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Creative Spirits of Queensland

For All Those Creative Spirits that Live in the Sunshine State

Featured Work

Rhythm and Rhyme by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch

Mixed media: Archival ink, acrylic, oil, collage on gessoed board. My diptypch artwork entry into the Hidden Treasures Postcard Exhibition, Cairns Regional Gallery Oct.23 – Nov.6 2009. / Sold by the silent bidding process for CRG’s Annual Fund Raiser. A melding of the tropical influence impressions upon me ie. the undulating landscape, rainforest, sea, organic colours, patterns and the vessel making that I do. / FEATURED in Acrylic Painting (26.10.09) / / and / Dimensions (24.10.09)
My Three by Jo Holden

Graphite (2b to 8b) on A3 UPM Digi white 190gsm paper. My three beautiful kids – Lily 3, Mia 11 and James 5. Taken from three separate photos (it’s impossible to get a decent pic of all three of them together!). Mia decided to chop her hair off and dye it “Lily Allen” style so she stands out quite a bit. This was done for my husband to give to family overseas. Featured in “Creative Spirits of Queensland”, October 09.
Red Leaf Turnover © by Vicki Ferrari

Red Leaf Turnover © Vicki Ferrari Time to turn over a new leaf! And who said it had to be green! :) Opportunities abound endlessly if we do not close our mind! But sometimes we have to close our eyes to do so. And, sad though it may be, sometimes what is on the leaf when we turn it over, we can no longer participate in or see…. C’est La Vie! Not sure what sort of tree this is but love the colour of the leaves – so vibrant and alive! / Vicki Purchase Card / Purchase Laminated Print / Purchase Mounted Print / Tech / Nikon D70s / Nikkor 28-105mm / NEF-JPG / Editor / Photoshop (UL200910221529)
Variegated Syrup by MelDavies

Digital art using Arcsoft Photostudio FEATURED in ‘Creative Spirits of Qld’ October, 2009
Coral Beach by Ciska

Inks, doyles, sand and shells
Another Dimension II by maileilani

Taken using a Sony A350 / Settings: f5.6 ISO1600 1/60s / Lens: SAL-1870 DT 18-70mm f3.5-5.6 Standard Zoom lens / Filters: Cokin +3 Sepia A005 and +1 2/3 Blue (80b) A021 / Edited using Adobe Photoshop Elements 7
Fist by Alexandra Jack

Hand drawn
cassowary by crispur

ink on paper 170×235 mm. I just bought some new metallic and pearlescent inks and had to try them, This is the result.
roots and branches baby by donnamalone

collage and mixed media
Under Your Alice-a-rella by yellowbee

Hehe, a tiny doodle ,) I cant remember how i got this idea…but i kinda…like the idea. alot. :) / I’ll doodle it bigger when i get the chance felt-tips and cg colouring
Doodlescope by MelDavies

Having fun playing/experimenting with a kaleidoscope plug in and photoshop elements. Original image is my own artwork (see ‘Residual Thoughts’) I’ve been unwell for the last two weeks which has pulled me into a real low. I find that by digitally playing with my original art helps me feel brighter. I remember how great I felt when I did the original and by trying to improve on it, or enhance it really lifts my spirit. FEATURED in ‘Creative Spirits of Qld’ October 2009 / FEATURED in ‘Healing Through Art’ October 2009

Recent Work

Headed Back Home by Zachary Golus

Camera: Nikon D90 / Lens: 70-200mm F/2.8 with x2 teleconverter
Death Defying by Zachary Golus

Camera: Nikon D90 / Lens: Nikon 70-200mm F/2.8 with x2 teleconverter. / Effective focus length: 600mm
Design 6 by Alexandra Jack

This work was created on A4 paper and is hand drawn.
Design 4 by Alexandra Jack

This work is hand drawn using paint pens and gel pens.
Kombi beside the Sea - Acrylic on Canvas by ChristineBetts

recent Kombi painting colour tweaked in Photoshop
Design 2 by Alexandra Jack

Created with paint pens and gel pens.
Design 1 by Alexandra Jack

Hand drawn using paint pens.
The Alley - oil on canvas by ChristineBetts

Painting of the Alley at Currumbin,Queensland – one of my favourite places in the whole world! / smaller than my other painting of the alley, this one is for sale. it is 30cm x 15cm and is $99 unframed but ready to hang.
Wave Action - Three by Barbara Burkhardt

