Artists Down Under - Australia and New Zealand - August 2018 by Artists Down Under

DOWN UNDER Australia and New Zealand

issue 17 - aug 2018 | digital artistry

06 E D I T O R ’ S M E S S A G E by Pam Henderson

38- A R T I C L E 39 A R T I S A N H D

IN T ERVIE W

56 A N D R E W H AY S O M - Weebill Acrobatics

B y Tr i s h H o s k i n

PHOTOSHOP ARTISTRY by Sebastian Michaels

08- N E W S / W H AT ’ S O N 15 b y A D U M e m b e r s - Care For Africa Raf fle

- Care For Africa Foundation and WorldPix.org - Water From Ar t - Helping Women with Endometriosis - Margaret Kalms, Endometriosis - Entropy Exhibition - Canvas 200 Exhibition - Mane And Feather Exhibition - APSCON 2018

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ARTICLE by Judi L apsley Miller - 2018 Wildlife and Native Photography Challenge

20- A R T I S T S A C H I E V E M E N T S 31 - F a c e b o o k P a g e - finear tphotography - Light Space & Time - Living The Photo Ar tistic Life - NZIPP Iris Profes sional Photog raphy Awards 2018 - Issuu - Shif t Ar t Challenge

32- M A U R E E N M A X W E L L 33 - W a t e r f r o n t P l a c e

40- I L O N A A B O U - Z O L O F 41 - P r e t t y L i t t l e B i r d - Kookaburra

42 P H I L L I PA F R E D E R I K S E N - Bubbles

- Corroboree

43 J U D I L A P S L E Y M I L L E R - Summer Daze - Halcyon Day

44 K Y E T H O M P S O N - M u m ’s C u p - Empty

45- F E AT U R E D A R T I S T GER ARD WHEL AN 51 - Private Garden - Late Spring - Sunset Blooms - Night Glimmer - Waterhole At Sunset - Wild Africa - A n e l e ’s A f r i c a - Autumn Hideaway - Early Autumn - Ballet - B u s h Tr a c k - Dragon Slayer - Bio

52 B R O N W Y N K E N M I R

- Rock Around T he Blocks

- Red Bass - Agincour t Reef

34 S U E M A S T E R S O N

- Industrial And Pret ty

35 C I N Z I A H A R T

36- V I K I M U R R AY 37 - A n d T h e C i c a d a s

Sang I

- And T he Cicadas Sang III

MAR JORIE LORD - A Lit tle Bird Edit - Abstract

58 A R T I C L E

CHINESE WHISPERS #9 by Maureen Max well

59 G E O R G E K O N C Z

- Zandy Shining Through - Flowing Red Hair

60- PA M H E N D E R S O N 61 - K i s h o r i - T i c k To c k

62- A N N L AV I N 63 - F l y B u t t e r f l y - Post Card

64 H E L E N A K E R S T R O M - New Hippo Bubby - Feed Me

65- F E AT U R E D A R T I S T SONIA PUSEY 71 - S l a v e To L o v e - Catfish - B i z a r r e L o v e Tr i a n g l e - Beyond The Lens - T ime Flies - Midnight - Volante - Arpeggio - Private Eye - Let It Go

- Mist y Shadow

- Shadows Of My Mind

- S o u t he r n Yello w-B ille d Hor n bill

- Bio

- Nor thern Dancer

- And T he Cicadas Sang II

53 LY N D A R L I N G T O N

- Mid Summer Morning

- Across The Seine

- Have Courage

54 M I C H E L L E D R U M M O N D

- Time In Paris

- B e Your O w n K ind O f B e au t i f ul

55 R O B Y N G A R N E T - Dingo Days

- On The Path

72- LY N N J E N K I N 73 - E v e n M o u n t a i n s

Dream Of

Greatness

- The Romance Of The Streets

74- S H A R Y N WA L K E R 75 - M i s s J a c q u i e - Past Time

MICK ROONEY - Brisbane West End - West End Market

MARGO ZERBES - Paris In Blue - Paris

78- A R T I C L E 79 T H E T E A P O T

115 S A N D Y B O L E S

96- T R I S H H O S K I N 97 - O n T h e R o a d To A b u

116- C H R I S T I N A B R U N T O N 117 - S u n r i s e D e l i g h t

- Pandamoneum

Dhabi

- S h e i k ’s P a l a c e

CHALLENGE

by Maureen Max well

80 K AY E V I S O N

- Leading The Way - Hitching A Ride

94- R O C H E L L E M A R S H A L L 95 - D o u b l e Tr o u b l e

JULIA HARWOOD - Woman Who Runs With Wolves - Spirit

82 S U E M A P L E S

- 80 Mile Beach 5pm - 80 Mile Beach May 2018

83 K E V I N S I M S - Risk

98- A R T I C L E 99 S O M E P H O T O S H O P

- Environmental Impact - Three Wise Men

- Smooth Waters

INSP IR AT ION

by Andrew Haysom

100 E D W I N L E U N G - I Come Riding

- Tr e a s u r e H u n t e r

101 C O L I N K I L L I C K - Shrine

- T iger Eye

102- B A R B A R A D U D Z I N S K A 103 - D a n c e I n T h e U n i v e r s e - Free Flight

104 C H R I S B A R N E S - Contentment

118 A R T I C L E

PRIN T ON DEMAND by Barbara Dudzinska

119 B I L L O L D H A M - Winter Mayhem

- K ing P ar r o t At Yallour n Nor t h

120- D E N I S E M c D E R M O T T 121 - A m b u s h - Streng th

122- A L B A M A S S 123 - P a i n t e d P l a n t - Bird

124- A L I O P P Y 125 - E l e c t o V i n e - Willow

84 K A R E N WA A L W Y K - Peccaries

- A Well Earned Rest

85- F E AT U R E D A R T I S T ANN WEHNER 91

105- F E AT U R E D A R T I S T DE AN HOHN 111 - Evening Light - The Escalator - Flinders Street Station - Meeting And Greeting

- T he L and Of Make Believe

- Casting A Golden Net

- S c h o o l ’s O u t F o r S u m m e r

- Enlightened 1

- Bereaved

- Enlightened 2

- My Lady Butter fly

- Enlightened 3

- A Lilac Dream

- Enlightened 4

- A Moonlit Fantasy

- Enlightened 5

- Ionian Sea

- Gold Rush

- Propped Open

- Bio

- A Room With A View - Bio

92 J A C K M c K E N Z I E

112- D A L E B O T H A 113 - T h e E g g P l a n t

126 C O L I N C A M P B E L L - Black And ... [Exits] - Black And ... [Duke]

127 J U L I E P O W E L L

- Random Thoughts And Snippets - T h e R a g i n g Te m p e s t

128- D I E P T R A N 129 - I n T h e M o o d

- Purple Orchid

130- L E A N N E M W I L L I A M S 131 - C o m e F l y W i t h M e - Live For The Moments - W hen You B elie ve

- East Louisiana Street

- Sunset Fox ton Beach I - Sunset Fox ton Beach II

93 S H A R O N R A N K M O R E - Lion

114 M A R G A R E T K A L M S - Shades Of Woman

- Anger With Endometriosis

FRONT COVER by ILONA ABOU-ZOLOF - Village Church

Christina Brunton - Wolf Whisperer

Ali Oppy - Firebird

aD rOt W i s tNs U N D E R Australia and New Zealand

EDITOR’S MESSAGE Welcome to the August edition of our Artists Down Under magazine. I am happy to present to you another edition of outstanding art and of course the artists amazing achievements for the month. This month we delve a little deeper into the Art Of Birding Wildlife and Nature Photography Challenge that Judi Lapsley Miller has been conducting throughout 2018, and show off some of the very talented photographers’ images. Trish Hoskin interviews the ever popular Mike Goldner from Artisan HD (we know it as Artboja), and he gives us an insight into how it all began and what they offer. The Redlands Digital Artists Group’s Collaborations delight us once again with another of their Chinese Whispers series; this month’s theme is called “Landscapes And Ghosts”. After the meetup of four of our Artists Down Under members recently they

present us with one of the ideas that was tossed around on the day: “The Teapot Challenge”. Andrew Haysom once again presents to us another of his fantastic Photoshop Training Guides with handy tips on Brushes.

