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The W A S A Warble http://wildlifeartsociety.com/ https://www.facebook.com/wildlifeartsociety Page 1 of 15 P O Box 284 Canterbury Victoria 3126 ABN 92 325 040 041 Parking at WASA meetings Now we can park off the street at meetings without fear of a parking fine. Thanks to Le Pine Funerals we may use their customer carpark, not the one for their work-related cars. It is in Linsey Street south of the library and they do not close the gate. Meetings upstairs at Box Hill Library 15 pages February 2017 Issue 62 First Members' Meeting 2017 Watercolour demo with Nadine Dudek: Letting the Light Shine Nadine's deft light handling of watercolour is a joy to watch and her works are in demand by the public. Come along and watch her paint and explain her technique and approach. Are you tired of your watercolour paper buckling when wet ? We will also do a brief demo. for those who are interested of stretching watercolour paper which stops the paper buckling Upstairs in meeting room at Box Hill Library Tuesday 21 tst February 2017 - 7pm for 7.30pm start: 1040 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill 'Discerning Eye' by Nadine Dudek Please note: The lift to access upstairs at the library is undergoing work until 11 th .March 2017 and unfortunately the lift will not be available. You will still be able to access the meeting rooms via the stairs – good exercise. Membership subscriptions for 2017 are now due – see page 12
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Parking at WASA meetings

Now we can park off the street at meetings without fear of a parking fine. Thanks to Le Pine Funerals we may use their customer carpark, not the one for their work-related

cars. It is in Linsey Street south of the library and they do not close the gate.

Meetings upstairs at

Box Hill Library

15 pages

February 2017 Issue 62

First Members' Meeting 2017

Watercolour demo with Nadine Dudek : Letting the Light Shine

Nadine's deft light handling of watercolour is a joy to watch and her works are in demand by the public. Come along and watch her paint and explain her technique and approach.

Are you tired of your watercolour paper buckling when wet ? We will also do a brief demo. for those

who are interested of stretching watercolour paper which stops the paper buckling Upstairs in meeting room at Box Hill Library

Tuesday 21tst February 2017 - 7pm for 7.30pm start: 1040 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill

'Discerning Eye' by Nadine Dudek

Please note: The lift to access upstairs at the library is undergoing work until 11th.March 2017 and unfortunately the lift will not be available. You will still be able to access the meeting rooms via the stairs – good exercise. Membership subscriptions for 2017 are now due – see page 12

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Dear WASA members, Please let me know during the month prior to issue if you would like any news included, such as exhibitions you are holding, art prizes you have won or any interesting art books/videos/exhibitions/workshops you have come across or attended. Members are also welcome to submit articles or an advertisement for exhibitions/classes. My contact details are [email protected], (or you can click on my name below to send an email), and my mobile number is 0402 554909.

Alison Clark

WASA's AGM is on March 21 st. at our next meeting. 2016 Financial Accounts are attached to this

Warble. See page 14 of this Warble for more de tails.

Check out the WASA Noticeboard to stay up to date with other members and more. It's a closed group for members only to post anything of interest. See page 13 for details

Our next Paint and Sketch is almost here!

Saturday 4th February 2017 at Melbourne Zoo, 9am-ish

When you arrive phone Karin 0411 803 653 or Kris on 0412 104 825 to find out where the others are, (probably drinking coffee just inside front gate). No set finish time for us as it depends on weather and other commitments. Normal zoo admittance applies or free if you’re a FOTZ member. If you would like some company it’s wise to confirm attendance on the WASA Noticeboard or check with Kris on 0412 104 825. If you’d like to share your wheels with others also please let us know.

