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RED HOLLYHOCKS by Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis

RED HOLLYHOCKS by Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis (61 x 77 cm) Acrylic on Canvas , unframed.

Rosie decides on the subject based on her interests such as flowers or waterscapes. She sketches the image in roughly and then uses the colour to bring the image to life. Predominantly using acrylic paints, Rosie uses a range of colours to develop her works.

This work is just one of Rosies gorgeous paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our current exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather,
Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron ,
Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart ,
Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist ,
Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon
and Renay Smith @renaysmithart
And Vivienne story
@leighvardanegaartist

Passions & Places is open Thursdays & Fridays 11-3 and Saturdays & Sunday’s 10-4 until November 1st. You can find the gallery at 5-7 Careel Head Rd Avalon.

SUNDAY ESCAPE by Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron

SUNDAY ESCAPE by
Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron Acrylic on board (24 x 53cm) Framed.

Kirsty is a contemporary Australian artist living on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. She paints mostly with acrylic, mediums and impasto, their properties allowing work in layers and the building of texture while utilising different levels of transparency.
A sense of space and vastness, light and often nostalgia are important elements in her work coupled with a passion for the natural world. Her works range from quiet and reflective to wild and dramatic. Her current series, “Coastal,” features Sydney’s iconic ferries, lighthouses and dramatic rocky landforms that can be seen around the Harbour.

This work is just one of Kirsty’s incredibly beautiful paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our current exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather,
Kirsty Gautheron
Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart ,
Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist ,
Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon ,Renay Smith @renaysmithart , Vivienne story
@vivstorey.artist and Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis

Passions & Places is open Thursdays & Fridays 11-3 and Saturdays & Sunday’s 10-4 until November 1st. You can find the gallery at 5-7 Careel Head Rd Avalon.

MORNING WALK by Vic Storey @vivstorey.artist (60cm

MORNING WALK by Vic Storey @vivstorey.artist (60cmx60cm) Framed. Acrylic on canvas.

Viv works with acrylics, mostly on canvas and enjoys experimenting with texture and form, using impasto and palette knives. She is inspired by bold shapes and the vibrant colours and subtle textures of the Australian bush and ocean. The exploration of space and distance across time is a theme in her work and she invites viewers to look beyond the horizons and boundaries of her paintings to lose themselves in their imagination.

This work is just one of Viv’s light filled paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our current exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather,
Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron ,
Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis ,
Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart ,
Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist ,
Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon
and Renay Smith @renaysmithart

Passions & Places is open Thursdays & Fridays 11-3 and Saturdays & Sunday’s 10-4 until November 1st. You can find the gallery at 5-7 Careel Head Rd Avalon.

DESERT PALMS by Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaart

DESERT PALMS by Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist
(90x90) mixed media on canvas, unframed.

Leigh Vardanega is an expressionist abstract artist who lives and works on Sydney’s beautiful Northern Beaches. Vardanega’s artworks are multi-layered with celebration of colour, texture and shape. Her creative process involves adding layers and layers of acrylic paint, glazes, scratching back surfaces of broken colour ,then adding more layers of colour washes - finishing off with oil pastels. Her artworks are colourful, playful , intuitive and continually organic in their development. Although her compositions and imagery are abstract, her motifs echo her travels and hint to the viewer references of time, experiences and distant lands. Interpretation of her storylines are left entirely up to the viewer.

This work is just one of Leigh’s wonderful paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our current exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work from Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather , Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron , Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis , Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart, Marilou Palazon @ ,Viv Storey @vivstorey.artist and Renay Smith @renaysmithart

Passions & Places is open Thursdays & Fridays 11-3 and Saturdays & Sunday’s 10-4 until November 1st. You can find the gallery at 5-7 Careel Head Rd Avalon.

“BUOYANT “ by Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon

“BUOYANT “ by Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon
(91x91cm) Framed,
Acrylic on Canvas.
Marilou Palazon has been painting large botanicals, Australian Birds, and water themes for over 20 years. She treats them more like dramatic landscapes — exploring textures, ranges, light play and folds.

This work is just one of Marilou’s exquisite paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/
and in the gallery in our current exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work from Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather , Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron , Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis , Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart , Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist , Viv Storey @vivstorey.artist and Renay Smith @renaysmithart

Passions & Places is open Thursdays & Fridays 11-3 and Saturdays & Sunday’s 10-4 until November 1st. You can find the gallery at 5-7 Careel Head Rd Avalon.

GUM BLOSSOM BOUNTY by Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghorna

GUM BLOSSOM BOUNTY by Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart
(76 X 76 cm) Oil on polyester - Framed.