Ilona Abou-Zolof - Beauty From The Past

Barbara Dudzinska introduces us to one of the ways she is successful at selling her art and that is through “Print On Demand”; a very interesting read. We introduce to you another four very talented artists as this month’s Feature Artists - Gerard Whekan, Sonia Pusey, Ann Wehner and Dean Hohn. I am sure you will enjoy and appreciate their fantastic work.

I hope you enjoy this month’s edition of “Artists Down Under”. Stay safe and see you all next month.

Pam Henderson

Julie Powell - Red Queen Of Swords Backgrounds: Laitha’s Designs - Jai Johnson - White Lane Studio Copyright 2017 © Artists in this publication are responsible for any rights appertaining to their work. Colin Killick - Sailing The Sk y

aD rOt W i s tNs U N D E R Australia and New Zealand

NEWS

Care for Africa The raffle image has been kindly printed and donated by Print 2 Metal in Melbourne in support of the Care For Africa Foundation. A huge thank you to Marie and Frank for their ongoing support. The raffle image is titled “Water Is Life ll”. The image is a Unique State image and a collaboration between Nigel Lazenby and myself. The image is 20”x30” printed on ultra gloss white coated aluminium with a floating frame. The raffle will be drawn on a date TBA. Raffle tickets are available 1 for $5, 3 for $10. Tickets are available by emailing Dean at dean.hohn@bigpond.com. You can also purchase tickets online direct from Care For Africa. Direct deposit into: Care for Africa: BSB: 037608 Acc: 387249 or Email: jennysaunders122@gmail.com Will ship to anywhere in Australia.

Digital Art links the Care For Africa Foundation with WorldPix.org! Never think for a minute people don’t take notice of your art and what you’re doing. Especially if it’s for a good cause! I got noticed by Mike Goldner, at ArtisanHD, from my ArtBoja page, who in turn told Paul Lynch, the founder of WorldPix.org about the work I was doing with the Care For Africa Foundation, raising funds for drilling fresh water wells. Thank you Mike Goldner for passing my information on to Paul Lynch.

It is coming up 12 months ago that Paul first contacted me to see if I would be interested in joining their group, who are doing similar work to what I’m doing for the Care For Africa Foundation, in various locations around the world. I said yes and filled out the application form, but I didn’t really meet the requirements of their organization because I have never been to Tanzania and therefore couldn’t provide images of the people or animals from the villages we are supporting.

Dean L Hohn My dream is to visit the Tarime District of Tanzania and spend time with the villagers and attempt to capture their stories and include them in my gallery. The Care For Africa Foundation, that I am raising funds for is based in Launceston, Tasmania. As a result of not having been to Tanzania, the board of WorldPix has been gracious enough to allow me to use my digital art images from around Tasmania, until such time as I’m able to actually visit Tanzania. I thank them for this privilege.

Combine that with the fact I did digital art instead of straight photography and it took a bit for the board You can see my gallery of images at https:// to work out how I could fit into their organization. worldpix.org/galleries-2/ In the end, we have overcome the hurdles and I am delighted to be a member of WorldPix.org. Dean Hohn

Care for Africa Cont ...

WATER FROM ART As many of you will know, my “WHY”, is using my art to support the Care for Africa Foundation to drill fresh water wells in the 6 villages it supports in the Tarime District of Tanzania. These villages are off the tourist route and therefore received no form of aid until the Care For Africa Foundation heard about their plight and decided to do something to help. It was the middle of June 2016 when a friend and fellow photographer posted some of her designs on Facebook that the idea of using my art for designs on clothing and scarves hit me. I asked her if she would mind if I copied the idea, of using my art on clothing and she said no. The end of June 2016 I launched my Nuna Collection, with designs originating from my rock art that dated back to the Nuna Era. As a designer I receive a commission of 10% for each piece that is sold and I in turn donate all proceeds to the Care For Africa Foundation. My designs have evolved over time and my latest designs are more contemporary and varied. You can view the collection at

https://tinyurl.com/yc5ar9gw

I also do custom designs and if you would like something created especially for you, you can contact me at dean.hohn@bigpond.com and I will be glad to discuss it with you. The scarves are available in Modal, Cashmere Modal, Cashmere Silk and 100% Cashmere. If you find a design you would like in a fabric other than shown, please contact me and I’ll add it and let you know when it’s available to order. I’m truly grateful for the support I’ve received to date and would appreciate any support you can give me in the future. Dean L Hohn Below are samples of some of my latest designs.

Black, White, Grey Cashmere Modal Scarf

Evening On The Serengeti Statement Bag

Blue, Orange Repeat Cashmere Modal Scarf

Jewels Statement Clutch

Butterfly Visit Modal Scarf

Sunflower Sheer Wrap

Helping Women with Endometriosis 50% of profit donated to endometriosis research When I first heard about endometriosis I felt a deep compassion and need to do what I could to help. I create expressive photoart to raise awareness, and host events and sell products to raise money for endometriosis research. Women with endometriosis suffer debilitating pain, disruptive symptoms and often endure multiple operations and procedures simply to function normally. An estimated 1,750,000 women worldwide are affected by endometriosis! An estimated 500,000 women in Australia! Their experiences are heart-breaking. Regular illness and debilitating pain result in missed education and poor career opportunities leaving these women vulnerable to poverty.

We collaborate at the photo session, agreeing which ideas we’ll play with. My photos are often carefully arranged, but that doesn’t mean they are fake. They represent the personal truth of the experiences of women with endometriosis. The women are remembering and acting out their OWN experiences. Women with endometriosis are the only people who truly know what endometriosis FEELS like I want my photoart to become visual screams!! See ‘Life with Endometriosis’ photoart here:

I hosted a function recently where I showed a selection of my images from ‘Life with Endometriosis’ and several ‘EndoWomanArt’ designs were modelled. Products were on display for sale and we had an auction of donated gift vouchers. Our community responded enthusiastically and gave generously. To continue to create an income, I’ve created ‘EndoWomanArt’ with Redbubble where my photoart is printed on clothing, stationary and household goods.I’m donating 50% my of profit to endometriosis research! This is an increase in my donations! Share ‘EndoWomanArt’ with your friends on social media to raise money for women’s health!

I joined Awake in order to gain advanced Photoshop http://www.endowomanart.com skills, specifically to create these imaginative I passionately desire to raise money for research images. so that faster diagnoses are made and more I create photoart inspired by what women with effective treatments are found. Women with endometriosis have told me. My photoart opens endometriosis need real medical progress to dialogue enabling freer expression of hidden reduce their suffering. feelings, experiences too private to mention in Recently I gave $3,000 to Canberra Endometordinary conversation. riosis Centre!

We all need clothes and household goods. Buy yourself a treat or buy a special gift for your friends. Make your shopping count! Remember 50% of profit goes to endometriosis research!

