Neil Moorhead, Colleen Stevenson, Tamika Petersen, Nicky Carey, Peter McGhie, Troy Cowley, Lisa Blake, Magda Labuda, Mark Kleine, Jenny Jump, Margarita Iakovleva, Anthony Cherry, Terry O’Hara, Nina Romano,
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Colleen Stevenson - Photographer.
Colleen has been producing her artwork for over 10 years. She has a lived experience of mental illness and is a Forgotten Australian. Colleen’s work continually evolves but primarily is based around nature and the abstract. She has been exhibiting her work for over 8 years. The beauty and fragility of her flowers reflects the beauty, fragility and transient nature of life.
Tamika Petersen - Photographer -
“My relationship with nature and photography has been crucial when it comes to my mental health, a place of both comfort and solace.
My goal is to inspire you to see my work through your own imaginative lens and to slow down and discover your own place of comfort and solace.”
Nicky Carey - Artist -
Nicky is an Irish contemporary visual artist and poet who lives in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland in Queensland. In his work he attempts to retain a childhood vision of the world, and salvage from childhood energies of on-going existence.
Nicky uses a range of mediums to express himself including printmaking, acrylic & watercolour paintings on paper, oil & acrylic on canvas, pastel drawings, sculpture, and poetry. Nicky’s work will be on show at Posto in West End from October 9 until October 24 and at the Brisbane Square Library until October 24.
Troy Cowley - Artist
Lisa Blake - Artist — Lisa has been attending the Brisbane Outsider Artists’ Studio (BOA) program at Access Arts for 15 years. Having a mental illness means she’s had the time and opportunity to explore her creative side, which is a silver lining to the otherwise dark rain cloud. Lisa likes to use a lot of vibrant colours in her artworks because they help her feel happy.
Her artworks often feature animals, especially her two cats, Oliver (who has crossed the rainbow bridge) and Toby. She likes her finished artworks to be uplifting to the viewer. Lisa has previously won the AFTM logo design competition, and has exhibited artworks in various locations around Australia and overseas. This includes a group exhibition at Heiser Gallery and a touring exhibition of Europe.
Lisa Blake’s work will be on display at the Brisbane Square Library until October 24.
Magda Labuda is a Brisbane photographer specialising in urban/natural scapes throughout Brisbane. Magda was a recipient of the Heiser Gallery Art from the Margins Emerging Artist Award (2011), and was a finalist in the Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards in 2017 and received a Highly Commended award in 2018.
Recently Magda was commissioned for the following projects: to capture public transport from a macro perspective for Nelsons Property; to document the State Disability Conference in Cairns. Earlier this year, Magda was commissioned to photograph the Disability and the Performing Arts in Australia: The Last Avant Garde at the Judith Wright Centre.
To see more of Magda’s photography please visit -http://www.redbubble.com/people/magdalabuda/