Dean Newitt is a photographer who uses Australia's beauty to communicate with the soul. His panoramic images from the Australian Alpine, like "Icy Vapor", make you feel as if you are there, you can almost feel your breath coming out in great icy puffs. In contrast landscape images like "Namatjira Drive Twilight" are so reminiscent of that great Australian Aboriginal painter you can experience a connection to the land and it's not much of a stretch of the imagination to hear the didgeridoo playing in the background.
Other images like "Mirage" give you such a sense of isolation, where "Serenity" bestows an impression of peace.As one of Australia’s most visionary photographers Dean Newitt’s images emanate an energy that touches a deep chord within us all. Since early childhood Dean’s life has inextricably connected with picture and images. His creative gifts instinctively found expression in the language of photography.
Dean Newitt has been photographing professionally for over 20 years and nature inspired his emerging art. Certainly there are many talented photographers in Australia, but Dean Newitt is a photographic artist who so precisely captures the psychic and spiritual connection to the continent of Australia.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Water Colourist
Julie Newitt has an incredible ability to radiate the magic and innocence of small children. Her images capture moments of pure delight with touches of whimsy & charm. Illustrations full of nostalgia that fill parents and grandparents with childhood memories yet are still so totally 21st century.
Julie’s professional career started over 20 years ago as a professional photographic retoucher and traditional black & white hand-colourist, employing the most delicate coverage of oil paints. But with the advent of Photoshop her unique skills had less demand, so she turned her hand to her first love.Julie paints on the finest traditional watercolour paper spending most of the time using the smallest of Windsor & Newton sable brushes (0-000) applying the finest of details.
Much of the inspiration for Julie’s endearing images comes from her own children and their sense of discovery of even the simplest of things.What she tries to convey is a sense of wonder, and what she wants the viewer to re-capture is that memory, that sense of untroubled joy that only comes with the innocence of childhood.
Julie’s professional career started over 20 years ago as a professional photographic retoucher and traditional black & white hand-colourist, employing the most delicate coverage of oil paints. But with the advent of Photoshop her unique skills had less demand, so she turned her hand to her first love.Julie paints on the finest traditional watercolour paper spending most of the time using the smallest of Windsor & Newton sable brushes (0-000) applying the finest of details.
Much of the inspiration for Julie’s endearing images comes from her own children and their sense of discovery of even the simplest of things.What she tries to convey is a sense of wonder, and what she wants the viewer to re-capture is that memory, that sense of untroubled joy that only comes with the innocence of childhood.
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