{"product_id":"bermagui-art-book-joel-tarling-9798419971431","title":"Bermagui Art book: Drawn memories of Bermagui","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 80's I grew up in Bermagui. My mum, dad, big sister Amber and I lived at Barragga Bay, in a spotted gum forest dotted with burrawongs. This was where my parents built our family home, \" Apocalypse Cottage\". At the age of 10, we moved away to Sydney. Over the years, I would regularly return south to see family friends. When I was 20, I was very fortunate to live in Bermagui again for a month, with a family friend, Clayton. Bermagui has always felt like my home. These artworks are a celebration of my feelings of this special part of the world. I hope it captures what others feel about this amazing place, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo create these works, I had to juggle my freelance graphic designer\/ illustration jobs and my responsibilities as primary carer to our child. It's hard to find time for anything creative, but with the encouragement of my wife Bec, we worked out a way for me to fit my creative work into our lives. I moved my studio area into the dining room, so I could draw at any moment while still being available to our daughter. The moments in between breakfast and the school run have yielded 16 new artworks within a few months. Which became the body of work for a solo exhibition called 'Going Coastal' at the Bermagui Gelati Clinic, Bermagui fisherman's wharf in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from memory became a powerful tool, too. Every picture except the Gulga, Wallaga Lake drawing* is completely from memory. I discovered that drawing from memory, I could hit the right emotional tone of my feelings of these people and places. I also loved the freedom of being able to work anywhere, because my only reference was coming from my head all I needed to get it down was pencil, pen and paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e*The Gulaga, Wallaga Lake drawing was created by referring to an actual sketch drawn of the bridge, sitting on a piece of driftwood at the location three years ago.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joel Tarling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798419971431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.08d","brand":"Joel Tarling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437443363071,"sku":"9798419971431","price":13.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d86bb23d-51c2-420d-8e25-0514f2e9b0c7.jpg?v=1777161849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bermagui-art-book-joel-tarling-9798419971431","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}