Register for MRROS 2024

Code of Conduct for MRROS event

Margaret River Region Open Studios is a not-for-profit organisation that provides marketing for a 16-day event to promote artists at all stages of their career living between Busselton and Augusta and west of Sues Road.

As a participant in the 2024 MRROS event, you are expected to show respect and courtesy to others. All interactions should be professional regardless of platform: either online or in-person. In order to foster a positive and professional event, we ask you to confirm your agreement to our Code of Conduct.

I agree to:

1. Show courtesy and respect towards the MRROS Administration and Marketing team, Board members and any other volunteers working on or associated with this event.
2. Use welcoming and appropriate language at all times.
3. Be respectful of different viewpoints in a constructive and respectful manner.
4. Focus on what is best for the whole event.

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• None of the above

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9. City: Yelverton
10. County: City of Busselton
11. Region Code ( state code ): WA
12. Region Name ( state name ): Western Australia
13. Postcode / Zipcode: 6280
14. Country Code: AU
15. Country Name: Australia
16. Address: 63PX+H9 Yelverton WA, Australia
17. Formatted Address: 63PX+H9 Yelverton WA, Australia
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19. Longitude: 115.08300553804551
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ABOUT YOUR ART PRACTICE

• Painting

Over the past decade or two, I have celebrated through my artwork, the beauty and fascination that we can find in nature mainly within the South-west region of Western Australian. As a realist artist I attempt to interpret nature with authenticity: to create images to enable people to realise just what nature up close looks like and draw out an emotional response from the viewer. These are not photographic images as there are man-made limitations in creating imitations when an artist puts paint to paper. There is a high reliance to achieve a result where the viewer simply says: “That’s just how I see them (the birds) at my place- sitting- just like that”. The aim is to connect people with nature through artworks of naturalism.

I have produced new fine art watercolour portraits of several uniquely WA birds including Red-tail, Baudin’s and Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos, and some major new paintings of favourite Western Australian native plants such as Mottlecah, Gungurru and Illyarie. Wherever I can I try to apply the names used by the Aboriginal people of the region as they sound so “easy” and natural. And it is these names that have possibly been used for thousands of years. I also love to create paintings of local Karri bushland and open fields dressed in winter clouds blown in from the nearby oceans.

My interpretation of places, representation of details in nature, and development of compositions results from my years wandering through the bush, checking out every art gallery I come across, and working as a design draftsman and illustrator.

My preferred mediums are watercolour and pencil on hot pressed paper which provides a beautiful smooth surface for capturing detail and completing fine line-work. I use a mixture of the finest quality professional artist’s paints to ensure colour consistency and maximum preservation standards are achieved; and place considerable attention to elegantly framing each work.

A place where art can inspire your love of nature. Returning to the event this year with a diverse range of realist/naturalist paintings of our stunning and unique birdlife and distinctive flora of Western Australia.

Uploading your images

The process has changed a little this year;

Step 1 – Add 1 image that best represents your work for the printed Event Guide

Step 2 – Add an additional 9 artwork images and studio portraits for our marketing team

Step 3 – Add up to 10 images for your website listing – they can be the same or different to the images above

Step 4 – Add one main image for your website listing.

Each image must be 300dpi, between 2.5MB and 5MB, and formatted as a jpeg file.

Re-name all files to include your name, artwork title, year created, medium and size before uploading e.g., Jane Doe_Wild Seascapes_2018_Oil on canvas_10x10cm.

Please ensure the filenames contain only alphanumeric characters, underscores or hyphens. Special characters such as punctuation will cause the upload to fail.

Please add a photographer credit to the file name if required by the photographer.

(Note: we love to use smiling, welcoming studio portraits to promote MRROS on social media)

Studio Details

Natural lighting with views over a native garden complete with lots of local birds.

The studio will be set up as an operating space with explanations of how my works develop.

No issues

• carpark
• buspark
• access

• No steps or barriers, steep inclines, uneven or loose surfaces
• Paths are clear from the carpark
• Suits a walking frame or wheelchair

• There is a sign that everyone can see for emergency evacuation

• Ensure that there is adequate space between your furniture and displays

• Perhaps this is mitigated by a ramp.

MARKETING AND PUBLICITY

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Events, Workshops, 'In-conversation' events and Special Activities

Event One

Event Two

Event Three

Payment Details

The total fee for participating in the Open Studios Event in 2023 is $935 including GST, and made up as follows:

• Membership renewal $132
• Participation fee $803, includes compulsory Public Liability Insurance

Full payment is required upfront by credit or debit card.