The Challenge of Botanical Art

    Botanical art is always something that has fascinated me.  To investigate more I went to see the ‘Capturing Flora’ exhibition at the Gallery of  Ballarat.  It’s the most comprehensive exhibition of Australia’s botanical art ever...
Painting Inks on Canvas Workshop

Painting Inks on Canvas Workshop

I had an opportunity this week to take part in an inks workshop demonstrating how to use inks on canvas.  This was an new experience – I’d only ever used inks on paper. It’s a lovely, washy, free flowing painting method.  First  the canvas (we used...
Hyper-Realistic Acrylic Body Painting

Hyper-Realistic Acrylic Body Painting

  Alexa Meade thinks completely backwards. Most artists use acrylic paints to create portraits of people on canvas using a Hyper-Realistic Acrylic technique. Meade applies acrylic paints on her subjects and makes them appear to be a part of the painting! This is...

Indigenous Art at the NGV

Had a fantastic day in Melbourne at the National Gallery of Victoria.  But first a coffee at one of Melbourne’s excellent coffee establishment, then off to Federation Square to see ‘Living Water’ which is an exhibition of contemporary indigenous art...
Namatjira Workshop

Namatjira Workshop

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I had the great pleasure of attending a  very unique workshop yesterday at Metropolis Gallery (Namatjira Workshop).  The gallery is currently presenting an exhibition, ‘Namatjira: Regeneration’,  showing a new generation...
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