Catherine Campbell

saint verde digest...

I just stumbled across a most excellent blog, Saint Verde Digest written by Neville Trickett. He is constantly juxtaposing seemingly unlikely images that once put side by side do seem to become quite likely.

things happening...

Here are a few things that are happening over the next couple of months...

Frankie magazine are soon to release a photo album featuring the work of over 100 amateur and professional photographers. I'm in it! It looks very beautiful so I just thought I would let you know that it is available right here for pre-order.

This week is going to be a big one, Extended Play Gallery is opening this Friday! We are excited and a bit nervous, if you are in the area please come and share a drink with us, we will be very happy to see you! Here are the important details:

Extended Play Gallery

The grand opening of a tiny gallery!

547 High Street Northcote

Friday 2nd October 6 - 9pm

Then... in November I'm going to have another solo show. It will also be at Extended Play Gallery and I'm really looking forward to being able to show in our new space. Oh, I just checked the calender, that's only about five weeks away. Whoa. Hope you can come to that one too.

Finally, if you're a sunny Sydney-sider, I will be participating in the show Once Upon at Ambush Gallery in November. The opening night will be Thursday 19th November, i'll post more sooner to the date.

femme fatale...

This is some work in progress for the upcoming show at Extended Play Gallery. For my next body of work I think I'm going to be channeling the spirits of some of my favourite female characters.

First up is real life pirate Anne Bonny. I'm fixated with Anne Bonny at the moment, ever since I found out she has the same birthday as me. A piscean pirate seems quite fitting. She is one intense character and her story is well worth a read if you have a spare minute. 

Then there is Sarah Woodruff from John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman. Probably best for me to give you a link if you want to know more, my head thinks in pictures, not too confident with lengthy fictional analysis. Here is the original, and very good, 1969 Time Magazine review of the book.  

There's D H Lawrence's Ursula and Gudrun from The Rainbow and Women in Love. Lawrence seemed to cop a bit of flack about his portrayal of women but I find these two characters fascinating. 

Finally there is Antoinette Cosway from Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea. Rhys wrote this book as a prequel to Jane Eyre, Antoinette is the first Mrs Rochester.

I think what they all have in common is a kind of split nature. There are intense opposing forces happening in each of them... quite inspiring for the basis of a few drawings!

the first show...

Andy and I are very proud to present Blind Date, the first exhibition in our little gallery! If you are in Melbourne, you are most welcome to come along and have a drink with us.

Opening Night Friday 2nd October 6-9pm

Extended Play Gallery

547 High Street Northcote 3070

The show will feature some excellent artists, here are the links to their work if you would like to take a look:

Andrea Innocent

Beastman

Benjamin Sea

Brooke Bobridge

Caitlin Shearer

Eveline Tarunadjaja

Lwnski

Mel Stringer

Sean Morris

Side Project

Yok

So come and say hello!

www.extentedplaygallery.com

2010 is go...

The calendars have returned from the printers and I'm so happy with them! They look very professional. There are 13 A5 (approx. 6" x 8") sheets in total, including the cover sheet, printed on a lovely smooth heavy weight card stock.

They are currently stocked in the shop so please take a look if you are interested:

http://myfolklover.etsy.com

 

 

the future...

I have just finished designing a calendar for 2010!

Each calendar page will include one of my images, each will be A5 in size (that's approx. 6" x 8") and printed on durable heavyweight card stock. 

I can't wait to get them back from the printers and see what they look like. I will post more pictures when I do and hopefully they will be stocked in the shop by the end of the week.

greedy hen...

'Blood' The Middle East

Take a look at this beautiful animation created by Greedy Hen for a band called The Middle East. I love the work of Greedy Hen, I am now very inspired to want to make an animation. 

(I can't quite work out how to fit this in my blog sized column so click on that small square, bottom right hand side, for the full screen effect.)

:: Found via Beci Orpin ::

extended play...

That's the name of our new gallery! Extended Play will be opening in October with what will hopefully be a fantastic little group exhibition (more details soon).

We are quickly settling into the studio (which sits behind the gallery) so everything feels like it's coming together.

Hope you can come visit us when we open the doors!

(p.s. We will be taking the frosting off the glass when we are ready to go.)