Category Archives: Art
Rubber Duckie You’re The One!
ShareWe all remember Ernie from Sesame Street’s bath time song about his beloved duckie… well the rubber duck is back in a BIG WAY! Surprising, whimsical and a whole lot of fun for no apparent reason! Florentijn Hofman’s “Rubber Duck” … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Art, Art Basel, Red Hill Art Gallery
Tagged Art, Art Basel, art blog, Art Installation, Bert and Ernie, blog, blogging, Brisbane River, Duck Race, Florentijn Hofma, Fundraising for Cancer Research, Great Brisbane Duck Race, Hong Kong, PA Research Foundation, Raising money for cancer research, Red Hill Gallery, RHG, Rubber Duck, Rubber Duckie, Sesame Street
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ArtChat [Blog Interview #38] – Sue Gilmour
ShareSue Gilmour’s paintings in ‘Under a Southern Sky‘ are atmospheric and idealised depictions of land and cityscapes. Educated in East Africa, Sue’s early life was spent moving between Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. These remote and beautiful locations would prove to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Brisbane, Exhibition, Five Minutes with, Landscape painting, Painting, Q&A, Red Hill Art Gallery, Spring, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, art blog, Art Exhibition, Art Gallery, Artist, artist interview, Australian Art, blog, blogging, Brisbane Art, Exhibition, interview, landscape, painter, Red Hill Gallery
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ArtChat [Blog Interview #37] – Adrienne Williams
ShareA graduate of the Queensland College of Art Adrienne Williams paints beautiful depictions of the Australian Bush and Fauna. Her work has a tranquil and calming quality that is indicative of artists from the Heidelberg school, while stylistically totally different … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Brisbane, Exhibition, Landscape painting, Painting, Q&A, Red Hill Art Gallery, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, art blog, Art Exhibition, Art Gallery, Australian Art, blog, blogging, Exhibition, interview, landscape, painter, Painting, Red Hill Gallery
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ArtChat [Blog Interview #36] – Ruby Eaves
ShareRuby Eaves is influenced by her love of landscape and extensive travels have resulted in her strong passion for Australian scenes. In painting she aims to capture her personal experience of the landscape by being as honest to the scene … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Brisbane, Exhibition, Landscape painting, Painting, Q&A, Red Hill Art Gallery, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, art blog, Art Exhibition, Art Gallery, art interview, Artist, artist interview, Australian Art, Australian Artist, blog, blogging, Brisbane, Brisbane Art, Exhibition, interview, landscape, painter, Painting, Red Hill Gallery, Spring
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ArtChat [Blog Interview #35] – Stephen Doyle
ShareSelf-defined as a tonal painter Stephen Doyle has been painting for some 20 years. His subject matter spans quite a broad scope including interiors and still life. In fact he candidly admits that he is propelled by his desire to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Colour, Exhibition, Floral, Painting, Q&A, Red Hill Art Gallery, Spring
Tagged Art, art blog, Art Gallery, Artist, Australian Art, Australian Artist, Australian Flora, blog, blogging, Brisbane, Exhibition, Flora, Floral, still life
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ArtChat [Blog Interview #34] – Judith DaLozzo
ShareJudith Dalozzo first started painting professionally at 20 years of age and has gained recognition as a prominent and collectible still-life painter, both in Australia and overseas. Judith attended the “Ecole Superieur D’Art Plastique et Visuel” in Mons, Belgium where … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Brisbane, Colour, Exhibition, Floral, Painting, Q&A, Red Hill Art Gallery, Spring
Tagged Art, art blog, Art Gallery, Artist, Australian Art, Australian Flora, blog, blogging, Exhibition, Floral, Q&A, Red Hill Gallery, Spring, still life
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ArtChat [Blog Interview #33] – Nafisa
ShareWith the onset of Spring the gallery is literally blooming with new life! In our Spring Inspired feature, Nafisa will make her debut with a beautiful collection of works which will focus on flora.Artchat briefly caught up with Nafisa to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Colour, Floral, Painting, Q&A, Red Hill Art Gallery
Tagged Archilbald, Art, art blog, Art Gallery, Australian Art, Australian Artist, blog, blogging, Brisbane, interview, Nafisa, Painting, Portrait, Q&A, Red Hill Gallery
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Spring Awakening: Sonja Perkovich Q&A
ShareSonja Perkovich was born in Australia in 1965 to a Dutch mother an artist in her own right and a Croatian father. There was always colour, passion and drama growing up when Sonja developed a keen interest in drawing from the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Brisbane, Colour, Exhibition, Floral, Painting, Q&A, Red Hill Art Gallery, Spring
Tagged art blog, Art Gallery, Art. Artist, Australian Art, Australian Artist, blog, blogging, Exhibition, Red Hill Gallery, Sill Life, Spring
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David Hinchliffe for the Queensland Teachers Union
ShareCongratulations David on a successful commission! At the Queensland Teachers’ Union Biennial Conference held in June 2013, the Unions’ Trustees presented artwork to add to the Union’s GA Daughtrey Art Collection (pictured is the artwork with QTU Trustees (l-r) Brian … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Brisbane, Colour, Commission, David Hinchliffe, Painting, Red Hill Art Gallery, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Art Collection, Art Collectors, Art Gallery, Art in Brisbane, Artist, blog, blogger, blogging, Brisbane paintings, Brisbane Scenes, commissioned art, fine art, Painting, Queensland Teachers Union, Red Hill Gallery
