Artist's Palette

Artist's Palette is the perfect magazine for the aspiring and accomplished artist alike. Provides insights on, as well as step-by-step demonstrations from, Australian and international artists. Featuring the latest in news, reviews and products from the art world as well as exhibition previews and reviews.

Artist's Palette is sure to stimulate your artistic sense.

Country Life • Few people can encapsulate nostalgic rural imagery in the style of this talented man. The charm of his paintings speaks for itself … but here are some words from the artist.

Gentle Giants • This masterful Australian includes working horses in many of his paintings. Here he describes his own definitive approach to one of his favourite subjects.

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Circle of Friends • This uniquely talented lady assigns much credit for her wealth of artistic achievements to a circle of close friends … people who have helped her to overcome a negative past by confronting her with new challenges.

Picket Line • A trio of lambs got separated from their mums at shearing time and didn’t ‘mother up’ afterwards. Their blue sprayed heads denote which paddock they came from. The baling twine around their legs is to keep them from moving.

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Lethbridge Gallery • Art galleries are scattered all over our magnificent country, hosting and promoting the works of Australia’s diverse exponents of art. On the pages of Artist’s Palette magazine we will seek to showcase an extensive selection of these important venues.

Big Rigs • If a truck driver was also an artist, what subject would he favour? Trucks, of course! This clever Queenslander has certainly found his niche in the world of art.

‘Texas T’ • This artist has developed his childhood fascination with big trucks into a worthwhile hobby painting pictures of rigs … to supplement his career as an interstate truck driver.

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Tools for Learning • The commencement of the academic year can be a torrid time for art students at every level. From some of your favourite art suppliers, we bring you information about a few of the things that may help to get you started back at school or university.

An Absorbing Activity • An elderly lady in rural New South Wales paints with a local art group in Coonabarabran and finds satisfaction and contentment through her art.

Shearing Shed • Clean skies are a feature of the Coonabarabran area, where the subject of this painting can be found. The aim of the picture was to emphasise a feeling of vast space – with dark clouds forming on the western horizon.

Artistic Licence • This accomplished artist likes to do drawings of her photographs and plan her subjects using artistic licence … keeping her original photographs merely for reference.

Morning Reflections – Echuca • This painting is not for the faint-hearted. It features three distinct stages: A detailed wharf and boats; background gums; and water with reflections.

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Partnership in Paint • Armidale in New South Wales is home to a rare husband and wife artistic team. In this Issue we are proud to feature work by the gifted lady in the partnership. In Issue 59, we will showcase the talents of her spouse.

Smoko • This artist uses photographs and on-site sketches as reference material. Her demonstration piece was inspired during a trip around Australia.

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A good to live experience for … • A challenging personal history fraught with setbacks and disappointments has not prevented this artist from exercising his astounding creativity.

Heart Donor (a gift of life) • A combination of two mediums brings a unique approach to this highly original and provocative work which throbs to the beat of...