Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

CRAIG MEDSON – SCULPTOR

Visions that will outlast us all CRAIG MEDSON creates works of art that stand the test of time. His entrancing forms linger on in the mind and being completed in materials including marble, bronze and sandstone, they will outlast us all. For the stone sculptor the challenge is to take a solid mass and slowly re-shape it [...]

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ARTIST of the MONTH Montville Art Gallery

AUGUST – Judith Da Lozzo Born to Paint BORN in Adelaide in 1971, Judy’s childhood consisted of bohemian treks around Australia with her parents, Louis and Lucette both accomplished artists. Before finishing high school, Judy was offered three major art scholarships, an enormous privilege for an Australian art student. “I chose to study at Ecole Des Beaux Arts in [...]

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Top Glass Artist to Kenilworth

World renowned master glass artist Brian Hirst has chosen Lasting Impressions Gallery in Kenilworth as the venue for his first ever solo exhibition in Queensland from August 7-21, 2011. Hirst’s unique approach has been described as a ‘Conversation between Glass and Metal’. His hand-blown vessels complemented by gold, silver, and even platinum, create an artform that [...]

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Pineapple Pete to compete

A group of local, competitive pineapple growers are aiming for first place at this month’s Ekka, with the help of a life-sized plaster display figure – born out of a delivery of mulch. Working from a newly renovated farm building, Conondale artist Carol Weir was asked to produce ‘Pineapple Pete’ after mulch producer and pineapple grower, Chris [...]

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Farm sculptures for a cause

Recently members of Noosa Potters, Sunshine Coast Pottery Group and Suncoast Clay Workers enthusiastically joined in a day of making sculptures with Maleny clay worker Janna Pameijer. This was a ‘Sculpture with a Purpose’ day where their efforts are donated for a special cause. A fun art exhibition themed Farm Yard Animals will show off their [...]

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A matter of Serendipity

Rosebed St Gallery has created another wonderful exhibition under the heading Serendipity, meaning; the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident. For the curator Annie McRae, this is exactly how it all came together. It all began when Annie McRae bought her first pair of Pendragon Shoes when she moved to Brisbane in the early nineties. [...]

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Kevin’s Art of Perception

HINTERLAND artist, Kevin Oxley is launching his new exhibition at Art on Cairncross by going back to basics – in more ways than one. This astonishing all-round artist has called his exhibition The Art Of Perception because the more than 60 works on paper demonstrate Kevin’s remarkable facility to make every mark count, however simple or [...]

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Walk with Evangeline to the Kondalilla Falls

HINTERLAND ARTIST Evangeline Cachinero will lead a new walk in the 2011 Sunshine Coast Walks Festival. The Kondalilla Falls remains one of the most beautiful bushwalks on the Sunshine Coast. Imagine walking through this gorgeous tropical rainforest while taking the time to sit and make sketches with other art lovers. Join local artist Evangeline Cachinero as she [...]

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Discover Secrets of the Artist’s Studio

UNDER the umbrella of Arts Connect Inc. professional artists across the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast will be opening their personal studios during August. Visitors will be given the rare opportunity to experience the creative process of painters, potters and sculptors. Hidden away in stunning locations across the Hinterland, the distinctive practice of more than 30 [...]

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ARTIST of the MONTH Montville Art Gallery

JULY – Ron Cameron “You don’t need a degree to understand art – the Cave Men did it” RON CAMERON was born in Korumburra in the rolling foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges in the South Gippsland district of Victoria. He was the eldest of six children and showed artistic talent from a very early age. “I was extremely [...]

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