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ArtChat [Blog Interview #32] – R W Allen
Share AC: Describe your art in three sentences. RWA: My work is essentially watercolour drawing. The female figure in an embellished interior is the single-minded subject of my explorations, with private costumed and styled model sessions held on a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Brisbane, Colour, Love, Painting, Q&A, Red Hill Art Gallery
Tagged Art, art blog, Art Gallery, artist interview, Australian Art, blog, blogging, Bonnard, Brisbane, Degas, drawing, interview, Matisse, models, nude figures, odalisques, patterns, penicl, Q&A, Red Hill Gallery, still life, Vuillard, watercolour, women
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I Love a “Sun Orange” Country
ShareOrange. It’s the colour our beloved SES workers wear in Australian emergencies and disasters. It’s the colour synonymous with our desert landscape (“I love a sunburnt country” ringing any bells?) It is the colour of a deliciously sweet citrus fruit … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Brisbane, Colour, Glass Art, Painting, Red Hill Art Gallery
Tagged Art, Artist, August, Australian Art, Bowen Mango, Brisbane, Happy, Monetary Security, Orange, painter, Pantone, Prince George, Red Hill Gallery, Sun, Sun Orange, Sunburnt, The Colour Orange, The Lorax
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Sculptures at the Ekka
ShareThe Royal Queensland Show Fine Arts – Sculpture “Enchanting, skilful and always breathtaking, the Fine Arts displays at the Royal Queensland Show are always a Show favourite. Thousands of competition entries are received for all classes including Cookery, Cake Decorating, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Art, Australian Artist, Brisbane, Bronze, Red Hill Art Gallery, Sculpture
Tagged Art, Art Show, Australian Art, Brisbane, Brisbane Art, Bronze, Bronze Sculpture, Bust, Ekka, Elephant, Puppy, Red Hill Gallery, sculpture, The Royal Queensland Show, Whale
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ArtChat [Blog Interview Number 31] – Ken Strong
ShareThis month at the gallery Australian artist Ken Strong will be exhibiting alongside ceramic artist Bill Powell in the exhibition entitled Accentuato Ken’s work is characterised by a bold application of paint. The paintings tend to have a non-representational feel with the key compositional … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Brisbane, Colour, Exhibition, Landscape painting, Painting, Q&A, Red Hill Art Gallery
Tagged Accentuato, Art Exhibition, Australian Art, Brisbane, Exhibition, Impressionism, Ken Strong, painter, Painting, Red Hill Gallery
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ArtChat [Blog Interview Number 30] – Bill Powell
ShareBill Powell is widely regarded as a master of the potter’s wheel. This Victorian-born, Queensland-based ceramicist will be exhibiting at Red Hill Gallery in Brisbane alongside painter Ken Strong in August 2013. With colour, form and texture at the centre of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Ceramic, Exhibition, Q&A, Red Hill Art Gallery
Tagged Art Exhibition, Artist, Australian Artist, Ceramic, glaze, Red Hill Gallery, spain
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Ken Strong “Accentuato”
ShareAccentuato is the aptly titled exhibition by Australian artist Ken Strong. This major exhibition will feature during the month of August at the Red Hill Gallery in Brisbane. Strong’s impressionistic style is characterised by a well structured use of colour … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art Gallery, Artist, Australian Art, Brisbane, Brisbane Art, Exhibition, Impressionism, landscape painting, Painting, Red Hill Gallery
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A Picture Paints A Thousand Words
ShareWe’ve all heard the saying “A picture is worth a thousand words”, well on our recent trip to Art Basel in Hong Kong we’ve found out that a picture can speak as little as three. For those of you who … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art Basel, Art Gallery, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Red Hill Gallery
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Ceramic Artist Bill Powell
Share Exhibiting during the month of August at Red Hill Gallery in Brisbane will be one of Australia’s leading ceramic artists, Bill Powell. Powell’s latest collection was inspired by his recent trip to the Cristalls 2013 World Conference of Crystal … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Australian Artist, Ceramic, Pottery, Red Hill Art Gallery
Tagged Art Exhibition, Artist, Australian Artist, Ceramic, glaze, Pottery, Red Hill Gallery
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Art for Kids
Share“Children’s art is many things to many people. To a parent, art is a display of their child’s imagination. To an educator, it’s a teaching tool. To a psychologist, art is a way to understand a child’s mind. To a … Continue reading
Pink Month: The Risotto Massacre
ShareThe Bookery Cook… a cooking book created by three sisters incorporating two of our favourite loves, art & food. “Food has always played a big part of the lives of the Thompson sisters – Jessica, Georgia and Maxine. So much … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Red Hill Art Gallery
Tagged Art, beetroot, Food Art & Food, pink, Risotto, The Bookery Cook
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