Mailbag December 2023 Mailbag No 1 A great variety of items can be found in the first of our December Mailbags from reflecting on Rowdy's painting for Remembrance Day, to paintings on water tanks and learning about "guerrilla knitting" , Scottish tartan - plus lots more.
Mailbag November 2023 Mailbag We like to take you "around the world" when we open our monthly mailbag and today is no exception - from India, Japan, England, Australia concluding in South Africa. A wonderful variety of offerings.
Mailbag October 2023 Mailbag Our mailbag is full to the brim with items from blackhouses in the Outer Hebrides, ships on the high seas, a portrait of Micky the cat, a watercolour of Gonesh Thakur and much more.
Mailbag September 2023 Mailbag Whizzing around the world the September mailbag contains items from Fair Isle, a book recommendation from Tanzania, new sculptures from Mandurang, Australia, paper sculptures from America and "natural art" from London.
Mailbag August 2023 Mailbag No 2 Our mailbags are always full of items of creative interest from our subscribers and social media followers and today is no exception - from the Philippines to India, back to South Australia and then to China - join us today as we open another mailbag.
Mailbag August 2023 Mailbag No 1 I'm in London but mail items today take us to Australia, Tanzania, South Africa, France - all representing the wonderful global representation and interests we have among our subscribers and social media followers.
Mailbag July 2023 Mailbag No 2 This mailbag contains items about quilting, Australian artist Dorothy Braund who gets compared to Philippe de Kraan and other links to keep you informed about the art that is all around us. Enjoy.
Mailbag July 2023 Mailbag No 1 Mailbags are always full of surprises like today as I take you back to my country - the Greater Bendigo region of Central Victoria.
Mailbag June Mailbag 2023 No 2 As always a very mixed mailbag bag of goodies - early naive art works by Johanna Hildebrandt, plus some insightful comments from Monica Joan in Tanzania on Tendai Makufa, Philippe de Kraan, Georges Seurat and Millet.
Mailbag June Mailbag 2023 No 1 Hi everyone, many of you have told me how much you enjoy the monthly mailbag especially as the variety appeals to our diversity of interests - and this month is not exception. Something for anyone!!
Mailbag May 2023 Mailbag Packaging features in the mailbag this month, plus a great variety of items from the subscribers for you to check out.
Mailbag April 2023 Mailbag How varied is the April mailbag - stamps commemorating aeroplanes, comments about Easter traditions in Ireland and country Victoria, paintings from India and a teaser for a post coming up on American sculptor Cyrus Dallin.
Mailbag March 2023 Mailbag No 2 Lots of mail this month so we have some more items to look at and admire. Included are: sailing ships, the latest from Tendai Makufa, a sculpture featuring "medication packets" and some inspiration to be gained from copying.
Mailbag March 2023 Mailbag No 1 The March mailbag contains stamps not unsurprisingly! But also we go back into outback Australia with some interesting buildings from the past. And then a touch of snow in Ireland and another treat from Willie Takatosi Cox.
Mailbag February 2023 Mailbag No 2 The beauty of the sea, ships and trees dominate the second mailbag for the month. And we see the latest painting from the easel of Soumya Kundu in Kolkata, India.
Mailbag February 2023 Mailbag No 1 Subscriber H Steve Cook has provided us today with a wonderful watercolour painting (by his friend and artist Les Schapel) of the Lobethal Post Office, South Australia where Steve was the Post Master. What a great story to share about the past. Lots more interesting items in the mailbag - open it!
Mailbag January 2023 Mailbag We spend some time in Victoria & South Australia with the Heysens. Andrew's comments take us back to looking for Alfred Sisley's paintings & then Steve Cook takes us to outback Australia. Willie Takatosi Cox concludes with movable paper figures made with only paper, scissors and glue.
Mailbag December 2022 Mailbag No 2 The December mailbag is overflowing with goodies from rural scenes by Sue Hourigan, buildings in South Australia and importantly the celebration of Australian outback artists and the opening of "Djaa Djuwima", our dedicated First Nations gallery in Bendigo.
Mailbag December 2022 Mailbag No 1 So much in the December mailbag we have again split it into two posts. Today - a little about Christmas, and sailing ships go by thanks to Robert Carter, and we recognise Rowdy's commitment to saluting those wonderful people who have fought so hard and for so long to preserve our freedom.
Mailbag November 2022 Mailbag No 2 The bag contains: a portrait, lots about Derwent pencils including a video showing how pencils are made. And then Rowdy suggests, following Jane's experiences in Africa, that we all follow Humphry Bogart and Katharine Hepburn on the "African Queen".
Mailbag November 2022 Mailbag No 1 The mailbag includes info on the "Arab Art Fair" in Beirut; The Flash in paper by Willie Cox; a megapod by Andre Sardone... and be transported to Planet City with Liam Young.
Mailbag October 2022 Mailbag No 2 October Mailbag No2 is mainly about people - famous people in the main - and a couple we hope will become very famous in the art field. If you like portraits you will enjoy this post. Links to Jane's trip to Tanzania are also given for those of you who missed these amazing posts.
Mailbag October 2022 Mailbag No 1 Once more our monthly mailbag takes us to many places around the world from Tanzania, to London, to Kalkata (India), Australia, Peru and Ukraine.
Mailbag September 2022 Mailbag No 2 In Sept Mailbag No 2 we meet a new artist - Gloria Keh - from Singapore, recognise Ukrainian aritst Lyubov Panchenko, continue memories of "jobs that no longer exist" .... and much. much more. Click to open up our September Mailbag No 2.
Mailbag September 2022 Mailbag No 1 The September mailbag No 1 takes us all around the world from Aldeburgh in Suffolk, UK; York, also in the UK, and then to Peru. We have communication from Cape Town and Tanzania and conclude with a peacock from Kolkata in West Bengal, India.