Butterflies Dancing On Leaves

Moon Cycle

Butterflies Hanging In The Wind

Butterflies Dancing On Leaves

Several women have said that the process of imaging their suffering has helped them to face their pain and illness. There is strength in being heard.

https://w w w.redbubble.com/ people/EndoWomanArt/shop Margaret Kalms

Butterflies Dancing On Leaves

Fight Like A Girl

Butterflies Dancing On Leaves

Bald Eagle Flying

NEWS

Margaret Kalms - Endometriosis One of Margaret Kalms’ photos, “176,000,000 women” will be hung in Canberra Endometriosis Centre, Canberra Hospital. It will communicate with patients and visitors and raise awareness of this nasty, debilitating condition. Margaret is thrilled that her photoart was chosen for this space. She thanks Melissa Parker, Canberra Endometriosis Centre Coordinator and Researcher, who has been her mentor for her ‘Life with Endometriosis’ photoart project. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/LifeWithEndometriosis/ See more of Margaret Kalms’ art: http://www.endowomanart.com

WHAT’S ON Margaret Kalms Exhibition Tuggeranong Arts Centre 27 August - 17 September 2018 137 Reed Street Greenway, ACT 2900 http://www.tuggeranongarts.com

ENTROPY Six photoart images from Margaret Kalms’ ‘Life with Endometriosis’ collection will be shown in Tuggeranong Arts Centre in a group exhibition called ‘Entropy’. If you’re in Canberra then come and see some powerful, emotional photoart! The exhibition is open from Monday 27 August to 17 September. Images from Left To Right Confusing Nerve Pain, Pain Like Fire In The Brain, Pelvic Pain Like Fire

Judi Lapsley Miller Exhibition NZ Academy of Fine Arts 24 August - 29 August 2018 1 Queens Wharf Wellington, NZ nzafa.com/

CANVAS 200 Judi has kindly donated 2 pieces of Art for this exhibition, which is being held as a Fundraiser for the NZAFA, with each piece being randomly given to people attending the Gala evening. Each piece is an embellished limited original.

The Boffin

The Spy

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON Lynn and Dick Jenkin Exhibition CStudios Art Gallery 5 August 2018 - 12pm to 2pm 738 Hunter Street 11 August 2018 - 4pm to 6pm Newcastle West, NSW 2300

MANE AND FEATHER Sunday 5th August is the Pre-opening from 12pm to 2pm Saturday 11th August is the official opening from 4pm to 6pm

https://cstudiosartgallery.com.au/the-gallery/exhibitions/ www.jenkinphotography.com.au/

APSCON 2018 Gold Coast 11 - 16 September 2018 This is an excerpt of the presentation given at APSCON 2017. More information will be updated as it becomes availble. Watch this space! THE VENUE Arts Centre Gold Coast - Now known as HOTA (Home of the Arts) * Purpose built * High quality sound equipment * Comfortable seating * Large break out areas * In-house lunch cart * Lift and ramps * Away from external distractions but close to good accommodation THE THEME Photographic Art â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a new concept? * Program has a high conceptual content * A move away from competitions to exhibitions * Encompassing new technologies * A virtual speaker from the USA * A nature speaker from NZ * Caring for nature in the city flavour THE PROGRAM * A photo walk and portrait workshop on Tuesday afternoon * Packed with exciting and diverse presentations and hands-on workshops * 12 presenters....2 from overseas * 8 presentations including a virtual presentation and a group discussion * 5 workshops to choose from * 6 excursions * 3 social events * Print Exhibition - Triptych (that tells a story) * Sunrise and sunset shoots in interesting locations THE WORKSHOPS * Architectural Art and Photography with Robert Dettman * Nature with Rod Morris * Taking photos and when to use which device for a given situation with CameraPro * Introduction to Action/Sports Photography with Tina Dial * Natural Light Portraits with Tony Scott * Street Photography with Lisa Kurtz THE EXCURSIONS * Nature walk in Coombabah Wetlands * Architectural walk around Surfers Paradise with Robert Dettman * Free walk around Surfers Paradise * A day in the Numinbah Valley * A Day Tour to the Canungra Valley * Sunrise and Sunset shoots Free * Night shots at Bond University Free

APSCON 2018 Gold Coast 11 - 16 September 2018

THE PRESENTERS Rod Morris - Nature Rod, from New Zealand, has been in film making and wildlife photography for many years, as well as writing and lecturing about New Zealand wildlife both nationally and internationally. Damien Caniglia - “Travel” and Tours Damien is a Brisbane based photographer who has guided groups for the last 10 years, mostly on the Kokoda Track as well as Southern Africa and Nepal. He focuses on capturing images that speak of the people and places he visits. Emeritus Professor Kenneth Collerson - Polarizer Light Microscopy: Rock Art Ken Collerson is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at UQ. He has worked and photographed in many environments in Australia and around the world. Sebastian Michaels - Living the Photo Artistic Life Sebastian lives in the mountains of western North Carolina. He started many online courses relating to Photo Artistry and has approximately 16,000 students in 93 Countries. Sebastian will be speaking via an interactive internet connection. Dr Greg McMillan - Learning and Photography Greg’s interests lie in landscape, nature with an emphasis on birds, with a growing interest in monochrome, in particular high key images. Greg will give us a few hints on how to start a photographic business. Phillipa Frederiksen EFIAP MAPS SSAPS - Will lead a discussion around conceptual art portfolios Phillipa has been interested in creative photography ever since she became interested in photography and instigated the APS Conceptual Art Portfolio Awards. Julie Powell - Conceptual Photography Julie is a digital graphic artist and conceptual photographer. Her work has been described as Surreal, Fairy-tale, colourful, textured and eclectic. Julie uses the camera and computer as her canvas; her brush. Lisa Kurtz - Street Photography Lisa is a well-known and much respected Brisbane based conceptual photographer and experienced street photography tutor who runs workshops both in Australia and Italy. Robert Dettman AFIAP Architectural Art and Photography - Photo Walk Landscape and contemporary architecture are Robert’s inspiration. He enjoys creating portraits of notable architectural works in a style similar to that seen in the professional journals. Tina Dial EFIAP/s MAPS PPSA PSQA - Introduction to Action/Sports Photography Tina is the owner operator of Pawsnap Pet Photography and apart from personal bookings, she loves photographing dog sports. Another enjoyment is sports photography. She was involved with the Brisbane International Tennis in 2012, as well as several Masters events. Tony Bryce Scott - Portrait Photography “For as long as I can remember I would draw for hours on end. I can draw portraits and this naturally led into photography, but especially lighting. Digital kinda took over the drawing and now instead of using a pencil it’s a stylus in Photoshop.”

Art of Birding 2018 Wildlife & Nature Photography Challenge

Join Judi on a year-long weekly photography challenge, designed especially for nature and wildlife photographers. Storytelling, wildlife advocacy, and creative/artistic photography is where her heart is, and she hopes to encourage more photographers and photo-artists to not just stop at the perfect wild life picture but to take it further. These weekly challenges will encourage you to think about how your images can be composed and used to advocate for our precious wildlife (story), to hook the viewer in with compelling, creative images (creative), and to increase your technical skills and development (technical). She has created each challenge so that most people can participate, regardless of skill level or where you live in the world (though you will notice a New Zealand bias!). Most challenges can be achieved with just a camera phone. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about catching up, just jump in at the current week. From amateurs with just a cellphone to professionals with the latest gear, the participants in the AoB photo challenge bring many and varied perspectives to the weekly challenges. The challenges are designed to develop skills for wildlife and nature advocacy through visual storytelling, creativity and learning new photographic techniques. If you want to start using your photography for good causes, do join us. Details at https://www.artbyjlm.com/art-of-birding-2018.html

Week 31: negative space (technical) Frame your subject so that there is distraction-free space in part of the image. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in using your images for advocacy purposes, negative space allows room for messages and branding. Bonus challenge: add words to your image in the negative space to advocate for something important to you.

