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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Battleaxe block at top of Ella Gladstone Drive. Studio at the end of the long drive under the house.

ABOUT YOUR ART PRACTICE

• Painting

Dorothy draws on over 30 years experience as an international packaging designer as she creates her beautiful Still Life paintings.

There is a direct relationship between balancing the elements of subject, light, form, space and colour within small spaces on a package and composing Still Life paintings within a frame.

Her bright contemporary style often features glass, ceramics, fruit and flowers. Their playful backgrounds reflect the origin/sense of place of the objects and are a distinctive approach in the genre.

Dorothy’s studio is in Eagle Bay near Yallingup where she paints oil on canvas and often draws on the landscape and flora of the Cape region for inspiration.

Dorothy is represented by Yallingup Galleries.

Becoming known for….

Distinctive contemporary Still Life

Beautiful composition and colour choice

Painting glass amazingly

Using glass, ceramics, fruit and flora subjects

Backgrounds that enhance their subjects

Her packaging designer background

Dorothy’s still life paintings capture a beautiful moment in time. Fruit, native flora, glass and ceramics feel so real that you can reach out and touch them. Each has a remarkable depth and beauty.

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

Dorothy’s studio and gallery space comprises most of the ground floor of her house. It consists of three spaces a painting studio, gallery and print room. The painting studio contains two large easels and plenty of storage for the many objects Dorothy has collected over the years. Dorothy paints on a number of canvases at any one time and the space has room for set ups and reference images, works in progress hang on the walls. Its a clean tidy space reflecting the peace and order found in her paintings,
New lighting was installed in the gallery area in 2023 and Dorothy’s finished original work is exhibited here ( and in Yallingup Gallery ). The Print Room displays her prints and cards.

I will be painting continuously during Open Studios and have various paintings at different stages of progress so I can show my techniques. I will also have my colour charts ,sketch books, and reference material available.

Studio is under the house, down a long quite steep driveway, past the olive tree.

• carpark
• buspark
• access
• family

• 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

I am friends with most of the local artists nearby in Dunsborough.

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.