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up and running studio!!

2009-06-28T01:34:00.000-07:00

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empty studio

2009-06-12T00:13:00.001-07:00

Got key to my own studio space where I can paint and play music and make canvases, and make a mess and not clean it up and paint and ponder and paint and lock it up and leave and go home and come back!!

2009-05-28T07:35:00.001-07:00

on board 600/850mm

2009-05-28T07:32:00.000-07:00

on board, 600/ 850 mm

new

2009-04-16T06:41:00.000-07:00

new

2009-04-16T06:19:00.000-07:00

new

2009-03-04T16:37:00.000-08:00

Uffizi Florence

2009-02-24T03:41:00.000-08:00

secret undercover footage at the Uffizi Florence

venice biennae 2007

2009-02-24T03:20:00.001-08:00

japan 2007

2009-02-24T03:16:00.000-08:00

CV 2008

2009-02-23T02:59:00.000-08:00

Samuel Hughes

Exhibitions , Prizes and References

Solo shows:

‘Niche Romance’ 2^nd of August- 2007 Newcastle Art Space

‘Volume Project’ in Exile’ 1^st May -2006 Newcastle Art School Gallery

‘The Volume Project’ 18^th February -2006 Volume Art Space

‘Heaters and Gowns’ 30^th May - 2004 The View Factory

‘Morning coils’ 3^rd October -2004 The Last Drop

Group shows:

‘Latest works’ 16^th of May - 2008 John Paynter Gallery

‘Abstract08’ 8^th of February - 2008 Cooks Hill Gallery

‘Collectors Care’ 5^th of June - 2008 Newcastle Art School Gallery

‘Directors choice’ 29^th of January - 2007 Directors Hall, Newcastle Tafe

‘Nest’ 29^th of November – 2006 Newcastle Art School Gallery

‘Collectors Care’ 15^th of June - 2005 Newcastle Art School Gallery

‘Nature Strip’ 14^th April -2006 John Paynter Gallery

‘Stuff ’ 9^th November -2005 Newcastle Art School Gallery

‘Perforated’ 26^th October - 2005 Newcastle Art School Gallery

‘Alt’GEO’ 10^th November – 2005 Newcastle Art Space Gallery

‘Eye Cuisine’ 26^th August - 2004 Southern Cross

‘Orange Fusion’ 1^st September –2004 Newcastle Art School Gallery

Prizes:

Highly commended - Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship 2008

Finalist - Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship 2007

Second prize – Reg Russom Memorial Drawing Prize 2006

Finalist - Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship 2005

Winner - Sharon Grierson Education Prize 2005

Semi-finalist - NSW TAFE Art Prize 2004

paint plan

2009-01-08T04:18:00.000-08:00

in the last week or so I've caniblized and pained over stuff and well in to my new work strucure.
its a strip down clear out foucs with only two sizers on canvas, also riping off the strched canvas and working on board or calco over board only. I also get the painting memorized just enugh in my hand before I wip out the oil..

rex irwin

2008-10-26T20:02:00.000-07:00

well alot has happened since I last inked these pagers.
my second place in this years BWTAS empowered the guest judge Nick Harding to prased my work and work ethic with a string of names bestowed on me .
one was Rex Irwin
making contact and a date I went to see him the next week ,
with out apology I was nervis like anyone should be.

he seemed to like what I was and added some new murkyness to my small anount of murk on my knowage of sydney.

I have also seen Sam Dickison and Jason Martin

but to date I havnet booked a date for a show.

Highly recondmenered BWTAS08!!!

2008-09-17T07:06:00.000-07:00

on my final crack at the BWTAS , wonce again came in 2nd!!
this sounds worse than is it was.
being my forth entry and third finials and my second highly reconmendered, the the organizers let me know that there watching and willing to help what way there can.
also I got some photos and an interview by the daily telegraph, so maybe they'll turn up in the paper.

BWTAS08 short list!!

2008-09-09T15:37:00.000-07:00

Alec from the gallery called my yesterday saying that my painting "subway No2" has got me into the short list of the compitition.
and asking if Iam avalable wednesday the 17th of september at 10am at the gallery.

BWTAS08

2008-08-19T04:18:00.000-07:00

BWTAS08

I got a letter on Friday that my works have impressed the judgers for the 3rd time to make it on to the second round of the BWTAS this time 2008 they recon that ‘Subway No.2’ should be nominated and they with to see it in the roar for consideration for hanging is the exhibition for the prize.

