Strokin’ is open
Posted: 19 February 2012 Filed under: Exhibitions, Rona | Tags: art, Australian Galleries, exhibition, Rona Green, Sydney 4 Comments
Australian Galleries Glenmore Road, Sydney, Australia
Strokin’ – an exhibition of prints, paintings and drawings by me – is now open at Australian Galleries Glenmore Road, Sydney, Australia and runs until Sunday 11 March.
Here are a few pics I snapped of the show installed at the gallery for your viewing pleasure.
My favourite work in the show is The Surgeon as it pays homage to my cat Googie.
Rona Green, The Surgeon, 2010, linocut, ink and watercolour
Googie Abwy (1992-2010)
If you are keen to see more work you can check out my artists page on the Australian Galleries website.
Greasy Rhys comes alive!
Posted: 12 February 2012 Filed under: Rona | Tags: art, creativity, inspiration, Rona Green 1 Comment
‘It would be vain to try to put into words that immeasurable sense of bliss which comes over me directly when a new idea awakens in me and begins to assume a definite form. I forget everything and behave like a madman.’
– Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
Artists are often asked where their ideas come from. How the creative process works is difficult to describe verbally. So here is an illustration of the stream of consciousness that originated Greasy Rhys, who features on the invitation (image above) to my forthcoming exhibition Strokin’.
Let the show begin…
Silver Gull aka Seagull
Eastern Beach, Geelong
Hot chips
Sailor smoking
Norman 'Sailor Jerry' Collins (1911-1973)
Sailor Jerry tattoo flash
Tattooed sailor
Rona Green, Greasy Rhys, 2008, linocut, ink & watercolour, 38 x 28 cm, edition 13
Rona Green, Greasy Rhys, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 91.5 cm
Fin!
Rona is Strokin’
Posted: 9 February 2012 Filed under: Exhibitions, Rona | Tags: Australian Galleries, exhibition, Rona Green, Sydney Leave a comment
Studio views
Posted: 8 February 2012 Filed under: Rona | Tags: Abbotsford Convent, Mercator, Rona Green, studio Leave a comment
Mercator Studios at the Abbotsford Convent
The space I create my work in is part of Mercator Studios located within the grounds of the historic Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne. There are ten studios in the building inhabited by jewellers, designers, ceramicists and artists. Restoration of the Mercator building took place during 2009 and it was officially opened in 2010.
Studio pre-renovation
Studio post renovation
Studio today
On occasion the tenants of Mercator open their studios for the public to visit. If you are interested in receiving information about open studio events please join my mailing list.
Making sense of style
Posted: 7 February 2012 Filed under: Artists, Rona | Tags: art, artists, Rona Green 2 Comments
Rona Green, Bug Man, 1995, lithograph
When looking at an artists work I like to try and decipher who is in their ‘artistic family’ – who have they learnt from, who has influenced and inspired them.
Rona Green, Girl, 1995, lithograph
The following is a run down of my art family tree:
Egyptian art
Annubis God of the Dead Leaning over Sennutem's Mummy, Tomb of Sennutem, Luxor, Thebes, Egypt
African art
Bakongo Nkondi Fetish, Lower Zaire, Yombe
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Gertrude Stein, 1906, oil on canvas
Alberto Giacometti
Portrait of Alberto Giacometti with his sculpture by Gordon Parks, 1951
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol, Self Portrait with Skull, 1977, acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon, Ronald Fischer, beekeeper, Davis, California, 1981, gelatin silver print
Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe, Self Portrait, 1980, gelatin silver print
Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus, Tattooed man at a carnival, Md., 1970, gelatin silver print
Paul Klee
Paul Klee, Senecio, 1922, oil on canvas
Jean Dubuffet
Jean Dubuffet, Man Eating a Small Stone, 1944, lithograph
John Brack
John Brack, Self Portrait, 1955, oil on canvas
David Hockney
David Hockney with his painting Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy, 1970-71, acrylic on canvas
Peter Blake
Peter Blake, Self Portrait with Badges, 1961, oil on board
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, Self Portrait, 1973, oil on canvas
Philip Guston
Philip Guston with his work Painter in Bed, 1973, oil on canvas
Gilbert and George
Gilbert and George, Dangling, 1991, mixed media
Ed Paschke
Ed Paschke, Sunburn, 1970, oil on canvas
And back to me…
Rona Green, Chips, 2008, linocut, ink and watercolour
Rona Green, The Surgeon, 2010, linocut, ink and watercolour
Hope you enjoyed the climb!
Allow me to introduce myself
Posted: 3 January 2012 Filed under: Rona | Tags: animals, artist, Rona Green Leave a comment
Rona circa 1976
Greetings!
My name is Rona Green and I am an artist.
Rona (left) freaking out over dead fish circa 1976
I am also a herbivore and my habitat is Melbourne, Australia.
Rona a bit happier on a pony circa 1977
The idea behind this blog is to document my inspiration, work and activities.
If you would like to know more about me and my work right now check out ronagreen.com.
Thanks for visiting!
Rona Green 