Melissa Peacock http://www.melissapeacock.com Artist Thu, 23 May 2013 07:56:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Back in Australia! http://www.melissapeacock.com/2013/03/back-in-australia/ http://www.melissapeacock.com/2013/03/back-in-australia/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:51:15 +0000 gatekeeper http://www.melissapeacock.com/?p=361 Continue reading →]]> On New Years Eve 2012, I returned to Australia for good!

Over the past couple of months I have settled back in to life in Melbourne (Kew)

I started a new full time job working in the Arts/Disability field in January, but have also met with the Director of the Ararat Regional Gallery to discuss future exhibitions of my own, along with Community Arts projects.

I have also take on a voluntary role of Community Arts Manager for a festival that will take place in the Pyreees region of Victoria in February 2014.

On the 9th of March Mark, my husband arrived and is currenty trying to break in a pair of thongs!

Its great to be back!

]]> http://www.melissapeacock.com/2013/03/back-in-australia/feed/ 0 EATC’s (Edinburgh Art Therapy Centre’s) Fundraiser http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/09/eatcs-edinburgh-art-therapy-centres-fundraiser/ http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/09/eatcs-edinburgh-art-therapy-centres-fundraiser/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:22:37 +0000 gatekeeper http://www.melissapeacock.com/?p=359 Continue reading →]]> I am donating some small pieces (drawing and sculpture) for a fundraising event for

Edinburgh Art Therapy Centre.

http://edinburgharttherapycentre.blogspot.co.uk/

If you would also like to donate some of your artwork, please get in touch.

Deadline is this weekend (22-23 September)

 

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]]> http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/07/art-auction-at-upward-mobility-project/feed/ 0 My Art & Design Students contribute to Five Minute Theatre at National Theatre Scotland http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/07/my-art-design-students-contribute-to-five-minute-theatre-at-national-theatre-scotland/ http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/07/my-art-design-students-contribute-to-five-minute-theatre-at-national-theatre-scotland/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:54:39 +0000 gatekeeper http://www.melissapeacock.com/?p=296 Continue reading →]]> Take a look at ‘Footsteps’ in the 5 Minute Theatre for National Theatre Scotland. A performance by staff and students at Upward Mobility Project (my place of work) with some fantastic feet painted by my Art & Design students! http://​www.fiveminutetheatre.com

 

]]> http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/07/my-art-design-students-contribute-to-five-minute-theatre-at-national-theatre-scotland/feed/ 0 Live music at exhibition opening http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/04/live-music-at-exhibition-opening/ http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/04/live-music-at-exhibition-opening/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:11:59 +0000 gatekeeper http://www.melissapeacock.com/?p=292 Excited to let you all know that mark francis (from saint judes infirmary) and Elvis valentine (the 55′s) will be playing live at my exhibition opening this Friday from 6.30-9.30. Tell your friends

]]> http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/04/live-music-at-exhibition-opening/feed/ 0 Exhibition at Penrith, England with thanks to Eden Arts http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/04/exhibition-at-penrith-england-is-up/ http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/04/exhibition-at-penrith-england-is-up/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:38:12 +0000 gatekeeper http://www.melissapeacock.com/?p=287 I travelled down to Penrith yesterday, ready to exhibit a selection of my sculptures- with thanks to Eden Arts!

Here is the media release, containing further details -

http://www.edenarts.co.uk/melissa-peacock-exhibition-opens-at-showcase/

]]> http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/04/exhibition-at-penrith-england-is-up/feed/ 0 Exhibiting in Penrith, Cumbria. England in April-May 2012 http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/03/exhibiting-in-penrith-cumbria-england-in-april-may-2012/ http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/03/exhibiting-in-penrith-cumbria-england-in-april-may-2012/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:19:21 +0000 gatekeeper http://www.melissapeacock.com/?p=285 I will be exhibiting a selecton of my sculptures in Penrith, England (Lake District) with Eden Arts from the 13th of April, through to May 2012.

A Press Release is to follow soon.

www.edenarts.co.uk

]]> http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/03/exhibiting-in-penrith-cumbria-england-in-april-may-2012/feed/ 0 Preparation for next show http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/03/preparation-for-next-show/ http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/03/preparation-for-next-show/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:07:19 +0000 gatekeeper http://www.melissapeacock.com/?p=283 I will be exhibiting 8 large mixed media works on hardboard & 10 sculptures in my next solo exhibition at the Arts Complex from 21-29 April 2012

]]> http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/03/preparation-for-next-show/feed/ 0 Three Harbours Arts Festival 2012 http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/03/three-harbours-arts-festival-2012/ http://www.melissapeacock.com/2012/03/three-harbours-arts-festival-2012/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:00:07 +0000 gatekeeper http://www.melissapeacock.com/?p=272 I will be exhibiting at the Three Harbours Arts Festival from the 2nd-10 June 2012 at Cockenzie House.

This will be my fourth year of exhibiting with the festival.

www.3harbours.co.uk

you can also find further information and images on flickr and facebook

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Melissa Peacock – Recent works

·       21–29 April 2012

·       Preview: Friday 20 April | 18:30–21:30

Melissa Peacock is an Abstract Impressionist, working with mixed media; she also practices sculpture, working with wool and other fibres woven onto metal structures. She has exhibited extensively and is featured in private collections in Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Europe and USA; including the private collection of Sir John Mills.

“My work is a response to the weather patterns and soundwaves that I have encountered since I have lived in Scotland. In conjunction, I have recently been visually exploring my style which has developed to appear as if the mixed media surface resembles fabric, with a woven consistency”.

A gentle sense of movement flows through distinctive structures that suggest both interior and exteriors. Areas are light and dark contrast to encapsulate a sense of space. Each space has a linear stream yet has deliberate breaks that can insinuate a breeze of air.

This activity weaves within a layering process, overlapping in colourful tones that hint at seasons over periods of time. Within the structures lie depictions of weather patterns hovering over a final surface.

The work presents a collective memory of the senses that are stored within a specified visual space.

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