Tag Archives: Townsville

Where the Community Rehab NQ ‘Beach Shack’ sat during Strand Ephemera 2015

It has been lovely to receive all the positive feedback on the Community Rehab NQ Beach Shack. The wonderful people who took part in the project were a joy to work with. Everyone involved was so enthusiastic, so ready to … Continue reading

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Beach Shack

Beach Shack: Community Rehabilitation NQ entry into Strand Ephemera 2015 Continue reading

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PressNorth Printmakers Residency

Wonderful news. I’ve just been selected to do the PressNorth Printmakers 3 month funded residency for 2015/16 at Umbrella Studios. Both are great Townsville art groups to join, if you are not already a member. Their website addresses are: http://pressnorthprintmakers.com/Continue reading

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Ship of Fools: part of Fenstoration

Rhonda Stevens, Margaret Robertson and myself teamed up to create the Ship of Fools installation as part of Fenstoration during the Magnetic Island Festival. The concept is a comment on the amount of rubbish that finds its way into the … Continue reading

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Faces of Townsville: Locals feature in outdoor exhibition

              Portrait photos of Graeme and I, larger than life, are back to back in the Flinders Mall lightboxes, Townsville.

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The Self-Inflicted Tribulations of the Artist

Come the Raw Prawn  is on display at the Museum of Tropical Queensland in the Colours of the Coral: Reef Art Exhibition until 31st August 2014 . Whilst cursing myself and wondering what on earth possessed me to elect to … Continue reading

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The making of The Mangroves film

Recently those of us fortunate enough to have been involved in the ABC Open, Umbrella Studios, and the Great Barrier Reef Orchestra collaborative project to create a video of the mangroves as a backdrop for the Barrier Reef Orchestra’s performance … Continue reading

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Townsville: a portrait.

The unkind call it Brownsville. They forget the sound of the rain drumming on the roof, the water running down the footpaths, streaming along gutters, gurgling down drains. They forget how it rains day after day and how the plants … Continue reading

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Where the Gods Dance

As I drive over Rooney’s Bridge, the moon’s golden face smiles across the mangrove tree and mudflats, emphasizing their absorption of light. The mudflats, however, eagerly await the dancing tread of the gods. I’m sure if I left the huddle … Continue reading

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Photography is simply a tool.

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In November 2012, thousands flocked to far north Queensland from all over the world to view the full eclipse. In Townsville, we knew there’d only be a partial eclipse, but still some of us thought this event important enough to … Continue reading

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