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Demos 2010
Demonstrations are held at the Society, 101 Woronora Parade Oatley West, NSW 2223
on the 2nd Saturday of each month.   They commence at 2.00pm  and the Fee is $5.00 for members and $8.00 for non members.

Sep 11                David Lake - Oil Landscape
David Lake is an oil painter of the Australian Landscape.  He has been painting for more
than twenty-five years, and for the past eight years on a professional basis. 
Originally from Sydney he now resides in the small town of Newbridge in the NSW central tablelands.

It was during Primary school that David began to develop an interest in drawing and subsequently painting.
Birds and animals provided inspiration initially which gradually changed to the landscape during the early
and mid 1980’s. Influenced by both painters of today and from our past David’s passion rests in depicting
the landscape in a representational manner capturing the effect of both light and atmosphere.

Without doubt David’s painting style is uniquely his own and is one that has been winning him awards
and commendations since 1991, including the Combined Art Societies of Sydney – Artist of the Year for 2007,
2008, and 2009. David was also one of ten finalists in an international landscape competition run by the
International Artist Magazine in 2006, and a finalist in the $35,000 Country Energy Prize for Landscape
Painting on three occasions.

In 1999 David was welcomed as an Exhibiting Member of the Royal Art Society of NSW
and in 2002 elevated to the status of Associate. He is also a member of the Oatley 101 Society of Artists, and
an occasional tutor. His work has appeared on several occasions in Australian Artist Magazine and he is
represented in Max Germaine’s Artists & Galleries of Australia (1990 edition).

David’s work is held in private and municipal collections in Australia and private collections overseas,
including the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, and the United States of America.


Oct 9
                  Dave Thomas - Oil Portraiture
Dave Thomas was born in the town of Pontypridd, Wales in 1950.Studying fine art at English and
Welsh colleges from early 1970 he was soon being commissioned to paint portraits of
famous sporting personalities for club, and boardroom hanging.
In the early eighties, Dave moved to Milan which saw a significant change in his technique,
subject assessment and artistic development, and which lead to his appointment as head of
the Art Department at the International School of Milan, Italy. After a period in that position,
Dave secured both an agent, and the interests of a well known Gallery and began to focus on the
promotion of his own work.
After a short visit to Australia in 1986, he returned again in 1989, establishing his own teaching
studio, and workshop facilities in NSW.Since July 2000, Dave has lived in the NSW Southern
Highlands town of Bowral where he paints commissioned works from his studio.Aiming to be
regarded as one of Australia's top portrait artists, Dave has entered work in the major portrait
competitions and exhibitions, becoming a finalist in both the Archibald Prize and Doug Moran
National Portrait Prize. He is also fond of the challenge of mural painting, especially 'Trompe L'oeil'
and has painted a number of these in Villas in Northern Italy. He has painted a huge Barrier Reef
scene at the new National Aquarium in Canberra, with others at Taronga Zoo, and Ocean World in
Sydney.
In addition to his numerous corporate portrait commissions, over the past eight years, He has also
become increasingly involved in the area of Sporting Memorabilia.



Nov 13
               Angelica Erbsland - Mixed media - Still life
Angelica’s journey began as a very young child, and is still a passionate journey.
She is German born, but grew up in Australia. After studying for an associate diploma in Art
and Craft at TAFE in Adelaide in 1983, she began teaching painting, drawing and ceramics at
TAFE in Adelaide. As well as conducting private classes. Angelica established herself mainly
as a portrait artist, but also had several solo and group shows in Adelaide before moving to
Sydney in 1995. She has painted many prominent people, including Dame Roma Mitchell,
politicians and jockeys, and famous race horses. It was a portrait of Colin Hayes the horse trainer,
with his favourite horse that won her the Packer’s award at the Archibald in 1993. That painting
is now hanging in Lindsay Park. Angelica likes to travel and paint in different environments, and
sometimes she will simply be inspired by music or an emotion that she wish to express.
Because her background is in portraiture and life drawing, often the landscape impressions
will meld with figures and faces, layering images to give meaning to a painting. Colour is very
important to Angelica, she believes it influences our lives on many levels. She has studied
colour in many ways over the years and this allows her to work intuitively with colour and the
concepts of yin and yang, which are echoed in the strong relationship contrasts in her work.
She constantly explores watercolours, pastels, oils, acrylics and mixed media, and enjoys them all,
exhibiting regularly in Sydney as well as in Adelaide. Her work has been featured in the
Artist’s Palette magazine. She has won over 50 prizes in various art shows since 1983, 21
of these were 1st prizes.
Angelica began teaching at the Castle hill Art Society in 1997, and likes to introduce various
media to her students. Angelica still enjoys doing figurative work and drawing but also likes
to move toward abstraction from time to time, and her travels have provided her with inspiration for
landscape and other subjects. She lives and works in Sydney, and also has a retreat with studio
at Hill End and finds the area inspirational for painting as well as having an annual workshop there.
She regularly conducts workshops and demonstrations in and around Sydney as well as
interstate and overseas.


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