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Ashley Frost | Sydney Australia | Visual artist & Filmmaker | Painter's Blog

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✨•DECEMBER WORKSHOP BUNDANON•✨ We have had a couple of spots available in our Bundanon Workshop this month. Join artist Nicole Kelly, culinary excellence Lauren  Forlonge and I for a weekend painting and drawing workshop at Bundanon, on the beautiful NSW South Coast. We’ll be staying at the architecturally designed Boyd Education Centre and the weekend will be fully catered by Lauren. All levels All ages 16+. Tix available through the website www.inthefieldartistworkshops.com to secure your place. Link in my bio . Nicole and I each take a practical approach to teaching painting, where beginners can learn fundamental skills such as how to arrange a palette, colour mixing and composition, mark making, while those with more experience can focus on developing their approach. The weekend will focus on composition, colour, line, the use of a colored ground, how to incorporate the elements to direct the eye across the picture plane and pictorial problem solving. You’ll learn a variety of painting applications such as scraping, scrubbing, loading, dragging and layering paint, using a full range colour palette, developing your colour mixing and compositional skills. #pleinairpainting #australianartist #bundanontrust (at Bundanon) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClzVWwLhLfY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My work is a finalist in this years Fisher’s Ghost art prize at Campbelltown art centre. “Causality” is oil on 30 panels, 102x85cm. Its an incredible show and worth a look, runs thru to Dec 9. #fishersghost #australianartist #campbelltownartscentre (at Campbelltown Arts Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkwHSVyBJtd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Monotype from Fowlers Gap in far western NSW. I was teaching 12 wonderful students this Spring with @inthefieldartistworkshops alongside painter @nk_nk_ and foodie @laurenforlonge . Next month we will be In The Field at Bundanon on the Shoalhaven river, more info in my bio. Monotype is oil on primed paper, 27x27cm. #monotype #oilpainting #fowlersgap (at Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjVCizBybL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I am teaming up with Nicole Kelly to run an intensive painting weekend 16-18 December at the wonderful Bundanon, just a little over 2 hours from Sydney and fully catered by Lauren Forlonge. I did my residency there in 2019 and found the experience to be transformative. Book through In The Field website - link in bio. @inthefieldartistworkshops @laurenforlonge @nk_nk_ @bundanontrust (at Bundanon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjjec4mB3s1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Opening 6pm next Friday 19th August at Clifton School of Arts, my joint show with watercolourist Hal Pratt. #arboreal #cliftonschoolofarts #australianartist (at Clifton School of Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChJs7sShOq-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I’m showing paintings I did from my first trip to Antarctica in 1992, along with some paintings and monotypes that together will be in a group exhibtion at the University of Wollongong. Located in the new gallery in the Jillian Broadbent building, the show opens next week as a part of the Antarctic Futures event, comprising of the exhibtion, seminar and workshops. It’s a wonderful program that looks at environmental, scientific and artistic issues and ideas around this extraordinary continent. Check University for more info, shows runs to 19 October. #antarctica #australianartist #environment (at Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChGz6fthbBo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Monotype and then painted back into, oil on primed paper, 27x26cm. Study of the regrowth in the escarpment forest from a while back. Will be showing a few of these works at the Clifton School of Arts exhibtion with Hal Pratt in August this year.#regrowth #australianartist #mono (at Alexandria, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/CffxWl8BSrT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Genius of the Crowd, painting inspired by the poem of Charles Bukowski, oil on linen, 60x60cm. #charlesbukowski #poetry #australianartist (at Alexandria, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfX0SauBevs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Working on some monotypes on Yupo paper from up on the Wodi Widi track. Oil on Yupo paper, 32x33cm. #monotype #monotypeprint #australianartist (at Alexandria, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfLe7poBnDD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This Sunday 29 May 10am-1pm I am teaching a plein air painting workshop at the Southern Highlands Regional Gallery. Price is $120 and bookings via the gallery, there are a couple of spces still available. Message me for link or google Ngununggula: meaning 'belonging' in the traditional language of the Gundungurra First Nations people, is the first regional art gallery in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Painting above is a plein air work from Fowlers Gap, oil on board, 40x40cm, 2021. #ngununggula #pleinairpainting #australianartist #southernhighlands (at Ngununggula) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeDNWPMrQJ8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My painting “Paul Ryan in Studio” made the cut for the Salon de Refusé and is on show now at the S H Ervin gallery in Sydney. Big thanks to Paul for sitting and to the judges for selecting the work. I’m going to check it out Saturday and see there are some exceptional paintings on display. #salonderefusés #portrait #australianartist (at S. H. Ervin Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdxBhWzLBTo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Autumn painting from my art workshop on Berry mountain last weekend, shared with some wonderfull artists. This little one was started during a quick demonstration and finished in my studio, oil on linen, 39x39cm. Thank you @artxtra_judyvoltz for hosting the workshop and for your and Roland’s generous hospitality. Thank you @maree_austin_hunchystudios for taking the pic. #berrymountain #australianartist #pleinairpainting #autumn #oilpainting (at Berry Mountain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdXhsCHLv56/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Plein air painting today on the gently swirling Thredbo river. Its been a good warm up for my painting workshop this weekend on Berry Mountain. There are still a few places available for what I think will be a wonderful three day masterclass. See the last image for info and message me to book. Thinking I might have to do a workshop next Autumn in Kosiouszko, stunning colours at this time of year. #kosiouszkonationalpark #pleinairpainting #altitude1260 #australianartist #thredbo (at Thredbo River) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cczff3GLcb-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Just spent three wonderfull days of plein air painting from three wonderfull locations; Pulpit Rock in the Shoalhaven and two locations in Tumut on the Goobragandra river. If you would like to join me for a plein air paint next weekend, I am running a three day painting workshop on Berry Mountain from Sunday 1st to Tuesday 3rd May. There are a couple of spaces still available. See my last post for more info or message me for details. #pleinairpainting #australianartist #tumut #bundanontrust (at Berry Mountain) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccq7ExHBp7M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Alexandria Canal study, oil on linen, 39x39cm, 2022. Some amazing spots along this canal. This is from a study a few months back in Spring when we had some more sunshine. #alexandria #oilpainting #pleinairpainting (at Alexandria, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/Can3OGphD2J/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Friday afternoon ink drawing overlooking Sydney harbour. #inkdrawing #sydneyharbour #australianartist (at Sydney Harbour) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaHFLfehsFh/?utm_medium=tumblr