Astra Howard

Sydney artist Astra Howard was in Gosford CBD today, engaging the people with her "conversation booth". She'll be back again tomorrow, and is well worth visiting. For more information about her work, visit Back Page. Meanwhile, here are some pictures I took today...

The Journal's Journey

I just received and posted off the journal, and took some snaps of how it's progressing so far... it still has a while to go before it's filled, so I have a feeling we'll still be passing it around come 2008...

Liz Wright





Betty Saez






Sharyn Walker




Fiona Doyle

Exhibition - Kiera O'Toole

"Romantic Ireland's Dead and Gone"
Kiera O'Toole

An emotional investigation into cultural identity; migration and a sense of place and displacement of language and community

10 November - 5 December
Opening, Saturday 10 November, 2pm

Foyer Gallery
Gosford Regional Gallery
36 Webb St, East Gosford

The Journal

Just to let everyone know I posted our journal to fellow artist Liz Wright on Wednesday last week.. so it's journey has begun. She will post it on to the next artist, then the next, and eventually I will end up with it again, before posting it on and so forth. We'll basically keep posting it around the Central Coast until it is full, and then photograph and publish the artworks inside.

Journal Project

Dear eO members,

eO will be organising a project in conjunction with the Big Draw for 2007. There has been much interest in the idea of posting or personally delivering a hard copy journal from artist to artist. Each page of the journal will contain a contribution of a drawing or several drawings from each artist. This project is to begin in September and continue through to October. I will send an email with the full details to all those who have expressed interest, so if you would still like to be involved and haven't let us know yet, please reply to this post or send us an email.

More soon...

I Recall

Now that he had started her remembering, recollections – like flotsam on a river in sudden spate – came dancing, gliding, bobbing and bumping across her reluctant mind.

Fanny by Gaslight, Michael Sadleir 1940


Sharyn has been questioning memory and recollection for several years, since a statement from a family member led to emotional and physical estrangement.

“Remembering seems to be a process of selection and using that selection to move forward, positively or negatively. What I remember, subconsciously or not, reflects my personality and shapes my life. Or maybe my personality dictates what I choose to
remember.”

In this exhibition I Recall, she explores her childhood memories and recent recollections and has created Art Objects recalling A Dream, A Face and A Fragmented Memory Collection.

The Space Between Words

In February of this year, several eO members partook in an event run by Browns Cows Art Projects in Gosford CBD, entitled the space between words. A local video documentary team produced a DVD of the event, which incorporated LED light text and performance pieces from a few different artists. Below are some screencaptures taken from the DVD of artists during their performances...



Betty Saez


Neil Berecry Brown


Fiona Doyle and Lisa Doyle


Sharyn Walker and Jieon Lee


More details (and images) of the event can be found at Backpage