NEW COLLECTION LAUNCH: CARLENE DUFFY x LEFT BANK ART GROUP CREATIVE COLLABORATION

Carlene, the Director of successful interior design studio, Cedar and Suede, has teamed up with creative powerhouses, Left Bank Art Group - who have a 30-year history in cultivating artistic talent and producing and reproducing art - to deliver the Feels Like Home Collection.

“This collection explores iconic Australian towns and suburbs that evoke an innate human connection where it ‘Feels Like Home’,” said Carlene.

“To frame it simply, a home represents the true expression of your individuality with art serving as an ever-evolving, unpretentious, joy-evoking, thought-provoking portal to fond memories. What makes a home your own, if not that!”

The collaboration draws its talent from both Carlene’s creativity and Left Bank-signed artist, Dylan Cooper, who has created the eight original paintings for the limited series of prints that truly personify the brief.

The works capture the iconic backdrops of Burleigh, Kirra and New Farm in Queensland; Sydney, Tamarama Beach and Orange in New South Wales; as well as Melbourne and Daylesford in Victoria.

“It was super important to both of us that our locale-based prints not only resonated with people who have an affinity to the area, but also with those simply looking for a patriotic pop of colour in their home”, explained Dylan. 

“Together, Carlene and I worked on place selection, sketches, and colour studies to find the right balance between representation, style and tone. With this established, I started on the artwork compositions using photoshopped landscapes that informed the final works being a mixed media format of charcoal and acrylics on canvas,” he said.

Left Bank Art Group’s vision is to elevate the work of artists, photographers and designers and the creative partnership is the perfect alignment for the company and Carlene Duffy, who share a common passion for art and grassroots artist development.

Spearheaded by Managing Director, Toby Simm, this moment marks a milestone for the company that recently unveiled its rebrand and transformation, while progressing plans for its expansion into Melbourne.

Toby shares how the collaboration with Carlene came to life and what this means for Left Bank’s new chapter.

“We strongly believe our creative collaboration between Carlene and Dylan to build the ‘Feels Like Home’ collection is a pure representation of our commitment to the industry, artists and design-savvy Australians who make it a practice to be house-proud.”

“We were fortunate enough to work with Carlene on a styling project a little while back, where we were engaged to build custom frames for a quirky, yet sophisticated collection of works Carlene had curated – it was her unorthodox design aesthetic that really caught my eye,” he said.

“With this in mind, we approached Carlene to collaborate with Dylan, who is a renowned Left Bank Art Group artist, and creatively direct this art initiative. She graciously accepted and the rest is history.”

Carlene said that in partnering with Left Bank Art Group, her goal was to encourage people to act somewhat intuitively when buying art for their home.

“My personal approach to art selection has always been disarmingly simple. I love it. I want it. Can I afford it? This flippant yet pragmatic style has resulted in an eclectic curation of pieces that connect me to a time and place that’s always happy in heart,” she said.

The limited-edition Feels Like Home Collection will be available for the public to purchase as framed canvas prints, exclusively through Left Bank Art Group’s website and start from $395.

For more information about Left Bank Art Group, visit their website: www.leftbankartgroup.com.au 
 

ABOUT LEFT BANK ART GROUP

When it comes from family, it comes from the heart. From humble beginnings in a Main Beach shopfront to state-of-art facilities now in located in Southport on the Gold Coast, Left Bank Art Group has been an artistic pursuit of passion nurtured by founders Bob and Sandy Simm — and in more recent years — son Toby and wife Michelle. One must simply love art to put this much time, energy and investment into it. That’s why Left Bank Art Group always has, and always will be, 100% invested in art.

More than 30–years of fine art printing, framing and artist representation work has seen Left Bank Art Group rise to the top of the industry ladder when it comes to delivering outstanding visual and commercial results. To quote Toby, “We’ve earned client trust by trusting in our own personalised way of doing business — we’re in it together to grow, thrive and make art come alive. Over time, we see our clients as extended family and move artistic mountains to meet their unique needs, whatever the brief and budget”.       

To keep product and service quality high, Left Bank Art Group only invests in cutting-edge, globally sourced equipment and materials. Embracing innovation is key when it comes to presenting art in its finest form, coupled with a vision to integrate sustainable business practices wherever possible. All the studio’s printers, scanners, papers, canvases, timbers and tools are testament to a team who take pride in producing work of artisan standard, while keeping a close eye on preserving the planet. And what a team it is. Handpicked and the best in the business who share an artistic passion as fierce as the founders. 

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