7. 45pm Welcome

8.00pm Guest Speaker, Celia Vagg, Community

Outreach Worker Catholic Care Social

Services

8.15pm Lucky Door Prize

9.00pm Closing

A small group of local artists and photographers coming

together to foster awareness and fundraise through art.

This exhibition’s cause is the Black Dog Institute

and mental health awareness.

THE BLACK DOG INSTITUTE is a not-

for-profit organisation and world leader

in the diagnosis, treatment and

prevention of mood disorders such as

depression and bipolar disorder.

Making an appointment. Before attending the clinic, we require

a referral from the patient’s managing doctor (General

Practitioner or Psychiatrist) that includes background and

history of mood disorder, as well as the specific advice (e.g.

diagnosis, management) sought by that doctor or by any other

managing health professional.

The referral can be faxed to (02) 9382 8510 or emailed to

depressionclinic@blackdog.org.au. Alternatively, it can be posted

to Depression Clinic, Black Dog Institute, Hospital Road, Prince

of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW 2031. Once we have received

your referral, a senior psychiatrist will screen it within one week

and the Clinic Secretary will then call you to arrange a time for

your appointment.

(From the Black Dog Institute website)

will be providing Devonshire

Teas over the weekend with

the proceeds going to the

Royal Institute for Deaf &

Blind Children.

Lantern Clubs are made up of

enthusiastic, fun-loving and

committed people who fundraise for the Royal Institute for Deaf & Blind

Children (RIDBC). All funds raised by Blue Mountains Lantern Club are

forwarded to RIDBC, Australia’s largest independent special educator. RIDBC

provides a wide range of educational services for children who have significant

hearing and/or vision impairment, including children with additional

disabilities.

Generously donated by local artist Frank Hodgert &

beautifully framed and donated by Picture Framing

Warehouse, Emu Plains

1 Ticket for $2

3 Tickets for $5

6 Tickets for $10

Artist Profiles was born in East

Germany and started painting at age 16.

In 1957, with his new wife Edel and his paints, he fled to West Germany and 3 years later migrated to Australia. But it wasn’t until 1994 when he retired and his son Michael made him an easel for his Birthday, that he followed his dream and devoted his time to painting. He and his wife started to travel extensively with their caravan throughout Australia. The natural beauty of the bush and the outback became his inspiration to paint Landscapes and Seascapes in oil.

His paintings have sold to every State in Australia, as well as Germany, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand, America and Canada. He is a member of the Nepean Art Society and the Macquarie Town Art Society.

His achievements: 1st in Penrith Agricultural Show 2008 World Heritage Art Prize (Blue Mt.) Wentworth Falls Public School – 2010 1st “Rose Lindsay Art Prize” - Springwood Art Show 2012 Many commended Certificates and 12 People Choice Awards

Guenter has been Feature Artist on many occasions.

He has a small Gallery and can be contacted by Phone: 02 47352455 or email: edel.barth@gmail.com

Title Medium Price

Afternoon at Lake Lyell Oil $280

Sunrise (Port Macquarie) Oil $720

Thurat Spires Oil $280

Glen Davis Oil $780

Jamison Valley Oil $1,395

Wolgan Valley Oil $1,250

Megalong Valley 2 Oil $720

Autumn in the Country Oil $280

I grew up in the Upper

Blue Mountains and enjoyed the National Parks filled with beautiful picturesque scenery and this is where my inspiration began. What started out as a hobby 11 years ago has developed into a true passion. Specialising in Landscape and Seascape photography, I very much enjoy capturing the natural beauty around Australia. The desire for the perfect light and location drives me to be out in the field before sunrise and staying out late in the evening waiting for the moment to be captured. After taking the photo's I will print and personally frame them using the highest quality materials available in order to share my style and photography with others in a local gallery and occasional exhibitions. Thank you and I hope you have as much enjoyment in viewing my photo's as I have had taking them.