Week 32: outside the fence (story) For those of us with a connection to the fenced sanctuary Zealandia, â&#x20AC;&#x153;outside the fenceâ&#x20AC;? has a very literal meaning. Zealandia has become a safe incubator for breeding birds, who then spill out over the fence to live in local backyards and gardens. For everyone else, find a local conservation or restoration initiative and tell the story about how they have had an impact outside their range.

Week 33: feathers (creative) Feathers lend themselves to artistic shots. Just be sure to leave behind any feather you gather as birds rely on feathers to line their nests, etc. (plus it is illegal to take feathers of native birds).

Week 34: bokeh/background blur (technical) You can either use a wide aperture to create a shallow depth of field or ensure the background is at a distance to your subject to throw the background into blur or soft bokeh to make your subject pop.

Week 35: camouflage (creative) Many critters use camouflage to hide from predators. The first challenge is finding them, the second is to then photograph them in a compelling way

Art of Birding 2018 Wildlife & Nature Photography Challenge Photographers Photos from Prior Weeks

Week 22 Laugh Out Loud (Creative}

Lynne Waddington (Melbourne, VIC)

Lynne laughed out loud when she found three tawny frogmouths on her bicycle

Week 23 Natives In My Garden (Story) “Kereru In Kowhai”

Mike Vincent (NZ)

Week 25 Night (Technical)

Wendy Allen (Rotorua, NZ)

Week 24 Wind (Creative)

Week 26 Heritage {Story)

Marion Skelton (Aukland, NZ)

Sue Collura (Massachusetts, USA)

During our visit to Montana and Wyoming a few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of visiting Yellowstone National Park. In the early 1800â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, there were millions of bison spread across our plains. By the time this particular area officially became a National Park in 1872, the bison were hunted almost to extinction, and in 1890, fewer than 1,000 were counted in our newly fledged National Park. Through heavy management since the 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, they have made a come back within the park, and there are currently approximately 5,000 bison who call Yellowstone home. They co-exist (more or less) peacefully with our current tourist trade within the park, as long as people are respectful and keep their distance. Bison have the right of way!

Lyn Jenkin - The House On The Hill

artists down under monthly Achievements

Colin Killick - Swedish Boathouse

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Julie Powell - Black Cockatoo At Sunset Dale Botha - The Wave Rider

Denise McDermott - A Bit Of Whimsy

The Artists Down Under Public Facebook page has been set up to allow the artists in the group to showcase their work and to enable them to share promotional information about themselves, e.g. exhbitions, awards etc... You can find the Artists Down Under Public Facebook page at this address; https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtistsDownUnder/ So, if you are an artist in the group, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to regularly share your work and information here, and to let your friends and family know about the page if they are interested in viewing the latest art and news from the group. If you are a reader of the magazine who does not have access to the page, please click the link above and request to join. When you request to join you will be asked to answer three simple questions that will allow us to determine if you are an eligible artist who may wish to join the group and therefore be able to post on the page, or a member of the public who can view, comment and like the work on the page. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great place to see some great art from this vibrant group every day!

Ilona Abou-Zolof - Herbie And My Hippy Herbie Colin Campbell - Landscape

Lyn Jenkin - A Morning Stroll

Ilona Abou-Zolof - Lolita

Dean Hohn - Dip Falls At Night

Three ADU members receive a special gift Our very good Awake friends Teddi Rutschman of Foxey Squirrel and Diane Stafford from WhiteLaneStudio continue to give gifts as a reward for members of the Artists Down Under group who contribute to the ADU Facebook page by regularly posting their artworks and supporting other members with their comments. Teddi, from Virginia, USA, is well known for her fantastic sets of digital designer backgrounds, masks and all kinds of wonderful elements ready for designers to add to or build a wondrous creation.

The August lucky winners are Teddi Rutschman (Foxy Squirrel) Gift Voucher of $10.00 - Bronwyn Kenmir Dianne Stafford (WhiteLaneStudio) texture & Overlay Kit - George Koncz - Laki Anagnostis

Teddi Rutshman can be found at http://www.foxeysquirrel.com/ http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Foxeysquirrel Teddi has given a $10.00 voucher for one very lucky member to spend in her on-line shop. Diane Stafford from Chester, UK, designs Photoshop textures and overlays for photo artists and photographers to use in their digital artworks. Diane has created another special kit just for Artists Down Under for the month of August. Two artists will receive a Diane kit each. Diane Stafford can be found at https://www.etsy.com/shop/whitelanestudio

fififIneartphotography Congratulations to the following Down Under Artists who had work published in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fineartphotography around the Worldâ&#x20AC;? magazine Edition V11 - 2018

Ali Oppy

Dale Botha

Ann Lavin

Rochelle Marshall

Ann Lavin

Sue Masterson

Rochelle Marshall Dale Botha

Sue Masterson

Light Space and Time 555 Special Art Exhibition

Andrew Haysom - Red Tailed Black Cockatoo

Denise McDermott - Scientific Enquiry

Overall Category 4th Place - Denise McDermott - “Scientific Enquiry”

Photography and Digital Category 2nd Place - Denise McDermott - “Scientific Enquiry” 5th Place - Andrew Haysom - “Red Tailed Black Cockatoo (For Someone Beautiful)” 8th Place - Julia Harwood - “Camels On Cable Beach”

Andrew Haysom - Eastern Yellow Robin

Special Merit Award Category Ilona Abou-Zolof - “Road Through Nambia” Andrew Haysom - “Eastern Yellow Robin (For Someone Beautiful)” Honourable Mention Colin Killick - “Rails” Colin Killick - Rails

Julia Harwood - Camels On Cable Beach

Ilona Abou-Zolof - Road Through Nambia

LIVING THE PHOTO ARTISTIC LIFE https://issuu.com/thephotoartisticlife/docs/issue41-final Julie Powell - A Vampire Casts No Reflection - Dreaming Of Summer Ali Oppy - Lucid Dream - Tree Nymph Barbara Dudzinska - Old Man - Lady And The Dogs Denise McDermott - Fantasy Landscape 2 - The Old Ones Sonia Pusey - Let Your Light Shine - Card Trick Sue Masterson - Hatter’s Owl Christina Brunton - Golden Pond - Sunrise Delight - Smooth Waters Lynn Jenkin - On The Run Ilona Abou-Zolof - Red Lips Diep Tran - Dance to Free

Barbara Dudzinska - Lady And The Dogs

Denise McDermott - Fantasy Landscape 2

Sonia Pusey - Let Your Light Shine Julie Powell - Dreaming Of Summer

Barbara Dudzinska - Old Man

Sue Masterson - Hatter’s Owl

Sonia Pusey - Card Trick

LIVING THE PHOTO ARTISTIC LIFE (cont ...)

