Australian Artist Simon White – A versatile artist Today we meet a versatile Australian artist who can make the transition from large scale public murals to beautiful landscape paintings and portraits in charcoal......
Cartoons A cloud a day…. and so much more! Today we look at the versatile work of illustrator, cartoonist and muralist Chris Judge, who lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Installation Art Rone – “Time” exhibition at Flinders Street station: Part 2 Today we look at street artist Rone's newest and most ambitious project yet - an installation of 11 post-war rooms above a famous train station in Melbourne. Image: The Guardian
Installation Art Rone - Street art and installations - Part 1 Today we look at the haunting murals and art installations created by Tyrone Wright, known world-wide as "Rone," as a precursor to his latest and greatest exhibition yet, Melbourne. Image: Rone Art
Murals TagCloud Day: Murals It's a TagCloud Day and we have given you the links to all our posts on murals and streetart for you to enjoy while we have a day of rest.
Thread and Needle A giant celestial map from a retro knitting machine! Today we meet an artist who has used her technical ability as a computer engineer to re-programme an old knitting machine to produce an amazing work of art!. Image: Heart of Pluto
Murals The impact of Flower Power and more! Today we meet a mural artist who makes powerful and statements through her large scale works that appear right across the world. Image: moncaron.com
Street Art Street Artists of Ghent Today we look at two artists with very different styles, who grew up in Ghent and making their mark on the street art scene. Bué The Warrior is inspired by comic books and pop art, and paints colourful walls while Roa uses a monochromatic palette with a strong obsession for animals and rodents.
Murals Art Murals of Sandringham Blank walls and traffic light signal boxes painted with attractive art murals in my suburb of Sandringham, a beachside area of Melbourne, Victoria. The colourful art works are being funded by a grant from the Victorian Government to our local Bayside Council.
Murals The Cavalcade of Transport - Wall Mural Today we discover an almost forgotten wall mural by Melbourne artist Harold Freedman. The mural, celebrating land travel development over 100 years, has now been relegated to relative obscurity at the back of a shopping centre in Melbourne CBD. Image: theage.com.au.
Award The Sir John Sulman Prize 2021 The Sir John Sulman Prize is one of the oldest art awards in Australia and this year was won by Georgia Spain for "Getting down or falling up" an acrylic on canvas work. Learn a little more by clicking through to read the post. Credit image: artgallery.nsw.gov.au
Dogs Sandringham's Dog Mural On my morning walk today around Sandringham, Dell, my friend and neighbour showed me this fabulous Dog Mural by Warren J Fox. Photo Credit: splatrs.com
Travel Beautiful Slovenia What beckons is a tour through the beautiful and stunning scenery of Slovenia which according to our tour guide, Rick Steves, is the least visited and most underrated of Europe's alpine countries. Some interesting architecture and murals for you to learn about.
Murals More Rice Art Chinese have developed a form of Rice Paddy Art in 3D form, while in India, Rangoli folk art of vibrant patterns, created on the ground using colored rice and dry or flour.
Murals Walk with us in a Field of Art Japanese Rice Paddy Art - each work a 15,000-square-meter mural designed and created in the Japanese village Inakadate, made up of, up to 7 different types of rice, often depicting local heritage and folklore.
Sculpture Monday's Feature ArtWork: Dona i Ocell by Joan Miró The scintillating works of Spanish multi talented artist Joan Miró is our feature work for today. The imposing 20+metre scultpure of a "woman and bird" dominates the Parc Joan Miró in Barcelona. Image: (pinterest.com.au) Dona i Ocell
Performing Arts Past Post: No 8 July 2018 Today we visit Spain 1897 and take a seat in a cafe. You might sit next to a young Picasso sketching the patrons, see a shadow puppet show produced by Pere Romeu or listen to Antoni Gaudi planning his Sagrada Familia. Image: Ramon Casas & Pere Romeu on a Tandem en.wikipedia.org
Figurative Art Past Posts: No 3 May 2018 The Past Posts today bring you the Mexican artist Diego Rivera: his murals and his wonderfully exciting images of the folk of Mexico. Introducing you to our new look footer. Fleurieu Peninsula link fixed!
Still Life Past Posts: No 2 May 2018 Today's Past Posts brings you two posts on the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
Mailbag Mail Bag: April Bringing news from subscribers including the Bungendore Wood Work Gallery (Canberra), Regents Park (London), Fortuna Villa (Bendigo). Image: Mural by Doris Lee (commons.wikimedia.org)
Murals Soutine and Michael May Giving recognition to British artist and set painter Michael May who painted the walls of Soutine Restaurant St John's Wood, London.
Murals Friday's Feature: Soutine Restaurant Showcasing some of the paintings that adorn the walls of the Soutine Restaurant, St John 's Wood. London.
Murals Friday Feature: Buckfast Abbey Mural by Mother Joanna Jamieson Showcasing the mural painted by Mother Joanna Jamieson at Buckfast Abbey in Devon. The mural depicts the reconstruction of the Abbey between 1907 and 1939.
Exhibition Frieze Week London Artist: Marc Camille Chaimowicz Marc Chaimowicz uses cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper which challenge the categorical divisions between art and design.
Women Artists Pixie O’Harris and the missing paintings The multi-talented Pixie O’Harris (1903-1991), children’s book author, painter, illustrator and broadcaster, was born Rhona Olive Harris in Cardiff, Wales. By the age of fourteen Rhona was exhibiting drawings with the South Wales Art Society, of which her father was a chairman and secretary.
