Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Matt’s Chainsaw Mayhem on Maple Street Maleny

MATTHEW GEORGE and his young son were taking an evening walk down Maple Street, Maleny. The town was going to sleep for the day and the street was defined by its shadows and ragged roof lines. It was then that Matt was struck by an inspiration for a project that is now bringing smiles up [...]

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DON POWELL … MALENY’S MASTER CARVER “I’ll never stop doing it unless I’m physically incapacitated”

by Leigh Robshaw AS A BOY OF 13, DON POWELL loved roaming around his father’s workshop, toying with tools and playing with pieces of wood. His father was the curator at the Marks-Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History in Brisbane and had an extensive workshop filled with every tool imaginable. One day, as he wandered around [...]

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LUKE FITZGERALD … Disabilities are no barrier to his artistic achievements

by Leigh Robshaw LUKE FITZGERALD is quickly emerging as one of Maleny’s most talented artists, with a fresh, whimsical style that can’t help but make you smile. He was recently selected as one of only four artists from Southeast Queensland to exhibit his work in the Heiser Gallery Emerging Artists Exhibition, held from April 16 [...]

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Feature Artist Montville Art Gallery MAY 2013 – Todd Whissen

From Strength to Strength BORN IN BRISBANE in 1963, Todd’s parents are Eric and Ruth Whisson, both well known artists, as is his brother, Colley. Although he began painting seriously in the 1990s, it was not until 2003 that Todd gave up his job as a picture framer to become a full time professional artist. [...]

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Art on Cairncross – Nan Paterson & Marc Kalifa

Nan Paterson & Marc Kalifa CLEAR VISIONS ATRUE ARTIST KNOWS what they want to create; how to make a concept into a reality that we can all share. Such wonderful vision shown by two artists will be displayed at Art on Cairncross throughout May. Nan Paterson is approaching her 90th birthday and is proof that [...]

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Talk to the artists at work

Five members of the Blackall Range Visual Artists group are happy for you to chat with them as they paint in a working exhibition in Montville this month. The paintings by Toni Black, Kate Websdale, Barbara Willcocks, Robyn Wight and Chris Stidolph (pictured) are diverse in subject, mediums, styles and techniques. They promise visitors a [...]

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Colin’s Icons of Rock’n’Roll

No Australian photographer was closer to the hotbed of 60’s rock‘n’roll than Colin Beard. Currently showing at The Shared in Yandina until June is an exhibition of black and white photos – Icons of Rock’n’Roll – some of Colin’s best images of the 60s rockers … the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Sonny & Cher and [...]

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An artist of substance and diversity Natalie Dyer

Feature Artist Montville Art Gallery APRIL 2013 BORN IN ENGLAND, Natalie spent her childhood in many different countries including Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, New Zealand and finally Australia. “Even though I was very young when we lived in Kenya, I have fond memories of our pet monkey, Chippy. I had a passion for animals and [...]

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Fables and Fantasies

JUDITH ROSENBERG has been an avid reader from childhood and from the written word her keen imagination has been fired in many directions over the years. Her established artistic career, especially as an etcher and print-maker, has flourished from this active mind. “Fables and Fantasies” is an exhibition spanning deep thought to sheer delight. We [...]

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Shannon exhibits in Buderim

Local, award winning ceramicist, Shannon Garson will exhibit at Buderim’s Art Nuvo gallery in Buderim from April 20 – May 11 in what she calls her ‘Petrichor’ collection of fine porcelain. Shannon says petrichor is a term for the smell of the earth after rain. “I want the surface of the pot to be part [...]

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