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Factories, Houses, Roads, Churches, Rooftops, Bridges, Multi-storey buildings, Skyscrapers, Railway stations, Mills, Arenas, Silos, Windmills, Sheds, Stone walls, Fences, etc.

Sculpture

Can you sculpt a theatre out of a cliff? Rowena Cade did it!

Revisiting the building of the Minack Theatre in Cornwall and discover that if you want ot build a theatre you can do it on a granite cliff face.

Flowers

The beautiful Melbourne Flower and Garden show - March 2022

Today we look at some images of the beautiful flower displays of the International Flower and Garden Show, held at the historical Royal Exhibition Building (Melbourne) and surrounding gardens. Image: My photo.

Buildings and Structures

Fenceless America

We continue talking about fences or at least in today's posts - no fences. Greg in Diggers Rest takes us to America and argues that we would save a great deal of money and effort if we followed America's example and had - no fences where possible.

Buildings and Structures

Fences, Posts and Gates - Storyline to Country: Focus on Gates

Have you ever given much thought to gates? Today's post is intended to get you thinking about how important they are.

Buildings and Structures

Longest Wall in the World through the Eyes and Hands of Nicholas Roerich

The Great Wall in China is not only the longet wall in the world, it is the most remarkable. The Russian artist Nicholas Roerich toured the area extensively in the early C20th and today you can see his perspective on this remarkable structure through the eyes and hands of a "symbolist".

Buildings and Structures

Urban fences and their narratives

I am taking the opportunity to share a few of my paintings with you that contain fences - in line with the theme that Rowdy Wylie and I have been presenting to you about "Posts, Fences and Gates". Fences are like the pages in a book.

Australia

Fences, Posts and Gates - Storyline to Country: Focus on Fences

Travel with us into outback Australia to see and learn a little about very, very. very long fences. Learn a little about a Boundary Rider which John Pickup has created in paint on canvas.

Sense of Place

Fences, Posts and Gates - Storyline to Country: Focus on Posts

As part of a series on "Fences, Posts and Gates" Anne and Rowdy take you on a journey today along fences stopping to admire the posts - in their various shapes and sizes.

Architecture

Victorian Desalination Project and Ecological Reserve

The Victorian Desalination Project (VDP) in southern Victoria includes one of the largest single ecological restoration projects undertaken in Victoria. The project was announced by the Victorian Government in June 2007 when Melbourne's water storage levels dropped to 28.4%. Photo my own.

Statues

Gog and Magog – Keeping watch in Melbourne for 130 years

Today we look at the history of Gog and Magog, which have been striking the hour in the Royal Arcade in Melbourne since 1892. Image: John Torcasio, Unsplash.

Victoria

The Stick Shed at Murtoa

The Stick Shed, a grain storage facility, built over 4 months in 1941-42 as emergency bulk wheat storage is located in Murtoa, western Victoria. It covers 16,000m2 under roof and measures 265 metres long, 60 metres wide and almost 20 metres high at its apex.

Urban Landscape

Kevin McKay: seeking constancy in an ever changing city

Kevin McKay enjoys finding ready-made compositions in urban environments and applies the formal concerns of compositional design with the particularity of place as he seeks a theatrical intensity in the ordinary. Image credit: kevinmckayart.com

Victoria

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

Museum

Chau Chak Wing Museum: Sneak Preview Tour

If you would like to know more about the "Chau Chak Wing Museum" newly opened in Sydney this post is for you. Today we have a video presenting the "birth of the museum" and previewing some of the exhibitions. Image credit: camd.org.au

Travel

A Changing Urban Landscape

During my recent visit to Sydney I had the chance to explore Broadway in Sydney which includes the iconic Grace Bros building - how much it had changed since the 1970s. Let’s consider changing urban landscapes . Image credit: sydney-city.blogspot.com

Museum

University of Sydney - Museum of Antiquities

Within the walls of Sydney University, The Nicholson Collection of Antiquities along with another significant collections aquired by the Uni is now housed in the Chau Chak Wing Museum, which opened in April 2021. Credit - Author's photo

Photography

Artistic Elements through the Eyes of Chris O'Brien: Illusion

In our last post in this current series on Chris O'Brien images from New York we are going to see some "illusions" as created intentionally or otherwise through the lens of a camera. Plus, of course, we get to appreciate the intrigue of New York City thanks to Chris.

Photography

Artistic Elements through the Eyes of Chris O'Brien: Line and Shape

Through some more Chris O'Brien images, today we examine the art elements of line and shape and the effects they have on a photographed scene. Enjoy some wonderful shots of New York City at the same time.

Artistic Influences

Growing Artistic Talent in the Right Environment

Artistic talent is definitely enhanced by beautiful surroundings as illustrated by a visit I had to the magnificent property that originally belonged to Arthur Merric and Minnie Boyd - forebears of Australia's artistic royal family. Come - visit with me.

Photography

David Trood Photography

Today we take a brief look at the work of photographer David Trood, who pushes the boundaries with nature and animals. We start with his study of one particular tin shed, which used to be a hotel. Image: David Trood Photography, Facebook

Buildings and Structures

Sheep, Shearers and Sheds: Part Two

Today we continue to enjoy the artistic merits of shearing sheds & shearers through paintings by Clarrie Cox, John Wylie & John Pickup. Also photographs from the Eyre Peninsula Yarns & Family History Facebook site & images by Rob Nankivell and Anne Newman. Image: "Not a bad fleece" by John Pickup.

Buildings and Structures

Sheep, Shearers and Sheds: Part One

The first of two posts on shearing which is introduced through the iconic painting "Shearing the Rams" by Australian artist Tom Roberts (1856-1931). We also look at a couple of "Sheep" art works by early C19th English artist Thomas Morris. Image credit: ngv.vic.gov.au

Sense of Place

Igloos in coastal Eastern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Showcasing some strange "igloo type buildings" in outback South Australia which were built during WWII as air raid shelters and a Radar Station 203. Photo credit: Rob Nankivell

Buildings and Structures

Treasure from Carmel-by-the-Sea

The Basilica of San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission known as "Carmel Mission" in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California is showcased today through a painting by Cyril Owen who has so beautifully captured the serenity of the place in his painting.

Tribute

Long Lost Australian Artists: Clarrie Cox- A Bonza Bloke: Part 3

Concluding our posts on Australian artist Clarrie Cox with examples of his illustrations and paintings for placemats, cards and china ware. Image: A pen and ink illustration of houses for the Paddington Series placemats produced by the Jason Company.