Jill Rogers' painting Under the Milky Way is a finalist in the Mission to Seafarers Maritime Art Prize. THREE Phillip Island artists have recently been selected as finalists in national art awards: Warren Nichols in the John Leslie Landscape Prize; and Jill Rogers and Marian Quigley in the Mission to Seafarers Maritime Art Prize.
Westernport Summer Night by Warren Nichols Warren Nichols’ painting Westernport Summer Night is one of 60 entries chosen from a total of 493 for the prestigious biennial John Leslie Landscape Prize to be exhibited at the Gippsland Gallery, Sale from September 22 to November 25. The prize is open to all artists living and working in Australia and is named for John Leslie OBE (1919-2016), Patron of the Gippsland Art Gallery.
Warren’s current minimalist works are interpretations of sky, land and sea compositions as observed over Western Port at varying times of the day and season of the year. His interest in translucency and transition in colour, as dictated by changing light conditions, influences his exploration of applying numerous transparent glazes over a prepared surface – an approach not unlike the practice of the masters, Rembrandt and Rothko.
Paintings by Jill Rogers and Marian Quigley are amongst the 80 artworks selected from over 330 entries with the theme ‘The Relationship between Humanity and the Sea' for the annual Mission to Seafarers Maritime Art Prize The exhibition will be held at the Mission to Seafarers, Docklands, Melbourne from the 5th to the 26th of October 2018.
Jill Rogers’ painting Under the Milky Way features leisure craft mooring under the Milky Way. Jill explains that whilst painting, she thought of seafarers navigating by the stars above and how celestial navigation is still an important part of a navigator’s formal training. Although seafarers depend on a complex network of radio, satellite, inertial and other navigation systems, should these systems fail, the starry sky can serve as the last resort.
Warren’s current minimalist works are interpretations of sky, land and sea compositions as observed over Western Port at varying times of the day and season of the year. His interest in translucency and transition in colour, as dictated by changing light conditions, influences his exploration of applying numerous transparent glazes over a prepared surface – an approach not unlike the practice of the masters, Rembrandt and Rothko.
Paintings by Jill Rogers and Marian Quigley are amongst the 80 artworks selected from over 330 entries with the theme ‘The Relationship between Humanity and the Sea' for the annual Mission to Seafarers Maritime Art Prize The exhibition will be held at the Mission to Seafarers, Docklands, Melbourne from the 5th to the 26th of October 2018.
Jill Rogers’ painting Under the Milky Way features leisure craft mooring under the Milky Way. Jill explains that whilst painting, she thought of seafarers navigating by the stars above and how celestial navigation is still an important part of a navigator’s formal training. Although seafarers depend on a complex network of radio, satellite, inertial and other navigation systems, should these systems fail, the starry sky can serve as the last resort.
Migration 5 – Final Farewell by Marian Quigley Migration 5 – Final Farewell is the latest in a series of paintings by Marian Quigley inspired by her childhood migration to Australia. In the series, the sea represents memory, passage and transience whilst the streamers, a common symbol in each painting, signify broken ties with family and homeland but, like memories, linger long after departure. Marian’s style is characterised by a hard edge technique, abstraction, vibrant colour and flowing line.