Gardens: Fine Art of Indulgence – Dreaming Nostalgically
There are many reasons for making gardens, which engage our emotions on many levels, including sight and scent a place where we can enjoy dreaming nostalgically
Nature
New York Botanical Garden – Informing A World View of Nature
The New York Botanical Garden through its Humanities Institute has received a grant to expand its fellowship and public program offerings informing a world view
Valentine’s Day: Love and Desire – Pre-Raphaelites at NGA
Valentine’s Day Gift: take the love of your life to view Love and Desire: Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces from The Tate, London, on show at NGA until April 28, 2019
Yalu Apothecary: Rhiannon Mapstone – Presenting The Empress
Nature responds to the human hand & heart by providing lush green beauty for skin & spirit, fulfilling a dream of founder of Yalu Apothecary, Rhiannon Mapstone
Elizabeth Murray Monterey Studios – Monet’s Garden Giverny
Living Life in Full Bloom artist author speaker travel guide Elizabeth Murray, Monterey California, weaves threads of destiny with passion, color and creativity
Mandy Martin: Homeground – Art, Between Nature and Industry
Rose Niland reviews twenty artworks by Mandy Martin, which represent her practice for the past twenty years and are on show in regional galleries of NSW in 2017
Love Honour Cherish – Catriona Pollard Basket Making Secrets
Rose Niland interviews inspiring sculpture basket maker from found natural objects Catriona Pollard whose exhibition Love Honour Cherish is in Sydney in October
Music – Harmony from Apollo to Palladio & Mozart to Jenkins
Music based on philosophies and principles established by legends of Apollo and the ancient Greeks comes to us via Vitruvius and Palladio from Mozart to Jenkins
Wild Medicine – Healing Plants at New York Botanical Garden
The NYBG recently opened its annual summer exhibition Wild Medicine: Healing Plants Around The World, an ongoing narrative about the nature of modern society
Albrecht Durer – Observing Nature
As a young man in Germany Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was apprenticed to Michael Wolgemut chief illustrator of the Nuremberg Chronicle. He traveled widely and his work as a painter only exceeded by his ability to engrave on metal. During the first decade of the sixteenth century he was depicting plants…
The Child – Nature vs Nurture an Epic Struggle for Supremacy
Do people react more to ways they are taught or according to genetic predisposition – what is the importance of conditioning and thought on human development?
Change – Bringing about a Sustainable Creative World
Change is threatening because it means things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging and to the confident inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better”
Frank Lloyd Wright
One of the 20th centuries foremost influential architects and designers, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 – 1959) created designs in a response to his love of nature and his need to integrate his work as closely as possible with the natural world. The key factors in Wright’s work are space, light…
Nature & Durer
During the medieval period (C6 – C13) hundreds of varieties of flowers were introduced into Europe via the Crusades. Secluded gardens provided a secret place for lovers away from prying eyes. ‘I found her in an arbour, sweet, under a bough’ is the sort of phrase that opened many a…
Artist Marcel Desbiens – Creating Natural Connections
Artist Marcel Desbiens student of nature, who records the minute details of a petal from a flower on Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery at Brisbane November 12-27
Change, Carbon, Crying and Many Agendas – Paying the Price
Change is inevitable and in a progressive country change is constant. The truth about the Carbon Tax in Australia is out there, but will it ever be found? This is the debate we had to have.