Ali Oppy - Tree Nymph

Julie Powell - A Vampire Casts No Reflection

Christina Brunton - Golden Pond

Christina Brunton - Sunrise Delight Christina Brunton - Smooth Waters

Ilona Abou-Zolof - Red Lips

Diep Tran - Dance To Free

Denise McDermott - The Old Ones

Lynn Jenkin - On The Run

NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards 2018

The 2018 Iris Professional Photography Awards are organised by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) and supported by major sponsor NIKON. These annual awards, open to all New Zealand and International professional photographers, have been running for 35 years. The Awards celebrate the innovation and excellence of professional photography today, providing a platform for recognition within the wider photographic community and with the general public. The NZ Iris Awards support NZIPP’s commitment towards raising the profile and standard of professional photography throughout New Zealand. It offers photographers the opportunity to challenge their creative boundaries. It showcases their artistic eye, desire to excel and surpass themselves against their peers with imagery using traditional and digital methods. You will see the very best of NZ’s photographic talent. The Awards, together with a conference, industry trade show and the public “Exposure” event (created for photographers of all levels), form the annual NZIPP INFOCUS event. Entries in the Iris Awards are judged in an open (public) forum over a three-day period by panels of the respected national and international judges. The best images are awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. The judging process is an educational, informative and inspirational event with all entrants, professional photographers and the general public are welcomed and encouraged to attend. With strong sponsorship support and media interest, the NZ Iris Professional Photography Awards are an excellent opportunity for professional photographers to engage in professional development through challenging and growing their photographic expertise. Success through the Awards also offers opportunity to promote this as part of their business marketing. The Premier Awards, including the announcement of the coveted New Zealand Professional Photographer of the Year 2018, was announced at a formal gala black-tie dinner on Monday 9 July 2018, Wellington. The NZIPP Honours Team wishes you all the best for another exciting and successful year at the 2018 NZ Iris Professional Photography Awards!

NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards 2018 (Cont...)

Congratulations to

JACK MACKENZIE for receiving A GOLD Place in the Students Category competition for his image “Fruity As”. Jack was also awarded a SILVER Place for his image “Lake Taupo II”.

Fruity As

Lake Taupo II

Jack’s two images were awarded Gold (Fruity As) and Silver (Lake Taupo II) respectively. It was the only Student Category Gold and one of only 25 across the entire competition. As a result he was nominated as a finalist in the Student Category and at the gala awards dinner was named as the winner. Some background about the creation of these images from Jack himself: The backstory is that after three years of only moderate success at NZIPP with sports-photography style images I knew I needed to do something different if I was to do better. I was prepared to bomb out completely and so had no reason to be safe and conservative. The first one I call ‘Lake Taupo II’ in reference to German photographer Andreas Gursky’s ‘Rhein II’. I had been reviewing Gursky’s work to see what all the fuss was about. Some of his work is very busy but Rhein II has an elegant simplicity. Driving home from a sports shoot in Taupo I saw the perfectly still lake shrouded in mist. I jumped out the car, used the bonnet to steady myself and took a dozen shots, one of which I split into two. The images themselves were only lightly edited. The rest was about creating a sense of tension with the proportions of the diptych and the framing relative to the horizon. It takes Rhein II’s simplicity and pushes it further. The other image is cheekily called ‘Fruity As’. This one was inspired by the work of Swiss German artist Paul Klee, whose work on colour was fundamental and extensive. Taking the principles I saw in ‘Pyramid” and ‘Polyphon gefasstes Weiss’ (both 1930) I wanted to do something different and create a discord among the judges. I found a model who was up to the task. The rest was purely experimental, in particular how to blend the colours to create the end result. There was no specific goal in mind, I just kept adjusting the direction based on what worked and what didn’t. The fruity appearance was serendipitous, but once I noticed it, I just pushed the image along in that direction.

Jack Mackenzie

issuu Congratulations to Barbara Dudzinska Barbara has recently had her second Art Book published on Issuu called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smart Art Place - Creative Portraits, Models, Animals And Masksâ&#x20AC;?. https://issuu.com/throughcameralens/docs/creative_portraits_2018_compressed

by Barbara Dudzinska

shift art challenge july 2018 amazon rainforest Congratulations to

Karen Waalwyk for receiving an Honourable Mention in the July shiftart competition for her image “The Hidden Amazon”. Also a special congratulations goes to Robyn Garnett for being noticed for her image “Get Real”.

Karen Waalwyk - The Hidden Amazon

WAT E R F R O N T P L A C E by MAUREEN MA XWELL

Australia

RED BASS - AGINCOURT REEF by MAUREEN MA XWELL

Australia

INDUSTRIAL AND PRE T T Y by SUE MASTERSON

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/g6gt11/ https://www.facebook.com/Sue-Masterton-Digital-Artist-1662189864018110/

T I M E I N PA R I S

ACROSS THE SEINE by CINZIA HAR T

Australia

www.cinziahart.com

AND THE CICADAS SANG I b y V I K I M U R R AY

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/vikimages https://www.instagram.com/viki_murray/

AND THE CICADAS SAND II

AND THE CICADAS SANG III b y V I K I M U R R AY

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/vikimages https://www.instagram.com/viki_murray/

aD rOt W i s tNs U N D E R Australia and New Zealand

ARTISAN HD INTERVIEW By Trish Hoskin At a recent get together in Launceston a group of the Awake artists sat and discussed our work that we had added to the Art Boja site. Some of us had not promoted our work there well and so I decided to talk to the people at Artisan HD who host the site to get a bit of a background into the company and some ideas on how we might push ourselves to promote our work further in the United States as well where obviously the population is much larger. So Mike Goldner kindly provided the following information about the company and some tips for us. Made up of three entities, we are Artisan Colour Inc., ArtisanHD.com and ArtBoja. ArtisanHD is our direct to consumer site, hosted / located in Scottsdale, Arizona. For over eight years, ArtisanHD.com has had the privilege of printing for artists, designers, professional photographers and photo enthusiasts alike. We have seen some amazing talent come to us for expertly-crafted digital print solutions. We are pleased to offer the same top quality, award-winning fine art printing solutions that we offer our corporate clients at Artisan Colour. Our wide variety of materials and photo finishing are geared toward professional and amateur photographers, interior designers, or everyday people looking for a great gift or memory to hang on the wall. Our best in class photographic and printing equipment allows the recreational artist access to the same tools, materials, and craftsmanship that professional photographers utilize to make stunning museum quality masterpieces. The next frontier for us has always been out there, visible, but slightly out of reach. How could we connect lovers of fine art, interior designers and people with a discerning eye for color, composition and design, with some of the great talent we already support? The answer grew, as most great ideas do, from an organic collaboration. We were introduced to Sebastian Michaels, the visionary behind such leading publications as Living the Photo Artistic Life and Quill and Camera. Sebastianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s depth of creativity is only rivaled by his unending encouragement and support for his on-line community members and Photoshop Artistry courses such as Fine Art Grunge Composition, Photoshop Artistry and his more advanced AWAKE course. As luck would have it, one of our tenured employees and Photoshop World Guru Award Winner, Paul Bartell, signed up for the Fine Art Grunge Composition course. Within just a few days he shared his excitement and explained the wealth of support, including course materials such as textures and brushes. Soon he was eagerly developing some of his own creations. For a guy who works on expertly retouching high-end fashion photography assets all day, wanting to come home and fire up Photoshop for another 3-4 hours really said how special this course was!

