Artist Bio: Hugh Adamson

Hugh Adamson

Hugh Adamson has been a practicing artist for most of his life and a professional artist for about 8 years. He has held a handful of solo and paired exhibitions and partaken in many. Hugh has won awards and a good number of people’s choice awards. Almost all Hugh's work is acrylic on canvas.

Visit Hugh's website here

Conservation Statement

“I am mostly concerned about what I can do personally to make my footprint as small as possible. Sadly, even the most degraded landscape can be a beautiful painting. By observing and depicting these landscapes, I, and perhaps other people, will be reminded of the need for moderation and care for our environment.”

Winninowie 

Creating for Conservation

Hugh is exhibiting in the Creating for Conservation Art Exhibition 2012. The piece [pictured] is representative of his work. The piece Hugh chooses to exhibit will be available for purchase at the C4C2012 Exhibition only [no online sales]. Proceeds from C4C2012 are dedicated to Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust - Zambia. Please come along on the opening night on 2nd November or over the weekend 2nd November to 4th November to see Hugh ’s work and that of the other fantastic contributing Artists.

Artist Bio: Cathi Steer

Cathi Steer(Dip. F.A.P., F.R.S.A.S.A.) 

Growing up in the South East of South Australia, Cathi spent as much of her childhood as possible drawing and painting the nature that surrounded her.

She graduated from the South Australian School of Art in 1971 and after a period of time when family took priority, she plunged herself back into her art.

Cathi has exhibited in many art shows and has exhibited with the R.S.A.S.A and other art organisations of which she has membership.  She has also combined with other artists to show her work and has had  six solo exhibitions.

Her subjects include landscape, animals, portraiture, and figure painting and drawing,  She uses varied media including oil paints, watercolour, pastel, ink conte and pencil. Always happy to try new and different mediums, she is now working with mixed media on canvas and has recently experimented using oil sticks in the same way as she uses pastels but on a larger scale.

Overseas travels have also resulted in new subject matter and have been an inspiration for exhibitions past and future.

Cathi lives in Coromandel Valley, South Australia, where she spends most of her time working on capturing the images that she loves.

[If you would like to see more of her work please contact her by phone on +61 08 82788062.]

Conservation Statement

"I am increasingly alarmed at the speed with which many species are being wiped out at the hands of mankind.

Our relentless need for resources and land for growing food and housing has chipped away at natural habitats all over the world.

I applaud the change of role that many zoos are pursuing, from being a mere curiosity show to becoming arks for protecting and breeding endangered species.  My hope is that there will still be enough habitat left when the time comes to release these creatures back into the wild.

Education is the key.   When people realize that Man's wellbeing is dependent on a healthy planet then there is hope."

 

Creating for Conservation

Cathi has registered to exhibit in the Creating for Conservation Art Exhibition 2012. Her works [pictured above] are the pieces Cathi will be exhibiting. The pieces will be available for purchase at the Exhibition only. Proceeds from C4C2012 are dedicated to Chipembele WIldlife Education Trust - Zambia.

Please come along on the openingnight 2nd November, or over the weekend 2nd November to 4th November to see Cathi's work and that of the other fantastic contributing Artists. Learn more at out website here: Creating for Conservation.

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Artist Bio: Andrea Wyatt

Andrea Wyatt

Andrea Wyatt started painting four years ago after a career in agricultural science and land degradation control. Andrea paints landscapes and the plants and animals that make the Australian environment their home. She was a finalist in the South Australian Museum’s “Waterhouse Prize” of 2010 and uses mediums of watercolour, gouache and photopolymer etchings.

You can contact Andrea at andrea.simon [at] bigpond.com

Place of a Thousand Boabs

Conservation Statement
“I consider that we are a part of the environment and not divorced from it and with this in mind it is up to us to fix any problem we have created; to plant native trees to fix erosion problems, to create wildlife corridors and habitat areas for the plants and animals we have endangered.”

Two Lizards

Creating for Conservation

Andrea is exhibiting in the Creating for Conservation Art Exhibition 2012. The pieces [pictured] are representative of her work. The pieces Barb chooses to exhibit will be available for purchase at the C4C2012 Exhibition only [no online sales]. Proceeds from C4C2012 are dedicated to Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust - Zambia. Please come along on the opening night on 2nd November or over the weekend 2nd November to 4th November to see Andrea’s work and that of the other fantastic contributing Artists.

