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handbags for sale in cairns

A selection of my Cairns Made satchels and bags are now available at:
NorthSite Contemporary Art Gallery
96 Abbott Street Cairns

Examples below not necessarily available

 
Flat Water Day #2
Flat Water Day #2

Kim Bag - SOLD

The Small Stories series

The beaches of Far North Queensland are dreamy and peaceful. The warmth of sun and slap of the water slows pace and generates calm. Harmony enhanced by the background rhythm of other beach travelers, of running barking dogs, and joyful water-play.

Label: Flat Water Day #2
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Strap length: 118cm
Bag size: 6D x 27W x 20H

Mudflats #1
Mudflats #1

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From Coastal series

The landscape of Far North Queensland is both contemplative and provocative, to stand in a particular space is to acknowledge its individual sentiments. There is often serenity but seldom utter silence. It is the presence of birds within the landscape that teases inspiration.

Label: Mudflats #1
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 121 cm
Bag Size: 32x36cm

Kim Bag #1
Kim Bag #1

Kim Bag - SOLD

The Small Stories series

The beaches of Far North Queensland are dreamy and peaceful. The warmth of sun and slap of the water slows pace and generates calm. Harmony enhanced by the background rhythm of other beach travelers, of running barking dogs, and joyful water-play.

Label: Kim Bag #1
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Strap length: 118cm
Bag size: 6D x 27W x 20H

Kim Bag #2
Kim Bag #2

Kim Bag - SOLD

The Small Stories series

The beaches of Far North Queensland are dreamy and peaceful. The warmth of sun and slap of the water slows pace and generates calm. Harmony enhanced by the background rhythm of other beach travelers, of running barking dogs, and joyful water-play.

Label: Kim Bag #2
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Strap length: 118cm
Bag size: 6D x 27W x 20H

Tea Party #2
Tea Party #2

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From Menu Board Series

The original paintings were Menu Board style lists of party related words and lolly choices: suckers, bonbons, false teeth, all sorts, freckles and more. An explosion of assorted sweets coat the underlying text of Tea party#2 and #3.


Label: Tea party #2
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 121cm
Bag size: 32x36cm


Kim Bag #3
Kim Bag #3

Kim Bag - SOLD

The Small Stories series

The beaches of Far North Queensland are dreamy and peaceful. The warmth of sun and slap of the water slows pace and generates calm. Harmony enhanced by the background rhythm of other beach travelers, of running barking dogs, and joyful water-play.

Label: Kim Bag #3
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Strap length: 118cm
Bag size: 6D x 27W x 20H

Blue Jelly #1
Blue Jelly #1

Satchel Bag - $160.00 AUD

From the Aeroplane Jelly series

A playful game of squiggles and imaginative objects, simply because sometimes life gets too serious.

Label: Blue Jelly #1
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 114cm
Bag size: 34x33cm

Birds & Sunlight
Birds & Sunlight

Kim Bag - $200.00 AUD

The Small Stories series

The beaches of Far North Queensland are dreamy and peaceful. The warmth of sun and slap of the water slows pace and generates calm. Harmony enhanced by the background rhythm of other beach travelers, of running barking dogs, and joyful water-play.

Label: Birds & Sunlight
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Strap length: 118cm
Bag size: 6D x 27W x 20H

Pie + Coke
Pie + Coke

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From the Menu Board series

Text, language and aesthetics of chalkboard café menus and roadside food stalls are reinvented with beauty and meaning. Signs assume cultural, geographical and even economic symbolism while retaining an intriguing ambiguity.

Label: Pie and Coke
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Fully lined with Calico

Strap length: 114cm
Bag size: 34x33cm

Black Board 1
Black Board 1

Kim Bag - $200.00 AUD

The Small Stories series

The beaches of Far North Queensland are dreamy and peaceful. The warmth of sun and slap of the water slows pace and generates calm. Harmony enhanced by the background rhythm of other beach travelers, of running barking dogs, and joyful water-play.

Label: Black Board 1
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Strap length: 118cm
Bag size: 6D x 27W x 20H

Grandmas Thimble Drawer
Grandmas Thimble Drawer

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From Small Stories series

House Portraits an exhibition from 2012 was an attempt to capture the light and shade of memories embodied by the well-loved items that come together to tell a family’s story.

Label: Grandma’s thimble draw
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 125 cm
Bag Size: 34x33cm

Life Study In Pink
Life Study In Pink

Kim Bag - $200.00 AUD

The Small Stories series

The beaches of Far North Queensland are dreamy and peaceful. The warmth of sun and slap of the water slows pace and generates calm. Harmony enhanced by the background rhythm of other beach travelers, of running barking dogs, and joyful water-play.

Label: Life Study In Pink
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Strap length: 118cm
Bag size: 6D x 27W x 20H

Ants Hill - Mary Farm
Ants Hill - Mary Farm

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From Savannah Country series

The highway north between Mount Molloy and Cooktown is Savannah Country. Unfenced, and seamlessly blurred by heat and dust, this landscape has no edges. After rain the creeks run, the grass grows, bright for a minute then crumples, fueling fires and blackening the landscape. So much beauty in such a harsh landscape.

