So...I have had my trail cam out for weeks, setting it up in different places to see what wildlife is about around here. There are quite a lot of feral pests, pigs, deer, foxes and cats, which is not great but also plenty of Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Walleroos and Swamp Wallabies. Today however I hit the jackpot! So pleased about this!!!!
So...before we came back from our trip to the coast we visited HOTA on the Gold Coast where a new Art Gallery has been built. The big exhibition was celebrating 100 years of the Archibald Prize which is Australia's Portrait Prize. Here are some of the exhibits in that exhibition plus some of the other works on display at HOTA.
Equestrian Self Portrait by William Robinson, Winner 1987
Me and Granny by Mark Etherington 2018
Self Portrait by Henty Hanke, Winner 1934
Portrait Of The Artist's Mother by Ernest Buckmaster 1931
Sister Girl - Carol Dowling by Julie Dowling 2001
The Huxley's by Sally Ross 2018
Kungkarangkalpa Tjkurpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming - a Self Portrait) by Tjungkara Ken 2017
Mother - (A Portrait of Cate) by Del Kathryn Barton 2011
The Billy Boy by William Dobell 1943
Portrait of Max Dunn by Albert Tucker 1945
Matron Macintosh Lidcombe Hospital by Eric Wilson 1942
Penelope Seidler by Fiona Lowry, Winner 2014
David Helfgott by Cherry Hood 2009
Barry by Louise Hearman, Winner 2016
Burnum Burnum by Kerrie Lester 1991/92
Dr Gertrude Langer by Andrew Sibley 1960
Dr Jseph Brown by Hong Fu 2008
Ray Hughes having predinner drinks with Ambroise Vollard and Daniel-Henri Kahnweiler 2003
Wendy Whitely by Natasha Bieniek 2016
The viewing Gallery
The view...
Other exibitions...
Still Life with Cadmium Red by Tom Risley 1991
Frog (2000) Scorpion (1999) Shark (1999) by Nichael Boiyool Anning
So... earlier this week we went down to the coast for our annual visit to the Swell Sculpture Festival at Currumbin. We were blessed with a glorious day. Here are most of the sculptures on show this year, the good, the bad and the ugly. You can decide for yourself which category they fit into. Some of them are illuminated at night as well. Enjoy...
Warming Stripes by Kate Jefferay
Shark Rod by Michael Brown
Jarrparilla Nugum "The BEginning Of The End" by Matthew O'Connor
Pegasus by Brett Allen
Plover's Protest by David Hickson
Slough by Sean Williams
Ode To A Windy Day by Suvira McDonald
Housing Inflation by James Voller
Rijulot By Julia Rose Stewart
Chained Plane (Fracas For Freedom) by Cameron Swell
Macro Floristic Mapping by Monte Lupo Arts
Circus In The Suburbs by Russell Solomon
Sound Of Earth by Finn Cossar
Full Circle by Caroline Kronenberg
New Dawn New Day by Emily Hastie
Stark by Daniel Clemmett
Woman In Blue 2022 by Sonia Payes
Where To Now? by Catherine Anderson
Banjo by Dean Anderson
Canary A.I. by Jeremy Sheehan, John Vanderkolk and Mark George
Call home by Nasrin Vaziri, Michelle Noordink and GC Magic Artists
Fork'n Australian Animals by Valclav Horacek and Ben Wilkinson
Jyoti by Anna Bonshek
Ripper Nippers by Sue Corbett
M.V. Downward Spiral/ The Fragile Part 2 by John + Anthony Forno
The Newborn by Irene Messia
The Lighthouse by Amigo & Amigo
Storm's Herald by Christian Newton
Dune Daisy by Dearne Dettrick
Octopus Dreaming by Trent Paul Firmin
Marmoris - The Giant Conch Shell by Christopher Diaz
Continuous by Rae Saheli
Currumbin Alley Sirens by Charlie Trivers
Slump by Andrew Cullen
Ultramarine by Parthenopi
Forget Me Not Eternal by E. Farrell Huntley
Stellboards by Neumann Steel
Basking in the Sun Easter Water Dragons by Sam Gowing on Currumbin Rock
Palmy Macks by Sean Winter and Robina State High Students
Washed Ashore by Fe Heffernan
A 'Rant' by Christopher Trotter
A fabulous shadow
Finity by Eleri Jones. The suspended bag held sand which was slowly falling out and was expected to last for the duration of the festival
The Radical Materiality of Oystertecture by Despina Linaraki and Brice Pannetier
Sailing the Beach by Alejandro Propato
The Last Dance by Tracy Luff
Soma #1 by Stefano Vittone
Living Together by Nadine Schmoll
Treasure by Michelle Plastrier and Tessa Bergan
Surge by Art Forartsake, Pam Walpole and Yani Van Zijl
Biobotics by Guanqi Zhu
Grandiflora y Dianne Coulter
Sea Turtle Series by Al Phemister
Up - Rise by Ben Tarento and Caitlin Mainsfield
Golden Ground by Lachlan Hegarty
Watch Your Step by Jo Norton
Meduse by Sophie Gilbert
Sands Of Time by Ben Carpenter and John Walker
Time Propelled by Kannitha Ly
Serenity by Frances Scherrer
Why Why Why by Nicholas Tossmann
Rule of Two Madi Whyte
Pipi Shell - Paphies Australis by Kahli Heit
Dawn Patrol by Pete Denison
Banam Bowai by Banam Bowai TSS School Students , Matt Dalton and Ken Brown
