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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...

Saren Dobkins
Mar 19, 20221 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Nov 14, 20213 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Oct 7, 20211 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Sep 29, 20211 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Sep 24, 20212 min read
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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,...

Saren Dobkins
Aug 6, 20213 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
May 25, 20212 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Apr 22, 20211 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Apr 22, 20211 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Mar 21, 20211 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Dec 19, 20202 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Oct 29, 20201 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Sep 30, 20201 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Aug 18, 20201 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Jul 12, 20201 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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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...

Saren Dobkins
Jun 5, 20202 min read
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Have you ever seen a dog surf?
Setting goals, and achieving them can be the icing on the cake. Riding my bicycle to Hastings Street from my studio had been one such...

Saren Dobkins
Mar 2, 20202 min read
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Anyone seen the map?
I had one of those dreams again. The one where I'm looking for a map, as I wander around a strange city, winding streets, climb hills and...

Saren Dobkins
Feb 16, 20202 min read
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