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'Watching the swans' ( Tomato Lake )

oil on canvas

$2,400



'Soccer at sundown' ( Tomato Lake )

oil on canvas

$2,400

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both are going to be scenes of Tomato Lake, in Belmont]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100624-072152 2010-06-24T00:00:00Z 2010-06-24T00:00:00Z EMERGE Art Space.

We're keeping the images under wraps until the show so I can't post any here, to make sure we have the correct level of amazement, awe and flurry of buying activity that will no doubt occur when we finally do reveal them on opening night!

so to keep everyone happy, here's some OTHER new stuff I've been doing ...

Making an etching press !
It still needs a steel plate to stop it from destroying itself in excitement when I tighten it too hard and the top part cracks.



might work, might not, needs a drill bit attached to the winder so it can be raised and lowered (much) quicker

Hold your breath for fun little etchings of toy ducks in the not too distant future


Cutting a gas bottle in half to make a furnace, to melt metal, to fill the moulds I make from the small wax sculptures I posted earlier



and the thing next to it is ...
Making a baby kiln from the guts of a hair dryer . This is part of the mould to pour the refractory into to house the element

again, it might not work but it'll be fun to make



and ...
Playing with my new Kiln !
( outside, ofcourse )



but mostly painting, painting painting painting



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(update)
The wonderful City of Melville purchased this piece for their collection on the night of the Melville Art Awards this weekend,
I'm really happy that it's going to join another of my paintings that they purchased a couple years ago, hopefully they'll hang together !]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100517-071529 2010-05-17T00:00:00Z 2010-05-17T00:00:00Z


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The small ducks are going to be bottle openers and the trout and wolf heads will be knife pommels, all cast in brass after I make the moulds

These are wax copies that came out of silicon moulds that I made from the originals ]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100510-083053 2010-05-10T00:00:00Z 2010-05-10T00:00:00Z

Just finished the latest Duck painting

Oils on canvas, 90 x 80cm

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I've also released four new large Limited Edition Canvas prints - see the 'Prints' section for details

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The top one isnt finished







This is what insomniacs take photo's of at 2am]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091210-030915 2009-12-10T00:00:00Z 2009-12-10T00:00:00Z due in 7 days .....







Two canvasses , both 1.1 x 1.3m]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091210-030630 2009-12-10T00:00:00Z 2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

'Bathurst Lighthouse - Rottnest Island'

oil on canvas

130 x 180cm

$7,200

On display at Fremantle Contemporary Art Gallery , 255 South Terrace South Fremantle

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This years Back Garden Art Exhibition was a great success !
Thankyou to all the people who came along

There's a few orders for the new prints that Ive been planning , so thats gotten me motivated to get those organised and as such ...

NEW LARGE CANVAS PRINTS ARE ON THE WAY !

Two new Rottnest prints and Two new Cottesloe prints will be released as soon as theyre back from the printers ( hopefully in a few weeks ), I'll change the 'Prints' page and announce it here , aswell as contacting those of you that expressed interest

Now its straight back into the studio to get stuck into the 3 commissions and 4 gallery requests that Ive got to finish before the end of the year !]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091116-214327 2009-11-17T00:00:00Z 2009-11-17T00:00:00Z

ITS ON AGAIN !

SUNDAY the 15th of NOVEMBER is my annual Back Garden Art Exhibition

Running from 10am till whenever the sun goes down , we'll have a range of new and old artworks on display , plus framed and unframed prints , boiled quail eggs and pizza straight from the new pizza oven !

For those of you who found out about the show from the Melville Times - they've run an article with the wrong date,
The exhibition is on SUNDAY, NOT SATURDAY as stated in the article ( although , last years article went in the week AFTER the exhibition, so I guess its an improvement )

So if you're in Perth , use the contact form to get the address and come along and snap up a bargain]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091026-114750 2009-10-26T00:00:00Z 2009-10-26T00:00:00Z


Another small one ready for the show .
The photo doesnt really show the colours in this painting no matter what lighting I try

34cm x 27.5cm
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Oils on canvas board

$300 framed

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Untitled as yet , oil on canvas board

15cm x 15cm

for sale - $300]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091021-014553 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z