Sarah enjoys the complexity of a busy scene - the details of which are played out in her use of colour and thick brushstrokes.
After a few years of painting flowering trees Sarah turned her focus to her local native birds which delight and feed from these blossoms and berries - all her subjects are right outside the window of her garden studio on the Northern Beaches.
She paints in oils. Many of her ideas are conceived in gouache first and then transposed into an oil painting.‘I am not a realist painter but more of a figurative modern impressionist - I strive for a more whimsical narrative and try to convey the delight I personally feel at the image I have set out to portray.’

This work is just one of Sarah’s wonderful paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our current exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work from Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather , Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron , Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis , Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon , Viv Storey @vivstorey.artist and Renay Smith @renaysmithart

Passions & Places is open Thursdays & Fridays 11-3 and Saturdays & Sunday’s 10-4 until November 1st. You can find the gallery at 5-7 Careel Head Rd Avalon.

WATERLILY by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweat

WATERLILY by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather
Acrylic on Linen Canvas (405mm x 505mm) Unframed

Kathleen Fairweather has travelled extensively abroad and has enjoyed experiencing a diversity of cultures, art, architecture and people. This has been a significant influence on her work to date with textiles and decoration highly featuring in her portraiture. This latest series again reflects her love of pattern and the exotic artisan world, with her inspiration directly coming from a recent trip to Morocco and Europe. This chapter of paintings incorporate bold saturated colours, patina-like textures combined with subtle detail of tapestry. The quiet landscapes and decorative female portraits evoke a sense of peace and tranquillity while also capturing the light and character from these colourful and distant destinations.
This work is just one of Kathleen’s exquisite paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our current exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work by Renay Smith @renaysmithart ,
Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron
Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart ,
Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist ,
Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon , Vivienne story @vivstorey.artist and Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis

Passions & Places is open Thursday and Friday 11-3 and Saturday and Sunday 10-4 until November 1st. You can find us at 5-7 Careel Head Rd, Avalon.

Cresswell Bay by Renay Smith @renaysmithart (30x30

Cresswell Bay by Renay Smith @renaysmithart (30x30cm) Framed, Acrylic on canvas.

Renay Smith is a landscape artist based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Her early career as a graphic artist led to her painting and print-making.
In recent years her painting practice has encompassed a love of the Australian bush, flora and fauna.
Her scapes are intimate, the viewer becoming the explorer, the adventurer in untamed settings. Renay’s work explores the rich palette of Australian foliage, strong light and never-ending details.
Sketching and noting her journeys, Renay then paints her images from her experiences and impressions. She works mainly in acrylic on canvas, manipulating her mediums to give a rich and lush texture to her surfaces.

This work is just one of Renay’s wonderful paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our upcoming exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather,
Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron
Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart ,
Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist ,
Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon , Vivienne story @vivstorey.artist and Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis

We had a wonderful weekend opening of Passions and

We had a wonderful weekend opening of Passions and Places. There are lots of red dots in the gallery but still many beautiful artworks are looking for their forever home. We will be open again from Thursday through to Sunday for the next two weeks so plenty of time to come up for a visit. If you can’t make it up to Avalon then head over to our online gallery https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ to secure a fabulous original artwork painted by one of our 8 talented ladies ~ Marilou Palazon
@marilou_palazon
Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis
Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart
Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron
Kathleen Fairweather @kefdesignart
Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanega
Vivienne Storey
@vivstorey.art and
Renay Smith
@renaysmithart

PASSIONS & PLACES OPENING EVENT CONTINUES TODAY.

PASSIONS & PLACES OPENING EVENT CONTINUES TODAY.

Join us today for the opening for our latest group show Passions and Places, featuring 8 wonderful female artists.
There are still spots left from 1-2 /2-3/ 3-4 and 4-5. Bookings are essential. Please text 0416127859 to secure your place. Covid policies apply.
All welcome ❤️

Come along and meet our artists:
Marilou Palazon
@marilou_palazon
Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis
Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart
Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron
Kathleen Fairweather @kefdesignart
Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanega
Vivienne Storey
@vivstorey.art
Renay Smith
@renaysmithart

PASSIONS & PLACES IS NOW OPEN! Thanks to the 8 ama

PASSIONS & PLACES IS NOW OPEN! Thanks to the 8 amazing artists and to all those who booked in with us and came along to see this wonderful new exhibition. We are open from 10-4 today and will hold a second opening event tomorrow, Sunday 18th October from 12-5. We have 4 x 1 hour spots left on Sunday (12-1 is full) should you wish to join the artists to celebrate this incredible show. Simply text Tina on 0416127859 or direct message the gallery to book your place.
The exhibition includes work by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather , Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron , Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis , Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart , Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist , Viv Storey @vivstorey.artist , Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon and Renay Smith @renaysmithart

BUTTERFLY DREAMING by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._

BUTTERFLY DREAMING by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather
(405mm x 505mm) Unframed, Acrylic on Canvas -Guilded

