{"id":4884,"date":"2022-11-13T10:34:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T00:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2022-11-14T14:16:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T04:16:46","slug":"venture-into-underland-with-starr-and-darren-jew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=4884","title":{"rendered":"Venture into Underland with STARR and Darren Jew"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=4884\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Darren and STARR first met in the late 1990s when they were both were exhibiting at a local seaside gallery. While their mediums may be disparate and their approaches unique, they share a true appreciation for each other\u2019s work, and a lasting friendship.<br><br>Photography can provide <a href=\"https:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/starrmeettheartist\">STARR <\/a>with points of inspiration which she then transforms with mind and brush into her signature style. STARR and <a href=\"https:\/\/darrenjew.com\/\">Darren<\/a> have collaborated on several projects, but none so entwined as in these recent underwater works, where he\u2019s provided her with a window into his underwater world.<br><br><em>\u201cI love that Starr can find inspiration in the ocean \u2013 I want my part in Underland to give viewers an insight into the creative processes that brought these wonders of light and colour to the walls\u201d &#8211; Darren Jew<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STARR-51352-Fish-Odessey-60x30-acrylic-on-canvas-1100-1024x506.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4885\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=4885\" class=\"wp-image-4885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STARR-51352-Fish-Odessey-60x30-acrylic-on-canvas-1100-1024x506.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STARR-51352-Fish-Odessey-60x30-acrylic-on-canvas-1100-300x148.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STARR-51352-Fish-Odessey-60x30-acrylic-on-canvas-1100-768x379.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STARR-51352-Fish-Odessey-60x30-acrylic-on-canvas-1100.jpeg 1085w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Darren-JEW-51432-Wunderland-photograph-480x700mm-750-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4886\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=4886\" class=\"wp-image-4886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Darren-JEW-51432-Wunderland-photograph-480x700mm-750-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Darren-JEW-51432-Wunderland-photograph-480x700mm-750-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Darren-JEW-51432-Wunderland-photograph-480x700mm-750-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Darren-JEW-51432-Wunderland-photograph-480x700mm-750.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Starr is fast becoming a paragon of contemporary Australian art, both here and around the world. Starr\u2019s paintings are intensely personal and are as much the work of a devotee of popular culture as they of the artist\/observer. This can be seen in her inclusion of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland\">Alice<\/a>\u2019 in her work Time, just has she has been featured in Starr\u2019s works in the past.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"741\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STARR-51364-Time-150cm-x-120cm-acrylic-on-canvas-8500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STARR-51364-Time-150cm-x-120cm-acrylic-on-canvas-8500.jpeg 626w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STARR-51364-Time-150cm-x-120cm-acrylic-on-canvas-8500-253x300.jpeg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Darren Jew has photographed the planet\u2019s landscapes and wildlife from <a href=\"https:\/\/education.nationalgeographic.org\/resource\/antarctica\">Antarctica <\/a>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Zambia\">Zambia<\/a> over a 30-year career spent on mountain peaks, desert plains and beneath the ocean. Darren has shared the natural world, producing sought-after nature, travel, and scientific images\u2013both above and below the water; selling fine art prints; undertaking magazine commissions; and leading photo tours to the planet\u2019s great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.australianwildlife.org\/wildlife\/\">wildlife<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wexas.com\/travel-article\/australias-top-ten-iconic-landscapes-99328290\">landscape<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.escape.com.au\/top-lists\/plan-your-ultimate-underwater-safari-best-places-to-see-australias-great-eight\/image-gallery\/9df06fd1485639c489b897f85eb4d8bc?nk=5bb4ada479771f2b1df657ff2844035f-1668399376\">marine destinations<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Darren-JEW-51438-Ancient-Mariner-photograph-865x700mm-1150-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Darren-JEW-51438-Ancient-Mariner-photograph-865x700mm-1150-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Darren-JEW-51438-Ancient-Mariner-photograph-865x700mm-1150-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Darren-JEW-51438-Ancient-Mariner-photograph-865x700mm-1150-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition will be on show in our gallery Friday 4 November &#8211; Sunday 20 November, with all the pieces available to purchase, some of which have already been snapped up!<br>Starr\u2019s collection <a href=\"https:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/starr-underland-nov-22\"><strong><em>\u2018Underland\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/a>  is on our website for perusal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To stay up to date with us at Red Hill Gallery be sure to follow us on social media:<br>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/redhillgallery\/\"><strong><em>@redhillgallery<\/em><\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RedHillArtGallery\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=4884\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share Darren and STARR first met in the late 1990s when they were both were exhibiting at a local seaside gallery. 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