My largish cyanotype ‘Golden Curtain Crust’ sold at the Mary Cairncross fungi exhibition. Needless to say, I was quite pleased about this and was happy to see it go off to a new home. But, not everything went well. Jilly, who had organised the exhibition, kindly offered to deliver it to the new owners work…
Amazing Fungi
The Maleny Printmakers were back at Mary Cairncross this year for another printmaking exhibition. Our theme this time was ‘fungi’. We all learnt a bit more about fungi, and the fungi of south-east Queensland in particular as we prepared for our ‘Amazing Fungi’ exhibition. The exhibition was held from Saturday 15th July to Sunday 23rd…
My turn again……
The years are going by, and it is my turn as ‘Artist of the Month’ again at the Maleny Arts and Crafts Group’s ‘Fine Art Group’. I’ve no idea how or why, but somehow I ended up with the job of organizing a small exhibition each month to feature an artist from our Fine Art…
Collectables 2022
The Maleny Printmakers ‘Collectables 2022’ has been and gone – it is always a delightful little exhibition of small prints 13.5 x 11.5 cms in size and has a good following. This year it was at Munnimbah-dja an indigenous run gallery in the ‘little red house’ in the Forest Heart nursery grounds at Maleny. I…
Flying flags
There is a US Facebook page called World Cyanotype Day and each year they put together an exhibition of cyanotype flags. As a spin-off from this Doug Spowart and Victoria Cooper have started an Australian version of World Cyanotype Day on their Facebook page The Cyanotype in Australia. This year I decided to join in…
Reptiles and Amphibians
The Maleny Printmakers are back in the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve gallery with their exhibition Reptiles and Amphibians. Both numbers of artists and works were less than usual due to the uncertainties of Covid-19 from the point of view of ‘will the exhibition be cancelled due to lockdown’ and vagaries of health and sometime lack…
The print swap
I can’t say I’ve never done a print swap before, but this was a first for me – a print swap where 15 artists did one print in an edition of 15 so we all got 15 different prints. I’d been a bit wary of print swaps, but as this involved the Maleny Printmakers, a…
Meet the Cool Locals
Arts Connect Inc. are back at Mary Cairncross, and although I haven’t seen all their exhibitions, this has to take the cake for being quirky, creative and slightly vulnerable due to Covid. The exhibition is called Meet the Cool Locals – and not just cool in a trendy sort of sense, but ‘cool’ as our…
Way out west..
I’ve just spent a fortnight ‘way out west’ in Queensland with around 30 others from Mapleton. I think there were 7 women, and the rest, including John, were the men from the Mapleton Mens Shed. We packed the Avan and headed around 1000 kms west to Cunnumulla, then another 16 kms north-west to the Bowra…
Open studio reflections
For a person that usually stays in the background, I can sometimes get a bit more brave and open my studio to the public. In all cases it has been through Arts Connect Inc. In previous years I have opened my studio for a weekend at the end of each month. With Covid restrictions nothing…
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