Challenge

Painting starts with ideas

Observation is an essential part of being a better painter. As you move around in your world try to record some of what is around you. Encourage your children to discover new shapes, patterns, colours in their world. Today I encourage you to copy one of my paintings.

TagCloud Day: Mixed Media

Mixed Media - AnArt4LifeAnArt4LifeJulie

Floristry

Floristry empowering women

Today we see the story of a floristry business in Melbourne which takes on refugee trainees to help them learn skills and build relationships for their future empowerment.

Rest Day

Some of us need to recover from Easter. Back tomorrow!

Cubism

Dorothy Braund at the Mornington Gallery

Today we look at some examples of the work of Narrative Cubist Dorothy Braund, which were on display at the Mornington Regional Gallery recently.

Ceramics

Moroccan Craftsmen

I very much love Islamic art and architecture and the intricate designs they have been creating for centuries. Today I share some images from inside a Moroccan pottery I visited some years ago.

TagCloud Day: Trees

Trees - AnArt4LifeAnArt4LifeAnne Newman

Ships and boats

Towards Falmouth "The four-masted barque Magdalene Vinnen" by Robert Carter

We continue our series on the marvellous paintings by Robert Carter OAM, FASMA, FISMP of the 'sailing ship' era and published in "The Marine Paintings" of Robert Carter.

Celebration

Easter 2024

We wish all our readers a happy and peaceful Easter Day, as we all look to the future with hope for better times for our troubled world.

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Reflection

Good Friday 2024

Today we bring you paintings and sculpture which present the scenes of Good Friday in very different ways.

TagCloud Day: Awards

Award - AnArt4LifeAnArt4LifeAnne Newman

Exhibition

The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2024

Today we look at some photos of the variety of landscapes,sculptures and floristry displays at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2024.

Music

Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ

English company William Hill & Son manufactured the organ in 1890, at the time, the largest organ in the world. Read the history of the organ with its 5 keyboards, the numerous pedals as well as the 2 panels of stops.

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Photography

Murray Fredericks: The Salt Lake

Earlier this year I was fortunate in being able to attend an exhibition The Salt Lake held at the Museum of Australian Photography. The Salt Lake is a major survey exhibition of the work of iconic Australian landscape photographer Murray Fredericks.

Reflection

The Sea

Tomorrow we are leaving the sea and I am taking you off into Central Australia to see the The Salt Lake exhibition by Murray Fredericks of Kati Thanda- Lake Eyre following 31 visits over 20 years he has made to capture this remarkable landscape.

Reflection

Kevin McKay invites us into a "liminal space in which to linger"

Today Kevin McKay invites us through his painting "Pedestrian Bridge - Bondi" to "linger, and not only to linger, but to linger in liminal space!!"

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Australian Artist

City and Sea: Visual Poems by Jay McKay

Today we conclude our review of the works by Jay McKay who is putting his personal stamp on the art world. We are so thrilled be be able to showcase some of the paintings from his City and Sea Exhibition which he and his father Kevin Mckay recently held in Sydney.

Australian Artist

City and Sea: Urban Coastal Environment by Kevin McKay

Regular viewers of the AnArt4Life blog will know well the wonderful urban paintings of Kevin McKay. And so it is with delight that we will showcase some of the urban landscape paintings he contributed to the City and Sea Exhibition with his son Jay McKay.

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Australian Artist

City and Sea with Jay McKay and Kevin McKay: A Shared Passion

Yesterday I introduced you to Jay McKay - an exciting new artist who is making his presence felt. Not only is Jay one of only 50 HSC students chosen to be represented in the ARTEXPRESS exhibition for 2024, he has also recently shared an exhibition of City and Sea with his father Kevin McKay.

Australian Artist

Jay McKay: "Blue Mind" ARTEXPRESS, Art Gallery of New South Wales

The AnArt4Life blog has an exciting new artist to introduce to you. Jay McKay is a young man with enormous artistic talent and has just been selected as just one of 50 students to be represented in ARTEXPRESS at the Art Gallery of NSW from over 8,000 applicants who submitted art for HSC assessment.

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