Label: Ant Hills - Mary Farms
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 121cm
Bag size: 32x36cm

Night Lagoon
Night Lagoon

Kim Bag - $200.00 AUD

The Small Stories series

The beaches of Far North Queensland are dreamy and peaceful. The warmth of sun and slap of the water slows pace and generates calm. Harmony enhanced by the background rhythm of other beach travelers, of running barking dogs, and joyful water-play.

Label: Night Lagoon
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Strap length: 118cm
Bag size: 6D x 27W x 20H

Coloured Threads
Coloured Threads

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From the Small Stories series

The beaches of Far North Queensland are dreamy and peaceful. The warmth of sun and slap of the water slows pace and generates calm. Harmony enhanced by the background rhythm of other beach travelers, of running barking dogs, and joyful water-play.

Label: Coloured Threads
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 121cm
Bag size: 34x33cm

Nudie #2
Nudie #2

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From Nudie series

The life drawing stories are real ;ongoing teaching and drawing from life models, the characters become familiar. The original paintings are built from quick sketches and dodgy photographs or pulled from my life drawing drawer and reinvented.

Label: Nudie #2
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 121 cm
Bag Size: 32x36cm

Step Lightly
Step Lightly

Kim’s Bag - $200.00 AUD

The Small Stories series

The beaches of Far North Queensland are dreamy and peaceful. The warmth of sun and slap of the water slows pace and generates calm. Harmony enhanced by the background rhythm of other beach travelers, of running barking dogs, and joyful water-play.

Label: Step Lightly
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Strap length: 118cm
Bag size: 6D x 27W x 20H

Blue Jelly #3
Blue Jelly #3

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From the Aeroplane Jelly series

A playful game of squiggles and imaginative objects, simply because sometimes life gets too serious.

Label: Blue Jelly #3
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 114cm
Bag size: 34x33cm

Sunburnt Evening
Sunburnt Evening

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From Savannah Country series

The highway north between Mount Molloy and Cooktown is Savannah Country. Unfenced, and seamlessly blurred by heat and dust, this landscape has no edges. After rain the creeks run, the grass grows, bright for a minute then crumples, fueling fires and blackening the landscape. So much beauty in such a harsh landscape.

Label: Sunburnt Evening
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 121cm
Bag size: 32x36cm

Early Evening Drive By
Early Evening Drive By

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From Savannah Country series

The highway north between Mount Molloy and Cooktown is Savannah Country. Unfenced, and seamlessly blurred by heat and dust, this landscape has no edges. After rain the creeks run, the grass grows, bright for a minute then crumples, fueling fires and blackening the landscape. So much beauty in such a harsh landscape.

Label: Early Evening - Drive By
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 121cm
Bag size: 32x36cm

Curlew On The Mudflats
Curlew On The Mudflats

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From Coastal series

The landscape of Far North Queensland is both contemplative and provocative, to stand in a particular space is to acknowledge its individual sentiments. There is often serenity but seldom utter silence. It is the presence of birds within the landscape that teases inspiration.

Label: Curlew on Mudflats
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 121 cm
Bag Size: 32x36cm

Curlew Country #3
Curlew Country #3

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From Coastal series

The landscape of Far North Queensland is both contemplative and provocative, to stand in a particular space is to acknowledge its individual sentiments. There is often serenity but seldom utter silence. It is the presence of birds within the landscape that teases inspiration.

Label: Curlew Country #3
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 121 cm
Bag Size: 32x36cm

Curlew On The Mudflats #2
Curlew On The Mudflats #2

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From Coastal series

The landscape of Far North Queensland is both contemplative and provocative, to stand in a particular space is to acknowledge its individual sentiments. There is often serenity but seldom utter silence. It is the presence of birds within the landscape that teases inspiration.

Label: Curlew on Mudflats #2
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 121 cm
Bag Size: 32x36cm

The Bobbin Drawer
The Bobbin Drawer

Satchel Bag - $180.00 AUD

From Small Stories Series

House Portraits an exhibition from 2012 was an attempt to capture the light and shade of memories embodied by the well-loved items that come together to tell a family’s story.

Label: The Bobbin Drawer 
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Fully lined with Calico

Strap length: 121cm

Haiku #2
Haiku #2

From the Small Stories series

$180.00 AUD

Sequentially writing precedes painting, clarifying upcoming studio goals. Here a figurative painting is the starting point, a haiku poem follows in text board format to produce a diptych. The text in the haiku is often in reverse to blur the obvious and tease out the beautiful marks.

Label: Haiku #2
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico

Strap length: 111cm
Bag size: 35x32.5cm

Flat Water Day #2 Mudflats #1 Kim Bag #1 Kim Bag #2 Tea Party #2 Kim Bag #3 Blue Jelly #1 Birds & Sunlight Pie + Coke Black Board 1 Grandmas Thimble Drawer Life Study In Pink Ants Hill - Mary Farm Night Lagoon Coloured Threads Nudie #2 Step Lightly Blue Jelly #3 Sunburnt Evening Early Evening Drive By Curlew On The Mudflats Curlew Country #3 Curlew On The Mudflats #2 The Bobbin Drawer Haiku #2

 

 

For more information contact Lauren at shop@northsite.org.au.

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