TWFINEART recently teamed with local artist Gert Geyer when asked by architect Tobias Benz to create a cutting edge artwork for a new residential development in Brisbane. It is a monster (1.5 stories high) and was created using local flora as inspiration. While we can't reveal images of the piece, we can say that we visited the factory today and witnessed how the state of the art piece is being produced. Technology is amazing. Now we have  the opportunity to create one off works like this in sensational detail without the exorbitant prices of the past. Rather than choose off the shelf designs, architects and developers now have the opportunity to commission real work by real artists in a one off manner that gives their design a true signature, and even more importantly brings beautiful art into our streets and dwellings. A little sneak peek at some behind the scenes images: [caption id="attachment_13630" align="aligncenter" width="700"] First Continuous Cut[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13631" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Polishing the sections before treatment[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13632" align="aligncenter" width="700"] A beautiful pile of aluminum confetti piled up from the vacuums.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13633" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Gert Geyer standing in between her creation.[/caption]

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Gert Geyer is keeping busy with some pretty great projects. 2015 will see the unveiling of a major work by the artist in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley made in collaboration with TWFINEART and Silverstone Properties - stay tuned for that one!! In the meantime, we have released a couple of beautiful new limited edition prints by the artist. The colors in these works will blow your mind!!Visit her page on our SHOP to see her beautiful work! [caption id="attachment_13514" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Abstract, 2014. Limited Edition Print by Gert Geyer[/caption]

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We were approached by James Street to give our take on why it's important to buy local. Christmas might have passed, but the reasons to buy locally remain the same.

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We have been engaging in some pretty great street/public art projects of late! Just this last weekend we collaborated with Brisbane Riverview Hotel to bring Californian artist Elise Lee to Brisbane. The cutting edge hotel commissioned the moving painting 'The Melody of Coexistence' specifically for the event. The animated artwork exploded like the Big Bang onto the surface of the hotel, expanding and disappearing in explosions of color and form. Like time, the artwork never repeated itself; relentlessly regenerating in new expanses & combinations of form and color. Artist Elise Lee strives to mediate between the personal experiences of joy and happiness, from the real to the unreal, remaining open to the perpetual re-assignment of either state. The circular shape of bright colors and playful movements are an invitation to party in the artist’s personal vocabulary. The repetition of singular shapes creates a visual complexity, while continuously adding layers of color and shape to ultimately create a harmony akin to music. Greg Henderson documented the event for us and produced these stunning images!    

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  For the James Street RESORT event, we collaborated with James Street and artist Briony Barr to create a RESORT themed artwork to light up the facade of the Scanlan Theodore store on James St. The kitsch artwork focused on the growth patterns of crystal trees. Never one to take life or art two seriously, Barr's animated installation lit up the street and provided a beautiful focal point for the Up Late shoppers!

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VIEW HOTEL PROJECTION TWFINEART has collaborated with artist Elise Lee and VIEW HOTEL to bring Brisbane into the cultural limelight.  The state of the art project will transform the exterior of the Brisbane Riverview Hotel, facing Kingsford Smith Drive, for the nights of Friday 5^th December and Saturday 6^th December 2014, into a beacon of dynamic light, illuminating the facade with a moving artwork that would capture the attention of any person driving or walking by the hotel.  Lee’s work is a derivative of Pop Art and draws inspiration from artists like Takashi Murakami to create bright, oscillating, stylized shapes that dance across surfaces, emerging and disappearing in explosions of color and form.

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CHASING TAIL: The TWFINEART Gallery will feature the moving paintings of US artist Matt Sheridan in an exhibition titled CHASING TAIL. Sheridan's artwork will be projected through the gallery and complimented by a range of limited edition prints and stills from the animation.

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