Kathleen Fairweather has travelled extensively abroad and has enjoyed experiencing a diversity of cultures, art, architecture and people. This has been a significant influence on her work to date with textiles and decoration highly featuring in her portraiture. This latest series again reflects her love of pattern and the exotic artisan world, with her inspiration directly coming from a recent trip to Morocco and Europe. This chapter of paintings incorporate bold saturated colours, patina-like textures combined with subtle detail of tapestry. The quiet landscapes and decorative female portraits evoke a sense of peace and tranquillity while also capturing the light and character from these colourful and distant destinations.
This work is just one of Kathleen’s exquisite paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our upcoming exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work by Renay Smith @renaysmithart ,
Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron
Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart ,
Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist ,
Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon , Vivienne story @vivstorey.artist and Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis

Passions & Places opens Friday 16th 5-6 and 7-8 ( 6-7 IS FULL) and Sunday 18th 1-2/2-3/3-4/4-5 (12-1 IS FULL)
There are ONLY 6 one hour time slots to choose from so book your spot now by texting 0416127859. Bookings are essential.

THE ISLETS By Renay Smith @renaysmithart (40x30cm)

THE ISLETS By Renay Smith @renaysmithart (40x30cm) Framed, Acrylic on canvas.
Renay Smith is a landscape artist based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Her early career as a graphic artist led to her painting and print-making.
In recent years her painting practice has encompassed a love of the Australian bush, flora and fauna.
Her scapes are intimate, the viewer becoming the explorer, the adventurer in untamed settings. Renay’s work explores the rich palette of Australian foliage, strong light and never-ending details.
Sketching and noting her journeys, Renay then paints her images from her experiences and impressions. She works mainly in acrylic on canvas, manipulating her mediums to give a rich and lush texture to her surfaces.

This work is just one of Renay’s wonderful paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our upcoming exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather,
Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron
Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart ,
Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist ,
Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon , Vivienne story @vivstorey.artist and Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis

Passions & Places opens Friday 16th 5-6 and 7-8 ( 6-7 IS FULL) and Sunday 18th 1-2/2-3/3-4/4-5 (12-1 IS FULL)
There are ONLY 6 one hour time slots to choose from so book your spot now by texting 0416127859. Bookings are essential.

BEAUTIFUL ESCAPE by Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygauthe

BEAUTIFUL ESCAPE by
Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron
(126 x95 cm) Framed, Acrylic on canvas.

Kirsty is a contemporary Australian artist living on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. She
paints mostly with acrylic, mediums and impasto, their properties allowing work in layers and the building of texture while utilising different levels of transparency.
A sense of space and vastness, light and often nostalgia are important elements in her work coupled with a passion for the natural world. Her works range from quiet and reflective to wild and dramatic. Her current series, “Coastal,” features Sydney’s iconic ferries, lighthouses and dramatic rocky landforms that can be seen around the Harbour.

This work is just one of Kirsty’s incredibly beautiful paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our upcoming exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather,
Kirsty Gautheron
Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart ,
Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist ,
Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon
and Renay Smith @renaysmithart , Vivienne story
@vivstorey.artist and Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis

Passions & Places opens Friday 16th 5-6 and 7-8 ( 6-7 IS FULL) and Sunday 18th 12-1/1-2/2-3/3-4/4-5
There are ONLY 7 one hour time slots to choose from so book your spot now by texting 0416127859. Bookings are essential.

PHEASANT BY Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis (50 x

PHEASANT BY Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis (50 x 50 cm) Framed. Acrylic on Linen

Rosie decides on the subject based on her interests such as flowers or waterscapes. She sketches the image in roughly and then uses the colour to bring the image to life. Predominantly using acrylic paints, Rosie uses a range of colours to develop her works.

This work is just one of Rosies gorgeous paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our upcoming exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather, Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron , Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart ,Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist ,Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon , Renay Smith @renaysmithart and Vivienne story @vivstorey.artist

Passions & Places opens Friday 16th 5-6 and 7-8 ( 6-7 IS FULL) and Sunday 18th 12-1/1-2/2-3/3-4/4-5
There are ONLY 7 one hour time slots to choose from so book your spot now by texting 0416127859. Bookings are essential.

DAWN by Vivienne Storey @vivstorey.artist (30cmx30

DAWN by Vivienne Storey @vivstorey.artist (30cmx30cm) Framed. Acrylic on canvas $390

Viv works with acrylics, mostly on canvas and enjoys experimenting with texture and form, using impasto and palette knives. She is inspired by bold shapes and the vibrant colours and subtle textures of the Australian bush and ocean. The exploration of space and distance across time is a theme in her work and she invites viewers to look beyond the horizons and boundaries of her paintings to lose themselves in their imagination.

