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JMW Turner: You Rock Star!

When I think of the UK and artists, like most people Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775 – 1851), known in his time as William Turner, comes to mind very quickly. As I fly off to the UK for 2 months let's take a quick look at "one of the very best artists the world has ever produced.

Inspirational

"The Painter" (Jay McKay) by Kevin McKay

Jay acknowledges our presence, even if it feels like we may have intruded on the creative genesis. The empty park bench suggest he might be open to company though - at a respectable distance. Please read on...

Australian Artist

Johanna Hildebrandt Series: Enhancing Artistic Talent

Whilst a good dose of Artistic DNA is probably essential to the making of an artist, training of some kind, be it done formally or informally, is essential. Today we look at Johanna Hildebrandt's training background & how it helped produce the breadth and depth of talent in this artist.

Naive Art

Johanna Hildebrandt Series: Naive Art and Beyond

In yesterday's post we discussed Naive Art & introduced you to the early paintings created by Australian artist Johanna Hildebrandt. Today we continue to look at Johanna's paintings in more detail & learn more about her artistic style which has its roots in the Naive Art school as seen below.

Naive and Folk Art

Johanna Hildebrandt Series: Inspired by European Naive Art

When AnArt4Life team member Andrew suggested we do a series on the Australian artist Johanna Hildebrandt I jumped at the suggestion. Johanna's paintings are inspirational! And her style matured from early days when she was influenced by the fundamental elements of what constitutes Naive Art.

Australian Artist

Jay McKay: "Blue Mind" ARTEXPRESS, Art Gallery of New South Wales

The AnArt4Life blog has an exciting new artist to introduce to you. Jay McKay is a young man with enormous artistic talent and has just been selected as just one of 50 students to be represented in ARTEXPRESS at the Art Gallery of NSW from over 8,000 applicants who submitted art for HSC assessment.

John Pickup

In Memory of John Pickup OAM

Today is the first anniversary of the death of our dear friend and member of the AnArt4Life blog team John Pickup OAM. We bring you a summary of our past posts on this remarkable man and artist.

Australian Artist

Roland Shakespeare Wakelin: Part One

Team member Andrew from the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales has a remarkably wide ranging collection of paintings which we are fortunate in being able to view and appreciate. Today from his collection we want to introduce you to a significant Australian artist from the early C20th.

Photography

Light Years by Camberwell Camera Club: Part Four

This is the final (for the moment) of our showcasing of some of the posters created by the Camberwell Camera Club for their exhibition titled "Light Years" held earlier this year.

Photography

Light Years by Camberwell Camera Club: Part Three

The third and penultimate post showcasing the work of photographers from the Camberwell Camera Club Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) who held an exhibition earlier this year titled "Light Years".

Photography

Light Years by Camberwell Camera Club: Part Two

Today we continue to look at and appreciative the remarkable posters created by photographers from the Camberwell Camera Club Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) who held an exhibition earlier this year titled "Light Years".

Exhibition

Exhibition of Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award

The Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award is exhibiting at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery until 12 November in 782 Kingsway, Gymea NSW Australia. Really worth taking a look - check out this post for links and a preview of works.

Watercolour

Rogan Taylor: Watercolourist

I want to introduce you to Rogan Taylor who like many of us is a part-time artist but loves painting in watercolour in a delightfully subtle style and in many cases with a whimsical touch which is most appealing.

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