Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Buy Palmwoods pastels off the easel…

ART STILL ON THE EASEL is as fresh as you can buy it, and that’s what will be offered on Friday December 3 by the Palmwoods Pastel group tutored by artist, Carolyn Sheather. Quality artworks straight from their origins will be offered for show and sale by this talented bunch. Many inexpensive and undiscovered gems will [...]

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Rosebed St Gallery reveals its smalls!

ROSEBED ST Gallery has been transformed into a treasure trove of miniature masterpieces with their final exhibition for 2011, Small Works/Small Town – Takeaway Art! Curators Annie & Maya have gathered a collection of stunning small art pieces, guaranteed to please a diverse range of tastes. The work of 37 artists, both emerging and established creates [...]

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30 year collaboration by three artistic friends

FEW RESIDENTS of the Sunshine Coast realise that the man responsible for Council’s cultural heritage and collections, as well as its library and gallery services, is also an accomplished artist in his own right. John Waldron has often practised his painting in collaboration with close friends, Warwick and Neil Healey for more than 30 years. It is [...]

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ARTIST of the MONTH Montville Art Gallery

Kevin Penny Amongst the Gum trees … RENOWNED rural artist, Kevin Penny is our feature artist for the month of November. Kevin’s great passion is for Australian gum trees or eucalypts as he prefers to call them. “I love the grandeur of the eucalypt. Each knot and lump on their trunks and limbs gives such character [...]

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Rowley Drysdale is … 16 NOT OUT

CERAMICS can present many challenges to an artist – selecting the type of clay, throwing the forms, perfecting the glazes and waiting for the magical moment when the kiln opens and a new work is completed. Rowley Drysdale has been exploring these possibilities for over 20 years and for the past 16 of these has been [...]

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Great Weekend Workshops

Maleny Arts Retreat has two stimulating workshops coming up in November. Reductive Linocut with Sonja Georgeson is on November 19,20. Join Sonja and take the simple linocut method to another level by learning to create a limited edition of multi-coloured prints. This workshop is for all levels including beginners, although a basic understanding of linocut is preferred. Cost: [...]

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REX BACKHAUS-SMITH

“An artist with the Australian outback in his very soul” REX BACKHAUS-SMITH has the Australian outback in his very soul. Having grown up in western Queensland and lived all of his life in this state, he has a tremendous knowledge of his country and bush history, which sing throughout his paintings. This personal experience gives depth and [...]

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ARTIST of the MONTH Montville Art Gallery

Adam Bogusz An Unreal World BORN in Melbourne in 1971, Adam moved with his parents to Saunders Beach, a little north of Townsville, when he was fifteen. “Our family home was a stone’s throw from the water’s edge and surrounded by natural beauty. Our nearest neighbour was just a dot on the horizon. It suited my temperament but [...]

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A Sextet of Artists

What do you call a sextet of Artists? “Just good friends” was the answer from the six members of the Blackall Range Visual Artists who have joined together for a small group exhibition on Saturday and Sunday 22-23 October. The artists, Philippa Rhodes, Wendy Edmond, Dorothy Peall, Ron Potter, Malveen White, and Sonja Gillett meet each [...]

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Johanna’s in Parliament House

A fine porcelain vase by Hinterland artist, Johanna De Maine will go into the Federal Parliament House Art Collection thanks to the efforts of Member for Fisher Peter Slipper, and Johanna’ s Hinterland gallery owners, Jane Caraffi and Tony Gill of Art on Cairncross. Bountiful Harvest is the name Johanna has given to the 13cm high [...]

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