New Work: North Head (2012)

       

North Head (2012) is a series I began at North Head Sanctuary, located in Manly on Sydney's Northern Beaches last November.  These gentle landscapes are inspired by the great painter of light, Joseph Mallord William (JMW) Turner.  JMW Turner has taught me to appreciate the incredible richness and variety of colours that can be found in the softest of tones, created by natural flora and fauna.  With the naked eye, many of these colours are difficult to see.  By decontextualising the scene in-camera, I am able to free the light and colour from their fixed and precise position, allowing them to live and swim more freely, giving the work added depth, colour, energy and emotion.

New Work: La Piscina

       

La Piscina (The Pool) (2012) was captured at Collaroy Rock Pool last November at the break of day.  As with all of my work, these have been captured completely in-camera (no post-production work). 

As a series of two works, it is the latest from my oldest style, Intermission, developed from 1998.  It originates from my fascination for searching for hidden scenes during mid afternoon, away from the action, while life is perceivably happening somewhere else or at other points in time.  For me, this is a golden time when light casts vibrant colour and angled shadows, bringing a new and mysterious mood, sense of meaning and significance to particularly insignificant ‘moments in between’.   

Intermission is largely influenced by American Realist, Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Australian artist,  Jeffrey Smart (born 1921), and UK-based album artist and designer, Storm Thorgeson (born 1944) who is known for Pink Floyd's iconic album covers, including Dark Side of the Moon (1973).

NOW OPEN: Cade’s new studio joins the Pittwater Artists Trail

I’m really excited to announce the opening of my new studio at Narrabeen, on Sydney's Northern Beaches, which is now open every Saturday morning from 9am to 12pm.  

This studio is also part of the new and vibrant Pittwater Artist’s Trail – a community of many professional, local artists and artisans from Sydney’s famous Pittwater area who regularly open their studios directly to the public.  Anyone can drop in, have a coffee and be inspired!

As well as two annual open weekends in 2012 (19-20 May and 27-28 October), you will find there are a number of art studios open for you to visit just about every day of the week.  The Trail is a fantastic way for those living in the area to connect with many inspiring and talented photographers, painters, sculptors and jewellery makers, who all welcome visits and sell their work from their home studios.  

To discover all the artists, studios and opening times, visit www.pittwaterartiststrail.com.au.

Cade Turner Fine Art Photography Studio
Open every Saturday 9am-12pm or by appointment
11 Loftus Street, Narrabeen NSW 2101 AUSTRALIA

Tel: 0448 282 926
info@cadeturner.com.au
www.cadeturner.com.au            

New Work: Palazzo di Colori

Palazzo di Colori, 2011

Palazzo di Colori, 2011, was captured in Nolita, New York City, while on tour for my first exhibition.  Like all of my work, I shoot within a single frame (no montaging or multiple exposure) and my work undergoes no afterwork.  Once the shutter closes, my work is done.

Palazzo di Colori (Palace of Colours) is a continuation on my fascination with light, colour and movement, loosely connected or suspended together in a somewhat abstract fashion, which allows us to reflect on this scene from a completely new visual dimension.  

I roam the streets, mostly with my eyes out of focus, searching for first impressions that strike me with extraordinary moments of light and colour.  Once I find my colour palette, I then study it until it speaks to me.  There's barely any logical thought process involved.  I let myself go to emotionally connect with the colours and shapes being created.  Sometimes this happens instantly, but sometimes it takes a while to find the true story I want to tell.  Sometimes it doesn't work at all, and so I move on.

I love working with the camera loosely, using non-traditional, self-taught techniques, allowing colours to mix and intertwine and create new visual dimensions.  These days, I rarely use a tripod.  In fact, I find a tripod quite restricting (like crutches).  I connect with my camera like a painter to their brush, or a musician to their instrument.  It's an extension of myself that moves and flows emotionally with me, capturing the real energy from the scene in front of me, not in a split second, but within a passage of time. 

