Sometimes it’s more convenient to lease art. Maybe your office arrangement isn’t permanent or you are not sure what type of art you really want to live with at home. This is when leasing art, instead of buying it, can be a great way to keep your spaces bright and interesting while you are in a temporary situation or one of indecision!

Recently I leased two paintings to Nexia, through Artsource’s artLease program. According to Elli Gemmo, the consultant at Artsource, the Nexia folks love having my art on their walls.

When you lease my art your space is infused with colour. Pictured here is my painting in the Nexia office in Perth.

Art lease helps to sell houses too!

Interior designers and the folks who ‘style’ houses for sale often request short-term lease of my paintings. As we have all seen lately, the effect of beautifully arranged and well chosen artefacts and homewares make a world of difference when you want to photograph your home for realestate.com.au or one of those sites.

Choose a big enough painting

People often choose paintings that are too small! I know this sounds crazy but a small painting on a big wall has no impact. Be brave – and go big!

Or choose a collection of smaller paintings of varying sizes and ask a curator or art consultant about how best to arrange them on the wall.

If you have any queries about choosing the right painting for your space, contact me and we can chat about making the most of art.

You can also read more on my blog and on my Facebook page about how I go about leasing or commissioning artworks.

So proud of Claire and the way she describes how her bones are affected by Osteogenesis Imperfecta – diggers and builders.

Please help us to raise funds for an integrated care facility in Perth and to raise awareness, so children can be diagnosed early and have a chance of better life.

Tax deductible donations can be made at MyCause (closes 28 Feb 2018)

https://www.mycause.com.au/page/168559/little-pieces-of-me-art-exhibition

Read more about my exhibition where Claire sold her first painting at auction and also attracted a commission for another!

A Perth girl's brave battle against brittle bones.

A Perth girl's brave battle against brittle bones.

Posted by Today Tonight on Thursday, 8 February 2018

TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS NOW AVAILABLE!

Thanks to the help of the great folks at Arthritis WA, I am able to attract tax deductible donations to support the establishment of integrated care for people living with brittle bones (Osteogenesis Imperfecta). You can make a direct contribution via this link and it will be tax deductible (over $2). Please give generously.

Also, if you buy one of my paintings I will donate 10% of the sale price to the cause too, either from Gallows Gallery (2-10 February) or online from 3 February 2018.

I’m sure you realise now how passionate I am about supporting people with brittle bones. Why? Because when you know more about the condition either through a personal connection or from just learning about it, you understand how much integrated care is so needed in WA.

Here are some summary details about OI and treatment in WA:

  • Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a chronic genetic condition starting in utero. It is estimated that 1:15,000 are born with OI. There is no gender or geographic preference.
  • OI is a collagen disorder that primarily affects the bones, causing them to be “formed imperfectly”, fragile and “brittle”.
  • OI may result in: short stature, blue sclerae, hearing loss, muscle weakness, hypermobility, restricted breathing and might affect the teeth (dentinogenesis imperfecta). Children born with more severe Types of OI can often sustain fractures during pregnancy or delivery. It can even result in infant death, often due to respiratory failure during or shortly after birth.
  • Optimal management of OI requires a multidisciplinary approach involving paediatrician, endocrinologist (bone and mineral physician), rehabilitation specialist, orthopaedic surgeon, dentist, geneticist, social worker/psychologist, physiotherapist, and occupational therapist.
  • At Perth Childrens’s Hospital/Princess Margaret Hospital, there is currently no formal rehabilitation regimen for children with OI who have experienced fractures and other affects. In many cases they are treated as any other child with a fracture and often this is to their detriment.
  • A designated patient-centred care is required.

Areas of support provided in an integrated care facility with dedicated staff would include: school, psychological support (e.g. needle phobia, social adjustment), medical linkages (e.g. audiology, dentistry, genetics), allied health support (e.g. physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, podiatry), contact to support groups (like OI Society of Australia, international OI groups, Short Stature Association of Australia).

Come along to the ART+MEDICINE talks at Gallows Gallery on Sunday 4 February 2018 to learn more. Find details on my other blog post.

I’m in countdown mode for my solo exhibition, Little Pieces of Me, which will show at Gallows Gallery from 2 -10 February.

Apart from being a huge effort, because it’s my first solo show, I am also really determined to raise awareness of Osteogenesis Imperfecta (brittle bones) through my work. The whole body of paintings are inspired by my association with the people who suffer from, and their families who live with, the effects of brittle bones, which usually means multiple breakages, operations and therapies. These people are so inspiring and no less the medical professionals who work tirelessly to find new therapies for this incurable condition and research its genesis.

I have a personal connection to OI, as my god-daughter has brittle bones. Claire loves to come and paint with me, so I’ve invited her to show one of her paintings at the exhibition and to auction it for the cause. I’d love you to come and see her work.

It’s been amazing to have the support of the OI team at Princess Margaret Hospital for this exhibition. You have the opportunity to meet some of the specialists and to learn more about OI at the Art + Medicine Talks that I am hosting at the gallery on Sunday 4 February at 2pm. Let me know if you can come: rsvp@traceyharveyart.com.au

When you buy one of my paintings, I will donate 10% of the sale price to this cause. Come to the exhibition or you can purchase online (from 3 Feb).

You can also donate directly to support this initiative via MyCause.

I love to hear from you, so please post comments below. Have a great day!

Sleepy Hollow Claire's Painting

 

As the year races quickly to an end, I’m so excited to announce a bunch of news: exhibitions with a new representing gallery in Austria and Germany, a feature in new book Artists of Perth, the paintings are ready for my solo show in February. And more!

