Air Brushers Make Waves for Children’s Charity
Fifteen of the most outstanding & talented Airbrush artists from all over Australia have been putting their creative talents to the test to create outstanding art on surfboards – all in the aim to raise much needed funds for the Sunrise Children’s Village in Cambodia.
The ‘Air Brushers Charity Spray-Off’ is the first event of its type to ever be held in Australia with artists battling it out for a fantastic prize – a trip to participate in the ‘Air Brush Getaway’ in the United States. This is the highly regarded airbrushing extravaganza – where courses & seminars are held to display new techniques & technologies in the air brushing industry. With the stakes raised – we can be sure the artworks produced will be amazing.
An unveiling night will be held to showcase the amazing talents of the artists & their creations. This will be held on Friday the 24th October, 2008 at the Coogee Bay Hotel, Coogee from 5pm.
Event organiser & Global House of Kolor Sales Manager, Mr Owen Webb believes the air brush artists will step up to the challenge. “These artists are unreal – what they can create is truly amazing. And the fact that this event has them battling for such a great prize, it has really inspired the artists to step-up to an entirely new level. I can’t wait to see the finished boards – unveiling night is going to really wow the punters!”
“The concept of this event is to raise funds for the Sunrise Children’s Village – in a fun way and to help raise the profile of our extremely talented Australian Air Brushers at the same time. We are really proud to be able to contribute to helping out children who have been left orphaned and abandoned.”
The Sunrise Children’s Village is an organisation helping those who need it most in Cambodia – the orphaned children. Their projects include food & housing for abandoned children and providing them with education & skills to contribute back to their local communities for the future. Children come to them in a myriad of ways: parents have been killed or maimed by land-mines, died of hunger or disease and often murdered because of their political affiliations. When these children are rendered homeless, more often than not, they are taken into homes and used as slave-labour in return for food and a place to sleep until their plight is brought to the organisations attention.
Founded by Geraldine Cox, her career started with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1970. Her first posting was to Phnom Penh, where she experienced life in a country at war when the Vietnam War spilled over into Cambodia. Geraldine’s original experiences in Cambodia never left her and on a return visit in 1993, she became involved in helping an orphaned Cambodian child. From that small beginning Geraldine founded what is now the Sunrise Children’s Village.
For additional information on the Air Brushers Charity Spray-Off, please contact Richelle Ellis on (02) 4336 5410 or 0423 189 964
Additional Information
About House of Kolor:
House of Kolor is a world-wide leader in the custom paint finishes market. Top American custom painters have been using House of Kolor for over 50 years and thousands of them have produced award winning finishes. Our products are designed to work together as a total system – from primers to topcoats and each of our custom formulas has its own unique niche in the custom paint process. So whether it’s a killer show car or a surfboard, now is the time to start mixing these incredible products with your imagination and see what fantastic paint finishes are possible.
About the artists:
Wayne Harrison has been airbrushing for over 30 years, with his Artworks winning Awards in USA and Australia. Also his artwork has received a lot of awards for Top Graphics and Air Brush Art (Murals) throughout the automotive shows around Australia e.g. Auto Salon, Motor Ex and many others. In the years when Panel vans were big, Wayne’s work won many top custom paint awards.
Andrew Kennedy has a background in graphic design and a love of all things fast, constantly working with the latest air brushing styles, trends and techniques. Andrew has judged air-brush competitions at both Motor Ex and Summernats, and has written several articles for Australian Air-Brush Magazine and House of Kolor. He has instructed classes and workshops on air-brushing at air-brush and sign expos in Sydney and Melbourne, and assisted world-renowned air-brush artist, custom painter and lecturer, Craig Fraser, from the United States, with classes in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
Andrews work has won numerous awards, both nationally and internationally, including ‘Top Graphics’ at Summernats 2004 in street class, ‘Best Overall’ at the Air-Brush Adrenaline Air-Brush Awards at Motor Ex (judged by Craig Fraser) 2004, and multiple awards at the Australian Air-Brush Awards in various years including first placing – to name a few. The American Sign Business Magazine Awards have seen him featured in ‘Best Commercial Signage’ for 5 years running from 1996 – 2000, and in their ‘Auto Art’ awards on several occasions, ranking second on one of those.
Lynette Orzlowski has been creating commercial art, design and signage for over a decade. Specializing in Air Brush techniques, while incorporating traditional brushwork, computer signage and digital imaging into her work. Her precision and high standards is winning Lynette the reputation as one of the leading artists in Australia winning several awards in the Australian Airbrush Expo 98, 99, 2000 & 2001, and more recently with Motor Ex in 2004 and finalist at the 2005 Sheffield Mural Festival in Tasmania. Lynette Orzlowski has also been teaching Beginners thru to Advanced level and beyond, Airbrush skills at Victoria University of Technology for over four years at the Sunshine Campus and has also become a judge for the more recent Airbrush Industry Art Award shows.
Adrian Marchio is a professional Graphic Designer with over 18 years of Fine Arts and Trompe Loeil’s experience. Adrian has been involved in many overseas projects including a Full Shopping Centre in Dubai with Paint effects and murals he was the Arts Co coordinator for the project supervising over 100 artists from all around the world. Adrian has completed artworks on cars, Night clubs, Casino’s, full theme room including Planet Hollywood in South Africa and several other major projects.
