Rhonda

About rhonda

Rhonda Armistead is a contemporary Artist from Lismore in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia. Mediums include, Oils and Acrylics on Canvas, Reduction Plate Lino Prints, Etchings on Acrylic Plates, Drawings, Sketches in Pencil and Charcoal and Fine Line Pen. Her paintings include Portraits, Landscapes and Contemporary Abstract pieces. Commonly, she explores the intrinsic biodiversity and nature studies of the Region along with expressive portraiture and dramatic combinations of both, usually with an underlying message encapsulated within the symbolism and aesthetic of the work. Rhonda also produces a range of hand crafted jewelry under the name of "Web of Life Designs" All her works are an intimate conversation between head, heart and hand.
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Youtube clips

Well, the first of the tutorial clips are now available on Youtube on my chanel  Rhonda Armistead.  There's one on mixing mediums and the other on mixing colour for the ochre palette.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWH4W7UQZ7o  and  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haCVuLlizWM  if you're interested have a look. I'm about to start filming some more quick deconstructed paintings and show you how

On-line Art Tutorials Coming Soon.

Hi.  I'm just about to embark on a series of short art tutorials on the "how to's" of my processes.  Today, I'm beginning a Youtube channel and getting started on filming my little tips and tricks videos.  These will of course be available on my website.  I'm excited to begin this project and I hope

Barebones

Well folks I've just spent 2 days mounting up a heap of etchings and prints to drop off to the lovely people at Barebones Art Space in Bangalow and take my entry up the the Border Art Prize in Murwillumbah.  Fingers Crossed.  It would be nice to have the work accepted to be hung at

Colour In Your Life.

What an exciting and exhausting experience being filmed for Colour In Your Life.  Graeme and Sophia and Jen turned up early in the morning and got straight down to business.  They're a well oiled team I can say that much.  It takes quite a while to set up all the filming gear and get prepared.

Acrylic Plate Etchings.

So.....when you have a Picture Framing shop you end up with heaps of small off-cuts.  I give loads of small mat board bits away to the local Primary Schools and Kindys for their projects, but no-0ne really can use the left over small bits of glass and perspex.  It always seems a shame to throw

New Website

Welcome to my new website.  If I ever get my head around all this shifting and posting and adding business it should be great.  I'm sure with a little bit of time I will be able to use it efficiently.  Stay tuned.  Much more to come.

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