Huskisson Sunrise

Kosciuszko Snow Gums

Title Medium Price

Kosciuszko Snow Gums Photography $495

Huskisson Sunrise Photography $495

Hanging Rock, Blue Mountains Photography $495

Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park Photography $495

Military Jetty, Caloundra QLD Photography $495

Grandfaces, Blackheath Photography $495

Military Jetty, Caloundra

Photography has

always been of interest to me and subsequently I owned Lennox One Hour Photos a Mini Lab, in the Lennox Centre at Emu Plains for 21 years. During this time, I gained a deeper love of photography. In 2009 I joined the Penrith RSL Photography Club. With the many friends I have made through the Club and now dealing with many photographers and artists in my current business with Ben Baxter at the Picture Framing Warehouse, my love for photography has grown even more. Some of my photographic highlights to date are; 1st Prize Portrait & Best in Show at the Sydney Royal Easter Show

2014. Print of the Year – Penrith RSL Club 2013 & 2015. Have entered a number of local shows in my area such as Penrith

Show, Luddenham Show, winning many awards at both. 1st in Landscape section, 2nd prize in Portrait section and Highly

Commended in Urbanisation section at the 2016 Sydney Royal Easter Show.

I have developed a huge passion for photography but my inspiration comes from the many friends I have made along the way in my photographic journey. Thank you to all those around me who help, encourage and inspire me.

Colo Heights Blurred Gums

Tacking Point Lighthouse

Title Medium Price

Colo Heights Blurred Gums Photography $495

Sheep Feeding B&W Photography $450

Storm Rollin In Photography $450

Light House B&W Photography $450

Anzac Morning Poppy Park Photography $400

Wood Chop B&W Photography $400

Guitar Boy Photography $400

Windmill - Richmond Photography $400

Storm Rolling in

is a member of the Nepean Art

Society working from his backyard studio in the Blue Mountains who specialises in Pastel works. He displays in art shows in Western Sydney and the Mid-north Coast and has begun to enjoy numerous sales and commissions. Focussing on colour and light, his inspiration comes from our local flora and fauna, together with coastal themes. Further inspiration has followed from his recent trips to France and Italy.

Title Medium Price

Over the Last Pastel $280

Path Through the Dunes Pastel $240

Cold Night in Venice Pastel $240

Fishing Boats in Sicily Pastel $240

Wet Night in Saint Germain Pastel $180

Back Dunes in the Afternoon Pastel $180

Culburra Curler Pastel $160

Three Tenders Pastel $160

Dinghies at Sunset Pastel $160

Glory Days Past Pastel $160

Beer for Madame Pastel $160

The Happy Couple Pastel $160

My art is inspired by the

visual world around me, both nature and city. I paint in all mediums but concentrate in watercolour. My art is not as much about the subjects I paint as the light that illuminates them. I am based in the Nepean area of Sydney but travel widely and am inspired to paint the memories of my travels.

Title Medium Price

Last Rays, Ord River Watercolour $650

Last Light Watercolour $550

Nelson Bay Boat Harbour Watercolour $395

Tumut River Watercolour $350

Katherine Gorge Watercolour $350

Sundown, Tumut Watercolour $350

Snappy Gums Watercolour $350

Kakadu Wetland Watercolour $225

Macquarie River Acrylic $395

works and lives in the Blue

Mountains where her subjects are in abundance. Sue is a fourth generation artist and has been aware of her artist ability since childhood.

Sue is a pastel artist and her main subjects are animals as she has a love for them. It's easy to draw the things you love!

Sue has had numerous exhibitions shared and solo including a solo exhibition in Canada. Sue has sold many art works internationally and also hangs in the council chambers of Sanda Japan which is the sister city of the Blue Mountains.

