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Silo Art

Silo Art across Australia!

The Silo Art in Northam, Western Australia was just the beginning of a huge number of silos and water towers now painted across Australia. (Photo: Courtesy of Bewley Shaylor, and Huffington Post).

Street Art

Street Art: turning Yarram into a "Heesco" town

The townspeople of Yarram in country Victoria are hoping that visitors will flock to the area to see the amazing street art of Heesco, transforming the town into a "Heesco town"! (Photo courtesy of Wayne Tindall, Facebook).

Birds

Boora The Pelican

An Aboriginal myth as recorded by ethnologist Charles Mountford & illustrated by Ainslie Roberts. Plus paintings by Johanna Larkin, Ruben Barbosa, William Beebe, M.Spadecaller Image: Boora the Pelican by Ainslie Roberts

Landscapes

Ainslie Roberts

Showcasing some of the wonderful illustrations created by Australian artist Ainslie Roberts to represent Aboriginal myths and legends recorded by ethnologist Charles P Mountford. Image: Goolagaya and the White Dingo by Ainslie Roberts

Nature

Strolling

Sharing some images from our local Jells Park as a reflection.

Animals

The "Bare" Facts About Koalas

Visitors to Australia want to see The Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, the Opera House and many also would like to see our amazing fauna like a kangaroo or a koala so different to animals elsewhere. Image: Unsplash/Gary Runn

Tribute

A good news story about Koalas

Anwen who was one of the first female koalas brought into the Koala Hospital as a result of the devastating bushfires which ravaged the Mid North Coast of New South Wales and many other parts of Australia.

Tribute

ANZAC DAY 2020

On 25th April every year Australia and our New Zealand cousins celebrate ANZAC DAY. On this day we remember, thank and pay respect to all the people who have fought in many ways to make our world a better place for everyone.

Buildings and Structures

Rooftops

Rooftops are everywhere in our world but how often do we look up, or down, and marvel at how amazing they are. Some images from my own paintings and photographs.

Sculpture

Patricia Piccinini

Patricia Piccinini born 1965 in Freetown, Sierra Leone; emigrated to Australia in 1972; studied economic history before enrolling at art school in Melbourne. She works with sculpture, video, drawing, installation & digital prints. Images: vancouverbiennale.com; flickr.

Australian Artist

John Pickup OAM: The Artist

Bringing you the latest painting from John Pickup who this year (2020) received an Order of Australia Medal for his work in broadcasting. But we know John as a brilliant artist.

Sense of Place

Trees

Sharing some images from the National Arboretum Canberra. Also publicising an exhibition by poet and artist Belinda Broughton who lost her home in Lobethal (Adelaide Hills), South Australia. Announcing an exhibition on the relationship of trees to us being held at the Hayward Gallery, London

Travel

Coles Bay, Tasmania, Australia

Julie takes us back to Coles Bay in Tasmania, Australia. At the entrance to Freycinet Peninsular it contains spectacular scenery and is a nature lovers' paradise. Keen walkers and artists are recommended to visit taking their easels and paints with them ready to capture the memorable sights.

Gardens

Cranbourne Gardens

Cranbourne Gardens, near Melbourne, an arm of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. As you can tell this is an Australian Garden, with 170,000 Australian native plants featured in contemporary landscaped display gardens.

Travel

Showcasing the natural beauty of the Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia

Showcasing the glorious scenery around Coles Bay in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia.

Gardens

Who am I?

Royal Botanic Gardens - Cranbourne Gardens Melbourne Victoria Flowers, landsapes

Naive and Folk Art

Graham Woollard

Showcasing some paintings of Australian artist Graham Woollard including "The Adelaide Fest", "The Railway Graveyard", "Girl with an Umbrella".

Inspiration

Friday Feature: Field of Light

The "Field of Light" was conceived in 1992 by Bruce Munro who took a road trip through central Australia, camping at Uluru/Ayer's Rock. To Munro, the red desert had an incredible feeling of energy, ideas seemed to radiate from it along with the heat.

Gold

The Allure of Gold

Sculptures, furniture, fabric embedded with gold thread, buildings adorned with gold leaf – every aspect of art and life is considered more desirable when made or enhanced with gold. Showcasing the history of gold. Includes The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

Gold

Eureka! Gold found In Ballarat

Visit Ballarat, in the heart of the Victorian Goldfields. Anne Newman hails from Bendigo, which also developed on the back of the gold rush. What I love about the Goldfield towns is their wonderful history and the legacy we see in the majestic buildings which remain today.

Women Artists

Philippa Nikulinsky AM - A celebrated Australian wildlife artist

For around 50 years Philippa, born in 1942, has been travelling the length and breadth of her home state of Western Australia to record its natural history in drawings and watercolour paintings.

Tribute

Montsalvat

The Jorgensen family played a significant role in the development of Melbourne's Art World. In 1934 Sigmund's father Justus Jorgensen and his partner Lillian Smith, established an artist's colony (Montsalvat) in Eltham, an outer Eastern suburb of Melbourne.

Mythology

Unbridled Vehicles

Australian artist John Pickup brings beauty to vehicles in the outback of Australia. Including The 1927 Dream Machine, King Air on Finals, Travelling Life's Highway, Mulga Bill and his Bicycle.

Landscapes

Nat Buchanan & Australian Stock Routes through the eyes and hands of John Pickup

Nathaniel Buchanan (1826-1901) was an Australian pastoralist, drover & explorer who opened up stock routes. Born in Dublin of Scottish descent he came to Australia in 1832. He was part owner with his two brothers of Bald Blair station. Bringing you paintings of Nat Buchanan by John Pickup.

Gardens

Pirianda Gardens, Olinda

Showcasing the Pirianda Gardens, 9 Hacketts Rd., Olinda, Dandenong Ranges.