Absolutely psyched to be working on a series of rugs made in collaboration with our artist Greg MacLaughlin and the Gibbon Group. Tretford rugs epitomize all that is cool in the custom rug world. Created using the finest quality goats hair, the color texture and weave of the material is absolutely stunning, lending itself toward sharp geometric designs. Greg MacLaughlin's sharp eye for simplicity and design has paired perfectly with the brand and we are very excited to be offering this cutting edge product to the market place. Launching in April, the rugs will be available in a range of color palettes and combinations, meaning that the designs can be tailored to suit your style and decor. It's an interior designers paradise and we cannot wait to see them on your floors!! This is just one of 5 designs coming soon!

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We have been working with Silverstone Developments to create a custom feature artwork for the facade of their latest residential developments on Brunswick Street in New Farm. Our large scale commercial art piece draws inspiration from the local environment and features a Queensland Fig by local artist Gert Geyer. The artwork is almost fully up on the wall and we are thrilled to see the finished product. Now the facade will be rendered, lighting added and the piece will light up Brunswick Street. Huge thanks to our artist Gert Geyer for the fantastic concept and piece! [caption id="attachment_14222" align="aligncenter" width="960"] One more panel to go!![/caption]

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We have embarked on a project together with QLD Ballet dancer and choreographer Jack Lister to fuse dance with visual art. Frustrated with the lack of dialogue between different artistic disciplines, we decided to take matters into our own hands and create a work of art that embraces each others processes. Essentially we are creating a work of art with 3 principal layers, dance, film and digital art. Stage 1 involved Jack choreographing a series of movements and performing them with his colleague and friend, QLD Ballet dancer Sarah Thompson. Together they created a truly moving piece that will literally make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end - they are NOT human!! Stage 2 began on Monday night. Cinematographer Greg Henderson joined forces with Jack and I to capture the dance on film. The result left us all speechless and the final footage will serve as the base for Stage 3 where local digital artist Gert Geyer will work back into the frames to create an animated digital artwork. We will debut the work in laser projection at Marie Claire - Up Late on James Street - March 12! In the meantime, here is a behind the scenes look at Stage 1 & Stage 2 in production. Stay tuned!!

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An odd, but nice gentleman walked into the gallery yesterday, had a look around then walked up to me and asked what I think art is. I thought for a second then answered the question, but my response left me feeling dissatisfied and got me thinking - how DO I define art? A word which in many ways is quite indefinable... In the elevator leading to my apartment, one element of what I think art is struck me. Art above all things possess 'soul' and encourages us to imagine, feel and wonder. It's different to science and mathematics although I do feel the 2 disciplines are intimately linked. Where as science and math use invention to create definitive answers, art uses invention to create additional questions. It's a dance between the art object and it's observer. Good art has spirit, it convinces us to pay attention to it and to explore it's identity, almost in the same way that nature does.

Immanuel Kant assumed that the cognition involved in judging fine art is similar to the cognition involved in judging natural beauty... The effect is an associated 'expansion' of the concept beyond its determinate bounds. The art object is not merely an object, but one which will set the imagination and understanding into a harmony, creating a kind of self-sustaining and self-contained feeling of pleasure and wonder.

Art comes in many shapes and disciplines but I think that it is this element of it sets it apart. I just recently saw a piece by George Horner ' Art is a Verb ' and I think it's not only a wonderful piece, but a great definition for art itself. [caption id="attachment_13907" align="aligncenter" width="511"] Art is Verb - George Horner[/caption]

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"There is a great movement underway, an attempt to cure painting of the explanationitis virus that has spread like a leaden blanket over our culture. Painting is painting and can happen in a million ways. What lends intensity to each piece is the feeling with which it is made and not the genre to which it might get apportioned." Lucio Pozzi Our sentiments exactly Lucio!! [caption id="attachment_13827" align="aligncenter" width="399"] Lucio Pozzi[/caption]

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