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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW 2017

Once again WASA invites members to exhibit your paintings at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, at the World Heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton gardens. To be held from 29th March to 2nd April, this exhibition has proven itself to be an amazing opportunity for WASA members to promote and sell art. In 2016 we hung 58 pieces, and sold 24 - which by far made WASA the top selling art society at the show. An estimated 12,000-14,000 people walked through the exhibit, which brought an incredible amount of new clientele to us. WASA do need help to install our own artworks, and man the display. Bump-in will be on Sunday, 26th March, bump-out will be on Sunday, 2nd April after 4pm. Please let us know if you are available to assist. Free tickets to the show are provided for those who help on the roster during the show. This is a great experience for learning about exhibitions and how to display artwork When submitting your entry form, please keep in mind the size of your work - due to display restrictions, maximum size is 750mm W x 600mm L. Entry forms must be submitted to WASA by Thursday, 15th February. Come along and join in the fun! Karin McKee

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year is now on at the National Wool Museum, Geelong. The world-renowned exhibition, on loan from the London Natural History Museum features images ranging from fascinating animal behaviour to breath-taking wild landscapes. When : daily now until 14th May 2017 Where : National Wool Museum, 26 Moorabool St, Geelong, Victoria Cost : adult $9, concession $7 More info : Telephone 03 5272 4701 Web: http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/events/item/8d1d2d86d6c819a.aspx Email [email protected]

CALL FOR ENTRIES The Australian Fly Fishers’ Art and Craft Show organised by the Victorian Fly Fishers’ Association Incorporated (VFFA)

Closing date July 31st. 2017

$5,000 first prize, show date: 13th. to 16th. September 2017

A great opportunity to show and sell your works of art. Whether your interest is sculpture, art, photography, metalwork - in fact anything that shows your creative skill.

Entries must represent any aspect of the sport of fly fishing and can be in any media including sculpture, rods, reels, knives, nets, river landscapes, fish paintings, bags – anything. Show your talents to keen collectors, anglers and artists. And you have the chance to sell your entries as well as winning the first prize of $5,000. Entries cost $50 and are limited to four per person.

Log onto the website www.vffa.org.au

click on the link to the show to print out as many entry forms you need.

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April 22-23 Exhibition in 2017

Venue – Oak Hall, Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School, 213 Wonga Road, Warranwood 3134

Entry details http://www.warranwoodartshow.com.au/events

Scratchboard Workshops/Demonstrations February 201 7 in Adelaide, S A Be quick - come and learn from some of the best in the industry! Find out more by going to http://www.scratchboardsociety.com/workshops.html

Saturday February 11th Patrick Hedges – Introduction to workshops and different tool techniques. Sally Maxwell - Q&A Session A third presenter to be advised Jan Lowe – Scratchboard and landscapes Sunday February 12th Rikki Fisher – Putting drama into your work Heather Lara - Colour

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Call for Natural History and Botanical Artists

reFraming Nature 2017

Each year, the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens (FRBG) Melbourne present an art exhibition in October. In 2017, the theme of the exhibition will be natural history entitled reFraming Nature 2017 held in Melbourne from October 7-22.

The exhibition covers topics such as ferns, fungi, insects, butterflies, marine life, pond life, shells, birds, fossils, amphibians as well as botanical subjects (not flower focussed) such as fruit, vegetables, seeds, nuts and leaves. All the paintings and drawings exhibited aim to be as scientifically accurate and detailed as possible while expressing at the same time artistic vision and creative individuality.

Official entry rules can be obtained from our website (www.rbgfriendsmelbourne.org). Entry forms will be available on our website a few months before the entry due date of September 1, 2017. For further information or to join our email list, please email [email protected]

reFraming Nature 2017 at a glance:

Date: 7-22 October

Where: Domain House Gallery, Dallas Brooks Drive, Melbourne 3004

Times: 10am - 4pm daily

Admission: free (although a gold coin donation will help with our fundraising efforts)

All framed works are for sale as well as artists cards, unframed originals and prints

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Vimeo films of our Q & A panel discussion from the November meeting are now available for viewing.

Do you ever wish you could chat to a gallery manager, a few successful professional artists - someone who's done it and is happy to share their experience and knowledge and welcome your questions? Brenda Innes, Robert Knight, Vida Pearson and Stephen Powell gave us just that - invaluable information about framing, sizing, subjects, presentation and loads more. Grab a cuppa, click the link and settle in to be part of this meeting.

