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.

Link to Life • This artist adores pastels … a medium which she believes can fall between painting and drawing. Her art is truly her link to life.

To Be at One with Nature • “My art is who I truly am, and it has given me a freedom to become ‘just me’,” claims this talented lady.

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Don’t be Scared • Random midnight painting frenzies in the cold rainy night air wearing only boxer shorts have featured in this young man’s creative development … painting only when he felt like it … and trying to paint from the soul.

View from the Moon • Bursting with unusual creativity, this young artist defies convention and does surprising things with strange combinations of paint. His Demonstration will be motivational for many of his peers.

Many Art Centre Hands • Beautiful art galleries are located all over this country, hosting and promoting the work of Australia’s diverse exponents of art. Artist’s Palette magazine showcases a broad selection of these venues. In this Issue, we focus on Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra: Many Hands Art Centre at Alice Springs.

Forever Learning • According to this artist, there is no end to learning … at least where art is concerned. For her, creativity is a truly wonderful pastime.

Possum • Discover a new realm of possibilities in the world of printmaking. This artist’s careful instructions can help you to explore the pleasures of a different kind of creativity.

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Work Intensely • This Queensland artist tends to paint in spurts. He will work like crazy, then do nothing for a while, then go again. He likes to listen to ’50s and ’60s rock music when painting.

Lifesaver’s Flag • A swift and basic approach works well for this oil painter, as demonstrated by this bright sunny image. This painting was done Alla Prima.

Journey of the North West Cape – Exmouth • An admirer of acrylics from Western Australia has submitted this intriguing collage work which showcases some of the endearing features of her inspiring surroundings.

Eye of the Beholder • A few paintings by this artist which have disappointed him personally have actually been loved by other people … confirming his belief that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’.

Semarang: Feelings and Images of Central Java • Working with an intriguing combination of mediums, the artist has tried to keep this painting fairly loose – with a limited structure – to express the feeling from Central Java.

Portrait of an Irishman • Capturing the spirit and the likeness of a person through portraiture takes a significant level of skill and understanding. This clever lady does it with pastels.

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Relocation • Although currently on a ‘relocation’ theme – placing animals that were evicted from their natural environment in unnatural settings – this artist would love to illustrate a children’s book or start a new series of benefit art exhibitions.

Who Needs Trees? • This talented scratchboard artist always tries to spend some time just observing a piece of her work before deciding it is complete.

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Reproductions • Subject matter for this artist is frequently work by some of the Old Masters … and in reproducing his own versions of famous pictures he enjoys the challenge of mixing the right colours.

Strange Food • The man who painted this charming work devised his own...