When not real is worth more than real!

I have been silent for a while but this I had to comment on!

I hope this article from artdaily.org is legible. If not click on the image to enlarge.

It's not what you are but who owned you! I can't believe we live in a world where some eager bidder will pay a stupendous amount for fake pearls while much of the worlds population lives below the $2 a day poverty line. I love jewelry too but I have to wonder if we are all nuts?

Caroline Rannersberger at Dominik Mersch Gallery

Caroline Rannersberger. Becoming Oceania/West Alligator Head', 2010. Pigment, varnish, wax on cedar wood (10 panels) 138 x 148cm

Caroline Rannersberger's exhibition Unsettling Country is currently showing at Dominik Mersch Gallery at Danks Street Waterloo. The works, which form part of the research undertaken by Rannersberger towards her PhD are truly stunning. Rich layered surfaces and skillful handling of colour produced images which carried me into a landscape I have never visited in the way that reading allows for a much richer and more personal input than watching film. I was reminded of Bea Maddocks beautiful works which explore the Antarctic Landscape. Both artists' work honours and treasures the land they explore and somehow manages to add another sensory dimension to the genre of landscape art.

The exhibition continues until 10 July.

Nicola Moss at Redland Art Gallery

If you are in S.E. Queensland don't miss Plant Life a solo exhibition by my colleague and collaborator Nicola Moss. The exhibition which features paintings and paper cuts exploring the diversity of plant life in the Redlands Shire is to be opened by Renai Grace, Director of Creative Sight at 11 am on Saturday 18 July at Redland Art Gallery.

Nicola will also be giving an artist's talk about the work on Wednesday 21 July at 11:30 am.

Exhibition at Cloud Farm

Works from my shredded document series will be on show at Celeste Coucke and Stephen Fearnley's beautiful Cloud Farm Studios , Tourist Rd, Mt Murray, NSW in July. The exhibition opening coincides with Cloud Farm Open Studio on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th July 10 am - 4 pm and can be seen by appointment at other times. Contact sburet(at)gmail.com.

Yellow is the Colour

Susan Buret, Yellow is the Colour, © 2010, Acrylic on linen, 200 cm x 140 cm

The yellow work is finally finished as the last tenacious golden leaves begin to fall from the trees.

I find it such a difficult colour to work with and I have to blame the seasons and Louise Blyton from St Luke Artist Colourmen who showed me the delicious Nickel Azo Yellow paint. Oh the seduction of beautiful colour.

that's my clothes line tan

that's my clothes line tan, a video work made in collaboration with Queensland artist, Nicola Moss opens at the Gold Coast Art Centre, 135 Bundall Street, Surfers Paradise, tomorrow at 4pm. I'm going up for the opening and looking forward to catching up with my friends. The exhibition continues until 1 August 2010.

Nature as teacher.

Louise Bourgeois in 1990,
behind her marble sculpture Eye to Eye (1970)
Photo Raimon Ramis

Yesterday's post about the passage of autumn to winter was written with sadness as, on Sunday night, I had heard that Denis Hopper had died and I had always admired his wild, wild ways.

Today I received the news that Louise Bourgeois had died at age 98 from a heart attack.

Louise Bourgeois was an immense creative force and a great inspiration to all women artists. Like the autumn leaves, her creative spirit burned brightly until the end of her life.

When I am saddened by the void left left by the passing of these two wonderful creative people I find comfort in the continuing cycle of seasons.

While I would like to babble on about taking the time to observe the natural world and preserving this precious resource I think you know what I am saying!