Zhong Chen
Zhong Chen Zhong Chen © Self-portrait on a horse. Finalist 2011 Archibald Prize. Standing in front of Zhong Chen's self portrait at the 2011 Archibald at Tarrawarra Museum of Art,… More…
Frogponds Road
Frogponds Rd. Frogponds Road in the Yarra Valley offered some great photo opportunities earlier this year. This iconic double fronted brick veneer, with gumtree, was one of them.… More…
Tim Peel wins Premiers Award for Excellence
Tim Peel wins Premier's Award for Excellence. Tim Peel© Sculptural Ring, gold, South Sea pearl, spinel, diamond. (Photograph courtesy of the artist) Just before the Yarra Valley… More…
Life Drawing at ACME et al
Life Drawing at ACME et al- Deshabille The French- English dictionary says the word deshabille means partly dressed, undressed or carelessly dressed. Partly dressed and undressed… More…
Farewell the Archibald
Farewell the Archibald Juan Ford Ultrapilgrim, oil on linen, 168cm x 214cm © Juan Ford Archibald Finalist 2012 The 2012 Archibald closed at TarraWarra Museum of Art on the 8th of… More…
Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards 2011
Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards 2011 Anna-Maria Plescia©, Anew, Calico and toothpicks, 152x50x25cm. (Detail) I've got one word for you about the Yering Station… More…
Jeremy Shub wields a mean chainsaw
Jeremy Shub wields a mean chainsaw. Photograph by Jeremy Shub© Courtesy of the artist. Jeremy Shub is my latest find in the Yarra Valley. He is a resident of the co-operative… More…
Mt Rael's Artist Escape
Mt Rael's Artist Escape Song Ling © My Name is Fartunate- self portrait Finalist 2011 Archibald Prize. The Archibald at Tarrawarra Museum of Art has been a coup for the whole of… More…
Painter,sculptor Antonio Villella
Painter, sculptor Antonio Villella I was so excited when the invitation came through to Antonio Villella's exhibition. You might remember him from the Yarra Valley Open… More…
A 'Clandestine' Exhibition
A 'Clandestine' Exhibition ...those words pretty much sum this one up! ACME et al have done it again. They've put on an exhibition that's a little bit of 'naughty' and a lot of… More…
Three Stories Artspace
Three Stories Artspace Here's a wonderful place in the middle of the Yarra Valley. Three Stories Artspace. Under the creative watch of Ali Griffin, it's a mecca for local… More…
Margaret McLoughlin
Margaret McLoughlin Margaret McLoughlin is experimenting with encaustic painting. This series of three encaustic paintings on board, are among her first explorations in this… More…
Malcolm Peel's labyrinthine studio reflects his work.
Malcolm Peel's labyrinthine studio reflects his work. Labyrinth is the best word to describe Malcolm Peel's studio. 'Invitations' to walk up and down the corridors and explore the… More…
2011 Archibald Preview
2011 Archibald Preview Ben Quilty © Margaret Olley 2011 Archibald Prize Winner Today I attended the preview of the 2011 Archibald at Tarrawarra Museum of Art. My advice to you… More…
Mike Emmett and Bec Jones
Mike Emmett's 32x32 and Bec Jones' Mono. NB. To make sense of this work...get the image up on your computer, and walk back ten paces...then voila! I'm bumping into more and more… More…
Alistair Whyte
Alistair Whyte I mentioned in the Tim Peel blog that the Yarra Valley Open Studio Program inspired the birth of Isiiad. It was Alistair Whyte's work that drew me to explore that… More…
Antonio Villella
Antonio Villella I'm up early this morning to write this as Antonio is bringing one of his sculptures over to Isiiad this morning. We're going to see if it fits in the spot that I… More…
Justin Purser
Justin Purser. Sometimes I'm really driven to meet an artist or artisan and things will conspire to make that happen. That was certainly the case with Justin Purser. I first saw… More…
Jenny Reddin pours to perfection
Jenny Reddin pours to perfection. My latest hunt for great things to show you led me to Not the Archies. That led me to Margaret McLoughlin. Then last week to Jenny Reddin. Both… More…
The Lomandra Project
The Lomandra Project and Wendy Jane Sheppard The third stop on my Healesville shop crawl, The Artist's Lounge revealed two great artists, weaver Adrienne Kneebone and painter… More…