Artist Bio: Miranda Lloyd

Miranda Lloyd

Miranda has been working as a professional designer and visual artist for over 17 years and has taken her work around Australia.

Miranda’s enthusiasm and passion to paint comes from her own surroundings in the Adelaide Hills and her own garden. Wishing to bring the ‘outside, inside'.

Her paintings exaggerate nature’s lines, shapes, and colours – creating a modern and contemporary style.
[View Miranda's website here]

Outback Tree

Africa

Conservation Statement

"Consumerism in our world leads us away from what is really important in our relationships to nature and the health of the planet. I feel it is  important to help preserve our natural environment and help, in whatever way we can, to conserve and protect the environment and animals around the world. As individuals we can all do our bit and support the organisations such as conservation education programmes like those at Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust and at Zoos SA, so young people learn how to conserve our environment, the wildlife and learn for themselves why it is important.

These organisations and programs that teach children are the key to the future  survival of vegetation and animals, their work is so amazing and doesn't get enough credit! Nature simply is amazing and I hope with my work being exhibited at Creating for Conservation to help these grass roots conservation education initiatives.

One of the most wonderful and educational experiences I have ever had was at Montaro Zoo “As a Zoo Keeper for a Day”

Creating for Conservation

Miranda has registered to exhibit in the Creating for Conservation Art Exhibition 2012. The piece [pictured above] is representative of her art and will not necessarily be available at the Exhibition. The piece or pieces Miranda chooses to exhibit will be available for purchase at the C4C2012 Exhibition only [no online sales]. Proceeds from C4C2012 are dedicated to Chipembele WIldlife Education Trust - Zambia. Please come along on the opening night on 2nd November or over the weekend 2nd November to 4th November to see Miranda's work and that of the other fantastic contributing Artists.

Learn more at out website here: Creating for Conservation.

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Artist Bio: Janine Paris

Janine Paris

Janine Paris’s photography is a collection of B&W and colour images of her favourite subjects: still life and nature.  She enjoys abstracting the ordinary and looking for the art in nature.

Janine participates regularly in exhibitions at Pepper Street Arts Centre and Gallery M and have also exhibited at Greenhill Galleries.

You can read more about Janine Paris at her website here: www.janineparisphotography.com or visit her redbubble site here

After the rain comes the sun....

Conservation Statement

“Conservation is the responsibility of everyone, we are all stakeholders in caring for the planet.  If everyone can do a little, a lot can be achieved.”

"Mangrove fingers"

Creating for Conservation

Janine is exhibiting in the Creating for Conservation Art Exhibition 2012. The pieces [pictured] are representative of her work. The pieces Janine chooses to exhibit will be available for purchase at the C4C2012 Exhibition only [no online sales]. Proceeds from C4C2012 are dedicated to Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust - Zambia. Please come along on the opening night on 2nd November or over the weekend 2nd November to 4th November to see Janine’s work and that of the other fantastic contributing Artists.

Artist Bio: Steve Morvell

Steve Morvell

Steve Morvell is a highly acclaimed environmental artist, dedicated to raising human awareness of the beauty and fragility of wildlife and the habitats in which we co-exist. A deep need to understand animals on their own terms takes Steve to many wild places researching his art. His powerful and evocative work is exhibited around the world winning many major art awards and hangs in private, public and corporate collections.

‘On my garden gate – kookaburra’

Pastel on Colourfix paper

50 x 66cm

Working in a wide variety of mediums, Steve believes that to do justice to the subject and to produce truly great art, one must be open-minded in approach and method of portrayal.

His art has been widely featured through Television and radio including an ABC Wildscreen documentary. He has also featured in books including 'Fifty Australian Artists', 'Who's who of Australian Visual Artists', in many magazines and on Australian Postage Stamps. His was the first wildlife art ever to be featured in 'Australian Artist' magazine where he appeared as the cover artist back in 1987.

You can read more about Steve at his website here: www.stevemorvell.com

‘A flash of wings – Pacific black duck’

Pastel on Supertooth

76 x 63cm

Creating for Conservation

Steve is exhibiting in the Creating for Conservation Art Exhibition 2012. The pieces [pictured] are representative o fhis work. The pieces Steve chooses to exhibit will be available for purchase at the C4C2012 Exhibition only [no online sales]. Proceeds from C4C2012 are dedicated to Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust - Zambia. Please come along on the opening night on 2nd November or over the weekend 2nd November to 4th November to see Steve’s work and that of the other fantastic contributing Artists.