Click this link to visit Vimeo https://vimeo.com/wasavideo/videos

Log in using [email protected] and the password is cockatoo. If you can't

see the list of WASA videos click the WASA logo in top right corner of the

webpage.

Please don't share these films with others – they are under WASA copyright and we know you will respect this. We have enough films up now to ask you to scroll through to the second page.

Our thanks again to David Reynolds for his work.

Visit David's website to see what else he has been doing. http://www.davidreynoldsart.com.au/

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Nights with Frogmouths by Ralph Keller I was hooked on Frogmouths immediately when we were asked to look after an injured Tawny Frogmouth back in the early 1970s. The bird had flown into a window and was slightly concussed.

We took him home - together with a plentiful supply of laboratory mice - and installed him in the spare sunroom of the old house we lived in then. There our patient stayed with us for some two weeks whilst he recovered, devouring one mouse after another. In no time at all he became very tame, allowing us to stroke his gorgeous soft plumage without taking offense. Of course a name was needed, so - with an amazing flash of originality - we called him FROGGY! The bird recovered, and one evening we set him free in suitable habitat. We watched Froggy fly away, pleased that he was well again but also feeling quite sorry to see him disappear into the dusk. Producing a drawing of a Marbled Frogmouth from museum specimens, for the Atlas of Australian Birds, was a further encounter I had with the tribe. Before that on one of our photographic trips to North Queensland in 1977, we had organized a drive up Cape York Peninsula where amongst other local fauna, we hoped to photograph a Marbled Frogmouth in the east-coast rainforests of Iron Range. Unfortunately no luck there at all but one night, at a campsite on the Peninsula, we had a visit from a large Papuan Frogmouth with a booming call, that flew into a tree above our fire. However, it was a pair of Tawny Frogmouths which provided us with the best photo opportunities and the greatest

delight. The year was 1975 and we were camped for four months in the Little Desert National Park in north-western Victoria, shooting footage for a film about the natural history of the park. One day a local farmer told us about a Frogmouth nest on his property and he gave us permission to erect hides to film and photograph the birds. The nest was some 6 metres high on a horizontal branch in a black box tree and contained one fairly well-grown chick. This situation called for the use of our tower hide - an aluminium tube structure, topped with a platform on which the hide was fixed. It was just high enough for the camera lens to be on a level with the nest. My wife Daffi, who did our movie filming, climbed up into the hide first. The Frogmouths co-operated nicely and she quickly got all the footage

she could (frankly, there is little going on at a Frogmouth's nest during the day and we did not at that stage have the necessary lights to film at night). So it was me who went up in the evening, to see what I could get with my still camera. I settled into the hide just on dark. Soon the parent bird flew silently away from the nest and the little chick and I looked at each other over the space of some 3 metres. Surely the parents would soon come in with the first food of the night.

Instead, I couldn't believe what happened next. The chick stretched, flapped his stubby wings, clambered out of the nest and wandered off along the branch where he settled down, completely out of range. I could only just see him through the side window of the hide - hell, what now? Being stuck high up in the air, entirely helpless in complete darkness, with camera and two flash guns immovably trained on the nest, all I could do was stare in frustration and mutter "YOU LITTLE SOD!" Was this going to be another one of those times when days of careful preparation would all be for nothing simply because something unexpected had happened at the last moment? Well, it wouldn't have been the first time! Contd….

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These dark thoughts were still going around in my mind when the little Frogmouth nonchalantly

