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Inspiration

Creative works to inspire and learn from.

Architecture

Ferdinand Cheval: the postie who built a palace

Bringing you the story of Ferdinand Cheval a French postie who started picking up stones on his mail round and ended up building a palace. One of life's incredible stories.

Africa

A Message from Tendai Makufa: "Be Stong in Creating Your Dream"

Catching up today with Tendai Makufa who encourages all of us to: "Be Strong in Creating Your Dream".

Nature

My Brother's Garden Part Three

Please join me in a walk around part of my brother's garden. No background music to accompany the video because the sound of the breeze through the foliage of the plants is so beautiful with the faint sound of bells ringing from the chimes.

Science

TURNING STEM into STEAM & MEETING the ARTIST-SCIENTIST

Showcasing examples of science and art through ploymaths & artist/scientists: Su Song, Leonardo da Vinci, Stephen Mushin,Caroline Ometz... and much, much more for you to think about.

Australian Artist

Anne Newman's Other Life

We all have another life - My current life is very simple - I love my family and friends, my dog Aeroplane Indy, I love my garden & all things to do with nature, I love my football team The Collingwood Magpies (Australian mapgies are of course my favourite birds), & I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT ART..

Gardens

My Brother's Garden: Part Two

Did you see the first post in the series My Brother's Garden?Today we are going to enter his property by following the driveway which leads all the way up to the house on the left with an extensive vegetable garden on the right.

Inspiration

Johanna Hildebrandt Series: The Survivors

It is very obvious when you study Johanna Hildebrandt paintings that she is not only inspired by the Australian landscape and wants to recreate it in her vision but she is deeply commited to her love of all the creatures who inhabit this world.

War Art

"The Bombing of Darwin 1942" by John 'Rowdy' Wylie

Every year, thanks to John "Rowdy" Wylie, the AnArt4Life blog features a special tribute in the form of a painting to commemorate ANZAC DAY and also REMEMBRANCE DAY in November. This year Rowdy's special acknowlegement focuses on the bombing of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia in 1942.

Nature

Johanna Hildebrandt Series: The Glory of Water

Johanna Hildebrandt tells us that "the natural environment, particularly when it is wild and untouched, still has a profound impact on me...my reef & underwater scenes are inspired by my passion for snorkeling in the clear waters of the Pacific Ocean."

Gardens

My Brother's Garden: Part One

My brother is also an artist - but unlike me he doesn't paint but rather he plants! When I visit his garden in Northern New South Wales it has the same effect on me as the first time I saw the French Impressionist paintings in the Jeu de Paume museum.

Challenge

Painting starts with ideas

Observation is an essential part of being a better painter. As you move around in your world try to record some of what is around you. Encourage your children to discover new shapes, patterns, colours in their world. Today I encourage you to copy one of my paintings.

Inspiration

Rowdy Wylie Inspired by Jane's Travels in Central Asia

Regular subscribers will be familiar with the travel posts written by Jane - AnArt4Life team member. Rowdy Wylie (also part of the AnArt4Life team) was inspired to recreate in paint one of the scenes captured by Jane in Central Asia.

Digital Art

Sue Symons: Creative Versatility Part One

I admire anyone who can achieve art works across a range of art mediums. Sue Symons in the UK commenced painting in watercolour a long time ago but has now fallen in love with digital art works.

Exhibition

Community Art: the Growth of the Victor Harbor Creative Community - Part Five

This is the final post in the series on the Growth of the Victor harbor Creative Community. We conclude by seeing more works created by members of the Victor Harbor Regional Gallery and celebrate the companionship brought about through a shared love of art.

Exhibition

Community Art: the Growth of the Victor Harbor Creative Community - Part Four

Today we are going to meet the members of the Victor Harbor Regional Gallery and see some of their work. This post is part of the series Rowdy Wylie and Anne Newman have been presenting on the growth of community art in Victor Harbor, South Australia.

Exhibition

Community Art: the Growth of the Victor Harbor Creative Community - Part Three

Rowdy Wylie and I are back to continue the story of the development of the Victor Harbor Creative Artistic Community on the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia which is one of the oldest and most active visual arts communities in Australia. Today - the Victor Harbor Regional Gallery.

Narrative

Community Art: the Growth of the Victor Harbor Creative Community - Part Two

South Australian artist & member of the AnArt4Life team Rowdy Wylie continues the story of the development of the Victor Harbor Creative Artistic Community on the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia - one of the oldest and most active visual arts communities in Australia.

Narrative

Community Art: the Growth of the Victor Harbor Creative Community - Part One

South Australian artist & member of the AnArt4Life team Rowdy Wylie shares the history of the development of the Victor Harbor Creative Artistic Community on the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia - one of the oldest and most active visual arts communities in Australia.

England

Early Morning Reflection

We welcome in the new morning with a wonderful photo from E in London followed by William Wordsworth's famous sonnet 'Composed Upon Westminister Bridge'. And our good wishes for your day to be filled with many patches of sun.

Inspiration

The Lone Piper

As we approached the small pier at Inverewe, Scotland "a lone piper" stood on the rocky shoreline and played "Over the sea to Skye" Thanks to John "Rowdy" Wylie "a lone piper" now graces my lounge room.

Scotland

Beginning the cruise: Fair Isle and Noss Head

Our beautiful ship - "Island Sky" - is small enough to be able to get into the remote indented coastline to see amazing natural beauty and wildlife and to reach places which date back in time thousands of years to the Iron Age. Today - Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland.

War Art

Rowdy Wylie donates his war paintings to RSL museums in South Australia

Regular vistors to the AnArt4Life blog will be familiar with the paintings of Rowdy Wylie especially those he does to commemorate Australia's involvement in wars. Today he reports in on donating two of the paintings to two RSL Museums in South Australia.

War Art

Reflecting on Australia's Involvement in the Vietnam War: Part Two

Today is a very special day in Australia and here on the AnArt4Life blog we want to acknowledge the contribution so many Australians made to helping the people of Vietnam during the war that wracked their country for so long.

War Art

Reflecting on Australia's Involvement in the Vietnam War: Part One

Over the next couple of days we are going to pay tribute to Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War as it is 50 years since the final withdrawal.

Inspiration

Tendai Makufa brings us a new painting - Demonstrator!!!

The paintings ofTendai Makufa so uplifting and every new work he creates brings with it a new narrative, and new learning about how he sees the world - his world through his background of being born in Zimbabwe. His paintings take you with them from the past, to the pressent and into the future.