Margo Humphries 🎨 visual artist 🖼️ Lake Macquarie NSW Australia

Tag: painting

  • Art Bazaar Lake Macquarie RESCHEDULED DATE

    AB Lake Mac 2015 Facebook The rescheduled date for Hunter Arts Network’s (HAN) fourth annual Lake Macquarie Art Bazaar is Sunday 31 May 2015 & I will be having a stall. HAN was forced to postpone Art Bazaar due to poor weather. Art Bazaar will be returning to the grounds of Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery (LMCAG) from 10am – 3pm. Located on the shores of beautiful Lake Macquarie, this award winning gallery with expansive grounds including Sculpture Park, mosaic pathway & Awaba House Restaurant Café is an exceptional cultural and tourist destination. Hunter Arts Network is thrilled to announce we have received a 2015 Stockland Community Grant!!! Thanks to Stockland Glendale we have received $500 which will go towards promoting our next Art Bazaar at LMCAG on 31 May! See all the winners here: http://www.stockland.com.au/assets/about-stockland/community-grants-winners-240415.pdf A 2014 Finalist in the Hunter & Central Coast Awards for Excellence in Tourism, Art Bazaar has developed into a major art event for the region which now attracts many visitors from out of the area and is the Hunter’s premier artisan and design marketplace. Art Bazaar is a great way to show families and visitors how wonderful our creative community is. HAN is a non-profit membership of artisans from the Hunter who carefully hand pick stallholders to ensure that shoppers have an array of local, handmade, unique, original & quality products, making Art Bazaar an affordable opportunity for both the public & the creative people of Newcastle and the Hunter. Enjoy meeting the artists and designers who have carefully created for the reputable event providing access beyond the boundaries of the gallery. Art Bazaar is free entry. There’s also demonstrations, entertainment, food & drinks, and a quick stroll to LMCAG for children’s art activities and exhibitions including Bodywork: Australian Jewellery 1970-2012 touring from the National Gallery of Australia and a (in)visible: the First Peoples and War showing until 10 May and 24 May respectively. CALL FOR STALLHOLDERS: – Stallholders must be HAN members. Membership is $55 for individuals, $80 for groups of 3 or less, and $100 for groups & organisations of more than 3. – The $60 stall fee includes public liability insurance – Click here to apply: http://artbazaar.com.au/call-for-stallholders/call-for-stallholders-lake-macquarie-art-bazaar-2015 – Applications close 1 April 2015

  • Framing paintings for Autumn Art Bazaar

    I’m getting 3 more of my paintings framed today for Autumn Art Bazaar next month at Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery!!

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  • Newcastle University Choir CD – finished product!

    Very pleased with how the Newcastle University Choir CD turned out! Here’s the finished product!

    Cover art: Margo Humphries

    Click here to purchase your copy: http://www.newcastleuniversitychoir.com/#buyencorecd

    photo of newcastle university choir cd margo humphries cover art

  • Cstudios Art Gallery – opening exhibition

    Two of my paintings have been selected for Cstudios Art Gallery’s opening exhibition in February 2014. Stay tuned for opening night details!

    738 Hunter St, Newcastle West, NSW
    Visit http://www.cstudiosartgallery.com.au

  • Cstudios Art Gallery

    Two of my paintings were selected yesterday for Cstudios Art Gallery opening exhibition next month! Stay tuned for opening details

    738 Hunter St, Newcastle West NSW
    Visit http://www.cstudiosartgallery.com.au

  • Free tracks samples from Newcastle University Choir’s first CD

    Here’s the link for free tracks samples from Newcastle University Choir’s CD. The Choir intends to launch the CD at their Santa Swings concert today at 2pm at the Great Hall. The cover artwork, “Newcastle-Vivid”, by Newcastle artist Margo Humphries, was specifically commissioned for this CD by owner Joan Bona.

    http://www.newcastleuniversitychoir.com/sales_cd_encore_audio_samples/1.%20Zadok%20the%20Priest%20-%20sample.mp3

  • Buy Newcastle University Choir’s new CD – online now!

    Buy Newcastle University Choir’s new CD – online now!

    Cover artwork: “Newcastle-Vivid” by Newcastle artist Margo Humphries Art, specifically commissioned for this CD by owner Joan Bona.

    Recorded at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, NSW, Australia – 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th August 2013

    Track listing is also available here: http://www.newcastleuniversitychoir.com/

  • Summer Art Bazaar – Margo Humphries Art

    Here’s some of my ready to hang artworks I’ll be selling at next Saturday’s Summer Art Bazaar. All of these are my original paintings. My stall will have the yellow canopy. See you at Civic Park, Newcastle on Saturday 7 December 2013 from 9am – 3pm. Click here for event details

  • Newcastle University Choir CD Launch

    Newcastle University Choir’s CD intends to launch their first CD at the Christmas Concert on 15 December. I’m looking forward to seeing the cover art!! The CD will be available for purchase at the Christmas concert, on the Choir’s website & at other outlets

