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ELEMENTS ART GALLERY PROUDLY PRESENTS

Lyn Franke and Tineke Van der Eecken

'Rock Pool Rhythms'

8th – 25th September 2011

OPENING THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH 6.30PM

ARTISTS OPEN DAY SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH 2PM With artistic demonstrations, talks and a reading by poet Annamaria Weldon

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Lyn Franke

Limpet Garden

Textile, Linen, Cotton, Silk, Dye and Stitch

80 x 80cm

$2,700

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Lyn Franke

Rockpool Infusion

Mixed Media on Canvas

91 x 91 cm

$2,700

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Pebbles Necklace
Crochet Necklace in fine Silver with Rock pool pebbles from New Zealand. Quartz and Jasper beads
$390

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Rock Pool Necklace

Two fine, crochet silver, necklaces with crochet beach glass, venturin, peridot, amethyst and citrine

$350

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Lyn Franke

Ocean Nebular

Mixed Media on Canvas

75 x 180 cm

$4,900

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Lyn Franke

Southern Ocean Rock Pool

Acrylic on Canvas

101 x 167 cm

$5,500

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Rock Pool Coral House Jewel
Copper crochet with amethyst, peridot and venturin
$250

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Blue Bolide
Necklace with aquamarines, quartzes, crosscut of a Madagascan ‘bolide’ – hollow rock filled with crystal over time

Length 55cm
$490

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Lyn Franke

Argent Light

Textile, Silk, Beads and Stitch

58 x 57 cm

$1,350

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Lyn Franke

Rock Pool Series VI

Textile on Paper

49 x 49 cm

$890

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Fossilized Coral
In silver crochet with quartz beads, lapis lazuli, Picasso beads and blue agathe
$350

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Aqua Pebbles
Necklace- giant Quartz pebble with aquamarine, quartz and fluorite beads, and organic and shell castings in silver
$350

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Lyn Franke

Rock Pool Series I

Textile on Paper

49 x 49 cm

SOLD

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Lyn Franke

Rock Pool Series II

Textile on Paper

49 x 49 cm

SOLD

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Where Salt and Trees Are One
Pendant made of rock pool shell with casting of coastal eucalypt in silver (Inspired by Lake Clifton)
$490

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Sargassum in Labradorite
Silver, organic cast of sargassum seaweed with freshwater pearl labradorite moonstone and amazonite beads.
NFS

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Lyn Franke

Rock Pool Series III

Textile on Paper

49 x 49 cm

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Lyn Franke

Rock Pool Series IV

Textile on Paper

49 x 49 cm

SOLD

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Thrombolites Ring
Silver with faceted citrine
Inspired by thrombolites in Lake Clifton
$295

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Dundas Rock Pool
Neck piece – slice of Madagascan jaspis with silver crochet, smoky quartz, carnelian- reflects colours and patterns of Dundas Rock found East of Norseman (WA)
$465

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Lyn Franke

Rock Pool Series V

Textile on Paper

49 x 49 cm

SOLD

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Lyn Franke

Rockpool with Seagrass

Mixed Media on Canvas

91 x 152 cm

$4,900

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Abrolhos Mabe Pearl Ring
Mabe pearl set in gumnut ring. Sizes R and N
$295 each (2 available)

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Single Shell Necklace
Fine silver crochet setting for seashell with fresh water pearls
$155

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Rockpool Rhythm

Mixed Media on Canvas

91 x 91 cm

$2,700

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Rockpool Rhythm II

Mixed Media on Canvas

71 x 71 cm

SOLD

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Sea Urchin
Neck Piece with Papua New Guinean Sea Urchin spike, with rhyolith, garnets, peridot and carnelian
$385

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Into the Deep
Neckpiece designed around a cross section of a Madagascan sliced quartz bolide, with pyrite, rutile quartz and plain quartz beads. Silver and gold dust
$525

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Rockpool Rhythm III

Mixed Media on Canvas

71 x 71 cm

$1,850

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Rock Pool Rhythm IV
Mixed media on canvas
71 x 71 cm
$1,850

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Rock Pool Vessel I
Copper crochet with semi precious stones (peridot, amethyst, venturin, citrine)
$385

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Tineke Van der Eecken

Rock Pool Vessel I
Copper crochet with semi precious stones (peridot, amethyst, venturin, citrine)
$385

Lyn Franke

Sea Garden
Acrylic on canvas
92 x 92 cm
$2,700

Lyn Franke

Under Current
Mixed media on canvas
91 x 91 cm
$2,700

Tineke Van der Eecken recently made a decision to put art first in her life. From working with the United Nations, authoring published books, to boundary breaking artistic progress at Symbiotica in Perth, Tineke brings a wealth of experience to her unique creations. She has recently made the career change from CEO at the Lung Institute of Western Australia to full time artist. She poses the question, why does Perth have such a high degree of artists per head of the population? Maybe it’s something in the water. Tineke certainly noticed something in the watery depths. Rock pools from France to Western Australia have influenced her unique jewelry. ‘I collect pebbles, and precious stones and seek to marry them with metal to give them their deserved immortal frame. Following the rhythm of the sea, I weave these stones and memories, until a scene emerges, a splash of colour, the play of the sun through dark rock crevices, the elegant dance of the tide.

Lyn Franke is a West Australian artist with commissions from organizations such as Princess Margaret Hospital. It is in shows like Rock Pool Rhythms that this Australian perspective comes to life. Through experimentation Lyn replicates amazing natural sites found throughout Australia. She achieves this by using local materials such as; sand, crushed shell, sea grasses, acrylic paint, inks and textiles (silk, beads & stitch). Within the rock pool, within her art, Lyn has pinpointed a moment of natural magic. Only at low tide can an outsider glimpse the complex and beautiful treasures of the rock pool. ëThe combination of ancient volcanic rock which has been inundated with marine life provides a dynamic environment of colours, patterns and textures. From a distance the vista is not too dissimilar to looking through a telescope and seeing the universe.

For further information or images please contact Elements Art Gallery manager Mia Swift P:93862000 M:0403496088 E:mia@elementsartgallery.com.au