The Five Stories Of Every Painting
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2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Artworx Gallery & Gifts. I have been fortunate enough, along with others, to be there from the start. Many other artists have and still do show at this special gallery including my artist wife Tina.
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To put it plainly, traditional or representational art is often regarded by the modernists and abstractionists as being rather dated, or worse still, has become irrelevant in today’s world.
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Mike states confidence plays a big part in being successful in any pursuit. It is no different for an artist too.
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Mike states this view of Waymouth Street in the rain sold about 10 years ago but after that it had many thousands of views on social media and some big sites shared the image. It remains as my most seen painting ever.
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Mike says about this painting "Although the sand cliffs at Middleton in South Australia are no where near this big, memories of things distort reality but not the feeling of the day we experienced the scene!"
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Nearly everyone has heard of the term and most of us have used it conversation.
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‘Some of the best exhibition time, particularly in Australia, is in the Winter…’
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‘Near the mouth of Australia’s largest river, lies the serine river port of Goolwa and not far away is Goolwa Beach - one of the most amazing beaches in the world..…’
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‘Over the last few years I have painted a series of works based on a group of three trees on the Fluerieu Peninsular in South Australia.…’
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‘The art world is forever reaching for the next new thing from the next new exciting artist. Like most things though, stuff gets reborn from that which has existed before…’
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‘In layman’s language, any painting that has been crafted by hand is an original. That thought may hold up for a while until we consider the many forgeries of master works that are produced for gain…’
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‘When it comes to art, once we get out of the comfortable bubble of family and friends and into the wider art world – rejection is ready and waiting for us…’
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"In life there is hardly any success without momentum. Whether it is in the business world, sport, home life, and yes even in art - momentum plays a huge part in progress.
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‘It took me a long time to realise that there is a difference to being a painter and an being an artist…’
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‘It's something most of us have said or at least thought when we see some pieces of art - particularly if it's got a high price ticket…’
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‘When I was a kid, a painting wasn't complete without some obligatory seagulls…’
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‘The changing world of art. There’s no doubt about it, the art world is changing. Once upon a time and not that long ago, an artist could only be elevated through galleries..
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‘There is something about impressionist paintings that can touch us like nothing else can – and it all comes down to the way we remember things…’
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‘There are times when we wish to paint places and things that are beyond our physical grasp and with the advent of the internet, references abound for the otherwise unreachable...’
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