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    A River of Milky Coffee Outback West
    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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    When Stars Align, This Happens
    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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    Herstory in the Making
    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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    In Two Minds About This
    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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    Drawing Prize Finalist
    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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    Last Weekend of the Open Studios
    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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    The Doors to the Studio are OPEN!
    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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    Staying One Step in Front
    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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    Cooler Nights
    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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    Where We Look is Where We Will go
    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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    Toowoomba Grammar Art Show
    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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    Art Portfolio now Available
    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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    A trip to the Top
    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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    Is it Christmas or Musical Chairs.
    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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    The Art Trail which led to my studio
    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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    Grab yourself a unique piece of Noosa this Saturday
    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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    A Case of Commoner Salt
    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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    Who Is I
    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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    An Upside Down Year
    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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    The Process of a Painting
    Saren Dobkins
    • Jun 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Process of a Painting

    Painting is such a fluid practice. The experience of allowing the hand and the eye and then the imagination to follow the gesture until...
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