Sue has had no formal training herself but she enjoys teaching pastels at Springwood Community Art Centre, she enjoys helping others develop their artistic abilities. Website - suegasser.com Recent Awards- . Art Awards of Sydney 2010 - First in Works on Paper . Art Awards of Sydney 2013 - Best in Show . Waterbrook Residents Choice Prize Award - 2015 . Castle Hill Agricultural show 2015 - First Prize . Royal Easter Show 2016 - Third Prize

Rolled Under

Birds Eye View

Title Medium Price

Originals Birds Eye View Pastel $750 Catching the Sun Pastel $790 Left to Rest Pastel $450 Nature Walk Pastel $450

Flight through the Gums Pastel $1,500

Limited Edition Prints

Rolled Under $500

Morning Chores $450

Flight through the Gums

Becoming an artist has

opened my eyes to the wonderful world around me. I now value the sky when its sunrises and sunsets are a kaleidoscope of colour; and when it is that amazing deep cobalt blue on a warm summer’s day. I’m now fascinated with the white fluffiness of a cumulus and the thin wispy stands of cirrus; whilst I’m totally captivated by the heavy storm clouds on a cold winter’s day.

My eyes are now open to the multitude of colour in nature, whether it is in an autumn leaf or a butterfly’s wing. I now see the purples or blues within black and the colours within a shadow. But what grips me is the intensity of colour in an eye. It can be so deep that it draws you to the depth of the soul.

Becoming an artist has opened my life up to a different world. It has given me the opportunity to meet like-minded people. It has given me the opportunity to use my knowledge and skills in a new way. I’ve gone from running TAFE literacy workshops to coordinating art exhibitions. And, I’ve especially enjoyed coordinating this fundraising exhibition which is raising community awareness about mental health and supporting the Black Dog Institutes’ research programmes.

Contact Details: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gibbeson.beth; Phone: (02) 47394204 Mob: 0490356048; Email: gibbeson.beth@gmail.com

Awards Hawkesbury Agricultural Show 2014 – Highly Commended Springwood Community Art Society 2014 – Best in Show Grandview 1 Exhibition, Wentworth Falls 2015 – Highly Commended from Blue Mountains Artist Network. Winmalee High School purchased painting as a gift for their twinned

school in Japan – 2015 Also been asked to donate paintings for fundraising events

Exhibitions Nepean Art Society Springwood Community Art

Centre Springwood High School 2013 &

2014 Sydney Art Awards 2014, 2015 &

2016 Winmalee Artfest 2014 & 2015 Black Dog Institute Fundraising

Art Exhibition, Glenbrook 2014 Waterbrook Art Exhibition,

Cronulla 2015 Royal Easter Show 2015 Camden Art Prize 2015 Hawkesbury Agricultural Show

2014 & 2015 Blue Mountains Artist Trail 2014 Art Exhibition Fundraiser for Black

Dog Institute Blue Mountains Artist Network

2014 & 2015 The King’s 35th Art Show website

2015 Art for OZWAC – fundraising for

this charity, Glenbrook 2015

Title Medium Price

Just Looking Pastel $ 495

Attitude (Alpaca) Pastel $ 400

Just Thinking Pastel $ 350

In the Wild Pastel $ 400

Summer’s Delight Pastel $ 200

Winston Pastel $ 295

Lilly (Llama) Pastel $ 295

Joey Pastel $ 200

is a landscape

photographer based in the spectacular Blue Mountains. Simon has a particular love of the natural beauty of this area and enjoys the solitude of landscape photography. He also enjoys our wonderful coastline, and the bright lights of our city at night.

Sharing these wonders with anyone who will stop long enough to chat is one of his great passions.

Title Medium Price

Greeting cards $6 each

Three Sisters Canvas $499

Leura Cascades Canvas $299

Seagull Dawn Canvas 299

Martins Lookout Framed Print $250

Luna Park Framed Print $350

Harbour Bridge Reflections Framed Print $299

is an award

winning artist including this year 2nd and 3rd prizes at the Hawkesbury Show and 1st and highly commended at the Macquarie Towns Arts Society exhibition.

Frank has experience in teaching his skills to others in workshops and demonstrations. His early years were as a colour etcher and retoucher in the graphic arts industry.

Frank Hodgert has his home studio and gallery in Glenmore Park. His paintings can be viewed by appointment. Frank can be contacted on (02) 4733-6191.

