Glenys BUZZA

Artist Statement

"For me, charcoal on paper is the soul of all drawing and painting media.
Faced with a sheet of beautiful white paper and a stick of rough willow charcoal there are no escape routes, no ways to disguise, no distractions such as colour, and no second chances. Just a purity.
The paper can be soft and yielding or hard and brittle, smooth or textured, and the charcoal can glide or drag over it or crumble into it. Fingers can explore the possibilities.
Add the model into this mix – so much more than muscles, skin and bones. Empathy with the model, with the desire to depict the unadorned human form, with no costumes or background to seduce the eye, is paramount. Together you strive to make a work of art and suggest a meaning or mystery to it.
How exciting to draw a line, black on white, and start the journey!"
- Glenys Buzza

CV Statement

Glenys is an internationally recognised and awarded   wildlife artist. Her highly individual interpretative paintings have been exhibited in Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, USA, and in IV Centuries of Birds in Art Exhibit, Clarke Galleries, New York City, both invitation international exhibitions of wildlife paintings, as well as in Germany and China. Her work has been published in “Three Centuries of Australian Bird Art”.
Now she has returned to a former love – life drawing, for this exhibition.