News from Flinders Lane Gallery Flinders Lane Gallery represented artist Josh Robbins has recently completed his most ambitious painting to date. Measuring 200 x 800cm and comprised of eight panels, Roost invites the viewer to enter into a surreal and fantastical world where time stops, birds flock, tree branches meander and respite is offered from the busy world that …
Kids day out at the NGV…
By Celeste Hawkins Yesterday I took my son and his friend along to the NGV International which has kind of transformed into a Children’s Wonderland with interactive art abound. Climbing, pasting, drawing, crawling and swinging were just a few of the ‘ing’ related verbs occurring in this giant hive of activity. The activities also stretched outside and there were still …
Play-Pose-Post…The art of Sarah Louise Ricketts
By Celeste Hawkins At the rear of a majestic inner city terrace is the highly organized working studio of mixed media and fibre artist Sarah Louise Ricketts. A table displays the varied sculptural works created from felt, silicone and Monster clay, (as I am soon to discover). With many years in computing prior to launching herself solely as a practicing …