Ann Dunbar

Oceans of Oz Exhibition- for one week only

The upcoming event taking place at Galerie Art'& Miss, 14 rue Sainte Anastase, Paris 75003,, opens on 1st December. I am very excited as this project is a collaboration with another award winning artist from Australia: Olivia Alexander. It has taken a year to prepare the exquisite works to grace the walls of this charming gallery, only a few metres away from musée Picasso.

We are going to make the gallery come alive with our different expressions in the use of mixed media, inspired by the beautiful coastlines of Australia. After having spent some time in NSW and SW of Sydney, I can assure you that they are the most natural, well preserved coastlines I have ever seen. The crystal azure water and erosive marks sculpted on the rocky shores are stunning. I was particulaly attracted to the rockpools and the variety of shells.

I met Olivia three years ago,through an Italian curator we work with because she loved to exhibit in France, I suggested to join various salons and then the idea of working on a theme close to our hearts came to surface. Olivia, like myself, is inspired by the natural wildness of landscape, untouched by man.She does not paint realism but rather an expression of what she sees and feels whilst observing the scene. The extensive variety of formes,textures, pattern,colours and rhythms, all play a role in stimulating her technique of layering experimental mixed media.My work, however, is more classical and romantic in manner and the embroidery expresses the movement, relief and textures in my compositions. Our work combines together in a well suited and unified way by the unusual effects obtained with our materials.

We have various publications from international magazines (see enclosed with this blog)

Our work in this exhibition ties up with the issues of the fragile envoronment we live in: rising sea levels, global warming, pollution etc, hot topics which hit Paris this moment with the COP21 debate. We wish to raise awareness of the fragility and beauty of our marine world.

During the week, we have many exciting artistic and cultural events.

Open every day from 11h to 19h

Tuesday 1st December:  Press evening

Thursday 3rd December: Grand Opening from 18h