And will be known to me I hope soon.

Melborne art fair 08

2008-08-19T03:38:00.000-07:00

Melbourne art fair visit

I took three days off to go down to see the art fair in the cultural centre of the country, Melbourne.

It was quite a big show with commercial galleries that feel that representation at the this industry fair is in there interests.

For a guy in my place it was akin to standing on a hill and having a bit of a look around to the lay of the land.

Besides getting a look at what Ben Quilty is up to lately and a surprise seeing a john virtue painting, it was good to see how the galleries act and move and the same thing can be said for the buyers there as well, ortho most of the buying was finished by the time the general public got in the door.

So the make-up of the mix of people in the exhibition centre went like this.

Galleries owners/staff

Art fair staff 50%

Artist/art students 30%

Collectors (off the boil) but still looking at what could be next 15%

Others (like misguided tourists) spare change%

4min

2008-07-26T23:11:00.001-07:00

I was told after the fact the it can take less than 4 min for malware to trash a unprotected PC in todays internet environment. ...
so my graphics pc is waiting for my tec'ie friend to wonce again to come up and help us retreve my nearly finished update of sams-art.com site and all the work I've done .

also started a graphic tafe coures, its called someing like Graphic prepres certII (desktop design)
it goes for a semester and Iam heaps excited, its what I've had on the radar for most for my working life, and hopefully I will get some kind of job with the quolfications and that in turn will being in some money and fire to my art.

pix of last show

2008-07-01T01:45:00.000-07:00

this is from the last show I had in May with john .

gesso time!!

2008-06-24T04:35:00.000-07:00

just starting to gesso over some spare canvass, still got the will , doing some scetchers and my livedrawing skills coming back to a high level so maybe work some what stroger again,

actualy ive set up a hapy retoine, a triangle of sourts bettween paint/jewllery/DTP, this wout have me waiting and willing

trip to hunt sydney

2008-06-19T00:01:00.000-07:00

well yesterday I went down to sydney to drop in to some of the galleries to see what to see..
things I was looking for was a gallery parter to start a sydney relationship with in what ever that involes. also /more over I was looking for a quick walk in to see if the gallery has my kind of attraction, you know , like I get a good vibe from the place.
than maybe on top of that see if I can strike up a chat with the sitter and glem some stuff about the lay of the land in town (fugitively speaking).
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well the frist thing I found out was the maps that I got from the art animac and art gallery guide where both inaccurate and heavily incomplete and thats when you combine them as best as you can.
I got to, in my short time :
sabbia -- glass and crimics but nice high end
wallspace (skratching)
liverpool st --- aloft and high end
watters -- a bit more eathy , come with some good refrencers
gallery41 (skratching)
artspace -- down at the wattle walfs, was involved in the beinnalie so we out of my interest.
soho ---- got a good vibe off the place , clutted mliuti storey , has a dog in house, some issues with his marketing and computer system.
TAP -- I've got a long history with this place, and they have opened up down stairs. worth a poke if my work was more ... hippy
object (closed) - in a smik redvelopment, scolpure and designer toys
flinders street --- not bad actualy , would be a long shot indede,
rexlivingston, --- same as above
globlal galleries --- loved this place, marketed at my situation and looking pro'
and gallery at wentworth --- o- well just a tourist gallery

opening night at john payenter

2008-06-16T01:31:00.000-07:00

ex-opening

2008-05-19T01:50:00.000-07:00

well the opening when like a bourght one and had a good turn out of about 200,
there was a far few other things going on as well in the the complex. including ben's pre os residency show, he's prity hot right now , also a writers get together and a muso in the court yard.
so we could look at it like we where over shadowed but its defently got our work to a shit load more people than the opposite and we all agreed thats worth more on the day.

john's thinking of doing a show in the big smoek , sound good , it just feels too early and some what getting ahead of our selves right now .

what I do know now from the night , every one had different fav' of mine and they could see now where Iam going with this .

Ill put some pix up soon

invite for JPG 08 latest works

2008-04-18T23:43:00.000-07:00

John paynter gallery

collectors care group show invite

2008-04-05T18:34:00.000-07:00

resecied in the mail (smail) a invite to hang in this charity centered group show in newcastle
I have hung in this show 2 year ago ,

mural for Tumut youth

2008-04-05T18:23:00.000-07:00

on Wednesday I had a meeting with Tumut Shire Youth Counsel to discus a mural of the local skate park .
the images for the site are in sketch form as a local student won a compitition. I also managed to meet up with her briefly.