came toddling back, jumped into the nest and waited for his parents. Then the action started, with the first adult alighting silently with a big frog in its beak. Before my flashes were fully charged, the chick had swallowed the frog whole, the adult disappeared into the night again and I had missed it all - damn! Well, I need not have worried. From then on every half hour or so another frog laid down its life for the ravenous youngster. That first night I sat in the hide for four hours and the greedy little devil must have devoured easily half a dozen frogs. I watched in astonishment, because every frog was about a quarter as big as the bird. And that was not all, in between he filled up the corners with the occasional centipede and a few other unfortunate invertebrates - unbelievable! There happened to be a full moon that night and I realised that I could actually see the Frogmouths fly in. They came fast and low over the ground before swooping up to land next to the nest. I missed a few arrivals, but then got the hang of firing shutter and flashes at the exact moment and so managed to get a number of exciting shots, showing the birds with prey in their beaks and wings still fully spread. I was elated as these are the kinds of highlights a wildlife photographer always hopes for - but not too often gets. I finally climbed down the ladder from the hide in the early morning hours with the happy feeling of having done a successful night's work. We sat on top of our tower for another two nights, before other photographic tasks called us away. After that we never saw the little Frogmouth again. When we next visited our farmer friend’s property the nest was empty. However, we had spent a wonderfully interesting time up in that lofty hide, both by day and by night, and we wished the little bird the best of luck for a full and long life.

DISCLAIMER: Support of all WASA members is very welcome however the editor and WASA Council reserve the right

to edit or refuse publication of any submission. Views expressed in the articles are not necessarily those of WASA.

Tony Weston’s Masterframe Melbourne framing services [email protected] telephone 0408 316 313 Melbourne

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REVISED CALENDAR 2017

Feb 4 paint & sketch - Melbourne Zoo

15 Melb Intl Flower & Garden Show entry closing date

21 Meeting : demonstration fresh watercolour with Nadine Dudek "Letting the Light Shine" 7pm

March 4 paint & sketch - Melbourne Zoo

15-21 deliver for MIFGS to depot IF you can't bring to meeting on 21st.

21 meeting AGM & presentation about the collection, history and tales of Melb. Museum's art collection by the curator of History of Collections & Scientific Art

7pm for 7.15pm start

26 hang at MIFGS 10am – 1pm WASA in attendance

29 MIFGS opens and is on until April 2nd

April 2 MIFGS - last day & bump out – WASA in attendance

8*** 2nd. Sat Paint & Sketch at Werribee Zoo 10am

18 meeting : Presentation by Brett Jarrett professional wildlife artist 7pm

May 6 paint & sketch - Melbourne Zoo

16 Meeting : demonstration Linda Weil pastel pencil with graphitint washes 7pm

June 3 Drawing Naturally with Janet Matthews at Box Hill meeting room bird specimens from Birdlife Australia, BYO specimens to share & your art materials (nests, feathers, shells etc)

12.30-4.30

10 scratchboard workshop registration due

14 entries close WOW online exhibition t.b.c.

20

Meeting : In the Artist’s Studio featuring 3 WASA artists creative backgrounds : splashing, spraying, medias you can and can't put together with Sue Schreiber Achieving Texture pastel and/ or acrylic - Alison Clark new trends in framing - Tony Weston

7pm

30 Entries close for our exhibition at AGRA in Camberwell

July 1 workshop : scratchboard with Patrick Hedges at Box Hill Library meeting room suited to those with scratchboard experience, beginners welcome also

10.30-4.30

12-23

Exhibition at AGRA Galleries in Camberwell

18 Meeting : Same subject - different media – 3 or 4 WASA artists demonstrate wclr, pastel, digital, acrylic

7pm

1-31 WOW Online Exhibition 2017 to be confirmed

Aug 5 paint & sketch - Melbourne Zoo 10am

15 Meeting : digital painting with Rachael Hammond and making resin 3d artworks by Barnes Company

7pm

Sept 2 paint & sketch - Moonlit Sanctuary 10am

19 Meeting : Care of materials, types of brushes and their uses, new products Mark Griffiths 7pm

Oct 7 paint & sketch - Healesville Sanctuary 9.30am

Entries close for our exhibition at Geelong

17 Meeting : Appraisal of our Art – by Regina Hona and a WASA artist 7pm

Nov 1-30 WASA exhibition at Geelong Art Society

Nov 4 paint & sketch - Melbourne Zoo 9.30am

21 Meeting : Members' critique and group discussion of top-ranking artists' work combined with working out the composition from the images on screen

7pm

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It is time to pay WASA membership renewal

Your subscription renewal of $70 exhibiting or $40 non-exhibiting was due during January. If you joined after

September 2016 you are considered paid until Decemb er 2017. If you won't be exhibiting during 2017 you c an pay the $40 non-exhibiting subscription and still receive W arble and have access to the member’s area of the website and WASA

Noticeboard.

