AN IMPERFECT WORKSHOP FOR THE CREATIVE CURIOUS was the focus of a workshop held recently at the NOOSA REGIONAL GALLERY’. Artist and Textile Designer JULIE PATERSON shared her love of sourcing ideas and inspiration from the local ...
Named after Sir Joseph Banks these iconic Australian wildflowers continue to inspire artists. As subject matter for still life arrangements or represented in landscape paintings, artists such as Margaret Preston drew inspiration ...
“Serendipity’…fortunate happenstance or a pleasant surprise Remember hydrangas, those old fashioned plants adorning the gardens of the 50”s. Now reappearing in their sheer beauty in a recent Ikebana arrangement at the Queensland Art ...
The current exhibition of textiles from India and Laos at the Queensland Art Gallery caught my eye for their highly patterned and colourful surface decoration, in particular the dowry bags from GUJURAT , the state bordered by Rajasthan to the east and Pakistan in the north.
