The BIAS Arts Group are a community of painters, printmakers, sculptors and ceramicists who meet weekly under the mentorship of Fred Luddite, and whose focus is artistic improvement.
And “3” was the 2021 exhibition we mounted at the
Metcalfe Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Art, 41 Grafton Street, Windsor. Qld.
Friday, 16 - Tuesday 27 July, 2021.
Below you’ll find a sample of our work. Enjoy!
What is 3?
Sometimes it’s as simple as 1, 2, 3.
But sometimes it’s …
The birth of something new from a couple
The sides, points and angles of a triangle
Youth, Maturity and Senescence
Harmonic, Nature, Sequence
Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer
The Beginning, the Middle, the End …
See how we explored the fertile ground that is 3.
Walk Through The Gallery
Photography by Carmel Lumley
Above and Below:
Artwork by Fred Luddite (left wall), Alison Field (far wall) and Kerry Holland (plinth)
Fred Luddite: From L to R - Just - 3, Margaret Olley Visiting A “Friend” 3 Times - #2, Triplets 1933, Triplanes
Above and Below:
Fred Luddite: Margaret Olley Visiting A “Friend” 3 Times - #2. Combine
Above and right (detail):
Fred Luddite: Triplets - 1933. Combine
“I like to have a slight secret or double meaning for the titles.” Fred Luddite
Above and right (detail):
Fred Luddite: Triplanes. Combine
Artwork by Jan Russell (walls) and Kerry Holland (plinth)
Jan Russell: Birthday (3 x 7 = 21, 2 + 1 = 3). Clipframes
Above and right:
Jan Russell: Struggling To Find My Inner Brave. Found Items
“My practice deals with the discarded having value in an aesthetic sense.”
Jan Russell
Above and right:
Jan Russell: 3 Rounds With The All Blacks. Found Items, Auckland
Above and below
Jan Russell: Indian Village Saris. Found items
Artwork by Fred Luddite (left wall), Alison Field (far wall), and Kerry Holland (plinth)
Alison Field: 1, 7, 2, 8, 3, 9, 14, 10, 4, 11, 5, 12, 6, 15. Watercolour on Rag (Titles are numerical)
Individual works below. (Images have been taken at an angle to minimise reflection)
Alison Field - Artist Statement
Artwork by Kerry Holland (plinth), Fred Luddite (far wall), and Alison Field (right wall).
Artwork by Kerry Holland: Nine is Three Squared (foreground), and by Alison Field (far wall)
Below:
Kerry Holland: Nine Is Three Squared. Slab and coil built ceramic, Porcelain and other clays, Raku and Cone 10
Artwork by Jan Russell: 3 Maiden Aunts And An Escalating Kitchen Argument (foreground), and by Kerry Holland (mid-ground), and Fred Luddite (far wall)
Jan Russell: 3 Maiden Aunts and An Escalating Kitchen Argument. Found items.
Below: detail
Artwork by Jan Russell (foreground), Carmel Lumley (mid-ground), and Kirsty Kennedy (far walls)
Artwork by Carmel Lumley (left foreground) and Kirsty Kennedy (mid and far ground)
Carmel Lumley: Leaf, Flower, Seed - 2. Ceramic, Midfire
Artwork by Kirsty Kennedy (walls) and Carmel Lumley (tables)
Kirsty Kennedy: Geometry. Acrylic on Ply
Artwork by Kirsty Kennedy (walls and plinth) and Carmel Lumley (table)
Kirsty Kennedy: Box Of Triangles. Acrylic on Ply
Detail: Geometry
Detail: Box Of Triangles
Kirsty Kennedy: Pyramid. Acrylic and Ply
Above and right (detail)
Carmel Lumley: Leaf, Flower, Seed - 3. Ceramic Midfire
“Windows to glimpse wonder, miracles and order in perceived chaos.”
Carmel Lumley
Artwork by Kirsty Kennedy (walls) and Carmel Lumley (tables)
Kirsty Kennedy: Jewels. Acrylic on Ply
Kirsty Kennedy: Acrylic on Canvas
“It’s all about Triangles”
Kirsty Kennedy
Kirsty Kennedy: Bobbing In The Ocean. Acrylic on Ply
Kirsty Kennedy: Primaries. Acrylic on Ply
Kirsty Kennedy: Triangle Grouping. Acrylic on Ply
Artwork by: Kirsty Kennedy (walls) and Carmel Lumley (table)
Carmel Lumley: Leaf, Flower, Seed - 1. Ceramic, Midfire
Artwork by Kerry Holland (plinths), Jeanie Petersen (near right wall), and Deb Pettigrew (far right wall and far wall)
Above and below, detail
Kerry Holland: One. Coil Built, Inset with Ironstone Clay, Mixed Glazes
In the ideas and the making -
A considered narrative,
Sympathetic rendering,
And a desire for boldness.
Kerry Holland
Above and below:
Jeanie Petersen: Studies of Habitat 1, 2, and 3. Watercolour on Paper
Artwork by Jeanie Petersen (far wall to left of window), Deb Pettigrew (far wall to right of window, and right wall), and Kerry Holland (plinths)
Artwork by Deb Pettigrew (walls) and Kerry Holland (plinths)
Deb Pettigrew: Walkabout at 3 Mile Creek - Red. Mixed Media
Deb is a contemporary realist artist who loves art of all kinds.
Deb Pettigrew
Deb Pettigrew: Walkabout at 3 Mile Creek. Mixed Media
Kerry Holland: Three Attempts At The Moon. L to R: Traced, Setting, Expectant
Above and right:
Kerry Holland: Three Attempts At The Moon - Traced. Coil built, Porcelain and Ironstone, Cone 10, Reduction
Above and right:
Kerry Holland: Three Attempts At The Moon - Setting. Coil built, Cool Ice Porcelain, Cone 6 Reduction.
(Background right - Deb Pettigrew: Walkabout At 3 Mile Creek)
Kerry Holland: Three Attempts At The Moon - Expectant. Coil built, Ironstone, Shino glazes, and glaze pencil, Cone 10, Reduction
Artwork by Kerry Holland (plinths on left), Deb Pettigrew (left wall), Fred Luddite (far wall plinth).
Deb Pettigrew: Walkabout At 3 Mile Creek - White. Mixed Media
Deb Pettigrew: Walkabout At 3 Mile Creek - Green. Mixed Media
Deb Pettigrew: Walkabout At 3 Mile Creek - Blue. Mixed Media
Above and below (detail):
Jeanie Petersen: Habitat 1, 2, and 3. Watercolour on Paper
The enjoyment of watercolours gives me the advantage to play with colour. Jeanie Petersen
Above and left:
Fred Luddite: 3 On A Hatstand. Combine