Castlemaine Fringe
2024 Art Auction

Aleshia's work often considers the theme of nature and its relationship with the human spirit. She is also interested in the use of symbols and folklore in Chinese art and culture. This artwork combines several traditional Chinese folk-art devices, and reflects on peace as a fundamental human right.

This portrait of a magpie was created in soft pastel and pastel pencils, on Pastelmat surface. The artist normally works in coloured pastel, creating memorial pet portraits, however she created this piece as part of a series capturing the local fauna on her property, using a limited greyscale palette.

This head portrait of an eastern grey kangaroo was created in soft pastel and pastel pencils, on Pastelmat surface. The artist normally works in coloured pastel, creating memorial pet portraits, however she created this piece as part of a series capturing the local fauna on her property, using a limited greyscale palette.

Ben has been living in Barkers creek for over 30 years, and running Caspa gallery for over 30 years. Ben has been in his studio at Caspa for over 30 years. Ben has been a Fringe member for over 30 years. Ben has been....

Bridget Farmer, normally a printmaker, branched out this year into the medium of painting and produced a series of works inspired by the large flocks of long billed corellas that fly over her home town of Guildford.

Still life oil on canvas focusing on tone and colour by local Chewton based artist Calan Stanley. Calan will be opening his studio as part of the Castlemaine Fringe Festival Open Studio Trail in March 2025.

Callan studied Fine Art at RMIT, and has since worked in moving image and other photographic forms. His work has been shown in Melbourne as well as overseas. Recently he moved from Castlemaine to The Pyrenees.
This work is a rephotographed collage of torn found photographs, created on a high-resolution flatbed scanner and enlarged.

This is a wind drawing featuring spring rains in Melbourne created with one of Cameron's bespoke sculptural / mechanical wind drawing instruments.

This was created beneath the iconic clock tower of Flinders Street Station during the Artist Residency in 2013 on September 21st, the Equinox.

Created by the Another Planet for the Australian Nuclear Free Zone Secretariat - a coalition of 'nuclear free' local Councils around Australia - this rare survivor dates from the mid 1980s. Another Planet was one of Melbourne's In good condition.

Paradise Lost & Regained' - a reference to the prospect of a nuclear free Pacific - was created by Another Planet Posters in 1987 for the Australian Nuclear Free Zone Secretariat. This original screen print is in good condition with small pinhole on each corner and a small tear on the unprinted margin.

Small oil paintings inspired by my garden.

Claire is a Bendigo based artist who likes to make weird things happen to your grandma's ornaments.

Contemporary Artist Dale Cox works across a diverse range of visual media including Film, painting and sculpture, often appropriating found objects as materials for alteration and reinvention. Cox enjoys blurring the boundaries of his painting practice into hybridized painted sculptural works, documentaries, video art and film.

Damian Callanan is a local Castlemaine painter. His work is held in collections in Australia and overseas.

Damian Callanan is a local Castlemaine artist working in oils. The work is an small oil study of transparent glass bottles.

I paint in oils and gouache (opaque water colour). This is a gouache painting and I do a great deal of landscape painting in and around Castlemaine.

Diane Thompson started her artistic career as a printmaker and won awards in this medium. She has continued her success as a sculptor and has been working on Djaara country for over 30 years.

This work depicts a group of horse passing by a dam, dimly seen in the twilight on the banks of the dam, but reflected more clearly in the water.

Gouache on paper.

Hayley Addlem is a Castlemaine based artist whose practice explores identity through a felt sense. The canvas acting as a window into the artist’s subconscious mind, revealing fragments of childhood memories, her love of the natural world and interest in spirituality and mythology.

Keen on oil painting and have gone on a few different trajectories in the last few years.
Have been in various solo and group shows but landscape is relatively recent for me and I'm loving it.

I've been exploring oil painting for a few years and have traveled in different directions - abstract, representative and a recently discovered a love of landscape. Painting for me feels necessary, hypnotic and meditative at the same time.

A work I completed when I had the use of only my left hand. Being right -handed it was amazing to break free of any expectations and limitations, to loosen up and draw expressively.

‘Landscape Beneath’ is Helen’s intuitive representation of the energy of a living, complex healthy soil microbiome. This painting from 2021 is part of Helen’s ongoing exploration of soil, and connections between all life-giving forces.
Her background as a designer and maker of architectural glass contributes to the quality of light, colour, form, depth and balance of these intuitive pieces on canvas.
Helen has lived, worked, and contributed to Castlemaine life since the 1990’s. She is passionate about supporting creative life and building thriving communities – and good soil!

