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The Queenscliff Art Prize - Part 2

The Queenscliff Art Prize is a unique outdoor art and photography exhibition where over two hundred works by Australian artists and photographers are exhibited along the historic Queenscliff Pier. Today we look at the category of paintings and other media. Image: Times News Group.

Photography

The Queenscliff Art Prize - Part 1

The Queenscliff Art Prize is a unique outdoor art and photography exhibition where over two hundred works by Australian artists and photographers are exhibited along the historic Queenscliff Pier. Today we look at the Photography category. Image: Times News Group.

Impressionism

The vibrant paintings of Colin Willey

Today we meet contemporary English Impressionist painter, Colin Willey, who, like the early Impressionists, loves to paint outdoors in all sorts of weather conditions. Image: the Dorset Echo.

Still Life

Still Life Paintings: the Contemporary View

Today we take time to look at the works of English artist Jan Munro who like Cezanne enjoys distorting perspective and shape in a Still Life.

Contemporary

The beautiful, quintessentially British scenes of artist Paul Gribble

Today we look at the beatiful, very British scenes by contemporary artist Paul Gribble. Image: wix.com

Africa

We Become Gold by Tendai Makufa

The latest painting by African artist Tendai Makufa illustrates powerfully how important it is to provide food for your people. This food is gold especially in hard times such as has occurred around the world as a result of the corona virus. There is much to think about in this painting.

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.

Urban Landscape

Kevin McKay - Towers and Spires: Vaucluse Paintings - Part One

This post takes you on a visual and historic journey with urban landscape artist Kevin McKay as we showcase the paintings which make up his exhibition of "Sydney's South Head Peninsula" occurring at May▲Space Online until the end of November.

Thread and Needle

The ethereal sculptures of Benjamin Shine

Today we meet a sculptor whose study in fashion design has led him to a unique form of portraiture using the netting fabric, tulle, with many unique installations and collaborations now earning him much acclaim. Image: Art Summit.com

Africa

"It would be time we listen to them" by Tendai Makufa

The latest painting by South African artist Tendai Makufa is gloriously alive in his usual vibrant colours and shapes. But his explanation that accompanies the painting is even more powerful.

Portraits

Jos Coufreur Portraits

Portraits have been created for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years and the variety of techniques used to recreate a face would seem to be limitless. Jos Coufreur uses a unique style that combines Realism with Expressive Abstraction. Image credit: jos-coufreur.com

Portraits

Shai Yossef

Meet Israeli artist Shai Yosseff who creates portraits in a sculptured style. View his Michael Jackson and Nina Simone and be enthralled by his portrait of African children looking at the stars based on a photograph by Anthony Asael who founded "Art in All of Us".

Portraits

Philip Johnson Portrait Painter Extraordinaire

English artist Philip Johnson will amaze you with his amazing portraits of well known characters and engaging others. You will be amazed at Philip's skill in capturing the inner essence of a character.

Trees

Boab drama

A showcase post where expressionistic paintings of boabs are presented by Jos Coufreur, Rex Woodlands, Majorie Fisher, Sally Chandler, Mark Blume, Pam Hume.

Naive and Folk Art

Enjoying more Folk Art from North Carolina with Benny Carter

The folk art works created by Benny Carter from North Carolina (1943-2014) are delightful from Noah's Ark passing the Statue of Liberty to whimsical bird houses.

Landscapes

Colours of an Ancient Landscape with Rowdy Wylie Part 3

The climax of Rowdy Wylie's trip to the Flinders Ranges for inspiration is expressed in the paintings of this big, beautiful, colourful country where, if you stand still and listen, you can hear the sounds from millions of years ago.

Contemporary

The Colours of an Ancient Landscape with Rowdy Wylie Part 1

Australia is an ancient landscape - millions of years old and one of the most fascinating parts of this landscape is the area called The Flinders Ranges in northeast South Australia. Join John "Rowdy" Wylie as he journeys back in time.

Genre Art

"One Voice" by Tendai Makufa

Appreciate the latest painting "One Voice" by South African artist Tendai Makufa where he expresses his visual and verbal thoughts about the significance of "the word of the people". Click on the link to see Tendai's painting of unity.

Women Artists

Alexandra Dillon, a painter of old paintbrushes and other discarded items

Alexandra Dillon is a Los Angeles-based surrealistic painter creating art on found objects. A love of Old Masters led her to study classical realism in Florence, Italy. Dillon paints imagined portraits on worn out paint brushes & other common discarded objects. Credit: alexandradillon.com

Colour

Back in the Shed with John "Rowdy" Wylie who talks about colour - and a little more

Following on the post yesterday on "the colour orange", Rowdy Wylie invites us into his shed studio where he talks about the colour of the outback in Australia and showcases some of his inspirational works. Image: Remote Flinders Northern Flinders Ranges by John "Rowdy" Wylie.

Colour

The power of orange

Orange is one of the most important colours in the palette. It has a power that no other colour possesses and engages the viewer like no other colour. The impressionists used orange as did the outback painters of Australia. Image credit: Red Desert Miners by John Wylie

Photography

Seeing History through Colour with Pam Morris

Following Julie's posts on "pottery & china ware" today you will see some amazing images taken by photographer Pam Morris to illustrate how the "different decades of the 20th Century are uniquely characterized by their distinctive colour palettes and decorative styles". Image credit: Pam Morris

Mixed Media

Kevin "Bushy" White: the making of a mineral work of art: Part 2

The history of mining in Broken Hill is in focus today through the "mineral pictures" being created by Kevin "Bushy" White. Follow Bushy as he explains how he makes these intricate pictures from the "gems of the earth". Image credit: Kate Hennessy: the_smallest_room

Sculpture

Hipsters in Stone by Leo Caillard: Playing with Anachronism

Do you love classic statues? How about clothing them to look like "Hipsters"? Different? Yes - this is what artist Leo Caillard has done to prompt us "to reflect on the present in relation to our past". Image credit: leocaillard.com

Sculpture

Statues with a difference

If you like statues, especially ones that appear in the streets for passersby to enjoy - this post is for you. From Bratislava in Slovakia to Russia, Venice, Marseilles, Iceland. Image credit: statues.vanderkrogt.net

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