SmART ART COCKTAIL EVENING - 31st July 2008

As promised - a series of photos taken the night of the Cocktail evening which served as a launch for the Art Exhibition which ran from the Thursday morning (31st July) until Saturday afternoon (2nd August)

We were blessed with perfect weather - a wonderful opportunity to be outdoors on a Winter evening!!

The Cocktail evening was incredibly well attended and I'm so very grateful to all who came and made it the fun filled, busy,chatty evening that it was!!


Range of beaded angels - Perm angels and angels with hats - Siyazama Doll Projects



Ian Marsh

His son...Jarred Marsh - cocktail man!!

Athlone Morris....deep in thought

Ryan Marsh (?) and Trevor Cox



Black and White Dolls from the Siyazama Doll Project Range - marketed by Linda Rethman of Goldenray Marketing, who was the guest speaker that evening

Belinda Cresswell-George, Alan Finlay and me....a family affair!!

The Douglas' with Jackie von Maltitz and her sister, Jeannie

Westville based artist, Juliette Gjersoe with guests Liz Norton and Barbara Becke

Damon Smith and Sheila Turner

Scott Smith and Julia Knowler

Lori & Winston Sjouerman

Mary Hollingway & Sally Spaull

The Three Musketeers - artists June Burgess, Maddy Finlay & Sharon Goulding


Local artist - Colleen Barker

Rick Andries and Keith Goulding

Guests Mandy morgan, Di Celine and Sharon Marsh

Leisure Bay photographer and artist - Brain Wastie with his wife Leigh

Zimbabwean Artist Justin Mashore with partner, Christine Muwunganirwa

Guests - Ilma Matthews, Wendy-lee Horn and Janine Hall-Jones enjoying the snacks and wine

Local artist - Tina Adali's man, Saul (right) deep in conversation with a guest

Sharing a word with Megs Tweedie of Durban Decorators on Display

Fellow artists - Barbyra Smith and Sharon Goulding

Toni Wilkins, Leanne Nixon James and me...

The Nels, Jenny and Des seen here with Noemi Aitken - looks like a happy party!!

Brett Nixon James with Rob Thompson and Nicole Taylor

SmART ART - POST EXHIBITION

What an array of gorgeous colour
and light as my home bulged at the seams with the work of our talented local artists....these photos are of the exhibition set up.

The hanging/positioning of the work was a challenging undertaking - all worth the effort in the end!!





One of the paintings sold at the exhibition was by Bev Letard - photo above this one of Brian Wastie's digital mixed media - of The Little Ballet Dancer , after a bronze sculpture by Degas...a romantic sale to say the least - bought as a surprise for his wife by one of the 'hubby's' brought along to the cocktail evening....

Maddy Finlay's Blue Hydrangeas (pictured in a photo below) was sold on the second day of the Exhibition...and now hangs very proudly in a Sheffield Beach home...








An impressive piece of Metal art by Gift - "Music Unheard Of" was sold on the opening night - and now hangs very proudly above a Walnut baby Grand Piano - most befitting!!

Two of AnnMaree Harrington's Vegetable Patch Ladies - right top and bottom -also sold on the opening night and will be making their way...."Down Under"!!


Also sold on this exhibition were: June Burgess' beautiful watercolours, Olde English Rose I & II which had been mounted and framed in classic French style!!

Colleen Barker's fresh, colourful oils - Bicycle I and II were amongst the sales, as was Barbyra Smith's oil of Boat on the Beach ...which is being "shipped off' to the Seychelles!!...and Maddy Finlay's other oil - Night Lights which had mounted and framed behind glass for depth.

Jozi's three musician oils were also sold, have been subsequently framed and hung - taking pride of place on a high, narrow wall in one of our Durban North homes!!

Another seascape to sell was that of Cheryl Cawdron's 'fresh paletted' oil - Umhlanga Rocks- which was another to sell on the eve of the exhibition.