Best wishes to you and your family for a most wonderful time of the year. I will be freezing my Christmas proverbials in Lapland (minus 35 degrees!), seeking inspiration for my next exhibition and hoping to catch the Aurora Borealis. Stay tuned!

Exhibitions in Vienna and Munich
PAKS Gallery’ will show my work throughout 2018 in three exhibition at their galleries in country Austria, Vienna and Munich, starting with ‘Kunst bewegt die Welt’ (Art moves the World), opening on Australia Day – 26 January in Vienna. Please drop by if you are in the vicinity!

Artists of Perth

I’m totally honoured to be featured in the new book ‘Artists of Perth’, which launched last Tuesday 12 December. Compiled and written by Gabi Mills and Lisa Shearon, the book features photos and profiles of artists at work, telling their stories and the journeys they have taken as artists. You can purchase the book via Premium Publishing, at the Art Gallery of WA and other stores.

Artists of Perth, published by Premium PublishingLittle Pieces of Me 2-10 February 2018

I’m looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at Gallows Gallery in February for my first solo show. I’ve been working for over a year to realise this exhibition, which focuses on fragility but also how art and colour uplifts us.
A percentage of all sales will go towards employing a support specialist at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) for children and their families suffering from Osteogenesis Imperfecta (brittle bones).

If you are looking for a new pop of colour for your walls, you’ll have over 30 paintings to choose from, in a range of sizes, 30cm square to almost 2m.

There will be music, wine and laughter at the opening, and please also join us for afternoon tea and talks about ‘art+medicine’ with the esteemed endocrinologist Mr Aris Siafarikas MD, FRACP from PMH on Sunday 3 February, 2pm.

Ain't no Mountain High Enough 152x152cm mixed media on canvas

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I would not be able to do all of this without your wonderful support. Thank you.
See you next year!

Journey of the Heart (in aid of the Heart Foundation)

I’m exhibiting again with the Abstract Angels in ‘Journey of the Heart’ at The Moores’ Building in Fremantle. When we exhibit together we set out to raise funds for a community cause – this year 10% of all proceeds will be donated to the Heart Foundation.

I look forward to seeing you on the opening night on Friday 29 September – there will be premium beverages, delicious food by Ruocco’s, heart health gift bags and a chance to win a flight simulator experience by Flight Experience.

The exhibition will feature a stunning collection of abstract paintings and glass by seven West Australian artists, known collectively as the Abstract Angels. You can find more details and updates on the Facebook page: Abstract Angels Perth!

The exhibition is free entry and is open 29 September-15 October 2017. See you there!

At a fundraising event in Perth I donated a large painting ‘Serengeti Sundance’ for auction.

The Hunger Project is an inspiring organisation that empowers women and men living in rural villages in Africa, India, Bangladesh and Latin America to end their own hunger. Their aim is to eradicate world hunger by 2030.

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Little Pieces of Me

I am really excited to let you know that I have secured a gallery for my first solo show, ‘Little Pieces of Me’.

It will take place after the summer holidays, 1-10 February 2018, at Gallows Gallery in Glyde St, Mosman Park, Western Australia (WA). So, mark your diaries now. The intent of the exhibition, and the inspiration behind the paintings, is to raise awareness of Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), brittle fragile bones in children, and to support the work of the OI Society of Australia.

I highly recommend you watch this inspiring video made by the amazing Sarah Richards who has OI. Her father also has the condition and whilst there is no known cure, there are assistive treatments.

Singapore art dazzles!

On a recent trip to Singapore, there were some major highlights: Cirque du Soleil, the Kinetic Rain at Changi Airport and the retrospective exhibition of work by Japanese artist Yoyoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow.

The heart-stopping acts in KOOZA had the whole family mesmerised – the double tight rope/high wire with acrobats riding backwards and cartwheeling etc, so high up without a safety net, had us out of our seats.

Kusama retrospective – a magnificent display of the imagination

Equally magnificent is the massive show of Kusama’s work; unfolding her ‘creative vision through paintings, sculptures, videos and installations from the 1950s to the present, includes works never shown before.’  It’s fascinating to reflect on her obsession with dots and infinity – the dots obliterate the everyday, for example tulips, regular furniture and even the iconic Venus de Milo, so your visual perception is altered. So too, her infinity rooms of mirrors are immersive – the viewer being integral to the work, creating a sensual, if not disconcerting experience. Her life story is almost stranger than fiction and at age 88, she still resides in the Seiwa Hospital for the Mentally Ill where she voluntarily interned herself in 1977. That aside her work and exhibition schedule continues to be prolific.

Courageous and confident public art in Singapore

There is so much investment in mega art in Singapore. Recently, two Kinetic Rain sculptures were installed in Terminal 1.  ‘Made of 1,216 bronze droplets, measuring 9.8 metres by 4 metres, each sculpture can form 16 different shapes ranging from abstract art forms to recognisable patterns including an aeroplane, a hot air balloon, a kite and even a dragon. The design element in each shape shows the movement of flight through slow, fluid movements.’

KOOZA is only on until the 27 August and Kusama at the National Gallery Singapore until 3 September 2017 (so, be quick!).

[Image: Installation photo of Yayoi Kusama’s Venus de Milo Obliterated at Singapore National Art Museum.]

New Gallery to Represent My Art in Austria

I’m so excited to announce that PAKS Gallery in Austria will show my work and represent me in Europe from next year (2018).

The Gallery is housed in the incredible Castle Hubertendorf which is located in Lower Austria between Vienna, Salzburg, Linz, Wels and Munich. The director and curator Heinz Playner is very active in the European art world and shows modern and contemporary art by emerging and established artists from all over the world.

Image: Castle Hubertendorf