Art Gallery Gauvin

G'Day and Welcome to my new Gallery website. Please take a minute to do this:

Imagine...
 

Imagine you've just walked into an arcade from the city centre of Cairns, in the Tropical Far North of Australia. It's a typically sultry summer day and  you feel a  waft of cool air from my Gallery's open door.

(At the right is a picture of how the gallery looked in 2003, when complications from Arthritis forced me to close the downtown gallery and go into premature semi-retirement.)

Quick Quiz:
1. Are you a painter with Arthritis?
2. Do you wonder if it means giving up your Art?
3. Do you think I'm going to try selling you some snake oil, magic berry juice or the like?

• If you answered Yes to Question 1, please accept my sincere sympathy.

• My answer to Question 2 is a resounding No! It doesn't have to be so.

• My answer to Question 3 is: As someone who has lived with the tedious roller-coaster of remission followed by relapse since my youth, I can tell you there is no magic pill or snake oil or wonder juice that will 'make it go away.'

What I can offer you is information on how to make your own version of the Tools for Painters with Arthritis that have helped me to continue. (You'll see an example of one in the picture at the right.)

There's nothing to buy, so please just relax and enjoy your visit. You can go straight to the article on How to Make and Use the TOOLS, or you can browse the articles with TIPS for artists and beginners.

Visitors are always welcome here, so please step right inside and have a seat on the couch. We can have a Virtual cuppa while we chat, or would you like to look at some paintings?

One good thing about having a Virtual Gallery is that now I can show you some of my paintings that 'live' in public places far away from here, and in private homes and boardrooms around the world.

Some were commissioned as Portraits of some fascinating folk who have become successful or even famous in their particular fields. You'll see an example at third right, and if you wish, you can stroll through my GALLERY OF PORTRAITS.

Other works were inspired by the poems and stories of Banjo Paterson (he wrote the words to Waltzing Matilda) and were published in a series of Illustrated Books.

Perhaps you're taking the first steps on the journey of becoming a artist. Would you like some straight-talking tips from someone who well remembers starting out? You can read my advice on How to get Started in Art and many other articles from my ArtLife series for some ideas you may find useful.

Like every painter who has advanced arthritis, in any of its many forms, you know how painful it can be to stand at the easel or sit at the drawing board for long sessions. Perhaps your limit has been reduced to only one hour. Yet you still have to lay out your materials before you start and then clean up afterwards. Can you do enough in one hour to make the effort worthwhile or should you take up some other interest?

Here's the link to see all my TOOLS for Painters with Arthritis and how to make and use them.

see how to browse all my books at my new site or view my limited edition prints at My other Gauvin websites

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