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Covid Creative Charm

ABC Radio Sydney conducted a Household Lockdown Portrait Competition in which participants were asked to recreate a famous artwork, or submit an original one, using people and objects in their home. More than 250 people took up the creative challenge and entered the competition on social media.

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

Parody

Ten of the most parodied artworks of all time

Parodied artworks have been produced since pencils and brushes were first taken up as tools that can create. Now with digital techniques parodied artworks are even more prolific. Be amused, be shocked, be engaged. Image credit: royalacademy.org.uk/Sonny Malhotra

Ceramics

Imp Hung: Being with Van Gogh

We continue our journey with the creative ceramic tiles of Taiwanese artist Imp Hung and learn about her thoughts and inspiration gained from paintings by Van Gogh. Image credit: Imp Hung

Celebration

Norman Rockwell’s April Fools Covers

A little fun for April 1 to spot the errors in the famous April Fools Covers created by Norman Rockwell for the Saturday Evening Post in the 1940s. Image credit: saturdayeveningpost.com

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

Food Art

Food Paintings with a Twist

Showcasing some remarkable paintings by: Giuseppe Arcimboldo and Lily Martin Spencer.

Parody

The Cow Jumped Over the Moon and...

Enjoying nursery rhymes about the moon and images of a cat and a fiddle, a cow jumping over the moon, a little dog laughing and a dish running away with a spoon.

Cats

Regina Femrite with Something Different

Showcasing Regina Femrite's High Society Cat series.

Parody

Fantastical Figures

Unbridled Friday and today I have chosen to show you a few of the sculptures created by writer and artist Kirsten Bishop who was born in Victoria but now resides in Bangkok. This pair of bronzes is titled Fabulous Anybodies.

Sculpture

Olaf Hajek’s Alternatives to Hair

Olaf Hajak who creates some amazing images of heads. But Olaf Hajak also acts as an introduction to a new topic I want to broach which is the changing interpretation of Realism. Hajak creates in a style called Magical Realism

Parody

Sean Landers: Beyond the Clown

Showcasing some paintings by American artist Sean Landers who likes painting the occasional clown. Included are three paintings from his Around the World Alone series with the lonely clown. The first is Around the World Alone (The Holy Hermit) created in 2011, oil on linen.

Parody

Hogarth’s Perception of Society Mocked English Society

William Hogarth and his caricatures of English Society.

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