Dominique Sutton – Dominique Sutton

Painting the desert- West McDonnell Ranges

Art adventure to the Northern Territory – Mc Donnell Ranges.

Dates: 8th May – 13th May.

This is an exclusive opportunity to spend six days of full creative immersion in the central desert exploring the MacDonnell Ranges. We will be responding to this spectacular, rugged landscape through drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and writing. You don’t need any experience and you can approach the workshop anyway you choose. I will be on hand guiding you through each step of the way.

Guests from across the world have joined Atelier by Dominique Sutton in France, Africa and Australia including painters, photographers, writers, and sculptors, with plenty to do for non-painting partners too.

So who am I

I am Dominique Sutton and I will be your tutor and guide. I am an artist and have extensive teaching experience. I have hosted and taught many workshops and retreats so you are in good hands.

MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory.

The Northern Territory has always stood apart from the rest of Australia with its vast deserts, wetlands, monsoonal rains, red-rock gorges, and raging rivers spark the spirit of adventure in those who visit. These same natural features enabled the local aboriginal people to preserve their traditional way of life and learn about the fascinating culture of the tribes who have thrived on this rugged land for thousands of years. We will explore the wild, empty spaces of the Australian landscape and try to capture the spirit of the land rather than its physicality. We will look at the connection inspired by indigenous painting and storytelling. All that and the opportunity to paint, draw, sculpt, photograph and write your experience.

Workshop

We will be drawing and painting directly from nature – taking daily trips out to sacred sights, looking at how to address the vastness of the landscape, colour, space and composition. We will have a workshop with a traditional indigenous artist to help us understand the land and there will be daily talks and demonstrations. At night we will share and discuss the days endevor over a glass of wine in front of the fire under the stars.

Dominique Sutton In Previous retreats

Art Adventure to Satellite Island

Art adventure to Satellite Island

Dates: 31st August – 4th of September.

This is an exclusive opportunity to spend five days of full creative immersion on our very own Tasmanian Island. We will be responding to this spectacular, rugged landscape through drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and writing. You don’t need any experience and you can approach the workshop anyway you choose. I will be on hand guiding you through each step of the way.

So who am I

I am Dominique Sutton and I will be your tutor and guide. I am an artist and have extensive teaching experience. I have hosted and taught many workshops and retreats so you are in good hands.

Satellite Island.

There is so much or so little to do on Satellite Island. Sleep on the water’s edge at the Boathouse, shuck wild oysters off the rocks, dive for abalone and urchin, cast in a line from a deck chair on the jetty, feed the deer, watch the sunset across the Southern Ocean from Last Glimpse Point, see the Southern Lights, stargaze, light a fire on the pebble beach at Dreamy Bay, explore the island on foot, by kayak, canoe or stand up paddle board, enjoy a long lunch at the Boathouse with just the sound of the water lapping, take the rock shelf walk and collect wild oysters for lunch, fossick for shells, read a book on the Summer House deck, take a picnic to the top of the island with 360 degree views of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, roll out a yoga mat at dawn on the Boathouse jetty and in winter sit in front of a crackling fire at the Summer House with amazing views of the snow capped world heritage Mt Hartz mountain range.

All that and the opportunity to paint, draw, sculpt, photograph and write your experience.

Dominique Sutton In Projects

Walking in Time

Walking in time is an ode to the history and memory of George Street in the heart of the city. Set above the old tank stream in Sydneys centre, the two figures disect the flow of pedestrian traffic and cast shadows, like maps, marking the passing of time. Made from stainless steel rods they stand three meters tall and greet the passer by.

Dominique Sutton In Projects

The Wisdom Tree

The Wisdom Tree was commissioned as a legacy sculpture to commemorate Emma and Tom Lane’s project – ‘The Farm’ in Byron Bay and its ethos of grow, feed, educate. Three meters high and made from corten steel, the leaves of the tree are scattered with words representing the values and intentions of a ‘farm for the people’.

Dominique Sutton In Projects

Taiji

Taiji was a tribute to the sport of Tai Chi as one of the major art martial arts of Taiwan. It sit’s 7 meters high and depicts an athlete in full pose.

Dominique Sutton In Projects

The Australian Railway Memorial

“The stainless steel sculptures, tall and slim and glinting in the sunlight, are easily recognisable. There’s a fettler, a shunter and a fireman, a signalman, a gatekeeper and a flag lady and they have all been expertly crafted by artist Dominique Sutton, whose work was showcased during the Sydney Olympic Games. Three metres high, they look down onto a specially landscaped amphitheatre beside the railway station of the tiny, historic town of Werris Creek, 480 kilometres north-west of Sydney. The sculptures are an arresting part of The Australian Railway Memorial – A rail museum and a memorial to those who have died in the service of Australian railways.”

Dominique Sutton In Projects

Amp Olympic Monument- Sydney 2000

To celebrate the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, AMP commissioned Sydney sculptor Dominique Sutton to design three figures representing the Olympic and Paralympic ideals. The three figures, depicting a gymnast, a Paralympic basketballer and a sprinter, were airlifted and installed atop the AMP Tower in July 1998, becoming a focal point of celebrations in the lead up to and during the Games.

Each sculpture weighs 3.5 tonnes and is an impressive 16 metres high three dimensional steel rendition of an elite athlete. The sprinter captured at the instant of maximum speed, it is an iconic image of movement. The Paraolymoic basketball about to shoot the winning goal and the Gymnast held in a graceful handstand.

The Sprinter has been relocated as the gateway piece to Sydney Olympic Park. AMP donated the other two sculptures — a gymnast and a Paralympic basketballer — to the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra.

Dominique Sutton In Projects

Sea of Words

Hidden Seas – Olsen Gallery 2012

Dominique Sutton In Projects

Melt

Winner of ARTSCAPE 2010

Melt is a series of five boats, suspended in the trees, above the ground. This was a comment on the expected sea level rising due to global warming and the millions of people who would be displaced by the submersion of land.

For several years now I have used the boat as metaphor to express the human condition – Immigration, human physicality, loss. The symbol of the boat as both hope and fear and its relevance to our contemporary existence.

Originally based on a poem by Michael Chitwood. The black boats appear as coffins floating out to sea.

The Coffins BY MICHAEL CHITWOOD

Two days into the flood

they appear, moored against

a roof eave or bobbing caught

in the crowns of drowned trees.

Like fancy life boats

from an adventurer’s flag ship,

brass plating and grips,

walnut sheen, scroll work,

they slip through the understory

on this brief, bad river.

What have they discovered

and come back to account?

Or is this the beginning

of the marvelous voyage

and they plan never to return?

Dominique Sutton In Projects

Rust

The horse holds a special place in most cultures and belief system. Seeing a horse in your dreams means your wishes will come true. Rust is the first in a series of five sculptures based on the horse. Made of corten steel and sitting three meters high they are designed to be part of the landscape and resonate with a deep, ancient energy.