We must also post about Shayle Flesser who has also become a finalist in the Prometheus Visual Art Award. Its been a good month for Retrospect artists and awards. Shalye also has some beautiful new work coming into the gallery for Drawn Forth in July.

Check out her artist profile here

We've finally got Fiona Kennedy-Altoft's profile and images on our website up to date. She is creating some very exciting new works.. And congratulations to Fiona for becoming a finalist in the Prometheus Visual Art Award announced yesterday. Check out her new works with birds which we are getting a whole solo exhibition of new work coming up in June in our QLD gallery called Frocks Feathers Fur.

Check out her artist profile here..

Congratulations to Alberto Sanchez for becoming a finalist in the Prometheus Art Award, the Head on Portrait Prize, The Brunswick Gallery Photography Prize, semi-finalist in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize, all announced in the last 4 weeks! 2011 looks like an exciting year for Alberto with a solo in August in our new Broadbeach Gallery and also another solo in the Same month at the QLD Centre of Photography.

Visit his artist profile and see available works here...

This is his selected arwork.

Lisa Lee makes the fifth Retrospect artist to make it into the Prometheus Visual Art awards. Her selected painting is from a body of work we are very excitedly taking to Art Melbourne with us from her series Life in the fast lane. 

Visit her artist profile here...

Here we have Jan Van Dijk's exciting new work chosen as a finalist in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize. We never have any idea what Jan will come up with next and it's always exciting to see his work. 'Blue Beard's Cane Chair' is 122 x 122cm, Oils, oil pastel, pencil and aerosol on board. Congratulations to you Jan and good luck from all the team at Retrospect Galleries.

See Jan's profile here..

This is the picture of Blue Beard's Cane Chair

One of our artists Alberto Sanchez decided to look in an envelope he thought was an invoice and found out had been selected as a finalist for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize.

He joins other Retrospect Galleries artists Deb Mostert, Lisa Lee, Fiona Kennedy-Altoft and Jan Van Dijk. See the homepage of the awards here..

The image chosen for selection was his hand-painted photograph El Duelo pictured. Which is also the feature work for his solo coming up in August in our broadbeach gallery title El Duelo as well. See our upcoming exhibitions here...

This is his chosen work..

El Duelo

Celebrating mothers day, one of our favourite mums Deb Mostert is announced one of 40 finalists in this years Sunshine Coast Art Prize with her fantastic painting Vintage Fridge Magnets and Swizzle Sticks. This is her second year in a row for this prize. This work is from her series of swizzle sticks and now is a good time to purchase one of Deb's beautiful paintings.

Visit her profile here to see some fantastic available works...

Congratulations to Fiona Kennedy-Altoft who continues her award streak with her finalist nomination in the Sunshine Art Awards with her Magpie piece titled Offspring. The work shows a Magpie mother with her two little children, a clever parody on the housewife and motherhood, a very fitting post for Mothers Day.

At Retrospect Galleries, we're very excited about her upcoming solo show on the 17th June 2011 called Frocks Feathers Fur

See our facebook event here

For more information of Fiona and to see here available works please visit her profile here...

This is her selected painting Offspring

Read Des Bellamy's article in the Byron Shire News on our recent Photographic exhibition in Byron Bay, Shutterspeed. 

... of Charlie Gordon's works "His works in this exhibition are particularly poignant, capturing the nature sanctuaries in the heart of Tokyo, even as the media parade the devastation of last month's earthquake in Japan"...

To view the Shutterspeed exhibition online click here

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