Michael Taylor
(N.D.D., A.T.C.)
Michael has had One Man Shows in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Lismore, Armidale, Newcastle,
Adelaide, Perth and Sydney and has been included in many mixed exhibitions.
He has won all the major art prizes down the East Coast of Australia and has been awarded
prizes from judges such as Eric Westbrook, The National Gallery of Victoria; Daniel Thomas,
National Gallery of Canberra; Kym Bonython - well know art critic and collector; John Massey,
Queensland Art Gallery as well as many other directors and curators from art galleries and
institutions throughout Australia. His work is also represented in Queensland Art Gallery;
Flinders University S.A; Kym Bonython private collection; Holbrook and Hertz collections,
New York.
Michael is very dedicated to this art spending 6-8 hours every day to his own image making.
He works with mixed media in both drawings and paintings and pays constant attention to detail
with themes which are to him, thought provoking and spiritually based common to cultures
and history world wide.
In his work Michael aims to achieve
The essence, or soul of human relationships and personal values in a spiritual sense
while working in a basically materialistic world
The balance between reality and illusion; the closer reality is depicted then the more of
an illusion is becomes.
The balance between the contrived or considered image and the gestural immediacy
of creation.
Rene Bolton
Rene is such a modest man I can't get him to write his huge experience down!
Needless to say Rene is a gentle Dutch giant who practices oil painting in roughly
the Dutch tradition.
Rene says "Let oil paint reflect more than just the image..........allow the unexpected".
"Who ever can hold a brush can paint"
Sharon Muir
Sharon has been a practicing artist for 20 years, with experience teaching in adult education,
independent art workshops and currently part of the Flying Arts team, touring remote Queensland.
At ESAF she offers her 'Drawing from Nature' workshop, which is inspired by close observation
of patterns, forms, textures and colours found in nature. Experimenting with a variety of techniques
in a relaxed but stimulating environment to develop confidence in observational skills and
expressive drawing.
Sharon has been living on the north coast since 1999, she exhibits nationally in selected shows
as well as solo exhibitions in Regional Galleries.
Dennis Monks
Dennis has been teaching sculptural forms in the area (TAFE and Southern Cross University) for many years. He is passionate and excited by wood and his unique techniques.
Nitza Flantz
About Nitza
Throughout my life, my work in visual art - in drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking - has been "a source of living water" to me. My favorite materials are paper and water.
I studied art in Melbourne and Jerusalem, and have exhibited in solo and group shows in Australia, Israel, the USA, Germany and England. I taught myself the freedom of self-
expression, and this is what I can teach and inspire. Creativity is a process of self-revealing, innocence, and therefore healing; it is giving.....for oneself and others.
AnA Wojak
Sydney based artist AnA Wojak works in diverse media; painting, assemblage, site specific installation and performance. She has exhibited across Australia and internationally since 1978,including at the National Gallery, Canberra.
She has repeatedly been a finalist in the Archibald Prize, Poria Geach Memorial Award,
Blake Prize and Sculpture by the Sea, among others.
In 1994 she created Guardians, a major site specific project, working with communities across the Rainbow Region and is a member of AININ (Artists in Nature International Network).
In 2005 she was awarded the prestigious Blake Prize for Religious Art.
Do not miss a rare opportunity to work in a vibrant field of contemporary art with this acclaimed and extremely interesting artist! AnA will be joining the team at Eternity Springs in 2009.