This work is just one of Viv’s light filled paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our upcoming exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work by Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather,
Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron ,
Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis ,
Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart ,
Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist ,
Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon
and Renay Smith @renaysmithart

Passions & Places opens Friday 16th 5-6 and 7-8 ( 6-7 IS FULL) and Sunday 18th 12-1/1-2/2-3/3-4/4-5
There are ONLY 7 one hour time slots left to choose from so book your spot now by texting 0416127859. Bookings are essential.

STRAWBERRY GUAVA THIEF by Sarah Waghorn @sarahwagh

STRAWBERRY GUAVA THIEF by Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart (61X61cm)Framed Oil on polyester.
Sarah Waghorn’s work explores gardens and interiors. She celebrates the way humans have imprinted their individual character upon the landscape through their horticulture and in their interiors through a display of collected fabric, furniture and colour.
She enjoys the complexity of a busy scene - the details of which are played out in her use of colour and thick brushstrokes.
After a few years of painting flowering trees Sarah turns her focus to her local native birds which delight and feed from these blossoms and berries - all her subjects are right outside the window of her garden studio on the Northern Beaches.
She paints in oils. Many of her ideas are conceived in gouache first and then transposed into an oil painting.‘I am not a realist painter but more of a figurative modern impressionist - I strive for a more whimsical narrative and try to convey the delight I personally feel at the image I have set out to portray.’

This work is just one of Sarah’s wonderful paintings that are now available online https://www.bebraveartspace.com.au/gallery-shop/ and in the gallery in our upcoming exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work from Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather , Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron , Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis , Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist , Marilou Palazon @ ,Viv Storey @vivstorey.artist and Renay Smith @renaysmithart

Passions & Places opens Friday 16th 5-6 and 7-8 ( 6-7 IS FULL) and Sunday 18th 12-1/1-2/2-3/3-4/4-5
There are ONLY 7 one hour time slots left to choose from so book your spot now by texting 0416127859. Bookings are essential.

PALMS by Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist (50

PALMS by Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist (50x60cm) Framed acrylic on canvas.
Leigh Vardanega is an expressionist abstract artist who lives and works on Sydney’s beautiful Northern Beaches. Vardanega’s artworks are multi-layered with celebration of colour, texture and shape. Her creative process involves adding layers and layers of acrylic paint, glazes, scratching back surfaces of broken colour ,then adding more layers of colour washes - finishing off with oil pastels. Her artworks are colourful, playful , intuitive and continually organic in their development. Although her compositions and imagery are abstract, her motifs echo her travels and hint to the viewer references of time, experiences and distant lands. Interpretation of her storylines are left entirely up to the viewer.

This work is just one of Leigh’s wonderful paintings that are now available online and in the gallery in our upcoming exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work from Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather , Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron , Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis , Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart, Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon , Viv Storey @vivstorey.artist and Renay Smith @renaysmithart

Passions & Places opens Friday 16th 5-6/6-7/7-8 and Sunday 18th 12-1/ 1-2/ 2-3/ 3-4/ 4-5
There are 8 one hour time slots to choose from so book your spot now by texting 0416127859. Bookings are essential.

“Careless Afternoon” by Marilou Palazon @maril

“Careless Afternoon” by Marilou Palazon @marilou_palazon
(91x91cm) Framed,
Acrylic on Canvas.
Marilou Palazon has been painting large botanicals, Australian Birds, and water themes for over 20 years. She treats them more like dramatic landscapes — exploring textures, ranges, light play and folds. This work is just one of Marilou’s 3 exquisite paintings that are now available online and in the gallery in our upcoming exhibition Passions & Places.

The show also includes work from Kathleen Fairweather @kath._.fairweather , Kirsty Gautheron @kirstygautheron , Rosie Nankervis @rosienankervis , Sarah Waghorn @sarahwaghornart , Leigh Vardanega @leighvardanegaartist , Viv Storey @vivstorey.artist and Renay Smith @renaysmithart

Passions & Places opens Friday 16th 5-6/6-7/7-8 and Sunday 18th 12-1/1-2/2-3/3-4/4-5
There are 8 one hour time slots to choose from so book your spot now by texting 0416127859. Bookings are essential.

LAST WEEKEND TO SEE INTERTIDAL~Creating in the Qui

LAST WEEKEND TO SEE INTERTIDAL~Creating in the Quiet Space @bebraveartspace A collective exhibition by 5 talented, local northern beaches artists. In painting, photography and jewellery, 5 artists share their quiet, considered and creative journeys through 2020.
The exhibition includes painters Catherine Attkinson @caths_art_space and Samantha Dollar @sam_i_amart photographer and painter Tanya Lake @tanyalakephoto and silversmith, designers and jewelers Christine Sadler @c.s.sadler and Susan Peacock @silversusanbythesea Be Brave Artspace is open Saturday/Sunday 10-4.
This Exhibition runs until Sunday October 11th.

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