ARTISAN HD INTERVIEW (Cont ....) This is where the ownership group and our talented in-house Technology Team stepped up and decided to invest. After many weeks of collaborative discussion and late night emails, crackling with ideas and concepts, we arrived at what is now ArtBoja.com. The name, (pronounced ART BOJAH) is derived from the Bosnian word BOJA, meaning COLOUR, dye or pigment. Everything here at Artisan Colour is based on the most accurate output and reproduction of any image we handle. ArtBoja is a fitting nod to our 20-year legacy of retouching, color managing, pre-press and digital output. We invited a core group of Artists from the AWAKE Course to start uploading their digital creations so we could start the design of the interface and the individual member â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gallery Homepagesâ&#x20AC;?. What started with (4) artists and about 45 images, has now grown to an amazing international collection of art, hosting over 1000 artists with an astonishing 10000+ original works. We also encourage our members to actively promote their Portfolio pages on Social Media, such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest etc. Getting traffic to YOUR page is paramount for sale conversions. The site has over 10,000 images, so the faster a potential buyer lands on your IMGAGE page, the more likely that they will buy YOUR art. (direct Link Example: https://artboja.com/art/726rzm/17207.php )

We also recommend drafting email blasts to potential customer groups, such as Interior Designers, Galleries and the Hotel & Healthcare industries. Building your email lists can be time consuming, but targeted promotions tend to have more traction, then generic posts. In the near future, ArtBoja will be working on an internal promotional push that may be membership / fee based. By opting in to this service, you will be able to take advantage of our promotional efforts as we highlight artists, send out newsletters on the latest arrivals, top views etc. So lots of interesting information and some great tips here for us all. Trish Hoskin

PRE T T Y LIT TLE BIRD by ILONA ABOU -ZOLOF

Australia

ht tps:// www.ilonaabouzolof.com/

KOOK ABURR A by ILONA ABOU -ZOLOF

Australia

ht tps:// www.ilonaabouzolof.com/

BUBBLES

CORROBOREE by P HIL L IPA F R EDERIKSEN

https://artboja.com/art/33o0hk/ http://phillfoto.smugmug.com

Australia

SUMMER DAZE

H A L C Y O N D AY by JUDI L AP SL E Y MIL L ER

New Zealand

https://www.artbyjlm.com

MUMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CUP

EMPT Y by KYE THOMPSON

Australia

http://artboja.com/art/xb2kgr/

G ER A R D W H EL A N

P R I VAT E G A R D E N 45

L AT E S P R I N G

SUNSE T BLOOMS by GER ARD WHEL AN

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/abf48i/

NIGHT GLIMMER

WAT E R H O L E AT S U N S E T 47

WILD AFRICA

ANELEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AFRICA by GER ARD WHEL AN

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/abf48i/

A U T U M N H I D E AWAY

E A R LY A U T U M N 49

BALLET

BUSH TR ACK by GER ARD WHEL AN

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/abf48i/

D R A G O N S L AY E R

My name is Gerard Whelan My first camera was a Canon Ixus 2 mega pixel. I was so impressed with digital photography and when I uploaded the photos to my computer for the first time, I knew I was hooked. Here I am several years later and still discovering and learning this great subject. I love shooting nature in all its guises, especially wildlife. I began practicing Digital Artistry almost two years ago, through â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Photo Artistic Lifeâ&#x20AC;?, beginning with the Photoshop Artistry course. I find myself going back to it time and time again and picking up something new each time. The great thing about these courses is that you have lifetime access to them online. Sebastion Michaels is the course provider who just keeps on giving. I hope to continue with it from here and see if I can fine tune my Artistry to a Professional level. Gerard Whelan

ROCK AROUND THE BLOCKS by BRONWYN KENMIR

Australia

www.smiletime.photography https://artboja.com/art/bpr5pe/

MIST Y SHADOW

SOUTHERN YELLOW-BILLED HORNBILL b y LY N D A R L I N G T O N

Australia

http://www.sabvaningphotoart.com

MID SUMMER MORNING

NORTHERN DANCER by MICHELLE DRUMMOND

New Zealand

https://enchanted-reality.blogspot.co.nz/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/Whimiscal.Imagery/photos/

D I N G O D AY S

O N T H E PAT H by ROBYN G ARNE T

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/pg/artmrjg/photos/

W E E B I L L A C R O B AT I C S

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BE AUTIFUL b y A N D R E W H AY S O M

Australia

https://www.flickr.com/ajhaysom/ https://andrewhaysom.myportfolio.com/

A LIT TLE BIRD EDIT

ABSTR ACT by MAR JORIE LORD

Australia

http://artmuse.com.au/ https://facebook.com/ArtMuse.MarjorieLord

aD rOt W i s tNs U N D E R Australia and New Zealand

REDLANDS DIGITAL ARTISTS GROUP A COLLABORATIVE GROUP OF PHOTO ARTISTS By Maureen Maxwell

CHINESE WHISPERS #9 “LANDSCAPES & GHOSTS”

STAGE 1

FINAL STAGE

STAGE 2

This month we have produced a collaboration that is quite different from our joint attempts in the past, and to my eye the final version looks most interesting and tells a very good story. I started this month off with a landscape from the South Island of New Zealand just near Arthur’s Pass, plus a few additions. It had autumn colours and a river running through, plus the background was a blue hazy range of hills. I was told by my two colleagues that it was definitely one of those “OH! NO” moments. Gerard Whelan went next and added his own take on a ‘Ghostly Landscape’, and when he finished it looked just about complete with a lot of added elements, etc. And then it was Pam Henderson’s turn! Pam applied her wonderful knowledge, and skill, to end up with the wonderful work of art you can see on this page. The outcome of these monthly challenges, and collaborations, is both a learning opportunity and one of sharing a friendship. Generally each of us has a very different style, so combining our skills, and creativity, ends up as a very enjoyable surprise. We hope you enjoy!

Maureen Maxwell

ZANDY SHINING THROUGH

FLOWING RED HAIR by GEORGE KONCZ

Australia

KISHORI by PA M HENDERSON

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/snapnshootdesigns/ https://artboja.com/art/dmfi9d

TICK TOCK by PA M HENDERSON

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/snapnshootdesigns/ https://artboja.com/art/dmfi9d

F LY B U T T E R F LY b y A N N L AV I N

Australia

ht tp:// artboja.com/art/d6au4o

POST CARD b y A N N L AV I N

Australia

ht tp:// artboja.com/art/d6au4o

NE W HIPPO BUBBY

FEED ME by HELEN AK ERSTROM

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/helen.akerstrom https://www.instagram.com/ha2260/

S O N I A P US EY

S L AV E T O L O V E 65

C AT F I S H

BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE by SONIA PUSE Y

Australia

BEYOND THE LENS

TIME FLIES 67

MIDNIGHT

VOL ANTE by SONIA PUSE Y

Australia

ARPEGGIO 69

P R I VAT E E Y E

H AV E C O U R A G E by SONIA PUSE Y

Australia

LET IT GO

SHADOWS OF MY MIND My photography journey began in January 2016 when I joined a Photo a Day facebook group taking photos with my phone. Three months later I bought my first ever camera, a Nikon D3300 which I still use today. From then on I became obsessed with taking photos. I especially loved fine art photography and often wondered “How do they do that?”. The day I discovered Brooke Shaden’s White Wall Wednesday series on YouTube was a huge revelation to me. I promptly subscribed to Photoshop and went about learning (via free YouTube videos) EVERYTHING I could. It was a very tedious and frustrating process. Until one day I saw a beautiful image advertising Sebastian Michaels’ Fine Art Grunge course and I thought to myself “I want to learn how to do that”. So I signed up and in January 2018 I joined the AWAKE course run by Sebastian Micheals. I am drawn to images that tell a story or make me feel something. I also LOVE surreal art. I am very new to the photographic artistic world and am having so much fun discovering amazing artists I never knew existed. My artistic “crushes” at the moment are Maggie Taylor, Mark Ryden, Kelly Robitaille, Catrin Welz-Stein, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Christian Schloe and all things “Pop Surrealism Lowbrow Art”. I am originally from Adelaide, South Australia but now live with my husband and family in Perth, Western Australia.

