ART AND CREATIVITY WORKSHOP WITH JOHN ELLISON
Katoomba artist John Ellison will be giving regular two day workshops in Art and Creativity at Nolan on Lovel Gallery, beginning in February 2009.
Over the years John has established a reputation as an innovative and original teacher in the field of creativity.
In her book 'An Authentic Life', Carolyn Jones commented, 'The Blue Mountains artist John Ellison thinks along the same lines. He teaches people to see with this inner eye. He suggests that you can make a start by looking through a book of great paintings, slowly savouring. See how Van Gogh portrays the essential nature of a wooden chair, how Lloyd Rees is exalted to ecstasy by the quality of light over the Derwent; how Monet luxuriates, almost drowns, in the waterlilies of his Giverny garden. This exercise is designed to refresh your own eyes, to wash them clear in order to look at everyday things anew, to see them in more depth, to connect with them, to absorb something of their essence.'
John Ellison, The Old Shed
The workshop, Art and Creativity is designed to help you explore and express your natural creativity using gentle exercises in drawing, painting writing and speaking - to discover your own spontaneous creativity in a warm supportive environment. It is suitable for beginners and experienced artists.
John Ellison has been a professional artist and has exhibited regularly for over 20 years. He has written over thirty articles for Australian Artist magazine and his workshop Art and the Transformation of Vision was featured on Caroline Jones' Search for Meaning programme. He was the Cultural Development Officer for Blue Mountains City Council from 91-96, writing the Cultural Plan which resulted in the Blue Mountains designation as the inaugural City of the Arts in NSW. He initiated the Katoomba Winter Magic Festival in 94, now an event of national significance.