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Nature

Reflection: Picking Blackberries

Reflecting through picking blackberries and all it implies. Image: Folk Art Blackberry Patch Rural Country Farm Landscape Painting - Blackberries Rustic Americana by Walt Curlee (https://fineartamerica.com/)

Photography

Reflection: Thank you Johann Zahn through the lens of John Pickup

From the camera of John Pickup OAM we bring you some amazing images of birds. Image: Photograph by John Pickup

Sculpture

Monday's Feature Art Work: Amazing Sculptures

Sculptures are not hard to find in most of our worlds but "green sculptures"? We have to go to Canada to locate our feature art work which is accompanied by many other green sculptures located in the Jacques-Cartier Park, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Image: Mother Nature (cweek.ca)

Birds

Reflection: Feathered Flight

Let us take a moment or two to reflect on the marvels of flight as displayed by our feathered friends. Enjoy a video "Birds in Flight" by Wildlife World, 2010.

Nature

Nadine Dudek - Research scientist to professional artist

Nadine Dudek is a Melbourne (Vic, Australia) painter working mainly in watercolour. Today I bring you some of her paintings of birds which combine realism with almost semi-abstract strokes. (Image: The Red Head by Nadine Dudek (nadinedudek.com)

Nature

Robert Bissell's Animal Narrative

Zoomorphic paintings of Robert Bissell invite us to explore our thinking & actions associated with our place in the natural world. Enjoy a child's picturebook view where the messages are far more complicated & profound. Image: The Prayer (robertbissell.com)

Photography

Reflection: Look Even Higher

As you go about your busy day remember to look up into the sky and it is worth while staying up a little late at night to marvel at the starry canopy which floats above us. Image: Unsplash/Greg Rakozy

Drawings

A powerful message from a powerful artist........

Today we examine the detailed work of Lucienne Rickard in Tasmania. She is making a powerful statement about the plight of endangered and extinct flora and fauna by erasing her work as soon as it's finished! Image: Sydney Arts Guide.

Nature

Reflection: The Leaf

We are surrounded by them but how often do we look at them? Leaves. I love their shapes, their colours & the patterns they make. Stop when you can & take a closer look at what leaves do to make our world so very pretty. Image: A section from "Tyquin House, Taradale, Victoria" by Anne Newman.

Nature

Reflection: Abandon Yourself to Mother Nature

Want to escape into nature? Come with me today where we take time to reflect on structures that have been given up by humans into the protective and comforting embrace of Mother Nature. Image: Cool Relief by Anne Newman

Seascapes

Oh, my - Ed Obermeyer!

Ed Obermeyer is an artist and teacher from Virginia USA who uses his water and nature photography, and the experiences of his extensive travels to reflect beauty and movement in his inspiring paintings. Image: edobermeyer.com

Gardens

Reflection: The BenCab Museum Opens Our Eyes to the Philippines

Take the chance to stroll through a beautiful garden in the Philippines which were established by artist BenCab as part of his museum in Baguio, Philippines. Image: bencabmuseum.org

Seascapes

John Lacey: Finding Designs in Nature

Artist John Lacey from South Australia recreates the landscape in oils and cold wax producing intriguing images that highlight the designs he can see in nature. Image: Late Light Near the Mouth (johnlacey.com.au)

Photography

Reflection: The Fleurieu Peninsula

The glorious landscape of the "Fleurieu Peninsula" in South Australia provides us with the opportunity to reflect on the magnificence of the natural world. Image: Fleurieu Peninsula (Tourism Australia / australia.com)

Landscapes

Ainslie Roberts

Showcasing some of the wonderful illustrations created by Australian artist Ainslie Roberts to represent Aboriginal myths and legends recorded by ethnologist Charles P Mountford. Image: Goolagaya and the White Dingo by Ainslie Roberts

Nature

Strolling

Sharing some images from our local Jells Park as a reflection.

Animals

The "Bare" Facts About Koalas

Visitors to Australia want to see The Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, the Opera House and many also would like to see our amazing fauna like a kangaroo or a koala so different to animals elsewhere. Image: Unsplash/Gary Runn

Photography

The beauty of autumn dew on a spider's web

Learn how to take that perfect photograph of a spider's web instructed by Darren Rowse & also learn fascinating facts about different kinds of spiders & uses made of spider silk. Image: digital-photography-school.com

Nature

The anomalies of moths and butterflies

Butterflies & moths are so much part of our lives we don't realise how amazing they are, the ways in which they differ. Learn about the largest & the smallest butterflies, the life cycle, camouflage techniques, the incredible journey taken by the Monarch Butterfly. Image: Unsplash/Kevin Grieve

Birds

The Owl and the Pussycat

Bovey Castle – for most of us that meant joining the crowd at 10am for falconry display. George filled in for Simon and although having the same opinion about owls - to our delight brought out Merlin - an eagle owl. Image: TheQuirkyTraveller

Nature

The beauty of owls

The diversity and beauty of owls are breathtaking. Owls range from 15cms tall to over 80cms. Diversity includes the sounds they make far beyond the familiar "hoot". Includes a video of the "prettiest owls". Image: Unsplash.

Nature

Fascinating Owls !

Bringing you from the "world of owls" some wonderful images and facts including information about their senses, characteristics of different types, habits and habitats. Image: Courtesy of UnSplash

Landscapes

A Sense of Place Part Three: En Plein Air Replaces The Studio

In my examination of "a sense of place" particularly as it influences artists, today we look at the artists who pioneered "en plein air": Constable, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Bazille followed by Pissarro, Cezanne, Guillaumin.

Travel

Escape to a Tree house in Africa

Escaping to a "tree house" an excellent option which I was lucky enough to experience while touring Namibia in 2008 just around the time of the GFC – we were completely oblivious to anything happening in the world.

Sense of Place

Trees

Sharing some images from the National Arboretum Canberra. Also publicising an exhibition by poet and artist Belinda Broughton who lost her home in Lobethal (Adelaide Hills), South Australia. Announcing an exhibition on the relationship of trees to us being held at the Hayward Gallery, London