Jenny Adermann

Visual artist (acrylic)AssemblageLino print

13 June

I am currently creating paintings using acrylic paint and Posca pens, using a variety of surfaces, but primarily canvas. My preferred subjects come from the natural World, particularly from Coochiemudlo Island and Moreton Bay. While I like to work from photographs, the end results can be quite stylised and often don’t reflect my original plan at all! I use the grid scale technique to enlarge or reduce images to fit canvas sizes and enjoy using different shapes of canvases. I am constantly drawn to using bright colours and my paintings often have a tropical flavour.

A long term love of lino printing has recently been re-ignited and I’m keeping the process as simple as possible with basic lino carving tools and brayers. I use mono-colour water-based ink, then hand colour the print. Again, I begin with photographs taken around the island and convert them into drawings suitable for a lino printing image.

Additionally, I am intrigued by the art of assemblage and have been experimenting with using found objects or old, discarded and everyday items to give the elements new meaning, when combined. While some are 3D sculptural pieces, others are constructed in recycled frames and can be hung on the wall. It’s always an exercise in problem-solving and great fun! The quirky nature of the results usually make people smile.

Meet Jenny and see her work at:

Studio #9, 12-14 Erobin Street

Angela Hoskins

Built my first site in 2000 and steadily learned what it takes to make websites work. Dabbled in WordPress back then, still do. Since building my first Squarespace site in 2016, I’ve been impressed with the relatively streamlined approach to website design and development that Squarespace offers compared to WordPress. SEO was a major challenge from the start — I’ve spent a lot of time keeping up with what’s required to get sites working, ranking well on a SERP. I have confidence with what Squarespace offers for SEO.

Having worked for more than 10 years in the web team of an inland, regional university in Australia and dealing with frustrations that come with working for a large corporate enterprise, the idea of setting up my own web design business became my goal.

Set up my business in late 2017. Opted for a sea change, too: I now live on Coochiemudlo Island 45 minutes from Brisbane. Love working from home. Love working for small business clients. Still get casual work with the university.

Challenges? The main one is pricing my work for small businesses. Doing quality work, doing the research to be up to date in the industry, takes time; it’s hard to factor in this time to my pricing while being competitive in the market and affordable for many small businesses.

https://sitecontent.com.au

Jenny Adermann

Catherine Bishop