We hope you can renew by direct credit to the WASA bank account and complete and email or post the renewal form. If

you pay by direct credit note your name in the refe rence field so we know who the money is from.

WASA won’t be issuing invoices for the subscription renewal.

If you are paying by cheque or postal order please complete the form and post with your payment to P O

Box 284 Canterbury Victoria 3126 BSB 633000 Account number 152552865 Treasurer [email protected]

Visit the news page on the WAMA website to keep up with progress in

this project for wildlife art in Australia.

http://www.wama.net.au/news.html

Congratulations to WASA member

RIKKI FISHER, NSW

WABA - Art in Nature exhibition in Canberra - Best in Show

Scratchboard lion 'His Majesty' 83 x 61cm

NOTES ON COMPOSITION From Alan Rawady’s presentation to WASA in 2012 THE BASIC RULES OF COMPOSITION APPLY TO ALL PAINTIN GS. Good composition (design) is about selecting and arranging visual elements in a picture. The artist’s purpose is to draw the viewer’s eye to the artwork and hold it there. The longer you hold it within the frame the more successful you have been. A good composition will usually have a point of interest or focal point/s relating to the theme/subject. 1. Placing the centre of interest or focal point/s The best way to organize the elements of your composition is to use what is known as the “division of thirds”. This simply means that the format is divided vertically and horizontally into three. The points of intersection are the best areas in which to place for focal point/s. Use these points creatively. Good compositions sneak up on the viewer who ideally should not be overly aware of the internal structure of the painting. 2. Elements of good composition. The elements or building blocks of composition are: Line / shape / colour / tone / texture / size / direction. Lines enclose shapes which have size, colour, texture and direction which in turn have tonal values that are affected by light and perspective. Contd…

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Notes on Composition contd..

3. Selecting a theme / subject. When selecting a subject to paint look for contrasts, similarities and patterns. 4. Contrast Use contrasts in colour (warm and cool), tone (light and dark), texture and shape. 5. Similarities Use similar shapes and tone to help build harmonies in the painting. 6. Format The format dictates the dynamics and mood of the composition. There are three basic formats to consider: • Landscape indicates stability and calm. • Portrait moves the eye up and down the paintings in a more confined space. This is usually more dynamic and active. • Square most stable, conservative and is good for intimate subject or a close view. 7. Establishing the horizon line When organizing a landscape picture within any format start with the horizon line (eye line). The H.L. provides a natural and dominant division in the composition. The selection of the H.L. is important as it determines the balance of land / sky and general feel of the painting. High horizons mean less sky so the foreground is dominant. It allows more compositional and texture effects and good recession from foreground to background. Low H .L. enables more to be made of the sky and clouds – an open and airy feeling, but less recession. COMPOSING YOUR PAINTING – Points to consider HORIZONTALS usually indicate peace, harmony, calm and restfulness. Humans and most animals assume this position when they rest or sleep. DIAGONALS mean action, movement, strength and force. They are useful in leading us into a picture through spatial perspective. Diagonals can give strong directional thrusts in a picture and the artist has to be careful not lead the eye OUT of the picture. TRIANGLES are the most stable of all geometric forms and imply absolute stability – they can’t fall over! This is one of the reasons pyramids and mountains have such significance to us in terms of age and permanence. On the contrary, inverted triangles are visually dangerous to use unless supported on each side, as they are unstable. Inverted triangles in pictures can make viewers very uncomfortable. SQUARES imply solidity, equality and regularity. ARCS AND ROUNDED SHAPES have a soothing and restful effect. CIRCLES denote harmony, perfection, completeness and infinite mystery. Pictures contain circular elements in their design seem to make viewers very comfortable. VERTICALS lead the eye up – what else do you think they can do? WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? When looking at and analyzing artworks try and answer these questions for yourself. Not only will your general art knowledge increase but more importantly, your own picture making skills will increase. Questions to ask yourself about the content What does the painting do for you? Did you notice anything in particular? Has the artist noticed something and told a story? What is the content? What can you tell from this painting – time of day / season / location / habitat? What can you tell about the artist? What is the artist on about?

