Painters of the Peninsula
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Creating work inspired by the Mornington Peninsula and beyond, a group of eight artists meet regularly to paint and socialise, making beautiful, evocative work together. They all started out as students of award winning Peninsula painter, John Bredl. Over time, close friendships formed and their art evolved elevating the standard of their work and the strength of their common bonds. Bredl, once tutor and...
VCE kids trump Mornington Art Show
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS With over 800 works on display, The Mornington Art Show is the Peninsula’s largest visual arts exhibition with landscapes, portraits, abstracts, seascapes and still life across a range of media. Impressive emerging art from talented VCE students is one of the highlights of this show. 2016 adds a silent auction and unique barrel art to the mix. Presiding over the judging this year is painter, Lyn Mellady....
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...
Beauty of simplicity
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Sandi Faulkner works quietly away in her idyllic Mount Martha pottery studio. Over the course of her career, she’s worked with some of the finest masters in the ceramics field from Europe, the UK, Japan and Australia pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with clay, porcelain, heat and glazing. In addition to ceramics she also teaches and practices Sumi-e; the Zen way of the brush, a Japanese technique...