Tag: Emerald Art Gallery

Winning news!

July 18, 2017

Exciting wins for Carmen and I at the Emerald Art Gallery.  The Central Highlands Regional Art Awards had their opening night on this past Saturday 15th July and the lovely Glenda from the Gallery was kind enough to ring me on Sunday morning with wonderful news. My painting ‘Mt Morgan Dam No 7’ (featured in this blog in June) was awarded 1st Prize in the Easel Based Works section of their competition.  Even better news was that I was not alone in the winning department with Carmen taking out 2nd prize in the Works on Paper section with her work titled, ‘Blackdown Landscape’.

Joanne Kerr ‘Mt Morgan Dam No 7’ Acrylic, charcoal and collage on board 118cm x 52cm
Carmen Beezley-Drake ‘Blackdown Landscape’ watercolour

A big thank-you to my brother Bob, for taking me kayaking on the dam at Mt Morgan (a very special place) and also for assisting me in framing the finished work.

Cheers, Joanne

Art work in photography 

June 11, 2017

For the last few days I have struggled to get a decent photo of two pieces of art work. Even though I have a reasonably good camera and a phone camera, I never seem to be able to get a high quality image of my work.  With most art competitions relying on online entries and photographs to select the work to exhibit, it has become so important to get that image correct.

This then leads me to wonder if the selectors of numerous art competitions around the country are surprised when they unwrap the delivered art work compared to what was viewed online. I know when I look at art work in photographs and then in reality, sometimes I am disappointed with the end product. Art often looks better on the iPad or computer than they do on a wall. There is also artwork that is far more complex and exciting than its photo reveals.

‘Mt Morgan Dam No 7’ by Joanne Kerr, acrylic and collage on board, 52cm x 118cm

Fortunately I am also entering this painting, ‘Mt Morgan Dam No7.’ into Central Highlands Art Awards 2017 this week and they do not use a selection process for the competition. Which is good news and means the painting will be seen in the Emerald Art Gallery from July 5th until the 18th August 2017.

 

Cheers Joanne