Installation Art Rone – “Time” exhibition at Flinders Street station: Part 2 Today we look at street artist Rone's newest and most ambitious project yet - an installation of 11 post-war rooms above a famous train station in Melbourne. Image: The Guardian
Installation Art Rone - Street art and installations - Part 1 Today we look at the haunting murals and art installations created by Tyrone Wright, known world-wide as "Rone," as a precursor to his latest and greatest exhibition yet, Melbourne. Image: Rone Art
Portraits Belinda Wiltshire - Portraiture and Ceramics Today we meet a young Melbourne based artist whose diversity in working across both paintings and ceramics is astounding. Image: Belinda Wiltshire, Facebook.
Naive and Folk Art Maxwell (Max) Joseph Watters Both Andrew and I have a passion for Naive Art and today from Andrew's Home Collection of Paintings we want you to get to know the works and style of Maxwell Joseph Watters (1936-2020) who lived and worked in the delightfully named country town of Muswellbrook, New South Wales.
Naive and Folk Art Life is Art and Art is Life with Victor Maloney: Part Six As we conclude the series of posts on Victor Maloney and his Organic 3-D paintings, the pelicans who often strut around his images can have the last word - which is to congratulate Victor on his ability to bring the joie de vivre to canvas.
Naive and Folk Art Life is Art and Art is Life with Victor Maloney: Part Five When you study the "Organic 3-D" painting style of Victor Maloney you see many of the elements of "Naive Art" but dive down deeper and you will discover much more.
Naive and Folk Art Life is Art and Art is Life with Victor Maloney: Part Four Still in Tasmania with Victor Maloney we discover that Ned Kelly might have made a secret trip to the Apple Isle. We also learn more about the famous artists being channelled by Victor during his time away from the mainland.
Women Artists Not just her father’s daughter – Nora Heysen Today we meet Nora Heysen, famous in her own right for her achievements in art, despite being the daughter of famous artist Hans Heysen.
Australian Artist One of life's gentlemen- Hans Heysen Today we learn about one of Australia's most well recognised and well loved landscape artists, Hans Heysen. Image: Facebook
Naive and Folk Art Life is Art and Art is Life with Victor Maloney: Part One Victor Maloney's life has been as interesting as his paintings which represent his unique view of the world where he embraces at every moment his belief that "Life is Art and Art is Life".
Seascapes Harbour City with Kevin McKay Sydney artist Kevin McKay is a very firm favourite of the AnArt4Life blog team and supporters. And for good reason as his urbanscapes predominantly of Sydney are amazing visual narratives told through structures against stunning background scenery.
Watercolour Turning adversity into a positive results! Here at the AnArt4Life blog we applaud initiative and inspiration! Today we see how Australian watercolour artist Denise Faulkner turned a setback into opportunity.... Image: Denise Faulkner ©
Animals Sue Hourigan: Part Two Yesterday I introduced you to Australian artist Sue Hourigan and today we continue the review of her wonderful works in oil, pastel and watercolour.
Mixed Media The fascinating work of Cressida Campbell – Part 2 In Part 2 of our posts on Cressida Campbell, we look at her landscape scenes of the Australian bush, busy harbours and street scenes around Sydney. Image: Art Sales Digest.
Indigenous Art Steve Cook: My Story in Art - Part Three Yesterday you met Steve Cook from Victor Harbor, South Australia who is a collector mainly of paintings and memorabilia from the Hermannsburg School of Painting. Today he takes you in a different direction.
Australian Artist Alice Xu: Winner of the 2021 Troy Quinliven Exhibition Award Young Sydney artist Alice Xu was awarded the 2021 Troy Quinliven Exhibition Award and today we are thrilled to be able to showcase some of her paintings for you to enjoy.
Australian Artist Kevin McKay: recognising artistic talent in the young One of our favourite and most admired artists is Kevin McKay from Sydney who loves to paint mainly urban scenes with a touch of the maritime! Today he inspires us with his support of young artists beginning on their creative journey.
Thread and Needle Unique tapestries from the Australian Tapestry Workshop Today we look at two beautiful tapestries made by the Australian Tapestry Workshop, using French techniques dating back to the time of Louis XIV. Image: Julie's photo
Sculpture An inspirational artist from a remote country town Today we look at the extraordinary sculptures of an extraordinary man in a small country town - known as The Spanner Man! Image: Courtesy of Emily Stewart
Tribute Remembering Jack Absalom Jack Absalom, one of Australia’s greatest landscape painters, died 3 years ago on this day 22 Mar 2019. Jack was a lovely, gentle man & a wonderful artist who so generously gave time to anyone who wanted to talk about how to get that perfect image.
Furniture The Hannah Cabinet The Hannah Cabinet has been badly damaged in the recent floods in NSW & Qld. We repost the story of Geoffrey Hannah and the remarkable cabinet he made which iwas on display at the Lismore Reginal Gallery. Image: abc.net.au
Photography Monochrome in life.... monochrome in photography This is the inspiring story of a man who has made the most of his vision disability in a fulfilling career in photography. Image: abc.net.au
Watercolour The beautiful landscapes of John Borrack Today we look at the spiritual, calming landscapes by John Borrack, a contemporary Australian artist. Image. johnborrack.com. © John Borrack
Murals The Cavalcade of Transport - Wall Mural Today we discover an almost forgotten wall mural by Melbourne artist Harold Freedman. The mural, celebrating land travel development over 100 years, has now been relegated to relative obscurity at the back of a shopping centre in Melbourne CBD. Image: theage.com.au.
Urban Landscape Kevin McKay - Towers and Spires: Vaucluse Paintings - Part Two Urban landscape artist Kevin McKay is very gifted and able "to juxtapose the domestic and contemporary with the historical and herioc". We are very privileged to have a front seat at his current exhibition showcasing buidlings along Sydney's South Head Peninsula.