 or email catherine.mccloy@bigpond.com
Cost $10
Hand sanitiser is
provided.
Please remember to social distance 1.5m and download the SafeWA
app for registration.
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CONGRATULATIONS BRIAN
CAREW-HOPKINS
Brian Carew-Hopkins' VooGlue is a
finalist in the Western Australian Innovator of the Year
2021. WASA members participated in Brian's early VooGlue
project at the 125th Exhibition in March, 2021, which was a
first for WASA and for WA.
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WASA President Roger Reading is
Chairman of Army Art (WA) Inc.
Each year Army Art (WA) Inc. runs a large art
exhibition located at the Drill Hall at Leeuwin Barracks in
Fremantle, at which the art of all genres is sold for charity.
The funds raised this year will go to Legacy WA,
which supports defence families and their dependents.
Last year COVID prevented the exhibition from
taking place,
but in 2019, a total of $20,000 was raised.
EXHIBITION DATE: 20 -22nd
August 2021.
Unlike WASA, Army Art (WA) Inc. has no members,
just a small committee that administers and runs the exhibition
with the help of volunteers.
The committee selects artists from across WA to be invited to
exhibit.
Tickets for the Opening Night
are still available from Army Art (WA) Inc.
The guest speaker is Perth radio
personality "Milsie"
Would you please come along and bring your
friends, relatives and colleagues?
There will be some great art on display and the opportunity to
meet and greet fellow artists. In addition, a number of our WASA
members are exhibiting.
Veteran
Charity Support | Army Art (WA) Inc | East Fremantle
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WASA NOTABLE ARTIST OF THE MONTH
August 2021
MARGARET ELVIRE FORREST
Founder member and Vice
President of the West Australian Society of Arts
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Gage Roads from Rottnest
c 1890 Oil on Wood 29cm x 45cm
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Margaret
Elvire Hamersley was born in France in 1844, the eldest of 10
children of a well to do English family. Her mother was
Breton. She arrived in Fremantle on the Arcadia in
1850.
On the occasion of John Forrest's (later Lord
Forrest) projected expedition, she told him "Well
Jack, if you cross Australia and come back, I will marry
you". He did, and she did in 1876. He became
the first Premier of Western Australia and later, as Lord
Forrest, he became the first Australian born member of the
House of Lords. Margaret, Lady Forrest was fully involved
in her husband's political career and was presented at Court to
the Queen.
Lady Forrest was an enthusiastic plein air artist, in
particular of botanical subjects. She once undertook and
8-hour journey on horseback to paint a particular specimen at
Newcastle (Toodyay). She often also painted along the Swan
River and at Rottnest.
Together with noted Victorian botanical artist, Mrs Ellis Rowan,
Lady Forrest toured the Northwest in 1887/1888. An
exhibition of their work was held in the reading room of the
Perth Railway Station in November 1889. This is
thought to be the first art exhibition held in the colony.
Margaret Forrest was always involved in the development of the
arts. She was an active member of the Wilgie Sketchers
Club and exhibited at its first exhibition in June 1890.
A number of her works were illustrated in two publications
about Western Australia.
Lady Forrest was a founding member of WASA and was
Vice-President between 1896 and 1902. She was also an
original member of the Karakatta Club.
Margaret, Lady Forrest, died near Geraldton in 1929. Her
name lives on, both Margaret River and Elvire River were named
for her.
Tim Sewell
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MANDORLA ART AWARD 2022
The major prize for the 2022
Mandorla Art Award is a $25,000
acquisitive prize. The winning work will become part of the
permanent collection of the Mandorla Centre for Inner Peace Inc and
is kept in trust at the New Norcia Museum and Art Gallery, WA. The
$25,000 prize money includes Mandorla’s acquisition of the work.
The theme for this year is Metamorphosis - a profound
or radical change. Reference "I am about to do a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?" (Isaiah 43:19)
The Mandorla Art Award is now open for entries:
mandorlaart.com/2022-mandorla-art-award/
Entries close on the 18th March 2022.
Exhibition at Holmes a Court Gallery
21st May - 10th June 2022
Image 2021 Winner by Britt Mikkelsen "8200 Souls"
(sleeping rough in Australia)
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Pippin
Margaria
WASA Newsletter Editor
pippin.margaria@gmail.com
Our next WASA Newsletter will be published on Sunday
12th September.
Please send all WASA articles for publication by
Sunday 5th September 2021
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WEST AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF ART
INC
SPONSORS
We would like to acknowledge and thank our sponsors for
their generosity and support.
https://waart.org.au/sponsors/
If you would like to sponsor the West Australian Society of Art
Inc
Contact Roger Reading - reading.roger@gmail.com
We would love to hear from you.
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