    The CD showcases the Choir’s sound, personality and flexibility. The repertoire has been chosen from choral works that have given pleasure to their audiences over the years, including movements from Messiah and other classical favourites, interesting Christmas music, and jazz with local jazz identity, pianist and composer Terence Koo.

    http://www.newcastleuniversitychoir.com/

  • City Evolutions Christmas in the City

    City Evolutions Christmas in the City

    Two of my paintings will be projected onto the buildings in Watt Street from this Friday until 26 December for City Evolutions Christmas in the City!
    Visit http://cityevolutions.com.au/

    "Womb" by Margo Humphries will be projected onto buildings in Watt Street for City Evolutions & Christmas in the City
    “Womb” by Margo Humphries will be projected onto buildings in Watt Street for City Evolutions & Christmas in the City

    Margo Humphries newcastle vivid

  • Newcastle University Choir CD Cover

    I’m so thrilled that Newcastle University Choir approached me to commission a painting for the album cover of their first CD! The brief requested a bright, stylised image of Newcastle! Here’s some progress photos:

  • Denman art exhibition finished with great results

    Denman art exhibition finished with great results

    My exhibition at Tartuca Espresso, Denman, finished yesterday.

    I sold this “Roots of the City” painting at the exhibition!

    Roots of the City by Margo Humphries
    Roots of the City by Margo Humphries

     

     

     

     

     

    As a thank you for letting each artist hold their exhibition there each month, the cafe has each artist paint one of their tables each month. This is the painting I painted on my table. It is called “Rainbow Grapes” & is of a local Upper Hunter winery:

    Rainbow Grapes - Tartuca Espresso table
    Rainbow Grapes – Tartuca Espresso table

     

     

     

     

    Here I am with the table at the cafe:
    Table at cafe

  • The Upper Hunter Entertainer – 19/9/13

    The Upper Hunter Entertainer – 19/9/13

  • Summer Art Bazaar at Civic Park, Newcastle – December 2013

    Summer Art Bazaar at Civic Park, Newcastle – December 2013

    Summer Art Bazaar
    Saturday 7 December 2013
    9am – 3pm
    Civic Park
    King St, Newcastle

    I will be exhibiting & selling my paintings at my stall at Summer Art Bazaar.

    Art Bazaar features original handcrafted goods from over 100 local Hunter Arts Network (HAN) artists.

    The Hunter’s premier artisan & design marketplace, Art Bazaar, is held quarterly by HAN, which is a non-profit membership of Artists, Designers, Jewellers and craft people from the Hunter region.

    Every Art Bazaar is spread out on the expansive grounds of the impressive locations.

    Art Bazaars are FREE entry & there’s also be demonstrations, loads of parking, food, drinks & ATM’s.

    Enjoy meeting the artists & designers who have carefully created for the reputable event providing access beyond the boundaries of the gallery.

    It is an affordable opportunity for both the public & the creative people of Newcastle & the Hunter

  • Margo Humphries Exhibition – Chocolate Hills, Denman

    My next solo exhibition will be held from 1- 31 October 2013 at Chocolate Hills – Tartuca Espresso Bar Bistro, 21c Ogilvie St, Denman! Open Mon-Fri 7.30am-4.30pm; Sat-Sun 8am-4pm

  • Licensing now available

    All images of my work are available for Licensing. A licensing request needs to be sent to Viscopy. For Viscopy to be able to issue a licence please supply the following information to viscopylicensing@copyright.com.au:

    – Name of the artist: Margo Humphries
    – Title of the work/s: eg “Lansdowne Escarpment”
    – Your company/organisation
    – Title of the publication/product
    – Will you be reproducing the art work in full or will you be using a detail? Cropped or detail uses require Viscopy to seek prior approval from the copyright holder
    – Distribution territory – Australia and New Zealand or worldwide? Our licensing generally covers Australia and New Zealand, and worldwide for online uses. Additional territory loadings may apply
    – Duration of licence (1 year, 5 years etc)
    – Print run of the publication/product
    – For books; is it an interior or cover page? Cover pages are charged at a higher rate because of the exposure of the work. If interior, what is the size of the reproduction – full page, quarter page etc?
    – Will there also be an e-publication or CD-Rom version of any printed material?
    – For online uses: how long will the image(s) be online and the website address? We generally license online uses for one year. What is the context of how the work will be used- on the homepage, promoting a collection, editorial content or advertising use?

    – Do you need permission for any other associated uses (eg. for the art work to be used in an advertising campaign)?

     

    Click here for details:
    http://www.kasarndesigns.com/Licensing.html

    Arctic Voodoo by Margo Humphries
    Arctic Voodoo by Margo Humphries

     

     

  • 5% off

    To celebrate Earth Day, every purchase until 26 April on redbubble with code “EARTH2012” receives 5% off + another 5% will be donated to The Nature Conservancy’s “Adopt An Acre” program, helping to leave a sustainable world for future generations.

    Arctic Voodoo by Margo Humphries
    Margo Humphries is a contributor to Redbubble. The online art store is offering 5% off all purchases until 26 April 2012. Click here to buy from Margo’s portfolio