Ivan is an artist, educator and software engineer. He founded the Bauhaus Metaverse to create works that integrate art, technology and education.

Ivan is an artist, educator and software engineer. He founded the Bauhaus Metaverse to create works that integrate art, technology and education.

Ivan is an artist, educator and software engineer. He founded the Bauhaus Metaverse to create works that integrate art, technology and education.

Still living artist.
Lithograph was printed at Petr Korbelar's studio in Zdiby Prague 2023.

Dedicated to the composer Jobim.

A small linoprint made to celebrate the beautiful Hardenbergia violacea that grows wild in our local bushland. Always a delight when it reveals itself in flower each year.

I make relief and collagraph prints in my backyard studio. Inspiration comes from the garden that I tend and the bush where I love to walk. This linoprint was made in response to a line from the book 'Modern Nature' by Derek Jarman.

Jennifer Barnett is a former courtroom artist who has exhibited widely throughout Australia and in China. She has won numerous prizes throughout her career. Focussing now on commissions, tutoring and large mural pieces. 'MICROBIA #Eleven' aims to capture the mid-century modernist style - Good balance / comfortable composition / pleasing shapes / striking.

Jennifer Barnett is a former courtroom artist who has won many prizes and exhibited widely.
Children's fancy dress party has been an ongoing theme. 'Party for Maisie' has a nostalgic feel about it and conjures up feelings of joy. Oil on canvas and very appealing.

Jennifer Barnett has exhibited widely and is a former courtroom artist for Channel 9. Her main subject matter has been portraiture . She is known for her stylistically playful approach. 'Michael. R .Rodent-resting' is a unique take on the iconic famous mouse. This one has home-made qualities including bolts in his neck and is a nod to whimsy and vintage American pop culture.

An art print of Jesse Crole's illustration pastiche of Jan Matejko's 'Stańczyk' (oil on canvas, 1862).

Emerging artist, Jody Galvin creates wire sculptures incorporating wire knitting techniques made famous by Japanese American Ruth Osawa. Jody also creates abstract paper works with wire crochet.

Julie began photographing washing in the 1980s and this digital image was made during the 2021 lockdowns.
Her first exhibition was a group show – Australian New Work - curated by and exhibited at the National Gallery Victoria, 1977.

After 20 years of porcelain painting at 55 I went to Bendigo TAFE to study Visual Arts majoring in oils. My favourite genre is Still Life and I find succulents very appealing due to their sculptural form. Using artistic license with the colour of “Red Succulent” made it more vibrant and appealing.

The work is generally about the beauty and meaning that can be found in the everyday, in the mundane and the utilitarian, and in the unremarkable corners of home. It is an exploration of household objects and familiar surrounds, and of the humour, weight and significance of ordinary things. The work is also an exploration of colour, texture and line, and the interplay of representation and abstraction.

Dry Point engraving, engraving, collagragh and Lino cut printmaking are just a few of the processes featured in the print works created by Kristina over the past 27 years. Her works in coloured pencils, welded metal sculptures and acrylics on canvas are well known both locally and further afield.

Drawing is the way Leith explores their surrounds and understands their place in them. Their work is concerned with queer ecologies and the ways we engage with more-than-human worlds. This work was shown as part of the exhibition "Ruminant" at Nicholas Thompson Gallery in 2017. It represents an exploration of inner and outer worlds and landscapes.

A reprint of a watercolour painting by Leonie New, a local tattooist in Castlemaine. This depicts Australian native flora and fauna in a traditional tattoo style.

Lissa McIldowney [pronounced Mack-ill -downee] is an abstract botanical artist based in Castlemaine. A '60s Flower Child with a life-long obsession for all things floral, she grows, arranges, paints, photographs and wears flowers. Sometimes she also eats them. Lissa has previously exhibited at The Drying Shed Art Space in The Mill Complex, Castlemaine.

Lissa McIldowney (pronounced Mack-ill-downee) is an abstract botanical artist based in Castlemaine. A '60s Flower Child with a life-long obsession for all things floral, she grows, arranged, paints, photographs and wears flowers. "Blousy" captures roses in their full-blown beauty, just before the petals fall.

Lucas is a multi-disciplinary visual artist working across sculpture, installation, photography and multimedia. Since graduating from a BFA Fine Art from VCA in 2008, his practice has often explored the consequences of human endeavour and their social and environmental impacts.

María Peña is a Colombian – Australian visual artist currently based in Melbourne. She studied Bachelor of Fine Arts with major in painting and ceramics at the Art School Academia Superior de Artes de Bogotá and Doctorate of Fine Arts by research at RMIT University, School of Art in Melbourne.

