..and a few more bird photos...

would make a good design for a statue :)

the females have little pink striped vests

...these little birds are just so cute....raucous noise like a screechy creaky door...and they are absolutely making a huge mess of my car and driveway with their nibble-and-drop diet...and I'll be sorry to see them move on to another area once they've demolished my trees. Truly!
so these will be the last gang-gang photos...for now !  time to get back to the brushes!  Jo  :)

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...painting the town red....The Camberwell Art Show 2015..

Camberwell Art Show 2015

In its 50th year this show is declaring it will paint the town red.

I've had my own little redheads  painting my driveway with cm-deep layers 

of nibbled seedpods and gumnut blossoms.

 a small group of Gang-Gang cockatoos have taken up residence in 

my front yard. How cute are these little males? and the fancy hairstyle!

Gang-Gang Cockatoo, Victoria, Australia

when your hairstyle matches your dinner

as usual in the bird-world the females are a little more restrained

Gang-Gang Cockatoo...such a handsome boy!

you just want to touch those feathers!

Gang-gang Cockatoo
 photo: Peter Fullagar

'Little Wavehoppers'
 detail
 Jo-Ann Hunt©

and these young fellas are hoping to find a new home at 'The Camberwell'

probably the best known of all the Art Shows in Australia, it opens 

Friday July 10 and runs all week until Sunday 19th July.  

(in 2012 I won an award at this show , and for years it's been a must-see favourite of mine... so try to  take time-out to pop along and see a diverse  range of art from all over Australia ) say hello if you see me! 

                     Jo 

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Heartlands and Headwaters ...John Wolseley ...part 2

I'm being totally selfish here in posting so many photos ...

it's because I just don't want to forget a thing!

even the ubiquitous installation with its sculptural, collaged , cut and folded , warped and twisted forms, and delicate drawings on tissue paper fluttering gently in the breeze was totally beguiling...

On exhibition until September 20,  you can lose yourself in the exquisiteness and detail and the boldness and the scale of these smashing artworks.

Just awesome...inspiring....I was captivated, and I'll be back for more!
                                     
                                Jo    :)

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Heartlands and Headwaters...John Wolseley... part 1

 I spent an intoxicating hour and a half with John Wolseley's large watercolour and mixed media artworks at the National Gallery of Victoria...( the Ian Potter Centre, Fed Square )
The subtle washes contrasting with bold splashes of colour,
 the positive and negative shapes,
the delicate linework and bold printing,
the patterning, the rhythms,
the contrasting techniques.... I was totally drawn in and seduced.

I knew I wanted to see this exhibition, but I didn't realize how much it would inspire me. I was by turns jolted, surprized, and captivated. I didn't want to leave the space.. and kept returning for more.
.... more pics tomorrow.  


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Art and Fear

'The Gift'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt

The burden for the artist....is that the lawyer and doctor practice their callings.

The plumber and the carpenter know what they will be called upon to do.

They do not have to spin the work out of themselves,

discover its laws,

and then present themselves turned inside out to the public gaze.

(Anne Truitt quoted in the book 'Art and Fear' by David Bayles and Ted Orland )

'The Gift' no 2
Jo-Ann Hunt
H122x122cm
H48x48ins
Acrylic on Canvas
2007
sold

'The Gift'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt

'The Gift'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt

yes....my art is my gift....but it's also my torment.


                                                                          Jo x








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....researching ti-tree....

'The Ti-Tree Tribe'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

Recently I had to make a trip to the coast specifically to photograph Ti-Tree.

I thought I knew what ti-tree looked like but realized that I needed to get into

 the ti-tree glades to move forward.

That piece above  is my favourite slice of the painting....

....and this fellow reminds me of Julius Caesar!

'The Ti-Tree Tribe'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

And how lovely are these driftwood horse sculptures....

they're on my shopping list for my new beach house....

(that I'll buy when I win the lottery!)

                                :)     Jo

Sorrento Victoria 

Jean Paul Gaultier at the NGV

Have you been to the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition at the NGV International?

I think this is the best exhibition I've ever seen .

Going into the various 'rooms'...people were smiling and gasping with sheer

delight. ... the mannequins talking to you, their eyes following you around

the room ...and then just when you were about to turn away, they'd wink!

what a delight!

The clothes, the workmanship, even the huge 'graffiti-style' face ...

(was that just a 'Melbourne-thing'  ?)

....everything fabulous!  so wonderful!

I'm going back...hopefully very early in the day to avoid the crowds!

                                     Jo  :)

photos: blog.thatsmelbourne.com.au