Arts

Shaping originality

By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Peter Marko Peninsula glass artist Leisa Wharington is a true original. Her work is immediately recognisable. Her pieces are fluid and organic and infused with unique inclusions.…

Exceptional new Aboriginal art for summer

Outstanding new pieces of Aboriginal art have been flying in from around Australia to feature in The Summer Collector’s show at Everywhen Artspace. Works come from as far afield as the Central,…

Readers leap for jetty jumping

Photos Yanni When Andrea Rowe was a child she wasn’t a big fan of jetties, she feared what lurked underneath them. But a lifetime spent near and on the sea soon cured…

Once upon a lockdown

By Andrea Rowe  Photos Yanni Author Wendy Orr knows a thing or two about isolation and social distancing even if she hadn’t anticipated it would come in handy in her own life.…

Focus on a feeling

By Andrea Louise Thomas  Photos Gary Sissons & Elizabeth Clancy For Shoreham photographer Elizabeth Clancy, great photography is as much about feeling as is about technical skill. “I want my work to…

Grant recipient

Intimate, funny, deeply human and resourceful in the face of incredible adversity and disadvantage. As an actor, theatre-maker and director, Carole Patullo has always been enthralled by the incredible stories seemingly ordinary…

Tea towel pivot

The Koh Living warehouse had just taken delivery of a brand new range of products in March which included a range of high quality cotton tea towels featuring bright, colourful designs by…

FAC grant recipients

A love affair only six years in the making will be captured for eternity. Artist Alison Tedesco’s passion for Frankston will be reflected in a series of paintings including our laneways, the…

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