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To access the library area of the main WASA website

the username is cockatoo. We encourage new members to be aware of this feature which has lots of

helpful reference material. Also the WASA Noticeboard, mentioned below.

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WASA on Facebook

Remember to ‘like’ the Facebook page and please share it with friends.

We're up to 470 Likes- double hooray

https://www.facebook.com/wildlifeartsociety

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WASA Noticeboard on Facebook

You may post pictures/comment about your artwork and discuss with other WASA-ites both your own and

their artworks or anything else of interest.

Click here to view WASA Noticeboard in Facebook

Facebook resizes images to fit and we recommend you make the image files quite small and less than 150Kb.

Welcome to WASA

Kathy Mottahedin, Melbourne Rosalyn Dudek, A C T Julie Reason, Victoria

WASA 2016 Councillors contact details

Reluctant President

Kris Peter [email protected] ph 03.9833.3431 & 0412.104.825

Treasurer Jenine Bell

[email protected]

Facebook & Exhibition Director Nadine Dudek

nadinedudekart @gmail.com Ph 0416 966 290

Kate Goodman

[email protected]

Karin McKee [email protected]

Jess Skepper

[email protected]

Helpers

Alison Clark – editor Warble

Ruth Ault Rikki Fisher NSW – artwork for exhibition

Rachael Hammond Ralph Keller – articles for Warble,

Dario Zanesco Q’land – website advice/help

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Members are advised that the Annual General Meeting is to be held at the meeting room of Box Hill Library,

1040 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill on Tuesday 21st. March 2017 at 7.30pm The meeting is to present the 2016 financial accounts to members, elect Councillors for 2017 and any other

business which may be brought forward. The 2016 Financial Accounts are attached with this Warble.

After the brief AGM there will be a presentation by the curator, History of Collections and Scientific Art, Melbourne Museum about the history, artworks and tales of the collection.

A proxy vote form is below for those members who are unable to attend the meeting.

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Form of Appointment of Proxy - Wildlife Art Society of Australasia

(Member)………………………………………………………………………………

(Address) of…………………………………………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………….

being a member of THE WILDLIFE ART SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA Inc

hereby appoint ……………………………………………………………………….

being a Member of WASA as my proxy to vote on my behalf at the Annual General Meeting of WASA, to be

held on Tuesday 21 st. March 2017 and at any adjournment of that meeting.

My proxy is authorised to vote in favour or/ against (delete as appropriate) the resolution/s.

Signed (Member) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

No resolutions are expected to be presented.

Signed______________________________(President/ Secretary)

Date ____/___/_2017

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NOMINATION FOR COUNCIL POSITION

Nominations are invited for the following Council positions which will become vacant. Office Bearers: PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER Council Members: EXHIBITION DIRECTOR EXHIBITION SECRETARY COUNCIL MEMBERS ( up to four positions )

If you wish to accept nomination or act as a nominator for any of the above positions please

complete this form and forward it to arrive at the address below a clear fourteen days prior to the date of the Annual General Meeting in March 2017

I, (Nominator ) ……………. ……………………………………………. Being a financial member of the Wildlife Art Society of Australasia Inc. hereby nominate

( Nominee ) ………………………………………………………………… To the position of ………………………………………………………………………………..

Seconder ……………………………………………………………………………………….. I , the above named Nominee, accept the nomination herein. Signed ………………………………………………………Date … …../ 02/ 2017. Nominee for council position to sign POST TO : The Secretary

Wildlife Art Society of Australasia Inc. PO Box 284 Canterbury Vic. 3126

OR SCAN AND EMAIL TO [email protected]


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