Sonia Pusey

E V E N M O U N TA I N S D R E A M O F G R E AT N E S S b y LY N N J E N K I N

Australia

www.jenkinphotography.com.au/

THE ROMANCE OF THE STREE TS b y LY N N J E N K I N

Australia

www.jenkinphotography.com.au/

MISS JACQUIE b y S H A R Y N WA L K E R

Australia

https://www.changeoffocus.com.au https://www.facebook.com/changeoffocus

PA S T T I M E b y S H A R Y N WA L K E R

Australia

https://www.changeoffocus.com.au https://www.facebook.com/changeoffocus

BRISBANE WEST END

WEST END MARKE T by MICK ROONE Y

Australia

PA R I S I N B L U E

PA R I S by MARGO ZERBES

Australia

aD rOt W i s tNs U N D E R Australia and New Zealand

ADU MEMBERS THE TEAPOT CHALLENGE By Maureen Maxwell On Monday 11th June, four Artists Down Under (ADU) members met for lunch. Jacquie Goss and her husband, Ned, (from Melbourne) were holidaying in Noosa and came down to Brisbane to catchup with other photo artistry enthusiasts. Phillipa Frederiksen, and her husband Gunnar, came up from the Gold Coast to join Pam Henderson and Maureen Maxwell so we could spend time with Jacquie and Ned. What a wonderful opportunity to spend a few hours sharing our thoughts on leading the ‘Photo Artistic Life’ and to talk over ideas and interests! The cafe where we met use a beautiful range of artistic tea pots which we all commented on, and we then started taking photos of various examples scattered around the different tables. From that we laughingly created a ‘Tea Pot Challenge’. We hope you like the results of what we have come up with!

Phillipa Frederikson - Tea In The City

Jacqueline Goss - Tea In The Tree Tops

Pam Henderson - Tea For Two

THE TEAPOT CHALLENGE (Cont...)

Maureen Maxwell - Tea With Roses

Maureen Maxwell - Tea With Lamingtons

Maureen Maxwell - Tea With Chocolates

Pam Henderson - Tea Party

Phillipa Frederikson - Snapseed

L E A D I N G T H E WAY

HITCHING A RIDE b y K AY E V I S O N

New Zealand

https://www.facebook.com/artist.kay.evison/

W O M A N W H O R U N S W I T H W O LV E S

SPIRIT by JULIA HARWOOD

Australia

https://www.juliaharwood.com https://artboja.com/art/s6w7af/

80 MILE BE ACH 5PM

8 0 M I L E B E A C H M AY 2 0 1 8 by SUE MAPLES

Australia

RISK by K E VIN SIMS

New Zealand

http://www.kevinsims.co.nz https://www.artboja.com/art/fx6wd6/

PECCARIES

A WELL E ARNED REST b y K A R E N WA A L W Y K

Australia

https://www.flickr.com/photos/88165766@N05 https://artboja.com/art/i1sahn/

A N N W EH N ER

THE L AND OF MAKE BELIEVE 85

S C H O O Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; S O U T F O R S U M M E R by ANN WEHNER

Australia

https://www.annwehnerdigitalartistry.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/annwehnerdigitalartistry/

B E R E AV E D 87

M Y L A D Y B U T T E R F LY by ANN WEHNER

Australia

https://www.annwehnerdigitalartistry.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/annwehnerdigitalartistry/

A LIL AC DRE AM

A M O O N L I T FA N TA S Y 89

IONIAN SE A

PROPPED OPEN by ANN WEHNER

Australia

https://www.annwehnerdigitalartistry.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/annwehnerdigitalartistry/

A ROOM WITH A VIEW

I had dabbled in acrylic painting at school as a teenager but never really got into it, after I discovered basketball which then became my passion. As an adult I revisited my acrylic painting after a knee replacement laid me up for six weeks and I got bored with watching TV and reading. I soon discovered however, that my arthritic hands did not like holding the brushes for too long and I found myself looking for another hobby. I was given Photoshop as a present but had no idea what the potential of this program was until after I stumbled across Sebastian Michaelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Photoshop Artistry course and then onto his AWAKE course. I soon discovered a new passion creating stories that I had seen in my mindâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye and making them come to life for the viewer to make their own narrative. Creating art is my daily passion and I am continuing to learn my craft with new techniques and I have recently started using my own Photographs in my art pieces. Once competent with my camera I eventually aim to take my own model shots to use. Website: http://www.annwehnerdigitalartistry.com

Ann Wehner

SUNSE T FOX TON BE ACH I

SUNSE T FOX TON BE ACH II by JACK MCK ENZIE

New Zealand

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LION by SHARON R ANK MORE

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/0719aj/

DOUBLE TROUBLE by ROCHELLE MARSHALL

New Zealand

https://www.darksapphirephotography.com

PA N D A M O N E U M by ROCHELLE MARSHALL

New Zealand

https://www.darksapphirephotography.com

ON THE ROAD TO ABU DHABI by TRISH HOSK IN

Australia

https://www.trishphotography.com https://artboja.com/art/726rzm/

S H E I K â&#x20AC;&#x2122; S PA L A C E by TRISH HOSK IN

Australia

https://www.trishphotography.com https://artboja.com/art/726rzm/

aD rOt W i s tNs U N D E R Australia and New Zealand

SOME PHOTOSHOP INSPIRATION SOME BRUSH TOOL TIPS By Andrew Haysom

Switching the Brush Mode between Normal and Overlay Switching the Brush tool to Overlay blend mode is very handy for refining and cleaning up layer masks. When in Overlay blend mode a white brush will affect lighter pixels (those that are lighter than 50% grey) but will not affect darker pixels, similarly when in Overlay mode a black brush will affect darker pixels (those that are darker than 50% grey) but will not affect lighter pixels. With the Brush tool active use these shortcuts to switch the Brush blend mode between Overlay and Normal; Shift+Option(Alt)+N â&#x20AC;&#x201C; switch to Normal mode Shift+Option(Alt)+O â&#x20AC;&#x201C; switch to Overlay mode

Understand the Size of the Brush Cursor When in normal mode (that is the Preferences / Cursors / Painting Cursors setting is set to Normal Brush Tip) be aware that when using a soft brush the brush tool will affect areas outside of the circle you see when you paint. When painting with a hardness of 0%, so as soft a brush as you can get, the edge of the circle represents the point where the brush feathering reaches 50% opacity. If you select Full Size Brush Tip the circle shows the whole area that can be affected by the brush. That is the edge of the circle shows where the opacity of the brush feathering reaches 0%. Obviously when using a hard brush, i.e. hardness at 100%, these two settings make no difference. When the [Caps Lock] key is on the brush cursor will change for the selected cursor to the cross-hair. Release [Caps Lock] to change it back. Remember you can use the square bracket keys [ and ] to reduce and increase brush size, and holding down the [Shift] key while using them will reduce and increase the brush hardness.

SOME PHOTOSHOP INSPIRATION (Cont ..)

The Difference Between Opacity and Fill Brush Opacity defines the maximum amount of paint that can be laid down in one brush stroke (mouse click). Fill defines the rate at which paint is laid down as you paint. With the brush tool activated you can use the number keys to change the Opacity setting 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 2 = 20%,, etc. If you want a more precise setting tap two number keys in quick succession, for example tapping the 4 quickly followed by the 5 will give you 45% opacity. Hold down the [Shift] key and use the same number key techniques to change the Flow setting.

