This coming Thursday evening, an exhibition is being launched of works by Renee Sage (my mother) and myself. The title of the exhibition is “OffSpring” and it contains paintings done in oil, acrylic and mixed-media by Renee, and photography by me. The subject celebrates Spring, as well as the love shared by a mother and daughter, and their love of the beauty in life.
I’ll pop the “official” blurb below, but it has come about through a desire of us both to exhibit together and show a visual display of our love and life as mother and daughter. I am so proud of my mum in so many ways – not just her incredible ability as an artist, but her inner beauty even more so. She is loved by all who meet her, and most of all, by me. She is kind and generous and empathetic and strong – she has been the most amazing role model for me as I was growing up, throughout my young adult-hood and now into my middle-age…
She has always been there for me, has accepted my “oddities” and loved me all the more for them.
I have probably not been the easiest offspring to get along over the years, and have certainly taken the road less travelled, been less academic, less conforming and less fertile than my other siblings!
But I hope the challenges that I have given her, and the rest of my family for that matter, have been at least interesting, and not entirely dull.
I am so looking forward to seeing our work hanging side-by-side on the walls of this exhibition!
~ OffSpring ~
“A celebration of Life, of Love and of Spring.”
7th October at 6pm
Bliss Organic Café
7 Compton Street, Adelaide
Renée Sage & Mandi Whitten invite YOU to the opening of their first mother / daughter exhibition…
A mother / daughter exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Mixed-media and Photography.
Special guest speaker: Anna Platten – Acclaimed Adelaide Artist
Renée has been a part-time visual artist for most of her life, and has studied drawing, painting and sculpture at Adelaide Central School of Art. She has been involved in numerous group exhibitions.
Mandi has enjoyed photography since childhood, and started taking photos professionally four years ago. She held her first solo exhibition in 2009 and has also been involved in several group exhibitions.
The exhibition runs from October 5th – 31st 2010
Bliss Organic Café is open:
Monday to Thursday: 7am – 4pm
Friday: 7am – 9pm
Saturday: 8am – 4pm
CONTACTS:
Renée Sage – 0417 881 172
Mandi Whitten – 0403 257 022
Bliss Organic Café – 08 8231 0205
www.reneesage.com
www.mandiwhitten.com
www.blissorganiccafe.com.au
SPONSORS:
Renée & Mandi would like to sincerely thank and acknowledge the following people and businesses, without whom this exhibition would not have been possible:
O’Leary Walker Wines
Patrick of Coonawarra
Ashton Valley Fresh
Atkins Technicolour
Kwik Kopy Norwood