

Studio 1: 12 Holland Street
Michael Knight
Michael Knight has worked as an artist for over 20 years and is known for his vibrant palette and expressionistic response to what he sees and feels. Trained at UWA and the Julian Ashton Art School Michael's work continues to use drawing as a fundamental tool in his creative practice. His work includes portraits, landscapes, abstracts and sculptures.
Michael built the studio in 2004 to create a calming and inspiring environment in which to work, including gallery walls to exhibit work. In 2006 he moved to Melbourne, returning in 2014 to begin using the studio once more. The house is less chaotic and more aligned with Lara's rustic style but operates as a showcase for their combined vision.
Michael and Lara enjoy opening the house and studio to the public and making contact with the outside world in a way that is perhaps more intimate and revealing than a traditional gallery space.They also appreciate the valuable connections made with the other exhibiting studios.
Photograph by the Artist's Chronicle
guests include

Anna Mulders
ceramics.ammulders.net
Annemieke Mulders’ ceramics combine organic shapes with mottled surfaces created from multiple glazes that give random and flow like effects and create tactile surfaces that look painterly.
She makes symmetric shapes in clay and distorts them in a controlled manner, and uses those to make bowls and cups. She finds the shapes that emerge fascinating as they combine the artificial symmetric form with the plastic distortion of the clay. Afterwards she may carve the surface, add on pieces of clay or combine items together.
She develops glazes that remain vibrant after the high firing temperature necessary for durable functional ware, using a palette that is inspired by the coastal bushland and beaches of the Western Australian landscape.

Harvey Mullen
www.harveymullen.com
Current artist-in-residence at the Heathcote Cultural Precinct, Harvey Mullen is a painter and printmaker whose work revolves around the exploration of place and natural phenomena. Informed by his experiences as a surfer and mountaineer in remote and wild locations, the work articulates a sensitivity and deep connection to the environment. He has exhibited in a number of group and solo shows in Scotland and Australia with his work being held in public and private collections in Switzerland, the U.K. and Australia. He lives and works in South Fremantle.