It's so close, I can nearly touch it.
The momentum is palpable. It's only five weeks to go until the Noosa Open Studios is upon us once again. There have been a number of...
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Saren Dobkins
- Jun 13
- 2 min
A River of Milky Coffee Outback West
As I hadn't attended a painting workshop quite like this before, I was so looking forward to what the next three days would offer. The...
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Saren Dobkins
- May 21
- 2 min
When Stars Align, This Happens
Everyone benefits from stepping outside their routine once in a while and immersing themselves in a new experience. I have been a little...
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Saren Dobkins
- Mar 19
- 1 min
Herstory in the Making
Studio Exhibition Opening on Saturday 26th March 2022 I would like to invite you to an unusual exhibition, in that it is a culmination of...
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Saren Dobkins
- Feb 18
- 2 min
In Two Minds About This
I am very fortunate. On occasion I can visit one of the most beautiful, unspoilt and invigorating places and walk along the beach. I...
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Saren Dobkins
- Nov 14, 2021
- 3 min
Drawing Prize Finalist
A wonderful way to bring yet another tumultuous and uncertain year to an end. I was quite honoured to be a Finalist in the prestigious...
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Saren Dobkins
- Oct 7, 2021
- 1 min
Last Weekend of the Open Studios
It was a fine day last Monday, Trail 1 was open and I had been eagerly anticipating the arrival of a coffee cart. But alas, technical...
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Saren Dobkins
- Sep 29, 2021
- 1 min
The Doors to the Studio are OPEN!
Noosa Open Studio Art Trail 2021 is up and running. As a member of the committee, myself and the other volunteers have done an...
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Saren Dobkins
- Sep 24, 2021
- 2 min
Staying One Step in Front
It's been a week that went by so fast, just staying one foot in front is tricky. I'm working away from the studio now as a Peer Mentor...
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Saren Dobkins
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
Cooler Nights
My days and now my nights are frequently punctuated by searing shots of pain, that leave me stranded on the spot. Like a wounded animal,...
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Saren Dobkins
- May 25, 2021
- 2 min
Where We Look is Where We Will go
I'm finding myself losing so much time as I am too easily distracted. I have a few things on my to do list and that list is groaning...
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Saren Dobkins
- Apr 22, 2021
- 1 min
Toowoomba Grammar Art Show
Resilience was sold on the Opening Night. Entry to the Toowoomba Grammar Art Show was quite impressive. So many beautiful artworks, and...
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Saren Dobkins
- Apr 22, 2021
- 1 min
Art Portfolio now Available
I recently published my culmination of over 30 years of my exhibiting history into a full-colour, soft bound document. It took quite a...
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Saren Dobkins
- Mar 21, 2021
- 1 min
A trip to the Top
I just love how things unfold. I am ridiculously unfocused yet my attention on where I want to go never falters.. and as a result I had a...
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Saren Dobkins
- Dec 19, 2020
- 2 min
Is it Christmas or Musical Chairs.
A valid question where the unpredictability of the times could just as easily pull the chair from under you as the 'rona, as I just read...
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Saren Dobkins
- Oct 29, 2020
- 1 min
The Art Trail which led to my studio
Thank you for making this such a successful Noosa Open Studio in 2020. Out of the disarray that was COVID, we still managed to create a...
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Saren Dobkins
- Sep 30, 2020
- 1 min
Grab yourself a unique piece of Noosa this Saturday
A special event has been created by the Noosa Open Studio Art Trail and you are invited to participate this coming Saturday 3rd Oct. An...
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Saren Dobkins
- Aug 18, 2020
- 1 min
A Case of Commoner Salt
A Case of Commoner Salt. Oil on Canvas, 120 x 100cm. 2020 This speaks to the growing protests around the world against entrenched power...
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Saren Dobkins
- Jul 11, 2020
- 1 min
Who Is I
Every now and then, a painting appears that takes me by surprise. I had a drawing, that arrived out of the blue one night. It was in the...
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Saren Dobkins
- Jun 10, 2020
- 2 min
An Upside Down Year
Here we are, half way though the year. In six months time we'll be able to look back with 20/20 vision and maybe then we can make more...
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