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Thursday, 26 November 2015

GAYLE REICHELT - BEGINNER ART CLASSES

Gayle Reichelt is offering Beginner Art Classes at RQAS Petrie Terrace Gallery, 162 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane with 1st class commencing on 21st February 2016.

There will be three classes - general drawing, oil and acrylic painting and encaustic.

A GIFT VOUCHER CAN BE PURCHASED THAT CAN BE USED FOR ANY OF GAYLE'S ART CLASSES OR FOR PURCHASING ONE OF GAYLE REICHELT'S ARTWORKS.  

A UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR THAT SPECIAL PERSON IN YOUR LIFE 




Click on this link for details -   http://www.gaylereicheltart.com/art-classes.html


Acrylic painting

Encaustic painting

Charcoal drawing

Oil painting

Oil painting

Friday, 20 November 2015

SS Dicky - New shipwreck paintings


I haven't posted for a while, but I have been busy.    I actually now have enough paintings for my forthcoming exhibition "The Last Fleet" which will open at The Arts Centre, Gold Coast City Gallery on 6th February and continue until the end of March.   I will, however, do two more, as I would rather have too many than not enough - so that the curator can choose the best ones to hang.

The painting above is called SS Dicky - Beached Remains.  It is Oil on Canvas and the size is 66cm x 101cm.

As well, I have painted two Encaustic paintings of SS Dicky on Dicky Beach - both looking through the porthole along the beach.  The first one is looking south, and the second one is looking north.   Both are 82cm x 62cm.   The three paintings will hang together in the exhibition with Beached Remains in the centre and north and south views through the porthole will be on either side.





Sadly SS Dicky is no longer residing on the beach where she has been since 1893 when she was driven ashore.   She was deemed to be a risk to the general public and at danger of being lost forever, so was removed in July 2015.   The remaining parts of SS Dicky will be developed as part of a park landscape at Dicky Beach.   She will join the SS Dicky propeller at Dicky Beach Park.   I must go and see her in her new home.   Many people were sad that she was taken off the beach, and I was one of the last of the many people to photograph her, and I used my photos to create these three paintings.  

S.S Dicky was a coastal trader that operated in and around Australia from at least 1887 until its loss in 1893.   S. S. Dicky was driven ashore at Caloundra Head in Moreton Bay, in the southern end of the Sunshine Coast Qld in early February 1893 .   She quickly became a local attraction and rested partially on the beach since the wrecking of the vessel.  The beach where she lay has been named "Dicky Beach"     By the 1960's, the upper deck levels had collapsed and the rusting hull (including ribs and plating) were the predominate feature.  


Monday, 12 October 2015

Slideshow of Gayle Reichelt Art paintings in exhibition Just Below the Surface

http://www.gaylereicheltart.com/blog/gayle-reichelt-paintings-in-exhibition-just-below-the-surface

Link to a slideshow of my work in current exhibition "Just Below the Surface" with artwork by Gayle Reichelt and Bronwyn Doherty.

At Petrie Terrace Gallery, 162 Petrie Terrace, Brsane. 4000.   Exhibition dates from 12th - 24th October.  Opening night Wednesday 14th October 2015 at 7pm for 7.30pm.

All work is for sale.   If you are unable to get to the exhibition, work can be purchased online.


Saturday, 10 October 2015

Underwater Anchor - likely from Charles Eaton Shipwreck

Monday, 28 September 2015

Just Below the Surface - Invitation to the exhibition

You are invited to the exhibition Just Below the Surface, exhibiting works by Gayle Reichelt and Bronwyn Doherty from 13th - 25th October 2015.

Click on this link to view the invitation:  http://eepurl.com/bAK3TL


Below is an example of some of the works in the exhibition.  Artwork in the exhibition includes over 80 paintings, glass lamps and resin jewellery.

by Gayle Reichelt
by Bronwyn Doherty



by Gayle Reichelt
by Gayle Reichelt    

by Bronwyn Doherty
By Bronwyn Doherty





Thursday, 24 September 2015

Data Chips - Add More Paint series

Data Chips is one of my latest acrylic works, and is quite different from my others, but I really like it.  Hopefully eventually it will find a good home.  My husband John named it because he said that it reminded him of Data Chips.    It is smaller than my other pieces, 30cm x 30cm and is painted on a stretched canvas.

http://www.gaylereicheltart.com/store/c12/_Serendipity_Series_-__2014_-_Current_ENCAUSTIC%2C_OIL_OR_ACRYLIC.html is the link on my website for Data Chips.



Below are the stages that this painting went through to get to the final image.
In stage 1, I started with a lot of black, red and blue, then added some neutral grey, making sure that there was quite a bit of texture.  I used a squeegee to apply the paint for this stage - one that's usual purpose is for cleaning windows.  It is a very handy tool for adding paint quickly to areas, and leaving bumps of texture.



When stage 1 had dried, I took out some areas with black, still using a squeegee.  I think it looks very dramatic.


Added some more blue and red to some areas, sometimes using squeegee, and other using my brayer. The brayer is another excellent tool for adding paint.  It leave quite different marks to the squeegee.


In this stage, using bray and squeegee, I added some green, blue, red and more grey.   Then I took it outside to an old table, and spattered green and yellow paint.  It is starting to look quite interesting.


More spattering with different colours, mostly red.   I love adding red as it always brings a painting to life.


More paint added it various ways.  Sometimes with brayer, other times with a paint brush or the brayer.  Still more spattering.    The colour looks a bit different in this photo because it was taken at a different time of day.  Amazing what a difference the time of day makes to photography.   I find the best time is in the mornings.   This one was taken later in the afternoon.  I added a bit of crackle medium at this stage, but I don't think it worked properly because the paint underneath was too dry, but I dribbled some on, which left a ridge that I like.


It is getting close to being finished now, and I decided it needed some strong darks.  I used prussian blue with a little cobalt mixed in it and used a stencil to make the dark marks in this stage.


I added some black to some of the ridges, and it is really starting to take shape now.


The final stage.   I added more black to the x shape at the top, and decided to call it quits.   I really love the texture in this one.  I hope people find the different stages that the painting underwent in the process interesting.