Title Medium Price

Bathurst Cottage Garden Watercolour $450

Rylstone Cottage Garden Watercolour $450

Fresh Light Watercolour $395

Capertee Valley Gums Oil $395

Katoomba Cottage Oil $395

Nepean River at Yarramundi Oil $395

Berrima Cottage Watercolour $200

Mudgee Cottage Watercolour $200

Beechworth Cottage 1 Watercolour $200

Beechworth Cottage 2 Watercolour $200

Untitled 1 Watercolour $60

Untitled 2 Watercolour $60

Untitled 3 Watercolour $60

Untitled 4 Watercolour $60

I have been in love

with painting watercolours for a few years now, ever since a friend dragged me along to an art class in 2012. With no formal training or background in the arts, I found my passion in landscapes and street scenes, experimenting with colour and shape to evolve my style with a sprinkling of abstracts and dabbling with pen & ink. I have exhibited at the Nepean Art Society Exhibitions and the Penrith Show. This year I have been fortunate to have sold 12 paintings some of which were commissioned. I love nothing more than a day in my art room and thoroughly enjoy attending art classes, workshops and demonstrations.

Title Medium Price

Renovator's Delight Watercolour $275

Chained - Grafton Old Tree Watercolour $285

Early Morning on Samford Lake Watercolour $285

Fishing at Tura Beach Watercolour $395

Fresh Snowfall, Banff Watercolour $465

Vivid Reflections Watercolour $395

Secret Door No. 5 - Door in the Wall Watercolour $285

Katherine Gorge Watercolour $415

Glacier Bay, Alaska Watercolour $315

I'm Watching You - Taronga Zoo Watercolour $295

Road to Somewhere Watercolour $225

has lived and worked in

the Blue Mountains for the past 22 years. Six and a half years ago I was involved in an incident at work and was shortly after diagnosed with PTSD. It was suggested that I find a hobby, and 3 years ago I found a camera in my hand, which helped to give me the peace that I required. In 2014 I was part of a group of wonderful and inspirational people who published a fundraising book, " As The Smoke Clears", which showed the recovery of the bush and people following the 2013 Blue Mountains bushfires. This book helped to raise almost $20,000 for the Blue Mountains Mayoral Bushfire Appeal. I now find that I look at the world through different eyes. I see the beauty in the smallest thing from the wild to the wonderful. Recent Awards - People's Choice BentArt 2016

Title Medium Price

Intense - Tawny Frog Mouth Photography $325

Separation - Dandelion Photography $275

Beginning - Nottingham Hooded Orchard

Photography $275

Elegant - Flannel Flower Photography $275

Old Mate - SS Ayrfield Shipwreck Photography $275

Bonjour - Green Tree Frog Photography $275

Precisely - Pelican Photography $275

The Choir - Pelicans Photography $275

Vigilant - Tawny Frog Mouth Photography $275

Siesta - Barn Owl Photography $185

(nicknamed ‘Val’), entered into watercolours with the desire to one day become a children’s book illustrator in the medium. With a background in fashion illustration and design, she self-educated herself in drawing and then later found Joe Cartwright, who was an indispensable guide and teacher in the medium of watercolour.

Since beginning her journey, she has won several awards and prizes for her work, including first prizes in ‘The Coal & Allied Singleton Art Prize’ and ‘The Penrith Show’. She creates artworks in various subjects including street scenes, landscapes, flowers and seascapes, exploring different moods and expression in her work. She enjoys teaching the magic of watercolour to others, through art classes, private tuition and within demonstrations.

