Category Archives: exhibition

Let there be Guppies

By elise | Published: January 22, 2010

I have just discovered guppies. How did that take so long? It’s funny how many things I’ve been completely disinterested in until I drew one and suddenly shazaam. Instant obsession! It happened for a while with ships when I went down to the docks one day with my mum to paint the old tugboats at [...]

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The Exhibition

By elise | Published: December 10, 2009

I am so excited to finally be able to give you news about my exhibition! Hooray, huzzah and woot!! So here are the vital statistics… I’ll post updates and news as it happens. No-Vacancy Gallery ELISE HURST paintings & etchings Opening Night: Thursday 20th May 6 – 9pm Exhibition: 20th May until 2nd June I’ll [...]

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In the shadows of the night

By elise | Published: November 22, 2009

You may have seen me working on this one at recent markets. Well, in the last week I’ve moved it and the cafe rabbit down to the living room to finish them off (too hot upstairs!) and here he is. I’m still making slight adjustments to the chair and background tones… but otherwise he’s about [...]

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Too hot for the studio

By elise | Published: November 19, 2009

So I’ve relocated downstairs to paint. One day I’ll have a nice air conditioner or at least well-paid polar bears waving ice cubes, but until then, there are some days you just don’t want to be up here. Tin roof and me caught between the sun and the hot air rising… There were people up [...]

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making like a bee…

By elise | Published: October 24, 2009

No not buzzing off… Being busy. There’s so much on right now (although for once, no markets this weekend). I’m working like crazy to get Lots of things ready for Christmas. That means… Sorting out my exhibition (looking very like March – hooray!) And making new prints, pictures, cards, printing business cards, ordering bags and [...]

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studio time

By elise | Published: September 20, 2009

Oh I’ve had the best week. My wonderful friend Anne Spudvilas has let me borrow her studio for a few weeks. As many of you would know I’ve been slowly accumulating work for my first solo exhibition, mainly painting at the markets and whenever I can grab a spare hour. Which isn’t very often. Some [...]

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News Updates

By elise | Published: June 29, 2009

SHORT COURSE: My Short Course in writing for children at RMIT (city campus) is coming up so for anyone who’s been thinking about joining us you’d better get in soon! Places are limited to 15 and are filling up nicely. The course runs for 6 weeks and starts on Wednesday July 15. Classes are once [...]

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tracing, revivification and travel

By elise | Published: March 26, 2009

I have three things to say. 1. I love my lightbox. (Thank you Peter, lightbox-maker.) 2. I am gratefully much less dead now. 3. I will be in Sydney this weekend for ASA madness (Barbara Jefferis Award, AGM and Colin Simpson Memorial lecture – being given by the eloquent Shaun Tan) stretching from Friday evening [...]

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update on the update

By elise | Published: March 21, 2009

Apologies for the silence – I’ve well and truly had my head down working! Here’s an update on that update… The maps are done. Typical me – when they could have been stylised and simple I had to do all the little houses and sheds… There were two maps in the end, created in black [...]

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So. Ebooks & free books…

By elise | Published: January 13, 2009

Pete and I are having some very interesting conversations about the future of books, publishing and libraries. There is a lot happening at the moment. There are print-on-demand stations starting to appear (anyone actually seen one at work?). And the development of electronic paper is finally moving from its clunky sci-fi beginnings to something that [...]

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