For the past twenty-five years, Marte has exhibited her artwork in numerous galleries and museums throughout the USA and more recently in Melbourne and the Central Goldfields. Most recently she has exhibited her photographic works of Kalimna Park at the ArtPuff gallery in Castlemaine and the Newstead ArtHub.

Shot on location in Glenlyon, ‘Kangaroo Creek’ depicts bushranger Andrew George Scott (1842-1880), aka Captain Moonlite, and proposes a playful interpretation of history based on the outlaw’s escapades.
Giclee print on cotton rag.
Martin John Lee is a visual artist, based in Castlemaine, on Djaara Country.

Melissa primarily works with dolls and collage. Her recent work is paper mache masks. She is having fun getting her hands sticky and creating faces.

Michael Wolfe is a Castlemaine-based artist known for his vibrant, contemporary artworks that explore themes of nature, human connection and spirituality. His work often draws inspiration from the landscapes of Djaara country.

Long standing Printmaker, exhibited in public and private galleries in regional and metropolitan Australia.

Music is the nUKEleus is part of a body of work made of glass crystal, exploring the celebrations and challenges in teaching classroom music. The artist is based in Romsey and has been working with glass since 2013. Her work has been exhibited at Montsalvat, SOL Gallery and Hue and Cry Gallery- Geelong.

Ned is an emerging artist in town whose boldly coloured, larger-than-life depictions of rock stars are becoming increasingly well-known, both locally and beyond. Ned was inspired to paint Miley Cyrus and has been following her career since her emergence as the lead character in the Hannah Montana TV show to her evolution into a pop icon.

Stencilled aerosol art by PoPoMo artist Nippz. Acrylic & enamel paint on 7” Masonite disc.

One of a recent series of gauche paintings.

Penny Peckham is a Castlemaine-based printmaker. This work is a early version of an (unfinished) series of prints that playfully reference cards from the Tarot - so far Ten of Seedheads and Five of Seaweeds.

My tertiary training and corporate career were in graphic design and industrial/commercial photography. Photography is design to me. I photograph/design using line, colour, texture, shapes and patterns.
This evening shot is through the cascading water wall at the National Gallery of Victoria with a giant Christmas tree lit up behind it.

My tertiary training and corporate career were in graphic design and industrial/commercial photography. Photography is design to me. I photograph line, colour, texture, shapes and patterns.
Dried creek bed detail in outback NSW.

My tertiary training and corporate career were in graphic design and industrial/commercial photography. Photography is design to me. I photograph line, colour, texture, shapes and patterns.
This shot is at a dry creek crossing on a remote dirt road in outback NSW.
Gear used is Nikon.

My tertiary training and corporate career were in graphic design and industrial/commercial photography.
This whimsical artwork is designed to move the eye between hot and cold layers of stacked colours and shapes.

My tertiary training and corporate career were in graphic design and industrial/commercial photography.
This artwork is designed as a large, bold, bright image.

My tertiary training and corporate career were in graphic design and industrial/commercial photography.
This artwork is designed to play with line, tone and colour to create depth, layers and eye movement within the geometry of four sides of a square.

Local portrait artist Sam Crassweller has been exhibiting since 2000. This portrait shows her love of bright colours and musically oriented people.

Local portrait artist Sam Crassweller has been exhibiting since 2000. She enjoys capturing the essence of a person in her paintings. As a colour-blind artist she sticks mostly to primary colours. This painting being no exception. ‘Mark Carson’, a local bassist I’ve known for 40 years since performing with him in I Spit on Your Gravy in the 80s.

Simon Dubbeld is a text based visual artist and printmaker who lives and works in Castlemaine.

Rare desert timbers landscape, look closely.
Inspired by the view to Mount Arapiles from Mitre Lake.
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I am an artists. This is a painting.

This is a ghost print of the other artwork submitted to this auction, where the stencils have been removed from all 4 plates and put through the press again. You never know how it will come out!

Virginia has been experimenting with printmaking after completing the infamous Art Pathways course in 2023. She has been having fun with stencils and a limited palette of 4 cool colours to mix, plus guidance from Diana at Blue Door studio. Mesembryanthemum is the name of the flowers in the image.

I have been painting for several years in watercolour and acrylics. Since moving to Castlemaine in 2018 I have been attracted to the beautiful historic buildings and the creeks and forest. I have exhibited and sold at the Market Art Show, Cascade Gallery in Maldon and the Rotary Art Show.