The annual fundraising exhibition Collectors’ Edition has become a highlight of the Blue Mountains City Art Gallery’s calendar, with a great response from both artists and bidders. The sale of works in the previous four exhibitions contributed over $63,000 towards the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Collection Acquisition Fund.
Plane Down Over Kandos – Collectors’ Edition #5, 2018
A small T-light illuminated mixed media assemblage. This piece sold at auction for $560.00. It fetched the highest bid of the five finalists and 107 exhibited works for the Collectors’ Edition #5, 2018
The old twin engine fighter dives towards the Kandos landscape while small lights flicker inside the houses of the unsuspecting occupants …
Dimensions: 158mm (w) x 220mm (h) x 80mm (d)
Mixed media: Photo media (print on canvas), wooden frame & housing, acrylic paint, varnish, Dinky Toys Twin Engine fighter made in England Maccano Ltd, LED Tealight candles.
The Hydro Blues (Sold at auction at the Collectors’ Edition #3, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, May 2016)
The newly renovated Hydro Majestic has an unusual ghost like presence and sound coming from the rooms above …
Dimensions: 158mm (w) x 220mm (h) x 80mm (d)
Mixed media: Photo media (print on canvas), wooden frame & housing, acrylic paint, (IF sensor, Arduino Uno, flash drive, mp3 shield, mono 2.5W Class D audio amplifier, mini metal mono 0.5W speaker, 9V power supply).
The Light of Spring (Sold at auction at the Collectors’ Edition #1, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Spring 2014)
The Bogong moth heads for the light as you draw near. It retreats as you move away …
Dimensions: 158mm (w) x 220mm (h) x 80mm (d)
Mixed media: Photo media (print on 300 gsm William Turner 100% cotton paper), wooden frame & housing, acrylic paint, varnish, electronic components (mini servo motor, IF sensor, Arduino Uno, 9V power supply), deceased bogong moth.
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