Jane - AnArt4Life

Photography Awards - BirdLife Australia

BirdLife Australia hosts a photography competition to assist in supporting Australia’s largest independent, not-for-profit, bird conservation organisation. The shortlist for 2021 has been announced for a range of categories, from Birds in Flight and Bird Behaviour to Backyard Birds and Human Impact.

Neighbourhoods

A Hidden Gem - Laz’s Lane

Tucked away in Carnegie, a family friendly and leafy suburb of Melbourne inner south-west, is Laz’s Lane, named after Laz Stark who lived in nearby Graceburn Avenue for 7 years and was the life of the street party and all round good guy.

Neighbourhoods

Strolling Through Sandringham Spring 2021

Spring has sprung once again in the Southern Hemisphere and in Melbourne to our complete dismay we are in a long covid lockdown. With my neighbour Dell, we are again sharing walks around our suburb and finding new delights.

Birds

Emus with Attitude

Wendy Binks grew up in Denmark, in the south of Western Australia. From an early age developed a keen interest in animals and the outdoors. She loves to paint animals and especially emus. Her business name is Stunned Emu Designs based at the Fremantle markets just south of Perth.

Photography

Comedy Wildlife Photo Finalists 2021

The finalists for the 2021 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have been unveiled, with 42 images in the running for the top prize.

Sculpture

More on African Sculptures

I bought two Zimbabwean stone sculptures at the African Heritage shop in Beechworth as a happy memory of my travels in Africa. Showcasing some more beautiful works from Africa.

Metalwork

Tokyo 2020 Games – Making the Medals

Every athlete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games strives to achieve a Gold medal. This golden moment involves very little actual gold. All of the approximate 5,000 medals to be distributed throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan are made entirely of recycled materials.

Flowers

More about Sunflowers

Sunflowers have large usually bright yellow flowers, known for facing the sun and to many of us radiate happiness and positive vibes. They go back to ancient times – not only are their seeds a source of nutrition, sunflowers have medicinal properties and have meaning to many cultures.

Inspiration

Covid Creative Charm

ABC Radio Sydney conducted a Household Lockdown Portrait Competition in which participants were asked to recreate a famous artwork, or submit an original one, using people and objects in their home. More than 250 people took up the creative challenge and entered the competition on social media.

Australia

Did I spot Van Gogh's Sunflowers in Outback Queensland?

A giant easel featuring Van Gogh's sunflower is situated in Morton Park, Emerald. Created by Cameron Cross the superstructure is 25 metres high with approximately 13.6 tonnes of steel involved in its construction.

Celebration

Tokyo 2020 Games Mascot

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Mascot is Miraitowa while Paralympic Games mascot is Someity. Both designed by Ryo Taniguchi.

Australia

Sunsets of Outback Queensland

Outback Queensland promises some wonderful sunsets at places such as Longreach cruising the Thomson River and Camden Park cattle and sheep station as well as Karumba right on the Gulf of Carpentaria. image credit: author's photo.

Australia

Discover Cobbold Gorge

Cobbold Gorge is accessed from Forsayth, in North Queensland, by a bone shaking 1 hour drive in a 4WD coach. The gorge was discovered in the 1990s by the Terry family, who still own the property. The gorge is only around 10-12,000 years old, that's young in geological terms!

Australia

The Lava Tubes of Undara

The Undara lava tubes are the largest of their type in the world are located near Mt Surprise in Northern Queensland. Image credit: Author's photo

Australia

More about Dinosaurs

The Australian Age of Dinosaurs Centre, near Winton is set up to display the fossils of these enormous animals that roamed the lush tropical land and inland sea, located here 95 million years ago. Image credit - author's photo

Flowers

Olympics Tokyo 2020 - Victory Bouquet

The flowers used for the Olympic victory bouquet in Tokyo will include eustomas and Solomon’s seals from Fukushima, sunflowers from Miyagi, gentians from Iwate, and aspidistras from Tokyo.

Women Artists

Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Lomi or Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c1656) was an Italian Baroque painter. In an era when female painters were not easily accepted by the artistic community or patrons, she was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence.

Restoration

Plautilla Nelli

The Renaissance convent-painter Plautilla Nelli (1524-1588) was the first known female artist of Florence. She ran a working studio within her convent and produced large scale devotional paintings.

Restoration

The Fortune of a Philanthropist

Jane Fortune was an author, editor and philanthropist who spent a lifetime supporting the arts, in particular increasing art accessibility for the disabled. She funded the restoration of Plautilla nelli's Lamentation with Saints.

Birds

More Bird dances to make you smile

Sit down for a few minutes and be enchanted by more dance performances by beautiful birds.

Fashion

Mary Quant

The Mary Quant Exhibition, at the Bendigo Art Gallery explores the years between 1955 and 1975, when Mary Quant revolutionised the high street, harnessing the youthful spirit of the sixties and new mass production techniques to create a new look for women. Credit: bendigoregion.com.au

Silo Art

Albacutya Silo

Albacutya is a small Victorian rural location approximately 355kms from Melbourne and close to Rainbow. A new attraction is the mural being painted on the Albacutya Silo, 10km north of Rainbow. Credit: My own photo

Silo Art

Mallee Meanderings

The Wimmera & Mallee covers hundreds of miles of wheat fields, crisscrossed by railway tracks, the only outcrops innumerable silos used for storing the grain and pulses. These days many form canvasses for mural artists which make up an extensive Silo Art Trail. Credit: mailtimes.com.au

Travel

Marysville - Yarra Valley

Located in the foothills of Melbourne's closest ski fields, Marysville is a picturesque town, a place to enjoy peace and quiet and appreciate the wonders of nature. Established in 1863 as a stopover for diggers travelling to the Goldfields, Marysville, evolved into a popular resort destination.

Sculpture

Gillie and Marc

Creating some of the world’s most innovative public sculptures, Gillie and Marc Schattner an Australian collaborative artist couple, are re-defining what public art should be, spreading messages of love, equality, and conservation around the world.

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