Lorna Crane studio table prepared for an abstract art session with paper works, pastels and tools

Pambula studio / by appointment

Visit the Studio

Step into Lorna's working studio: long tables, handmade tools, folded paper, local pigment and the kind of marks that only make sense when you are close to the materials.

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Place

Pambula NSW

Scale

Small groups

Mood

Hands-on

Colourful concertina artist book and large gestural paper study on a studio table
Concertina books and large paper studies from a previous artist-run studio session.
Ink studies, brushes, pencil, ruler and paper materials arranged on a studio work table
Ink, rulers, maps, brushes and small studies stay visible as part of the work.
Student abstract studies on paper arranged in a grid with pastel, ink and watercolour marks
Student sheets laid out before being folded, cut and recomposed.

Previous sessions

The table becomes the invitation.

These images are not decoration. They show how a studio visit feels in practice: work spread out, tools still wet, paper becoming book, drawing becoming structure.

Visitors arrive close to Lorna's materials and leave with a stronger sense of how place, pigment, gesture and memory can be worked into abstract form.

Current course

Simply Abstract

An expressive abstraction course built around landscape, memory and Lorna's sense of place on the far south coast.

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Pigment grinding tools and raw earth colours in the studio
Current course image and material focus.
Large black ink and earth pigment abstract work on paper photographed flat
Large paper work made through fast, layered studio mark-making.

Dates

By arrangement

Format

Studio course with field observation

Location

Pambula studio and nearby field sites

Booking

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Simply Abstract invites students to translate landscape, memory and emotion into expressive abstract works.

The course moves between local observation and studio practice, including visits to Pambula River mouth and The Pinnacles at Beowa National Park.

Students gather local stones and pigments, make handmade watercolours, build field sketches and studies on paper or canvas, and work toward one resolved painting.

Locations

  • Pambula River mouth
  • The Pinnacles at Beowa National Park
  • Lorna's Pambula studio

What students do

  • Gathering and preparing local pigments
  • Making handmade watercolours
  • Pencil sketches on location
  • Watercolour and oil pastel resist work in a concertina book
  • Ink mark-making with handmade tools
  • Small canvas studies and one resolved painting

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Studio rhythm

A day can move from field note to folded screen.

Lorna Crane studio table prepared for an abstract art session with paper works, pastels and tools

01 / Observe

Begin with place, then bring it back to the table.

Course days move between field observation, gathered materials and the working studio, so students can translate memory and landscape into marks rather than copy a view.

Close view of folded ink and earth pigment studies standing on a studio table

02 / Experiment

Let small works behave like pages, screens and fragments.

The studio sessions use ink, pastel, handmade tools and folded paper to test rhythm quickly. The point is momentum: marks are made, shifted, joined and questioned.

Large colourful abstract paper sheet with teal, ochre, black and earth-coloured marks

03 / Resolve

Build toward a work that still feels alive.

Students carry their best discoveries into larger sheets, concertina books or canvas studies, keeping the energy of the first mark in the final piece.

Wide view of colourful abstract session work with folded paper studies in the studio
Colour, ink and folded studies held together across the studio table.

Plan a visit

By arrangement

Visit the Pambula studio

Studio visits are arranged directly with Lorna for people interested in current work, materials, process or a quiet look through available pieces. The address is shared once a time is confirmed.

Workshops

Courses, workshops and open studio days

Current offerings are listed above when dates are available. For future workshops, small group sessions or open studio days, send a note and Lorna can share what is coming up.