Crusty Oceania
Poseidon moves the groundswell creates an undercurrent releases that which adorns the seabed. By Lea Kannar.
Look at Poseidon’s creatures, they are so varied and colourful.
Anything that has a shell or uses a shell type thing to protect itself and calling the ocean its home is acceptable.
Be creative step outside the mainstream of what you see, you dont even have to use a whole sea creature, a section or detail is also acceptable.
The German Association of Mosaic Artists, DOMO, also participated. Their works can be seen here.
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1st PRIZE
Rachel Bremner
The eye that couldn’t see
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2nd PRIZE
Sarah Muggeridge
Raine Island Turtle
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3rd PRIZE
Tracey Jimogiannis
Purple Sea Urchins
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HIGHLY COMMENDED
Lea Kannar
Lea_Organ Pipe Coral
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HIGHLY COMMENDED
Michelle Guilliant
Crustacean Ornatus
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Pat Judd
Won’t you join the Dance
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Barbara Humphreys
Naut-Tea-Lass
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Kate Howard
Fading
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Jane Dale
Look at Me
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Santa Dunne
Utzons Goose Barnacles
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Jo Freeman
Paua Shell on the Sand
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Iris Ztarr
Stone Crab
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Nicole Thompson
Jenny from the Tank
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Sandy Robertson
Global Warming
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Christina Renowden
Mantle of a Giant Clam
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Sandra Ozols
Spanner Crab
Judges Comments:
The MAANZ Crusty Oceania exhibition is a wonderful window into seeing diversity of artists that are creating mosaics in Australia and New Zealand. I was impressed by the many materials the artists used in their pieces, but more so the overall playfulness and freedom in each work. Each had a particular point of view and range of colour and texture I found exciting to see. This exhibition exemplifies what is possible in contemporary mosaic and how each artist can be very specific expressing themselves using texture and colour. It was an honour to be a juror for this exhibition as well as to see it in person in Brisbane.
Karen Ami
President The Society of American Mosaic Artists; Executive Director The Chicago Mosaic School