By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Jai Seales & Gary Sissons Point Leo musician Tim Stout has always lived a double life divided between his love for music and the practicalities of making…
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By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Gary Sissons Mornington painter Liz Fitzgerald has lived on the Mornington Peninsula her whole life. It’s her key source of inspiration. “I grew up on the beach.…
By Cameron McCullough Photos Gary Sissons Sitting on the judges’ couch at the Peninsula Film Festival this year will be a face not as familiar as other on-screen personas. You may have…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni Soulful Somerville singer/songwriter Heidi Luckhurst, aka Hazel, is a consummate musician and a captivating storyteller. Her shoot-from-the-hip lyrics are relatable, emotive and often humourous. Her music…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni From her garden-aspect home studio nestled in the Mount Eliza woodlands, illustrator/designer/teacher Karen Erasmus has created thousands of sketches, watercolour paintings and digital artworks. She has…
At 25, young Kimberley artist Atlanta Mercy Umbulgurri is a rising star artist of the renowned Kimberley ochre painting of the Warmun community. Significantly, Atlanta is the granddaughter of Warmun’s most senior…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni & Alistair Johns A crane camera descends through gum leaves to reveal a Tyabb cemetery sunrise, setting the scene for what is to follow: a taut,…
The Mornington Peninsula has a long, colourful and story-filled history. Front Beach, Back Beach (FBBB) aims to celebrate this with its ambitious site-responsive public art works. This November, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni Mount Martha artist David Glyn Davies draws, paints, sculpts, is a stone mason and makes and restores leadlight and stained glass. Born in Essex, England, to…