Below you'll find a list of all posts from May, 2012
By Celeste Hawkins Have you ever wondered exactly who is trawling the streets of Melbourne, ducking and diving through Melbourne’s street art scene and reporting back (regularly), to the public? Or, what brings us these little tastes of news and views in the world of Public, Commercial galleries and Artist -run spaces? Or why one man devotes so much of …
Steph Hall, a Melbourne based visual artist, with a big heart and smile to match, shares her passion for life drawing, helping out other girls (on a grand scale), and offers some words of wisdom along the way… Please discuss how you left your dull bank job and followed your heart… I had been working in the financial sector for …
Meet ‘MJ’, a second year Visual Art student at Victoria University. MJ’s work, is never devoid of comment from admirers; who marvel at his ability of his attention to detail and control of his favourite medium, oil paint. He has an energy that is contagious, he loves life and has a passion for creating. He has recently entered a work in the Heartlands Refugee …
This week, I have decided to showcase some of the everyday things that inspire me. Some might just walk by these artifacts, with barely a twitch in their direction. But I don’t mind. As for me, I’m energised by such artifacts as a little object on a marketstall or a beautiful building, brimming with talented occupants inside… or some great Melbourne street …
By Celeste Hawkins It has been an interest of mine for some time to discuss the creative process and it’s relationship with the subconscious mind, also described by some as the unconscious. Some artists spend much of their career creating works from their subconscious. To me, this refers to the dream like state that could be entered through meditation.American …