The Art of Annemieke Mein

Annemieke Mein lives in Australia. She was born in Haarlem, Holland, in 1944. Annemieke has become internationally recognized as an artist and craftswoman. She was the first textile artist to be accepted as a member of both the Wildlife Art Society of Australasia and the Australian Guild of Realist Artists. She is the only textile artist to be featured in Australian Artist. She won the inaugural Hoechst Textile Award in 1980. She is represented in the Hoechst and Husqvarna international collections, in private, national and state collections in Australia and in private collections in Holland, Sweden, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan and Canada. In 1988 she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal 'for services to the Arts, particularly in textile sculptures and bronze bas-relief sculptures'. The Annemieke Mein Gallery, a space dedicated to her artwork within the new Gippsland Art Gallery at Sale, opened in January 2018. Exhibitions change regularly. Annemieke's website can be visited at www.annemiekemein.net.au

Foreword: Charles McCubbin ix

List of Works xv

Profile: Phillip Mein 1

Author’s Note 7



TEXTILE WORKS

White-faced Heron 12

Coastal Banksia 14

Eastern Water Dragon 17

The morass – Sale 19

Bush Jacket 21

Maternity Dress 21

Dragonfly Cape 23

Lacewing Vest 24

Butterfly Ties 25

Fisherman’s Tie 25

Grasshoppers 26

Frogs 30

Dragonflies 32

Cup Moths & Larva 34-36

Sawflies 38

Superb Blue Wrens 41

Christmas Beetles 43

The Potter Wasp I & II 45-46

The Old Lady Moth 49

Squabbling Gulls 51

Pink Emperor Gum Moth I & II 54-56

Above the Channels 59

The Nest 63

Case Moth Cocoons 64

Emerald Moth on Banksia 66

Fallen Red Gum Log 69

Fallen Branches 70

Silvereyes 73

Ameinus McCubbinonymous, Lepidoptera 77

Mythical Moth 78

Mating Mythical Moths 81

Slate Pencil Sea Urchin 85

Barnacles 88

Mussels and Kelp 90

Wattle Seed-pods 92

Here She Comes! 94

Early Birds 98

Lepidoptera Quadripartite 100

Freedom & Samplers 104-106

Night Flight 112

Fantail Rhapsody 115

Fantail Night Watch 120

Southern Blue Gum Blossoms 122

Flight Dust 124

Butterfly Dust 126

Pittosporum Seed-pods & Blossoms 128-129

Fabric Fantasy 131

Grasshopper Flight 135

Dance of the Mayflies 136

Mayfly Life Cycle 140

Frog Down Under 143

Lewin Honeyeater Nestlings I 146

Book on Lewin Honeyeater Nestlings II 150

Lepidoptera Olympia Australis 152

Pheromone Frenzy 154



Acknowledgements 159