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Zeus the Cat

April 2, 2021 by lorenz Leave a Comment

Zeus the Cat

Zeus the Cat is about the stealth, nimble cats of Mykonos.

Raw in it finish yet potent to the end, is the quick brush works depicting the typical black cat found on the Greek Island of Mykonos.

It skulks around awaiting guaranteed fish remains and food left overs.

Never far from door steps, alley ways and basking in the sun.

Acrylic on Canvas

100 x 120 cm

$900

Filed Under: Art, Art Gallery, Australian artist, Blog, Commission art, Uncategorized Tagged With: art, artist, Aspire Gallery, design, samantha beau, water colours

Commission your own designer label

March 9, 2020 by lorenz Leave a Comment

This Easter how would you like your own design of your favourite design?

I know it’s crazy but having your own individual art piece (which goes up in value) is the perfect way to experience your designer item again and again, even when you are not wearing it.

I am taking orders for designers… shoes, caps, handbags.

All are done individually and will be specific for you.

All will be reduced for the next week to $300 AUD which includes the design, pastel work, and finished piece.

It doesn’t include postage and shipping, nor a frame. But at $350 off the normal price, it’s a bargain.

You can order here.

Simply send an email, with a couple of images but the one you particularly like, and I will send you a link to deposit 50%. Once that is done, I will have your work complete usually within a day and can post any where around the world.

Order your individual designer piece here today.

OH in case it hasn’t crossed your mind yet… this is the perfect gift for someone who has everything because this is something unique and something they can’t buy… unless they beat you to it.

Warmest regards , Sam xx

Filed Under: Art, Art Gallery, Australian artist, Blog, inspiration for art Tagged With: art, artist, Aspire Gallery, design, samantha beau, water colours

Dancing with Happy Feet – Blue Footed Booby

February 4, 2020 by lorenz Leave a Comment

Dancing Mates

This February I will be hosting my solo exhibition, Dancing with Happy Feet at Art Post Uki.

This is a little bit about the exhibition and what inspired me to paint the booby.

The exhibition’s open night is Thursday 27th Feb 630pm local time. Wine, cheese, music and street food. It is going to be a hoot. Come along!

 

The booby:

Recently I was introduced to the enigmatic Blue-footed Booby by a born and bred Galapagos Islander.

The incredible birds habitat the east coast of the Pacific Ocean with over half of its breeding couples being found on Galapagos Islands.

The word “booby” comes from the Spanish word “clown” or “stupid” which is funny when you see the delightful birds staggering around, making whistling sounds as they dive deep for their catch and just being birds in general!

The marine bird only returns to land to lay eggs and nurture it’s young. By natural selection the male and females select each other based on the vibrancy of the blue hue of the other bird’s feet.

Believed to be blue from carotenoids arrived by eating a diet mostly of sardines, the blue feet depict the health of the bird. Females seek out “bluer” males as they do their elaborate, spectacular, swaying mating dance and males seek our (brighter footer) younger females to breed with.

The birds are one of the only species that can stagger laying their eggs. They can stretch out the birth of their offspring by laying eggs over a few days. For this reason the bird has been studied about its sibling hierarchy and adaption rules.

The egg itself will change colour to match the earth surrounding it!

Unfortunately, in recent years, the numbers of this fascinating bird are diminishing.

In 1997 it was estimated that 20,000 birds lived on the Galapagos Islands with that number dropping markedly in 2012, to be only 6400 birds. The current train of thought and research indicates that it is due to a drop off in sardine supply.

The demise of the booby is everyone’s issue. This is our planet, shared with other humans and other animals, and plant species. We need to do our best to prevent erosion, warming and extinction of many species currently under threat.

Raising awareness of the colourful birds is one way to engage children (and adults) to become involved in the planet we live upon. To consider the delicate nature of equilibrium nature has established over millennia and how our footprint needs to be lighter.

We all need to minimise waste, stop using plastic and above all, become aware of animals under threat and take positive action.

 

Dancing with Joy

Blue-footed boobies have the capacity to stagger the delivery of their eggs and hatch. Because of this unusual characteristic the birds have been studied for the sibling behaviours. The eldest will eat first and when food is scarce, or the oldest bird loses 20% of it’s body weight the mother will stop feeding the other birds in preference to the eldest one. This bird is elated at her newly hatched offspring, dancing for joy and eager to see it’s delightful tiny blue feet.

 

Expecting

Amongst the haze of life two birds seemingly vanishing examine their brood. The Blue-footed booby is one of the many bird species currently in decline globally. Many are choking from the inside out due to plastic ingested into their delicate bodies. The blue-footed booby appears to be declining due to very low sardine levels, their main food. And yet their primal urge to breed is strong. What will the world hold for the delicate new hatching”

 

Contemplating

Two Blue-footed boobies stoop their faces not sure of their future. Oblivious to global warming, to our oceans being fished out, they simply know that times are tough. They make decisions not to breed. They don’t who will defend them, who will feed them, how will they survive. They are stuck in contemplation.

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The Petite Pieces Art Exhibition- Aspire Gallery Brisbane

February 21, 2018 by lorenz Leave a Comment

The Aspire Gallery in Brisbane holds an annual competition of small art pieces.

It is a fun concept – all the pieces have to be less than 40cm x 40 cm x 40cm.

I have entered two pieces – both little water colours painted in Monte Carlo.

The opening is fun, lots of different artists at different stages of their careers, their hobbies and life.

I have really enjoyed being involved with the gallery, the curators and the exhibition.

It is open Wednesday to Sunday 1030 – 430pm.

The gallery is cute and attractive. Check it out here. 

The Petite Pieces is on display until the end of February 2018.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Competitions, Water Colours, yachts Tagged With: art, artist, Aspire Gallery, Petite Pieces, samantha beau, water colours

Petite Pieces Competition 2018

January 28, 2018 by lorenz Leave a Comment

A local art gallery hosts a petite pieces competition every year. I love the concept.

The submissions all must be under 40 x 40 x 40 cm.

I have lots of little water colours that I have done from all around the world that fit this brief.

These are my two selections for this years prize.

Two little water colours. Both painted with water colours when I was in Monaco for the Yacht Show.

Both framed and for sale, directly or through art gallery.

Gallery details:

Aspire Art Gallery

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Landscape, Marine images, yachts Tagged With: artist, monaco, monte carlo, originals, samantha beau, super yachts, water colours, yachts

Turtle don’t need straws…

October 21, 2017 by lorenz Leave a Comment

One of my favourite street art chalks have been my little turtle..

With his slogan : Smile and say “no thanks” to plastic, he had a long stint on the front fence with many admirers.

Say no to plastic

Filed Under: Art, Art with a cause, Blog, Marine life, Street Art Tagged With: art, artist, fundraiser, plastic, samantha beau, straws, Street art, turtles

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