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19 December 2016 By Brenda Smith

Weekly Art Project – Week 13 – Water’s Edge

I acknowledge that I live and create on the land of the Darkinjung and Guringai people and recognise their continuing connection to this place. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all First Nations people.

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Brenda Gael Smith
Contemporary Textile Art

brenda@brendagaelsmith.com

PO Box 131, Avoca Beach
NSW 2251 Australia

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On exhibition

9 November 2025 – 31 January 2026 Performance Arts Culture Cessnock
AHEAD OF THE CURVE
26 February – 1 March 2026 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival – Hampton, Virginia
Minimalism

Thanks to @melbmqg for hosting Abstraction in Acti

Thanks to @melbmqg for hosting Abstraction in Action in Melbourne last weekend. Together we explored abstraction in concept and in practice. The resulting compositions were inspired by a range of subjects from silverware to umbrella ferns; alliums to brick walls; Melbourne skyscrapers to Egyptian ruins; artichokes to Luna Park. Such fun!

I look forward to teaching this workshop again at @quilt_symposiums_2026 There are some spaces available and I would love for you to join me!

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Our MMQG group was fortunate to have Brenda Gael Smith come and spend a weekend with us, opening our minds to all the possibilities of abstraction in our textiles, art & quilting. It was a wonderful two days of colour, shapes, lines and trying to let go of all the quilty rules we’ve been conditioned with. Many commented on how liberating the exercises were and we look forward to seeing some of the pieces completed soon. Thanks so much Brenda! @brendagaelsmith #abstractioninaction #textileart #modernquilting

How do you come up with new designs? My recent wor

Join me on Zoom for TEXTplosion! Book online for:

Join me on Zoom for TEXTplosion! Book online for:

💣 TEXTplosion Zoom 1: 6-8am Thursday 6 August (Sydney time)
💣TEXTplosion Zoom 2: 7-9pm Thursday 6 August (Sydney time)

Harness the power of paper collage to generate abstract designs. This 2-hour introductory presentation explores: fragmenting text; isolating and highlighting areas of interest; playing with enlargement, exaggeration and distortion; coalescing lines and shapes; converting 2-tone designs into colour; and digital tools. Zoom 1 is in Wednesday afternoon US/Canada time and Zoom 2 is on Thursday morning UK/Europe time. Includes 30 day access to the recording.

#brendagaelsmithworkshop #learnwithbrenda

Thanks to @peppermintpatcher and @the.skyelife for

Thanks to @peppermintpatcher and @the.skyelife for sending me photos from “Opposites”, the @saqaart Oceania Regional exhibition currently on display at the Craft & Quilt Fair at Darling Harbour in Sydney until tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 18 July).

Night and day are often framed as opposites: darkness and light, moonlight and sunshine, rest and activity, asleep and awake. However, night and day can also be viewed as interdependent forces in a continuous cycle. Each defines and deepens the other. Day brings outward motion, visibility and engagement, while night offers inwardness, reflection and renewal. Together they create a
rhythm of life. Night and day function as a continuous pulse,reminding us that balance is not found in opposition but in the steady movement between them.

#brendagaelsmithart #nightandday

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