Australian Chinese Painting Society

Volume 16 Issue 4 July 2006

Dear Members,
How wonderful to see so many of you turning up at our last meeting and what a great variety of artworks showed up (including Elsie's "ab-fab" jacket)- isn't it inspiring to see what our members can create?
Franz Cheung, vice president of the Oriental Calligraphy Society, gave us a very interesting demonstration on how to use ink and brush to change the Chinese characters of the 12 Zodiac signs to their art forms. We all appreciate Franz's time and effort very much. Franz teaches Chinese calligraphy and brush painting at Wills Quills, 0415 695568 or chilikc@gmail.com .

Coming Workshops

Franz Cheung - Topics to be announced
Shen Mo on Landscape painting
HaiYing Yang on Silk Painting

Expression of interest: Daisy Hsu 9452 4624 ; dshsu@optusnet.com.au

We are rightly proud so!
The Society is very proud to have the following Chinese Painting teachers as its members:

Allsop Riki - 6658 4443
Castell Margaret - 9674 6380
De Courcy Maggie - 9878 1530
Hainsworth Mirra - 9452 3055
Kwan Elizabeth - 9427 7031
Ma Nai Lian - 9676 6248

Exhibition News

Chinese Painting Exhibition by Lu Sheng Yan.
Mr Lu, born in Taiwan is now a resident of America. He became a Buddhist monk in his thirties and took up Chinese painting at the age of 50. website www.e-daden.com
Date & Time: Saturday 1st July to 8th July 10 am - 4 pm
Venue:- Chinese Cultural Centre, 799 Pacific Highway, Chatswood, 9411 3499
Opening : Saturday 10:30 am 1st July
Zen Mind, Zen Brush
Art Gallery of NSW June 17 to August 13
Japanese ink paintings created by Zen Buddhists from 1600 onwards.

Items of Interest

A warm "welcome" to our new member: Jillian Clark

The following members have sent in their entries (painting plus CV) to the magazine which will be published at the end of the year by the Chinese Cultural Centre. This is to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its founding.

Andrew Lo, Mirra Hainsworth, Maggie De Courcy and Evelyne Zuercher Hadfield have entered as self-funded members of our Society .

Nai Lian Ma has entered as an individual.

Daisy Hsu has entered as Nai Lian Ma's student.

Elsie's beautiful jacket worn to the last meeting was the result of her textile painting lessons, learnt from Julie Edwards at For Silks Sake, 9918 8518. This skill is transferable to Chinese painting.
Andrew Lo's forthcoming exhibition at the Plum blossoms Gallery in HK will be opened by the Australian Consul General in HK on the 22nd of July. Details are posted on the website www.australia.org.hk. Congratulations, Andrew!
Mirra Hainsworth has recently sold her painting "Roses in the Moonlight", on brown paper, through the BEOWULF GALLERY in Woollahra. Well done Mirra!
Rosemary Christmas, a member of our Society, has donated the catalogue for Audrey Quigley's recent exhibition at the Mosman Art Gallery which features paintings by some of our members e.g. Anne Macpherson and Rosemary Christmas. The catalogue will be displayed in the next meeting.

Books for sale

Rosemary Christmas has also kindly donated three books by the late Audrey Quigley. Proceeds from the sale of these books will go to the Society:

Landscape, Chinese Painting for Beginners ,

2001 Edition. 2 copies, $15.00 each.
1991 Edition. 1 copy, slightly used, $10.00 .

If interested, please contact Daisy Hsu by email or phone 9452 4624.

Dates to be put in your diaries

Yum Cha on Saturday, July 8th , please contact Maggie (Tel:98781530) regarding details and to reserve a seat.

Liverpool Hospital Exhibition later in the year, please start painting and get ready.

Annual General Meeting

Saturday 5thAugust , 2.30pm at Will's Quills:

Nominations for office bearers. All sitting office bearers will stand down and nominations will be called for from the floor. Positions to be declared vacant are - President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer/Public Officer . If you would like to be considered for the position please inform Mirra Hainsworth 9452 3055/ mirrahai@bigpond.net.au. If unable to attend the meeting, nomination can also be done by e-mailing or phoning Mirra.

Demonstration - Scroll Making by Mr. Chow Peng Kwong, the well known, professional scroll maker from Macau

Hopefully, we'll see you all at the next meeting- get those brushes out and don't forget to bring your "homework" for all to see!!!
Happy painting and kind regards,

Evelyne Zuercher Hadfield and Daisy Hsu

IT'S TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP

Membership fees for the Society are charged on a financial year basis. This annual fee will cover your Membership from 1st July 2006 to 30th June 2007.
Annual fee is $ 40.00

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THE AUSTRALIAN CHINESE PAINTING SOCIETY, INC
22A Charleroi Road
Belrose, NSW 2085
P.S. Failure to renew the subscription by December 2006 will be taken as an indication of no longer interested in being a member of the Society.