2016 art
National Works On Paper at Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery is “one of Australia’s most prestigious awards and acquisitive exhibitions” for art created on or with paper. It’s a total privilege to have my work The Timeless Land/Wentworth (from my series The Timeless Land) selected for the show this year. The exhibition opens on July 16, and is open Tues-Sun until September 11.
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In late November I reluctantly abandoned my convalescing husband, and travelled to Adelaide to visit my Mum and rest of the family in commemoration of my late sister Kate’s 40th birthday. Mum and I enjoyed a long-planned trip to visit the Grampians in Victoria – staying in Mt. Zero, a location where she and Kate had stayed many years ago. In spite of some wild and windy weather we had a poignant time revisiting the places she had been with Kate. Here is a record of the trip, including some images taken in another of Kate’s favourite places, the Belair National Park.
2014 art
The Art on Paper Award at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery is a biennial prize awarded for art created on or with paper. For me it’s a lovely exhibition to be selected for as it’s a beautiful space, and on my ‘home ground’. So happy that one of the works from my series The Timeless Land was selected, along with another piece from the Recovering Roots exhibition: The Futurist’s Dilemma series by Chris Lawrie. It’s opening tonight! The show will be on daily until July 26.
Read more about The Timeless Land series | See The Timeless Land images
2014 art
On November 1 I joined a cluster of creative women at Coledale, to participate in a ‘Collaborations with Nature’ ephemeral art workshop presented by Shona Wilson. It was a day of play, also of intense and tiring problem solving as we worked out how to work with the landscape, using no tools but our own bodies (and occasional sharp twigs!). My afternoon work was this embellished tree trunk, and I hope to explore ephemeral art further over the next year, following in Shona’s footsteps with her ‘One a day’ project. The purpose of this is to connect daily with nature in a meditative way, as a spiritual as well as a creative practice. Of course, I can’t mention ephemeral art without referring to the guru – Andy Goldsworthy, long may he reign 🙂
2013 art
Here’s the next in a set of portfolios of my photographic work produced over the last ten years. This one, Sacred sites: Exploration, has images composed from photos taken in exploring the Australian outback and bush over the last few years, combined with some song lyrics that have been inspired by my travels. Readings of the history of the settlement and exploration of Australia have influenced these works – this is further explored in my next portfolio, Wounded Country – stay tuned 🙂
All the portfolios can be purchased directly from Momento Shop (search for Belinda Allen).
2013 art
I have been wanting to try out photobooks for a while, but having looked at a few sites I didn’t like how clunky and inflexible the layout software seemed to be, and was concerned about the production quality. Then I found Momento Pro, which is a service for professional photographers and artists. I can use professional layout software (Adobe InDesign); the prices are higher, but the quality is amazing. So I have started to compile a set of portfolios of my photographic work produced over the last ten years. This one, Sacred sites: Royal National Park, has images composed from photos taken in the national park where I have lived for the last 23 years.
Check out a preview here where it can be purchased directly from Momento Shop 🙂
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I’ll be showing some recent work, along with my partner in life and art Christopher Lawrie, at the upcoming Head On Photo Festival. The show – called “The alien in our midst … “ – opens on May 17 at Gaffa Gallery in Sydney.
Check out all the events coming up for the festival, which showcases work from many Australian artistic and commercial photographers.
2011 art
I am happy to announce that my work Tree of Knowledge from the History Trees series is selected for the 2011 Blake Prize Directors’ Cut Online Exhibition, and you don’t have to go anywhere to see it 🙂 Visit http://www.blakeprize.com.au/galleries/directors-cut?yr=2011&page=6 and scroll down to: Tree of Knowledge (exploration/orroroo).
Some of the other works are interesting too.
It will be online until the end of January.
2007 tree mandalas
