Artist of the Week, Robyn Dansie

Robyn's work is not decorative or peripheral, it is robust and generous.  Occasionally in Roar Drawing we collaborate with others.  The middle picture is the work of Robyn and John Carlin (featured last week).  It illustrates a most unpredictable outcome of combined energies.  Robyn's frenzy of coloured marks set a vibrant and energetic undercurrent, whilst John's image quaintly merges through the chaos. Quite an exhilarating result that neither Artist would have proposed alone.  

Artist of the Week, John Carlin

It's a beautiful thing to watch when people find their particular rhythm of drawing, John likes to draw two handed.  There is a sensitivity about his work where bluntness generates delicacy.  His subjects often behold a mystique entirely of their own.  The image appears to emerge from the page, with obscured marks, reminiscent of an etching.

  

Artist of the Week, Amanda Goodge

Amanda doesn't assume to know her subject matter.  She absorbs, dissects and distorts her pictorial plane until it possesses a quality and authenticity entirely of its own.  These fragmented forms are held firmly together by it's strong linear threads, allowing the viewer to wonder beneath it's layers.

Artist of the Week, Nicoll Heaslip

This is one of those numerous occasions where I absolutely love what I do.  I have been fortunate enough to witness Nicoll's commitment to drawing week after week. Quietly chipping away, each time disclosing a little more. The fulcrum, lay in her perseverance. Once she surrendered and began thinking beyond her personal limitations and it's outlines, everything magically fell into place.

Artist of the Week, Gina Ropiha

Often when we draw there is a whole community of ideas that come towards us.  It takes a great deal of skill and ability to read ones own marks, to be able to distill those ideas and produce a simplistic yet iconic piece of work.  It takes time and patience for one to participate and become witness to their own inherent marks, giving them the space to evolve and land, so to speak.