More new works from New York releasing shortly...

Cade's New York Exhibition Opening: Altered States of Reality

 

Click here to view the... OPENING NIGHT VIDEO

If there was one place in the world every artist dreams of kicking off their international art career, New York City is it!  Ten months ago, that is exactly what happened...

Leading contemporary art gallery, Agora Gallery, is situated in the heart of Chelsea, New York's distinguished art district.  In February this year, the gallery contacted me via email to offer what would become the chance of a lifetime... professional gallery representation in New York City!  At first, I thought someone was playing a practical joke on me, but I soon discovered this offer was very real.

Some ten months later, after weekly emails with the gallery staff, I was winging my way to New York for the launch of my first group international exhibition, Altered States of Reality, which officially opened on Thursday, 3 November 2011.  

I was lucky to be able to be there to celebrate it with my family and meet some incredible artists.  We had a great turnout on opening night and the Agora Gallery Team are incredibly professional, curteous and supportive of all of their artists.  Better still, they cross every 't' and dotted every 'i', ensuring the exhibition was a seamless success.

It was great to meet the gallery team after all these months of emails and spend some valuable time with Gallery Director, Angela di Bello, who knows the NY art scene exceptionally well and has given me some excellent advice for the future.  I look forward to what the future holds with Agora Gallery and New York City!

Here are some more images from opening night...

 

 The snow blizzard had cleared, just in time for a great opening turnout!

Canola Sea, 2009 and Pink Dragon Tokyo, 2010 on show 

Gallery guest, admiring Tasmania's beauty, through my eyes... 

 (From left to right) So lucky to celebrate the opening at dinner downtown NY 

with my supportive family - sister Hollie, my mum Lynne and lovely wife, Kelly

Scott Pioro from Aussie rock band, Goodbye Motel, 

stopped past for the opening and post celebrations!

 

 Enjoying a relaxing walk in downtown Nolita NYC, the morning after opening night

New York, New York: Selected for NYC art exhibition

I have been selected to exhibit in a photography exhibition in the heart of New York’s art precinct in November.

New York City is a long way from home, but that’s not stopping me heading to the Big Apple for an exhibition in New York’s Chelsea district. My work was chosen, along with nine other artists from around the world, for the Altered States of Reality Exhibition, which will be on from 2 - 23 November.

Agora Gallery, NYC, first noticed my work through a previous Sydney exhibition in the Danks Street Complex in Waterloo.  “Cade’s limited edition photographic prints provide a refreshing view of the most basic elements of optical experience,” says Angela di Bello, Director, Agora Gallery, New York City.  “Inspired by the ‘visual freedom’ of the Impressionist school, Cade’s graphic experimentation or ‘painting’ with light, colour and movement results in stunning photographic abstractions that push at the stubborn edge of traditional photography,” she said.

I leave for New York at the end of the month. For more information on the exhibition, see my News & Events page on my website at: http://www.cadeturner.com.au/news.php

New Work: Sunburnt Country

Sunburnt Country IV, 2011, by Cade Turner 

Sunburnt Country is a new four-piece series shot in Scone, NSW Australia.  I really wanted this series to reflect the rural Australian landscape through a fresh, Impressionist style.  

Scone's countryside is quite dry and it can be challenging to find the right elements to work with that will produce a striking result.  I found by overexposing, I was able to achieve my colour palette, and by framing the large sky in the top four fifths of the frame, I was able to accentuate the enormity and dynamicism of the sky, in contrast to the minimal specks of the trees and cows.  The use of movement allowed me to erase and painterly blend some detail of the cows, trees and grass, which helps emphasise the huge sky.

In the three other works of the series (below), I pushed the exposure even further.  I wanted to push the scene's raw elements to their very edge, without losing context.  The series was shot completely in camera, single frame, with no montaging or afterwork.  

Enjoy!

 Sunburnt Country III, I & II, 2011, by Cade Turner