auór journal

In Conversation With Johanna Bear. We sat down with artist Johanna Bear to discuss her love of collage and what inspires her creative practice. A multitalented lady, with a background studying law, art history and international relations, as well as experience working as a model, we aren’t surprised that Johanna also works with Sydney’s leading interdisciplinary space, Artspace. With a contemporary approach, Johanna blends her interests in portraiture, fashion and landscape in a new body of work made especially for auór. Where were you born and where do you live now?  I was born in Brisbane and moved to Auckland,...

In Conversation With Artist Clare Thackway.Clare’s work explores the ways in which we perform and move our bodies through spaces both literal and emotional. In her finely wrought portraits and figurative paintings, the body becomes a language through which she contemplates moments of universal human experience, from the emotional to the societal. We spent a day with the beautiful Clare in her studio in Austinmer, to learn more about what it takes to lead a fulfilling creative life as an artist and a mother. One Over Other, 2016, oil and acrylic on aluminium composite panel, 29 x 41 cm Where...