Sarmarie

4 - 31 March 2014

Ruck Rover is very excited to host Sarmarie's second Mini Art Mart exhibition.

Fans may remember Sarmarie's last collection, an abstract cacophony of colours and shapes, or her exquisite coasters and iceblocks still featured instore (this time, she's also made some cushions!)

Living and working in the windswept surrounds of Dunsborough, Sarmarie draws her inspiration from nature to create her wild and emotive pieces. Eschewing the constraints of name and form, Sarmarie invites the viewer to partake in the creative process when interpreting her work.

Sarmarie's art is available to view and purchase from the 4th to the 31st of March.

Mellopoly

1-28 February 2014

Our first Mini Art Mart artist of 2014 is Mellopoly!

Mellopoly is an illustrator that hails from right here in Perth.

Her style comes from observation and introspection. She draws (ha! pun!) her inspiration from nature and creative thinkers, and her whimsical dreamscapes convey a sense of hope and joy.

Each piece in this exhibition has been hand illustrated with archival ink on watercolour paper, with minimal digital retouching. All pieces start as a simple pencil sketch and evolve organically from there. The illustrations are available as digital prints in both A3 and A4 size. 

Find Melissa on her facebook page at facebook.com/mellopoly, or follow her on instagram @mellopoly.

Brendan Brown

This is Perth-born, Melbourne-based Brendan Brown's third exhibition at Ruck Rover's monthly Mini Art Mart and we're rather excited to have him back.

Brendan is renowned for creating works from unique and unusual materials. Check out some of the intricate combinations he's created for us before here!

This time Brendan's designed and crafted four works in watercolour painted onto coffee-stained paper adhered to foam board.

The designs themselves are inspired by vintage sailor tattoos, but with twist. Traditional ink designs for sea-faring fellas depict optimistic symbols of luck, of love and dreams of being 'homeward bound'. In his exhibition, Brendan plays with these icons and sneaks in less optimistic notes of loneliness, tricky sea creatures and troubled waters. All within the pallet and character of vintage nautical ink.

They are vividly colourful, beautiful works.

Each watercolour is available for purchase at $60.

Exhibition runs until November 30.

Ceramic Snippets

Ceramic Snippets
Kate Stevens

1-31 October 2013

  

Kate Stevens loves clay, from the first time she touched it she felt compelled to create with it. Kate makes pieces that aren’t necessarily what you’d expect to find in clay – a lot of her pieces have a bit of whimsy or melancholy. She also likes to be playful with traditional pottery ideas. She uses traditional clay transfers in unusual ways, a generic pattern seen a hundred times on mass-produced ceramic bowls will pop up on her sculptures as the pattern on the outfit of a melancholy mouse or a the costume of the lesser-known superhero ‘Catman’. Kate is not a big planner or sketcher; she often has the spark of an idea, and with that in mind starts working and lets the clay take her where it wants to.

Kate draws inspiration from all over; commissions are obviously her interpretation of other people’s thoughts – be they vague or detailed. Of course they’re always delivered with a distinctly ceramic snippets twist! Some of her work is functional, but she particularly likes working on small sculptures; little pieces that can sit anywhere or be popped in unexpected places to catch the eye. 

 

Very rarely does Kate make a similar piece twice and she definitely doesn’t mass-reproduce; she wants her art to be inimitable. She feels her love of clay should never be a chore – what she makes comes from the heart and mind, flows out of her hands and into the clay, and when a piece gets passed on, that’s a little snippet of her going to someone else. She is in love with sculpting in clay and wants to share this love with the world! Kate's aim is to make affordable art pieces that enchant and enliven the imagination of the recipient.

Contact: hello@ceramicsnippets.com  / ceramicsnippets@gmail.com

Website : www.ceramicsnippets.com

Online portfolio : http://www.ceramicsnippets.com/work.html

E-commerce : www.ceramicsnippets.etsy.com

Facebook : www.facebook.com/ceramicsnippets

Other social media : @ceramicsnippets (pinterest, instagram, twitter, google+)

Emiko Watanabe

Emiko Watanabe
Over Land, Over Water

1 – 30 September 2013

Emiko likes a lot of things, but mostly she likes to take photographs. She is drawn to otherworldly landscapes and likes to capture the little details of the world around her. Emiko loves that moments in time may be quickly forgotten or go unnoticed but when it becomes a photograph that fragment of time is preserved forever.

Prints are $35 each or $85 for a series (Water or Land).

Kate-Anna St. Valentine

Kate-Anna St. Valentine

You & Me (Part 1)

3-31 August 2013

Kate-Anna St. Valentine is a Perth based artist and writer who has a hard time thinking about much except what goes on inside her heart (which is a lot). She recently left Paper Mountain studios, where she based herself for 2 years, and now works downstairs in a rundown, 1970s, brown brick house, surrounded by her pets and the memories she hoards.

This body of work entitled You & Me (Part 1) is a self indulgent exploration of the common bonds and subsequent breakage of those bonds that lie between different humans and each others' hearts.

Kate-Anna explores these feelings in tiny ways, using universal and infinite concepts to embed feelings that seem to be small and focused inward on ourselves, but are actually the largest and most common threads that tie every human together.

Kate-Anna has used materials such as minerals, meteorites, glass, paper, home tattoo and found creatures in this collection, stepping away slightly from the illustration based work she has done in the past.

OPENING NIGHT: Friday 2 August, 6-8pm, Ruck Rover General Store, 242 William St Northbridge

EXHIBITION RUNS: 3 – 31 August

OPENING HOURS: 11am-6pm Monday to Friday, 11am-5pm Saturday & Sunday

Joshua Tavener

1-31 July 2013

Joshua Tavener brightens up our winter at Ruck Rover with his seductive watercolour illustrations.

A third year Fine Art student at Curtin University, Josh's watercolour-and-ink prints are inspired by the back pages of Vogue Italia, and photos from the backstage of Paris's exclusive runways. With undertones of surrealism expressed through neon colours, Josh's fashion inspired sketches (featuring decadent headpieces) will cheer up the grey winter months.

If you'd like to see more of Josh's work, take a gander at his instagram: @yosh_tav, or facebook page: www.facebook.com/JoshTavenerIllustrations.