Portrait for wedding

2008-04-05T18:17:00.000-07:00

met with Dave and Hidi about designing a 'order of ceremony' witch will included a sketch of them on the cover.

more work request by gallery

2008-04-05T18:10:00.000-07:00

Mark at Cooks hill gallery ask me to bring in some more works for the gallery to put on sale
he ended up taking "Alleyway No8" and "Shrine"

sale of "Roof in blue and oil”

2008-03-06T17:30:00.000-08:00

I've been told that "Roof in blue and oil”has been put on a layby throw cooks hill gallerys for aud$600
and the gallery wants to see two more of my works !

Sulman Prize 08

2008-02-18T23:53:00.000-08:00

P ('Untitledcityscape')a new painting today to the Sulman at the nswag, the prize is in the shadow of the achibold yet still comands one respect since it hangs the finilist next to the ache' and frist prize gets $20k.

commeral gallery's web site write-up

2008-02-16T23:17:00.001-08:00

1 feb -- commeral gallery's web site write-up

"Samuel Hughes, like the previous three artists, is the closest we come to overstepping the abstract line. In Hughes' case, his bold, flat planes of colour depicting interior and exterior scenes show him successfully hovering back and forth across that line. That this hovering is achieved by a seemingly rudimentary technique outlining a basic architecture and with the barest of extraneous or descriptive detail is an indication of Hughes' purpose and skill. His works appear as studies - studies in purification, where he seems to be determining how much or how little is needed to arrive at a "picture"." Tony Micevski http://www.cookshill.com/

sale record!

2008-02-16T23:16:00.002-08:00

8 feb -- Opening of Abstract 08, Alleywey No.11 sells for aud$600

weekener write-up

2008-02-16T23:16:00.001-08:00

16 feb-- Write-up in the art scetion of the newspaper:-

"Samuel Hughes has capured the urban landacape in his pieces, Rooftop in Blue and Oil' and Alleyway No11, hovring between interiors and exteriors to offer a silent study of a basic piece of architecture." Anita Beaumont 16feb08

cooks hill gallery

2008-02-16T23:15:00.001-08:00

15 feb -- Mark Widdup (cooks hill gallery) looks in to my web catalogs

Abstract 08

2008-02-16T18:32:00.000-08:00

Abstract 08
sold alleyway 11
gallery owner looks throw my web catalog as Iam their
Jill Stoll's page entry on the show gave me the lions share.

"Samuel Hughes has captured the urban landscape in his pieces, Rooftop in blue ad oil and Alleyway No11, hovering between interiors and exteriors to offer a silent study of a basic piece of architecture ."

Civray

2007-10-30T03:29:00.000-07:00

Civray

hi guys how are you going
we are now in civray sou of the city of poitiers
the town is beuatiful
the local beer is rether furity, the poeple are somewhat muffted with the brits byeing all the realastate and river is slow, green and full with fish, river rats, water plants and ducks.

we are now off to venice on a frist class night TGV train from paris on the 2nd

sam

Synopses

2007-09-09T03:27:00.000-07:00

Niche romance synopses

Synopses

Response: was very strong going by the guest book. A badly timed world market scare + a strong eagerness to sell over show and a small level of grasp of what I'm on about I think where some of the bigger reasons the stats are quite uneven here.
Gallery: John did most of the arranging, but if I was in not so much a rush, I would like to of put "stairs in mustard" in the spot of No.1 and No.2 because mustard is a stronger and newer work than 1 and 2
I also think now that some of the morning series could of replaced some older work that's been hung before. And if I left the hallway free of work thus cutting down the catalogue could have been worth it to.
Opening night:
Turn out was 20% well-wishers. 20% free food and piss, 40% tafe teachers and x students, and 20% advertising/nas groupies.
Two works sold on the night one to Claire and the other one arranged by Claire.
No postcards sold on the night. Witch where price at $15 each at the time (down to $5 meant I sold 7 of them)

Speech:
Well I had or these great things to say before hand, but when the moment came, I just said thanks to all and handed it over to Claire. Claire was not at her most, but you give and take when you want a show opener, I wanted to open it earlier than I planed because I felt everyone who was going to turn up did. But Claire and a couple of other got me to hold until seven.
After Claire opened, Mel handed her the flowers and everyone clapped but there was a exception of something else. Someone said later there I should of thank Everone. But Mel reckoned it was fine as it was.

