MEDIA RELEASE: Ocean Blue Gallery’s End Of Year Clearance/Mothers Day Exhibition

Ocean Blue Gallery’s current End of Year Clearance/Mothers Day exhibition runs until 26 May 2016. The gallery, which opened in November 2015, is open Mon -Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm & is located at 617 Pacific Highway Belmont. Lake Macquarie artist Margo Humphries is one of the local artists with work for sale in the exhibition.

Pictured: Margo Humphries with two of her paintings for sale at Ocean Blue Gallery's current exhibition: On the left: “Embarrassed Watermelon” $500 framed 72 cm w x 96 cm h. Acrylic on paper. On the right: “Happy Trails” $400 framed 63 cm w x 77 cm h. Acrylic & ink on board. — Pictured: Margo Humphries with two of her paintings for sale at Ocean Blue Gallery’s current exhibition: On the left: “Embarrassed Watermelon” $500 framed 72 cm w x 96 cm h. Acrylic on paper. On the right: “Happy Trails” $400 framed 63 cm w x 77 cm h. Acrylic & ink on board.

About Margo Humphries:
Margo Humphries is a visual artist who has been based in Lake Macquarie since 2003. Born & raised in Taree, Margo has always enjoyed art, it was her favourite subject in school, and her parents always encouraged her. Painting is something that Margo has always practiced, first as a hobby, then it became more than that when she established her business in 2009.

In 2013 Margo painted an artwork commissioned for the cover of Newcastle University Choir’s first CD, Encore. Since 2012 Margo has exhibited at every Hunter Arts Network’s Art Bazaar, now held every year at Speers Point Park, Closebourne Morpeth & Lambton Park. In 2011 Margo was selected as one of 10 artists for the Mattara Festival’s Inaugural Outdoor Art Exhibition & her “Look up in the Sky Tonight” was draped over Newcastle Panthers.

Margo paints with acrylics, has recently discovered she also likes ink & likes the way these mediums feel when moving them around with a brush. Margo paints objects & scenes that you could easily recognize but she tries to make them more than what she sees, so she abstracts them a little bit. Margo enjoys painting both realistic and abstract works & likes to paint things that catch her eye & subjects which have great colours. It’s very satisfying for Margo when she finishes a work which she really feels good about. What Margo likes about her creative life is that it makes her think & produces ideas, and one idea builds on another idea.

Visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1734426980106007/

Visit Margo’s website: www.kasarndesigns.com

Contact Sue Price, Ocean Blue Gallery: art@oceanbluegallerybelmont.com