from the studio of

Candy Spender-van Rood

The Storehouse St Kilda

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the transition from jewellery back to painting and drawing…

3 humming birds study in water colour I painted these for a dear friend who wanted to have a tattoo of a humming bird. #hummingbird #watercolours #colour #painting
‘Golden Lotus’ necklace from around 10 years ago. I remember sitting in my studio with the sunlight streaming through the window, with my favourite pliers and small piles of beads, jump rings and wire. Sometimes you don’t know what
Life drawing is for me like a musician practicing their scales. It informs everything I do. Pencil on paper #lifedrawing #pencilsketch #art #visualartist
I am honoured to be stocking some of my vintage and more recent jewellery creations at the wonderful @storehousestkilda. These two shots are screen shots from a video taken at the store. Thomas has such an eye for fabulous, beautiful and distinctive
What's new and exciting at Candy Spender-van Rood, not what you expect...although maybe you did!
Large ‘Hoopla’ earrings are really more like head dress than anything! All in Czech glass beads. #largeearrings #largehoopearrings #handmade #handmadejewelry #handmadejewellery
‘8am.SwanstonSt. Acrylic on canvas 56 x 71 cms . . A few weeks ago I painted this scene from a photo I took one morning around 10 years ago, in the morning rush hour of Melbourne’s CBD. I was taken by the confident presence of the pigeon
Pencil on paper, these elegant antique scissors #inmystudio . #drawing #graphite #blackwing #longpoint #antiquetools #scissors
I’ve just completed my first painting on a round canvas which was challenging and different, but the subject matter, my favourite flowers: magnolias, got my through. I painted this as a birthday present for a beloved friend. . I’m still
I just needed to see some joyous colour and form on my Insta account today. I made this piece around ten years ago, and would love to see it adorning a beautiful person somewhere. The ‘Ghana Gal’ neckpiece is a unique colourful necklace
Life drawing with @artbyleylabulmer @deepseesurvey in Shoreham last night: a joyous and lively work space, so much gratitude! 🐳🩵 . This was my experiment with pastels, I used very soft highly pigmented Sennelier ones. Beautiful model, whose name I

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6 Pettit Street
Crib Point VIC
Australia 3919

Candida van Rood acknowledges that the lands and waters of Westernport belong to the Bunurong /Boon Wurrung peoples of the great Kulin Nation. 

I offer my respects and acknowledge their Aboriginal Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their continuing contribution to caring for Country.

The Bunurong acknowledge a profound spiritual connection to Western Port, French Island, Phillip Island and Lands that surround it.