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Atelier Stirling Hills Artists Open Studios

Enjoy a visual feast and a unique opportunity as six professional artists, each with over 20 years experience as practicing artists, open their studios to the public.
In 2008 professional artists Julie Corfe, Lynn Elzinga-Henry, Rita Hall, Veronica Oborn Jefferis, Helen Taylor and Sheila Whittam came together to create a supportive microcosm of artists in the Adelaide Hills. The atelier open studios are an independent initiative, providing the public with the opportunity to watch a professional artist at work, purchase artwork directly from the artist and discuss the artist’s unique arts practice and style.
The Atelier Stirling Hills Artists have all lived, worked and created in the hills for over 20 years.
Julie Corfe is a painter. She is currently working towards producing a work for the 2010 Waterhouse Art Prize of reptiles using gouache and the South Australian Mallee with oil on canvas. Julie also paints portraits and is currently inspired by her new grandchild, Jonathan.
Textile artist Lynn Elzinga-Henry has been slightly obsessed with launching a woven tie business in Japan for the past six months, an obsession that has spilled over into her arts practice. She combines her woven fabric designs with painted silk, a practice she first studied in Japan 35 years ago.
Following Rita Hall’s 2009 exhibition of drawings and paintings of birds at the South Australian Museum she is now seeking some light relief. Rita has revisited her diverse shoe collection for inspiration and is currently creating a delightful new series of collograph prints with watercolour washes.
While Veronica Oborn Jefferis is well known for her fine detailed book illustrations of the natural world, the work you will see at her studio is larger-than-life black and white charcoal drawings of plants. The work is focused on the structure, tone, texture, shape and shadows of the plants, with hardly a petal in sight!
Potter Helen Taylor has a fascination with an ancient earthenware glaze known as Egyptian or Persian blue. This turquoise glaze was one of the decorative effects used in Egypt, Syria and Iran around the 12th and 13th centuries. Using variations in oxides, which colour the glaze, Helen creates ancient effects on contemporary and functional forms.
Mixed media artist Sheila Whittam is experiencing a time of reflection and has revisited her work, Nellie’s Rest, which she created over 25 years ago. She compares it with newer works to assess how her arts practice has developed over time and invites visitors to her studio to do the same. Sheila is currently the Artist in Residence at The Cedars, Hans Heyson’s studio in Hanhdorf.
Julie Corfe in her studio SM1

Julie Corfe in her studio

Enjoy a visual feast and a unique opportunity as six professional artists, each with over 20 years experience as practicing artists, open their studios to the public.

In 2008 professional artists Julie Corfe, Lynn Elzinga-Henry, Rita Hall, Veronica Oborn Jefferis, Helen Taylor and Sheila Whittam came together to create a supportive microcosm of artists in the Adelaide Hills. The atelier open studios are an independent initiative, providing the public with the opportunity to watch a professional artist at work, purchase artwork directly from the artist and discuss the artist’s unique arts practice and style.

The Atelier Stirling Hills Artists have all lived, worked and created in the hills for over 20 years.

Julie Corfe is a painter. She is currently working towards producing a work for the 2010 Waterhouse Art Prize of reptiles using gouache and the South Australian Mallee with oil on canvas. Julie also paints portraits and is currently inspired by her new grandchild, Jonathan.

Textile artist Lynn Elzinga-Henry has been slightly obsessed with launching a woven tie business in Japan for the past six months, an obsession that has spilled over into her arts practice. She combines her woven fabric designs with painted silk, a practice she first studied in Japan 35 years ago.

Following Rita Hall’s 2009 exhibition of drawings and paintings of birds at the South Australian Museum she is now seeking some light relief. Rita has revisited her diverse shoe collection for inspiration and is currently creating a delightful new series of collograph prints with watercolour washes.

While Veronica Oborn Jefferis is well known for her fine detailed book illustrations of the natural world, the work you will see at her studio is larger-than-life black and white charcoal drawings of plants. The work is focused on the structure, tone, texture, shape and shadows of the plants, with hardly a petal in sight!

Potter Helen Taylor has a fascination with an ancient earthenware glaze known as Egyptian or Persian blue. This turquoise glaze was one of the decorative effects used in Egypt, Syria and Iran around the 12th and 13th centuries. Using variations in oxides, which colour the glaze, Helen creates ancient effects on contemporary and functional forms.

Charcoal drawing by Veronica Oborn Jefferis

Charcoal drawing by Veronica Oborn Jefferis

Mixed media artist Sheila Whittam is experiencing a time of reflection and has revisited her work, Nellie’s Rest, which she created over 25 years ago. She compares it with newer works to assess how her arts practice has developed over time and invites visitors to her studio to do the same. Sheila is currently the Artist in Residence at The Cedars, Hans Heyson’s studio in Hanhdorf.

When: Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 May 2010 10am to 4pm

Visit www.ritahallstudio.com.au for Studio locations

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