For further information, please visit: www.chrysovalantou- mavroudis.com facebook.com/ chrysovalantou.mavroudis. watercolour.artist

Title Medium Price

North Richmond Watercolour $395

Mountain Vista Sunrise Watercolour $295

Buona Sera Venice Watercolour $360

Venice at Twilight Watercolour $425

Misty Brixham Morning, England Watercolour $425

Hydrangea Intricacy Watercolour $425

Corner Musicians Watercolour $425

George Street, Sydney Watercolour $795

Sailing the Seven Seas Watercolour $425

Wet Day in Sydney City Watercolour $425

Title Medium Price

Angophora Late Afternoon Pastel $1,200

Golden Glow Pastel $300

North Coast Pastel $1,200

Upward Attraction Acrylic & Collage $1,200

Leaves & Feathers Acrylic & collage $600

Shapes Unique shape prints $800

My joy in art since

my retirement nearly 10 years ago has been a revelation. Drawing with pencil and pen and painting with watercolours give me most pleasure. It seems that anything can be a subject for a picture. I came to

Australia from the USA at the age of 18. I was considered to be ‘artistic’ as a child but never persevered with art per se.

My profession was in science, as a pathology technician and my husband has always been the ‘artist’ of the

family. Discovering that I could draw when I attended my first class after retirement was a welcome surprise and then the action of watercolours on good paper was a further delight. As I painted and presented a few pictures at local exhibitions I was amazed to sell some and was awarded a second in an exhibition. I have not entered many competitions so have not many prizes to brag about. Selling was the thrill. I am on 2 art society committees…for Nepean Art Society and ‘What’s On’ monthly notification for Springwood Art Society.

Title Medium Price

South West Rocks Watercolour $180

Treescape Mixed media $185

Flowers and Fruit with Bug Pen & w/c $180

Grass Trees/Kangaroo Is Pen & ink $180

Walking the Dog Mixed media $195

Cockatoo Island Pen & w/c $130

Kangaroo Island Memory Watercolour $185

English Pastorale Watercolour $185

The Domain, Sydney Pen & ink $185

Poppies and Mantis Watercolour $180

Pears and Butterfly Watercolour $160

Country Barn Pen & ink $180

Jade Begeng, Isabelle Poulter, Ebony Vassallo, and Genevieve Heggarty, Year 11 art students from St Columba's College, Springwood, who took up the invitation to exhibit with Artists for Causes. Thank you for your wonderful artwork and supporting The Black Dog Institute and mental health awareness.

Isabelle Poulter

Jade Begeng

Student name Medium Price

Isabelle Poulter Small ceramic pot “Seafood” Not for sale

Ebony Vassallo Painting Triptitch “Nature’s Beauty”

Not for sale

Jade Begeng Small drawing “Facets of the Bush” Not for sale

Genevieve Heggarty Medium ceramic pot “Dragon” Not for sale

Ebony Vassallo Genevieve Heggarty

Located at 3/163 Macquarie (right next to Blooms Chemist)

Everyone is welcome irrespective of your religious beliefs

and we look forward to seeing you!

FREE COUNSELLING:

Individual, children and family

Financial

Gambling

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Child anxiety programs

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o access community

o use our public-use computers and internet

Ambulance/Fire/Police - 000

Lifeline - 13 11 14

Men's Line Australia - 1300 78 99 78

Salvo Care Line - 1300 36 36 22

Kids Help Line - counselling and support provided for young people

(to 24 years old) who are feeling depressed, sad, or lonely - or just

need someone to talk to - 1800 55 1800

Salvo Youth Line - (02) 8736 3293 (Sydney local call)

Child Abuse Prevention Services - 1800 688 009

Suicide Call Back Service - 1300 659 467

In an emergency you can also visit your local hospital's

emergency department.

Black Dog Institute: http://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/

Guest Speaker:

Celia Vagg, Community Outreach Worker

(Catholic Care Social Services)

Caterer & Assistant:

Robyn Nelson & Cheryl Ambrosoli

Contact: 4735-4155

Raffle Painting by: Local artist, Frank Hodgert

Painting framed by:

Picture Framing Warehouse, Emu Plains

(Ben Baxter & Sonja Breckenridge)

Poster designed by: Chrysovalantou Mavroudis

Catalogue designed, organised and printed by:

Maree Yabsley

Screen Cartage: Ben Baxter

Artists for Causes’ Coordinator: Beth Gibbeson

Contact Details: Mob. 0490356048

email: gibbeson.beth@gmail.com