Mervyn and I have bought a property in the Western District at Hamilton and will be relocating the Studios & Gallery at the end of the year. If you know our property you will realise we have a huge task with packing up the studios and our family goods and arts works.
We have begun to set up a studio clearance of art books, artworks and studio items to help us ‘downsize’ before the move.
We will also be holding our LAST ELTHAM EXHIBITION later in the year – details to be posted in the near future.
Classes will continue until the end of October and the Picture Framing with Mervyn @ STUDIO FRAMING will continue until the end of the year unless settlement takes place sooner.
Do come and see what we have on show – we will have works that have not been see before as well as selected Studio Pieces of the family including: Jenni Mitchell, Grace Mitchell, Mervyn Hannan, Joe Hannan and Sonia Skipper.
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A special book launch will be held in conjunction with Eltham Bookshop, Text Publishing and Eltham South Fine Art Gallery
Wednesday 10 August
6.00 for a 6.30pm start until 8.00
6 Mt Pleasant Road, Eltham 3095
Prepaid early bookings are essential as seating is intimate
Entry: $60 includes a copy of the book or a $45 gift voucher, a glass of wine and refreshments.
Book by phone: 9439 8700 or elthambookshop@bigpond.com
When he died in 1992 Brett Whiteley left behind decades of ceaseless activity—some works bound to a particular place or time, others that are masterpieces of light and line.
Whiteley had arrived in Europe in 1960 determined to make an impression. Before long he was the youngest artist to have work acquired by the Tate. With his wife, Wendy, and daughter, Arkie, Whiteley then immersed himself in bohemian New York. But within two years he fled, having failed to break through.
Back in Sydney, he soon became Australia’s most celebrated artist. He won the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes in the same year—his prices soared, as did his fame. Among his friends were Francis Bacon and Patrick White, Billy Connolly and Dire Straits. Yet addiction was taking its toll: Whiteley struggled in vain to separate his talent from his disease, and an inglorious end approached.
Written with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, and handsomely illustrated with classic Whiteley artworks, rare notebook sketches and candid family photos, this dazzling biography reveals for the first time the full portrait of a mercurial artist.
RGENSEN. Sunday 15 February 3.00 – 5.00.
For further details and bookings click here… 
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