{"id":95372,"date":"2024-10-24T12:31:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T01:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=95372"},"modified":"2024-10-24T12:31:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T01:31:14","slug":"finchers-open-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/living\/finchers-open-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Fincher’s open studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barwon Heads artist Alison Fincher will open her studio for four days during the Melbourne Cup Day long weekend, including for the Bellarine Arts Trail (BAT) on November 2 and November 3, and the following two days, November 4 and November 5.<\/p>\n

The studio, at 21 River Parade Barwon Heads, will be open from 10am until 4pm each day. Find it at #8 on the BAT map.<\/p>\n

Art and nature connect in her work. Her loose, layered watercolours and watered acrylics are inspired by water, land, people and life. Visitors to Fincher’s studio can expect to see a diversity of subject matter in her paintings, the Bellarine is a source of inspiration, with water and local bird life frequently featured.<\/p>\n

A frequent traveller, she also captures the spirit of places she visits in many of her paintings, including works from Italy, a favourite destination. Fincher’s watercolours have been shown for the past three years at the major Fabriano in Acquarello international watercolour exhibition in Italy, as part of a representative cohort of Australian watercolour painters.<\/p>\n

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Her works feature watercolour on handmade cotton watercolour paper, also painting larger pieces on stretched canvas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fincher works with watercolour on handmade cotton watercolour paper; she also paints larger watered acrylics on a background of stretched canvas. Watercolour and watered acrylic paint, sometimes used separately, sometimes together in one work, are built up in loosely layered washes.<\/p>\n

Watercolours on paper in a variety of sizes, framed and unframed, and larger watered acrylics on canvas, are on display and available for purchase. Art cards are also available.<\/p>\n

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The Bellarine remains a source of inspiration for most of her works featuring local birdlife and water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other examples of Fincher’s paintings can be viewed at the Taste of the Trail exhibition at the Barwon Heads Arts Hub, 5 Clifford Parade, and at the Starfish Caf\u00e9, 78 Hitchcock Avenue, Barwon Heads.<\/p>\n

Her studio will be open:<\/p>\n