Australia is indeed a “sunburnt country” and “wide brown land” as referenced in lines of the poemMy Countryby Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968). Much of Australian landscape painting has conveyed this through scenes in muted browns, greens, and yellows to capture the wealth of eucalyptus trees...
Wild Horsesis a feel-good rural romance, brimming with warmth, wilderness, and hope. It’s also a tribute to a real-life horse named Lofty, rescued by my son Matt from the kill pens of a knackery. Matt and that big bay spent many years ridiing through the mountains together. Unfortunat...
For Justin, this theme of belonging has a large impact on his approach to the work. Veering away creating in a project-based format or centering his shows around specific themes, he has grown more interested in “work over a lifetime” developing long-running stories and scenes and situation...
An uninitiated man or woman is only allowed to paint outside stories, the sort of story that might be told to a child. An initiated man can paint an inside story, which is restricted knowledge. Thus, a painting may be displayed in an exhibition, or put up for sale, but the artist, ...
the lacey froth of fanning waves sinking on the sand. The glory of sunsets and sunrises that paint their own unique masterpieces every single day. What a wonderful privilege it was to be his child, and what insight he gave me, an aspiring writer, as I sought to capture what he saw and...
spying on those suspected of working for the company behind the scenes. But realistically, this work and Zafar’s trust don’t transform Animal into a paragon of virtue overnight. He does some shocking things including becoming a peeping Tom. The reader is torn between being appalled by some...
It’s been a long drought, but I’ve been busy behind the scenes and the next six months will let my readers see that I haven’t just been slacking about in my ugg-boots these last few years! I have a new book ready to go. It’s calledTHE WATERHOLEand I am super proud of it...
For as long as she can remember, Sally wanted to paint and write but at school she was discouraged from expressing herself through her art because her teachers failed to see the promise in her individual style. It was not until she researched her family history and discovered her Aboriginal ...
spying on those suspected of working for the company behind the scenes. But realistically, this work and Zafar’s trust don’t transform Animal into a paragon of virtue overnight. He does some shocking things including becoming a peeping Tom. The reader is torn between being appalled by some...