Scotchman’s Hill Wine Offer

Posted by LDFA on June 21, 2016

The association of art and wine is one that has a long tradition both internationally and within Australia, and it may not come as a surprise that Lauraine Diggins Fine Art has a strong working relationship with the prominent winery Scotchmans Hill, located on the Bellarine Peninsula.Through this association, we are pleased to offer the following opportunity.

An End of Financial Year Sale on a select range of wines for friends of Shareholders and Staff of Scotchmans Hill.

Enjoy a 25% discount off wholesale prices from our Scotchmans Hill, Cornelius, Swan Bay and Ferryman brands. This offer is available only until 30 June 2016 and must be paid for at the time of ordering.

All prices quoted on the attached order form include a 25% discount off the wholesale rate, and are inclusive of GST.

The winery will arrange delivery anywhere is Australia and the fee is $10.00 for delivery.

It is possible to order mixed cases however, these must be collected from the winery.

To request a form please contact the Gallery ausart@diggins.com.au or download below and return form to lyndel@scotchmans.com.au

Scotchman’s Hill Wine End of Financial Year Offer.

A Closer Look at…Nora Heysen AM & Constance Stokes: Drawings from the Estates

Posted by LDFA on June 15, 2016

Lauraine Diggins Fine Art invites you to take A Closer Look At... Nora Heysen AM and Constance Stokes: Drawings from the Estates.

This exhibition allows an intimate view of each artist through over 80 drawings sourced from family archives, from student days and throughout their working careers. These works give us an insight into each artist – their working practices, their thoughts, their development, their interests. Drawing provides an immediacy, expressing much through a simple line on a blank page. To read further, please download our A Closer Look At... essay here.

We were delighted that Associate Professor Alison Inglis was able to open this exhibition and provide us with such insightful and educational remarks and we wish to especially thank Lucilla Wyborn d’Abrera, daughter of Constance Stokes, and Stephanie Griffiths, niece of Nora Heysen for sharing their experiences.

Please also view the video of the exhibition opening video here.

A fully illustrated colour catalogue is available to download here, or alternatively contact the Gallery to obtain a copy.

Nora Heysen and Constance Stokes:
Drawings from the Estates
has been extended and is now showing until 2 July 2016.

Exhibition Opening Sat 21st May

Posted by LDFA on May 17, 2016

Nora Heysen and Constance Stokes: Drawings from the Estate opens on Saturday 21st May at 2pm. Join us as Associate Professor Alison Inglis officially opens the exhibition and engages with a family representative for each artist.

The exhibition features over 80 drawings selected from the estates of these celebrated artists and includes academic life drawings; sensuous nudes; portraits of fellow artists; sensitive portraits of Pacific Islanders and a series of genre subjects.

Preview the exhibition here and download the illustrated catalogue with essay by Catherine Speck, Professor of Art History, University of Adelaide here.

The Aesthetics of Mended Ceramics

Posted by LDFA on May 13, 2016

The Aesthetics of Mended Ceramics is an article discussing current exhibition RE-Reanimate, Repair, Mend and Meld initially exhibited at the New York Ceramics & Glass Fair. The concept of reduce, reuse & recycle has become a contemporary focus within society, being a central theme of this exhibition, artists have recreated damaged objects. Gallery artist Stephen Bowers features in this article, using faux surfaces and floating fragmentation of objects, amongst other techniques within his work. Stephen Bowers will be showing his 4th solo exhibition with us later this year.

View The Aesthetics of Mended Ceramics article here

Vale Petyarr Anangker-areny

Posted by LDFA on September 9, 2009

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this post includes the name of a person who has died.

Lauraine Diggins Fine Art are sorry to advise that Petyarr Anangker-areny passed away on the evening of the 19th August. The family have given permission for us to convey this sad news. Out of respect for the family, the artist’s name will not be referred to during mourning. She is the sister of Kathleen, Gloria, Myrtle, Violet and Jeannie and mother of Carol, Elizabeth, Lucy, Helen and Trevor, and the mother of Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarray and grandmother of Genevieve Kemarr Loy. One of the renowned Petyarr sisters, her work was widely exhibited and collected. She was part of the original art movement at Utopia, participating in the batik project in the late 1970s and the 1980s. She also created painted and carved wooden sculptures in the 1980s. In respect to the artist, we will not offer her work for sale in the immediate future. She was a vibrant and grounded woman with strong connections to her family and country and we thoroughly enjoyed working with her. She will be sadly missed.