Feature Image – A Beautiful Blur Group / Feature Image – SEA Group The very moody instrumental piece of music by Fleetwood Mac “Albatross” comes to mind whenever I am on a beach watching waves. Combine the two and your heart sings with the rhythm of the surf as it reaches land and crashes to the beach. Listen to the music – Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Albatross’. I love watching waves, I love looking through them and seeing how the light plays with the colour. I will take pictures of waves until my last shuttering. I would love to learn how to grab the perfect formation. Something to aim for. / From a day at Cape Dissapointment State Park WA USA Aug 2008 Nikon D40X / Nikkor 70-300mm lens
Heraldic Castle Art Series - Renew #006 by MelDavies

This work is a digitally enhanced kaleidoscope design using my own original art (see Renew) which is embossed and painted foil. It is part of a series of 8 images all unique designs using the same original foilwork.
Heraldic Castle Art Series - Renew #005 by MelDavies

This work is a digitally enhanced kaleidoscope design using my own original art (see Renew) which is embossed and painted foil. It is part of a series of 8 images all unique designs using the same original foilwork.
Heraldic Castle Art Series - Renew #004 by MelDavies

This work is a digitally enhanced kaleidoscope design using my own original art (see Renew) which is embossed and painted foil. It is part of a series of 8 images all unique designs using the same original foilwork.

Featured Members

About This Group

Here is my FAVE OF THE DAY! (or DAYS! depending on how I go…)

Dream of Peace by Alison Pearce

What a beautiful watercolour painting with a message about Peace, I love the koi and the Oriental look, all round great creativeness and beauty, Dream of Peace is my…

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Scroll Down For LOTS More Group Awards!!
To Promote the AMAZING Creative Spirit of Queensland! Be Prepared to SELL your work in this Group and find your Spirit!!

This group accepts most artwork from any artist in Queensland. There is no set subject except to let your creativity shine through!
Photography, Painting, Artwork of any kind, Highly Edited images and photos, Nature, Greeting Cards, Poetry, Writing…anything that lets loose your inner creative spirit!

I started this group to showcase the amazing talent of people living in the Sunshine State, in the process, find ourselves and have some fun, to gather together the most outstanding talent one state can offer and show it to the world!
Let’s Do It….

It’s A Beautiful Life by Adam Gormley
The Spirit of Queensland Challenge Winner.
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CHALLENGE WINNER from I Can See A Rainbow was The Light by Kazoom

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CHALLENGE WINNER from It’s History was When The Tall Ships Came To Town 2 by Helen Corr

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CHALLENGE WINNER from Making The Ordinary Extraordinary was Angela Legge with Brush Away

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CHALLENGE WINNER from When The Music’s Over was ginnymac with Give Me A Home Among The Gum Trees

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Our New CREATIVE SPIRIT OF THE WEEK is…
Karen Cougan and her amazingly unique and sometimes provocative artworks! I love Karens work from her child portraits, flowers and enchanting scenes thru to the nude Goddesses exploring our womanhood. A big cross section of ideas and work make it stand out. Every work looks to be made with love and passion, can’t say enough great things about Karen’s beautiful work, check them out yourself, for Karen is our new CREATIVE SPIRIT OF THE WEEK!

Above & Beyond by Karen Cougan

Check the Forums for Creative Spirit of The Week announcements…
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butterfly

by the very inspirational
Helen Corr

This is what she said next to butterfly

- a butterfly pinned to my curtains dreams it can fly … a piece of pure self indulgence, it’s blurry and all wrong, but I like it …

Hard to beat that for pure, unrestrained, imaginative and downright fantastic inspiration…

A BUTTERFLY PINNED TO THE CURTAIN

dreams it can fly…. :o)
a piece of pure self indulgence…. perfect
it’s all blurry and wrong but I like it… unrestrained and full of spirit.
I love the whole concept and that is a perfect illustration of

i n s p i r a t i o n i n c r e a t i o n

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Here is Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch’s winning Spirit Of Art Challenge entry that is our new Group Avatar!

The SPIRIT really shows in Kerryn’s amazing works..
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**Every month I will be choosing a few artworks that have been submitted to the group to purchase and add to my collection of incredible Red Bubble artists! It does not have to be a weekly Feature, it has to make me go WOW!

Check out the amazing artwork I have purchased from Creative Spirits in our group:
Flutterby by JennyDean