1.
1
Media
release
20
May
2014
For
immediate
release
Birdlife
&
Letting
go
final
exhibitions
at
The
Light
Factory
Gallery
Two
exhibitions,
Birdlife
by
renowned
printmaker
Kate
Hudson
and
Letting
go
by
painter
James
Haramis,
open
at
The
Light
Factory
Gallery
in
Eltham
on
Thursday
12
June
in
what
may
be
the
final
exhibitions
for
the
gallery
(currently
for
sale
by
tender
with
expressions
of
interest
closing
22
May).
The
exhibitions
will
run
until
Sunday
6
July
with
the
gallery
closing
soon
after
if
no
buyer
is
found.
In
Kate
Hudson’s
latest
exhibition,
we
are
treated
to
her
sensitive
observations
of
Australian
bird
life.
When
Hudson
left
London
in
1990,
she
was
captivated
by
the
brightly
coloured
lorikeets
and
other
parrots
that
frequented
her
new
Australian
garden.
Their
exoticism
and
bright
colours
were
a
far
cry
from
the
bird
life
in
London.
As
Hudson
settled
into
her
new
environment,
she
began
to
appreciate
the
quieter
beauty
of
the
less
flamboyant
and
smaller
birds.
It
is
bird
life
that
is
the
theme
of
her
new
exhibition
at
The
Light
Factory
Gallery.
Most
of
the
birds
in
Hudson’s
works
are
the
visitors
to
her
Eltham
garden
or
seen
in
the
local
bush.
Hudson’s
background
in
textile
design
has
led
to
her
richly
patterned
and
decorative
prints.
She
draws
influence
from
Japanese
woodblocks,
Art
Nouveau,
and
printmakers
such
as
Margaret
Preston.
Her
print
designs
reflect
her
love
of
Australian
birds
and
flowers.
As
well
as
being
an
award-­‐winning
artist,
Hudson
is
a
popular
local
artist
with
her
work
always
eliciting
joyful
responses.
Hudson’s
prints
are
sought
after
as
gifts
for
overseas
visitors,
birthdays
and
wedding
presents
as
well
as
a
favourite
with
interior
designers.
Hudson
also
collaborates
with
Australian
accessories
designer
Catherine
Manuell
where
her
prints
make
up
a
seasonal
range
–
this
season’s
being
Honesty
and
Agapanthus.
The
Light
Factory
Gallery
is
also
excited
to
show
the
second
ever
exhibition
of
oil
painter
James
Haramis.
Haramis’s
first
show
at
the
gallery
in
2011
was
highly
acclaimed.
His
sublime
works
use
just
a
small
amount
of
paint
yet
Haramis
is
able
to
achieve
deeply
evocative
paintings
of
great
simplicity
and
refinement.
Haramis
was
touted
as
a
childhood
prodigy
in
painting
but
life’s
circumstances
conspired
to
see
him
pursue
other
work
and
he
only
returned
to
painting
a
few
years
ago
as
long
term
problems
with
his
feet,
have
now
began
to
impact
on
his
ability
to
do
physical
work
and
the
yearning
to
express
himself
in
paint
has
never
diminished.
Despite
being
only
his
second
exhibition,
Haramis’s
work
is
sophisticated
and
mature
–
it’s
as
if
all
those
pictures
in
his
head
have
been
waiting
for
a
chance
to
be
put
onto
canvas.
His
subject
matter
comes
from
his
many
hours
spent
sitting
in
a
field
or
on
a
rock
in
the
sea
shallows,
watching
nature
unfold
around
him.

2.
2
Haramis
still
spends
hours
gazing
at
the
landscape
to
somehow
source
the
subtlest
tonal
variations
he
has
seen
in
nature
and
express
them
on
canvas.
His
landscapes
may
exist
along
the
Great
Ocean
Road
where
he
loves
to
spend
time
or
in
Gippsland
where
he
lived
for
a
while,
but
they
are
not
necessarily
of
one
particular
place.
They
may
be
a
combination
of
places,
an
impression
of
a
time,
a
feeling,
a
moment.
Haramis’s
first
exhibition
Contemplation
described
a
metaphorical
journey.
Letting
go
explores
the
next
stage
of
that
journey.
-­‐
ends
-­‐
Who:
Kate
Hudson
&
James
Haramis
What:
Birdlife
&
Letting
go
Exhibitions
Where:
The
Light
Factory
Gallery
21
Brougham
Street
Eltham
VIC
3095
Ph:
9439
1206
thelightfactorygallery.com.au
When:
Thursday
12
June
–
Sunday
6
July
2014
Opening
hours:
Wed
–
Sun
11
am
–
4.30pm
Opening
drinks
with
artists:
Sunday
15
June
2
–
4pm
For
more
information
please
contact:
Christina
Lew
on
0412
072
393
or
christina@thelightfactorygallery.com.au
Left:
Birdlife
exhibition
image
by
Kate
Hudson
Left:
Letting
go
exhibition
image
by
James
Haramis