HEART OF FICTION
Melbourne-based author Toni Jordan has penned four critically acclaimed novels. Originally from Brisbane, she studied physiology at the University of Queensland. She worked in molecular biology as a protein chemist amongst other things before becoming interested in copy writing. She took a Professional Writing and Editing course at RMIT and it was there that her first novel, Addition (2008), was born. It became an international...
Seen to be heard
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Sydney photomedia artist, Anne Zahalka has created iconic images of the ever-changing face of Australian culture over the past two and a half decades. Her work explores issues of national identity, gender, multiculturalism and cultural stereotypes with critical insight, good humour and spectacular technique. She’s represented in all of Australia’s national galleries and in international collections. Her...
Christmas at the Studio farewell
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Christmas at the Studio is a popular two-day annual arts market hosted by glass blower Leisa Wharington held on the idyllic acreage of Tanglewood Estate Winery. It’s a celebration of handmade craft and original art. Once a year Warrington opens the barn gates to the public allowing visitors to peruse the beautifully displayed stalls and see the mud brick studio she shares with painter Julie Neikamp. She invites...
Tiptoe Through the Tombstones
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Exemplifying all the best aspects of community theatre, the ever-versatile Frankston Theatre Group never disappoints. Comedies are a particular strength, so one can be sure that there will be lots of laughs when Joyce Sedunary directs Tiptoe Through the Tombstones, a hilarious spoof from UK playwright, Norman Robbins. It all begins with a rather bad smell at Monument House, the site of some pretty ghastly...
Salon success
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Mornington Peninsula artist Christopher Pyett feels fortunate to have attended art school at a time when art education focused almost entirely on technique encompassing everything from colour theory, portrait, life and landscape painting to anatomy and drawing full-time. And it shows over the life of his long career. A consummate colourist, extraordinary draughtsman and brilliant watercolour painter, Pyett’s...