Advertising:
I first thought I was going to print out 500 but the quot was too much ($190ish) but making one side b&w and halving the run, got it down to $75. Witch was fine; I have around 15 invites left the day after show.
Post stamps cost about $70 as well, but to date I'm not shore if they're made it to anyone throw the post.
This time around for the email list I had Jason make up a mass post device but the first post was seen as originating from his email. And this coursed some confusion.
One week later I sent it again and by than Jason have it pointing back to my email address, this got instant responses from friends.
Tally:- 140 post, 163 emails, and hand out of about 80.
What I think I missed on was going out side my known fields to attact new visitors.

Sponsorship.
Came off well, considering this was a new feature from my previous shows. Halfway throw this part of the show, I had a relativity pill, which is I'm was not a bankable name and in the eyes of sponsors, advertising could be spent better on other artists openings who are more established.
I did feel like I over quoted on food and piss, I brought 6 casers of wine where only 2 where consumed. And I'am about two dishers over out of 9. but having seid that, I was still aquired these deals so its hard to discredit .

Cataloge: could of had an artist statement on it.

2007-08-15T03:31:00.000-07:00

Brett Whiteley 07 finilist!!!!!!!!!!!!
Current mood: excited

I made it in to the second round of the Brett Whiteley travelling art scholarship 2007
I'am one of 21 now from a feild of 104
the work they picked -
Alleryway No.10

the prize is AUD$25,000.00 trip to paris international studios for 3 months

August 15, 2007

wow!

2007-08-10T03:39:00.000-07:00

Friday, August 10, 2007

wow!

well I did the opening
Ia'm writing a debref now and will publish it later .

N.R critic viewing

2007-07-25T03:34:00.000-07:00

Monday, June 25, 2007

N.R critic viewing

I just lasted week had one of my x-collage teachers come up to have a look at what i've done. a good responce, very constructive and she stuck aroud for a good half hour, she surgested this and that , and I'am still wondering If I should take those things on bourd and twik this and dab at that.

Niche Romance

hi all
N.R is now the center of my attention
I have made up the invite with a speaker for my opening and I have cosxed a coffee in town to surply some finger food!
I'am still working on getting a winery on bourd, and thats been alot harder then the rest. but it's all a lerning think a!

grog- got

2007-07-23T03:38:00.000-07:00

grog- got
Current mood: chipper

well I'am in the thick of it now.
I've sent off over 200 invite by hand and post and about that many again by email with the help of my good freind who set up a email program so it when it turns up on people screens it looks like it's a single email to them only. and it has a hyper link to the invte saving on mail box congesstion.
I also just went and got the wines from the pub thats surporting me and stached it in the house, that looks quite impressive.
A photographer is coming around later inthe week to get smik shots of some of my work so I will be confordent of the turn out of the post cards I intead to sell at the show.
still to do:
hair.
hang.
catalog.
press attraction.
speach.
flowers.
glassers.
cry,
beg,
get drunk,
sleep
start again
Monday, July 23, 2007

2007-07-17T03:37:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

up load of sams-art!
Current mood: accomplished

finaly finished a new up date of my ful cataloge web site sams-art.com.
up grades include:
a fully slice/configred painting catalog.
a near full list of all my paintings list with title,size,prize and each painting achevments to date.
A current CV including the up coming solo - Niche Romance 2nd of aug.
logo hyperlinks for my other major web gallerys.

systems go!!1

2007-07-05T03:36:00.000-07:00

Thursday, July 05, 2007

systems go!!1
Current mood: accomplished

today was a big day for N'R.
my coffee show conection can throw with the logo ( be it the image that his shop sign came from comming in at some 1300kb)
the last wineriy I was pitching at fell throw witch is was I was ready for.
so I went to my pub and they where wiling to come play with me.!
got quotes for the invites and postcards I hope to put out too and thare seem in reach too!
I'am happy with invites so tommorow I go to printers!!
and now I start emailing it out to the world at the computer.

4 weeks nerves

2007-07-02T03:35:00.000-07:00

Monday, July 02, 2007

4 weeks nerves

4 weeks out from show . got the nerves playing up,
I'am working on the web site - sams-art.com so its ready just before the show is up. and it's a pain cos' the world of web biulding is some distant from a ceative one.
by this time next week I'll be posting invite that have not yet been finlized