Living in Melbourne

This is an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat which is on until the 6th of August 2023. We visited on a very wintry 25th of June 2023.I didn't know much about them but there was a very informative short film at the start of the exhibition which was good. The most loved artists of the 19th century who looked back to the simplicity and … [Read more...] about Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & watercolours

This was an exhibition at the Geelong Art Gallery from 1 April to 9 July 2023. We visited on the 14th of June. Here's a picture of Clarice which greets visitors to the gallery along with a brief overview of her career. Born in Casterton in 1887, died in Beaumaris in 1935 (from pneumonia caught while out painting). From 1919 she lived in Beaumaris … [Read more...] about Atmosphere: Clarice Beckett

This is the current Winter Masterpieces Exhibition at the NGV. I visited on the 8th of June and loved it. Closing on until the 8th of October 2023 there is plenty of time to see it and I hope to go again. There was an incredibly hostile review in the Age - an expert decrying the Gallery's efforts to attract the less expert - don't let it put you … [Read more...] about Bonnard Designed by India Mahdavi

After four days in Bright in early May 2023 we went to Beechworth for a couple of nights. Travelling through Myrtleford where we wanted to but some wine from the Ferraro Vineyard from which Billy Button sourced the grapes for their Vermentino, Nebbiolo and Barbera wines. We were going to collect a few more bottles but the vignerons were away … [Read more...] about Beechworth

In the first week of May 2023, we went to Bright for a little getaway to celebrate the end of my treatment for lung cancer - four rounds of chemotherapy the last of which was awful. I was a bit disappointed to find that I was still very tired and not up to much walking, or staying up late. But it was nice to get out of the house where we have been … [Read more...] about Bright