Studio Blue Collective

Owned by Ange Venardos, Studio Blue is nestled amongst the gardens of her seaside cottage. Ange has been a visual artist for her whole life, a secondary art teacher for over 40 years and has organized creative events from Workshop Retreats to Ephemeral Festivals including Yarun Ephemera which is featuring as part of the Nature Festival 2024.

Ange’s work evolves from life and tends to hover and present itself in accordance with the different seasons. Paintings demonstrate the use of watercolour in a new method of application combining a contemporary narrative with themes ranging from the environment to the inner self.

Featured in the current collection are several bodies of work.

‘Beyond the Pines’ is a popular decorative collection that are easy to live with, approachable and bring a touch of the forest into your home as a reminder of nature and solitude to be found deep in the forest. The underlying theme describes dismay at the human tendency to destroy.  We think its ok to knock down ancient forests and plant a few acres of pine trees and say ‘there! It’s fixed”.

Taking a new direction, a new archetype series has emerged from psychology and refers to the universal thought patterns present in the collective unconscious of all human beings. We can learn to understand ourselves and others through understanding our essential archetypes.

A new artist, Annemarie, whose artwork is a representation of her connection to nature, earth and Spirit. Annemarie’s paintings connect to ancient timelines with the intent to link past beauty to present day.