The Behind and Clear Blend Modes There are two blend modes that are available only on the tool blend mode drop-down on the Options Bar and not in the Layer blend mode. These are Behind and Clear. These define how the brush responds to transparent pixels on the layer you are working on. If the transparency of the current layer is locked these options will be greyed out on the drop-down menu. The Behind blend mode will cause the brush to only paint on transparent pixels on the layer. The Clear blend mode will make all the painted pixels transparent.

Andrew Haysom

I COME RIDING

TRE ASURE HUNTER by EDWIN L EUNG

New Zealand

https://500px.com/elkynz https://artboja.com/art/ola8i6/

100

SHRINE

TIGER EYE by COLIN K IL LICK

Australia

https://driftingleaves.net

101

DANCE IN THE UNIVERSE by BARBAR A DUDZINSK A

Australia

ht tps:// www.SmartArtPlace.com ht tps:// artboja.com/art/7qn7s6

102

FREE FLIGHT by BARBAR A DUDZINSK A

Australia

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103

CONTENTMENT by CHRIS BARNES

104

Australia

D EA N H O H N

EVENING LIGHT 105

T H E E S C A L AT O R by DE AN HOHN

Australia

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106

F L I N D E R S S T R E E T S TAT I O N

MEE TING AND GREE TING 107

CASTING A GOLDEN NE T

ENLIGHTENED 1 by DE AN HOHN

Australia

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108

ENLIGHTENED 2

ENLIGHTENED 3 109

ENLIGHTENED 4

ENLIGHTENED 5 by DE AN HOHN

Australia

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110

GOLD RUSH I classify myself as a fine art photographer and I live on the North Central Coast of Tasmania. I draw inspiration from nature for my art. I think that the interplay of light on natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shapes, textures, colours and patterns is the single biggest influence on my art. I am continuing my studies and exploring various types of photography and processing to further enhance the photo artistry and depth of my pieces. I use my art in creation of a clothing collection with VIDA, that is based in California and provides basic numeracy and literacy skills to people in locations that create the products for the collection. I donate all proceeds from the sale of items in my collection to the Care For Africa Foundation to assist with drilling fresh water wells in Tanzania. You can view the entire collection at https://tinyurl.com/yc5ar9gw I have my works in private collections around Australia, Tasmania and overseas in the USA. I feel very honoured to have been chosen as a 2014 and 2016 John Glover Art Prize finalist. I have been chosen by WorldPix.Org as one of their artists and have a gallery of images available for purchase or where donations can be made to assist the Care For Africa Foundation. You can view my gallery at https://worldpix.org/galleries-2/ I have 3 different galleries that represent my work across Tasmania and you can see more of my work at Dean Hohn-Photo Artistry https://tinyurl.com/ybuoo5fz

Dean Hohn

111

THE EGG PL ANT by DALE BOTHA

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/x1el96/

112

E AST LOUISIANA ST by DALE BOTHA

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/x1el96/

113

SHADES OF WOMAN

ANGER WITH ENDOME TRIOSIS by MARGARE T K ALMS

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/zg47s6/ http://ecospiritlife.com.au/

114

E N V I R O N M E N TA L I M PA C T

THREE WISE MEN by SANDY BOLES

Australia

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https://www.sandybolesphotography.com

115

SUNRISE DELIGHT by CHRIS TINA BRUNTON

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/1pa52q/

116

S M O O T H WAT E R S by CHRIS TINA BRUNTON

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/1pa52q/

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aD rOt W i s tNs U N D E R Australia and New Zealand

PRINT ON DEMAND By Barbara Dudzinska What marketing options we have? We all know that digital art is a fantastic new type of art and we all enjoy our creation process. Unfortunately it’s not wildly accepted type of art. A lot of art galleries are refusing to accept digital prints on their exhibitions. I already wrote an article in Artist Down Under Magazine in January 2018, about painting and building textures over the print to make a mix media artwork and to try to be easier accepted by galleries. That is just one way around the problem...... In my opinion we should start to accept that maybe our art can serve a different purpose. Our art not necessary have to be hang on the wall but can be used many other ways and on many other products. For many years images were used for advertising and that didn’t change, it’s a booming business today too but the media have change. Images are still in big demand by advertisers, by web companies and product makers. We have to start thinking outside the box how to get people know that we are producing great images. There are many ways to build a name and start to be visible on many platforms. It’s a lot of work but it’s worth to consider. Some people have their own websites to show their portfolio or even to sell but it’s very difficult to get enough traffic to really sell. Exhibitions are great but it’s very expensive and time consuming to prepare enough images to make a statement about our work. Usually we are lucky if we sell something. Other option is to sell your art through “print on demand” services online. I did try many of them, it’s not easy to sell, there is a huge competition and your commission is very small but in most cases it doesn’t cost you anything to participate. They manage all aspects of marketing, production, distribution and customer service. I use this business model for long time and I’m very happy with the results I’m achieving. After initial time where I had to use any possible way to show my products in front of others I’m finally achieving steady sales. I’m building my collections with the same design printed on many different products and I realise that buyers are happy to collect sets of goods with the same design. I build my collections using different themes and post collections on Pinterest for extra exposure. Some examples of my collections.

https://www.pinterest.com.au/bpdudzinski/unique-t-shirts/ https://www.pinterest.com.au/bpdudzinski/travel-collection/ There are many different “print on demand” places on internet, they have different range of products but how they operate is very similar. They have printing facilities in many countries around the world including Australia and NZ. I can post all links on our Facebook page for everybody to try.

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K I N G PA R R O T AT YA L L O U R N N O R T H by BIL L OL DHAM

Australia

https://www.flickr.com/photos/25818712@N04/

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AMBUSH by DENISE McDERMOT T

Australia

https://www.imagesbydenise.net

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STRENGTH by DENISE McDERMOT T

Australia

https://www.imagesbydenise.net

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PA I N T E D P L A N T by AL BAMASS

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/nsthnn/

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BIRD by AL BAMASS

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/nsthnn/

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ELECTO VINE by ALI OPPY

New Zealand

https://www.facebook.com/Mysticsparrows https://artboja.com/art/lzqpfy/

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WILLOW by ALI OPPY

New Zealand

https://www.facebook.com/Mysticsparrows https://artboja.com/art/lzqpfy/

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BL ACK AND ... [E XIT S]

BL ACK AND ... [DUKE] by COLIN CAMPBEL L

Australia

ht tps://colincampbell.mypor t folio.com https://artboja.com/art6bq9cj/

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R ANDOM THOUGHTS AND SNIPPE TS

THE R AGING TEMPEST by JULIE P OWEL L

Australia

ht tps:// www.juliepowellphoto.com/ ht tps:// artboja.com/art/glul6i/

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IN THE MOOD by DIEP TR AN

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/tranphotography https://www.instagram.com/trandiep1234/

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PURPLE ORCHID by DIEP TR AN

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/tranphotography https://www.instagram.com/trandiep1234/

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C O M E F LY W I T H M E by L E ANNE M WIL LIAMS

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/leannemwilliamsimages/ https://www.instagram.com/leannemwilliams333/

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LIVE FOR THE MOMENTS

WHEN YOU BELIEVE by L E ANNE M WIL LIAMS

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/leannemwilliamsimages/ https://www.instagram.com/leannemwilliams333/

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http://tinyurl.com/artisitsdownunderpublic

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