Nolan Gallery is a Tasmanian art gallery showcasing fine art and craft from Tasmania’s diverse visual arts community through regular exhibitions and house shows.
Jack Braudis is part of the grand tradition of en plein air oil painting where artists eschew the camera and take to the fields, coast and streetscapes to make paintings directly from nature.
Braudis trained in art at the University of Massachusetts in a time of Modernist abstraction but it was his study under the mentor Maurice Kennedy that allowed him to develop as the master landscape painter he is today.
Julie Stoneman’s practice www.fluxstudio.space explores the Tasmanian landscape as a repository of geological & collective memory & amplifies them as abstracted visual narratives.
Her experience in ceramics, public art and landscape architecture deepens her understanding of materials, processes & place formation.
Current works on paper explore geological formations of Tasmania where she layers inks to create textural richness & depth.
Residencies in France, Greece & Tasmania have been the basis of several recent exhibitions.
Julie’s work is represented in Government buildings, TMAG, UTAS, ArtBank and in numerous private collections.
Julie welcomes visitors to her studio & is happy to be contacted regarding commissions & landscape architecture projects.
Emma’s studio-based research draws on theoretical and philosophical ideas of the body as a site of inheritance, encounter, and transformation, and on the combined aspects of her life: as mother, partner and neonatal nurse. She considers how abstract form can highlight the evocative and affective capacity of process, and how the material properties of paper, cloth and wax can evoke the body, a sense of holding and the traces of touch: the connections and residues which are formed through our encounters with others.
With a passion for designing and creating and an eclectic mix of interests, I like to experiment with various creative techniques and materials. Over the years this has included wood, fabric, paints & pencils, metal and stone.
I had been woodturning for some years before studying jewellery, so it was no surprise that I began to combine timber with sterling silver to create my unique pieces of jewellery. Using predominantly Tasmanian species, the different timbers create a diverse palette of colours and textures to draw inspiration from.
With the old adage in mind “Variety is the Spice of Life”, I will continue to design and create, with inspiration coming from playing with shape and texture, experimenting with new materials and techniques and the simple desire to try something new and make something unique.
Often using hand coloured papers and found materials, Antoinette seeks to recreate scenes in an alternate form.
Having moved from Europe to Tasmania over a decade ago, Catherine’s prints are a direct reflection of her surrounding environment and depict an endless wonder at Australia’s and most particularly Tasmania’s unique and bountiful fauna and flora.
Emily Snadden’s practice includes production works inspired by Tasmanian flora, contemporary wearable art pieces and one of a kind commission works.
Emily completed a BFA (with Honours) at the University of Tasmania in 2003 before embarking on training to become a qualified manufacturing Jeweller. She graduated from the JAA accredited BA (Jewellery) in 2006 and completed a Master of Arts Practice (Jewellery) with High Distinction in 2009. Emily has worked in the Jewellery industry for over 11 years, both in sales and subsequently as onsite manufacturing Jeweller in a respected high end Jewellery store in Hobart. For the last two years she has concentrated on establishing a small business – Emily Snadden Design. Emily works in precious materials and natural gemstones; my range includes contemporary production works, exhibition pieces and one off commissions.
Emily’s work is heavily influenced by the natural beauty of the Tasmanian landscape and our native flora. She takes inspiration from the unique natural forms within the local environment. Emily is intrigued by the variety of flora, its abundance and the proximity of it to the built up environment. She spends a lot of time wandering in the native bush land collecting specimens to sketch or work from directly through the process of lost wax casting. Her work is both organic and structured – a reference to the proximity and integration of flora and infrastructure within the built up environment. Emily often combine handmade and machine made/cast components which reference the contrast of the forest to the architecture of the city. Her work is both delicate and whimsical; Emily hopes to capture the intricate details, textures and geometry within the Tasmanian environment.
Displaying works ranging from forged iron pieces, contemporary jewellery, hand cut and set gems, stainless steel utensils and sculpture, with the emphasis on Metal, recycled or new, and always designed and made by the Members of the Collective.
Every day of the week you will find a different Member in Hammer & Hand, at the bench, working on their own creations.
Hannah was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, and has made art all her life. Immigrating to Tasmania in 2012, she found studio space at Salamanca Arts Centre and has been painting full-time since 2015.
Hannah has travelled extensively throughout Australia and now resides in Hobart, which she is happy to call home. Her love for nature and travel prompted her to focus on the landscape genre of painting. Never too far from the ocean and beaches, she enjoys exploring and painting Tasmania’s picturesque and often wild coastal scenery.
Her art now lives in countries worldwide and she enjoys working as an independent artist. She has also authored a business book for artists called ‘This Business of Art: How To Become A Professional Artist.’
When not in her studio painting, she loves having coffee with her husband Steve and spending time with her giant Leonberger dog, Oscar.
