Tag: Arts

Breaking the street art stigma

By Kristy Martin   Photos: Jarryd Bravo Frankston artist Sheldon Headspeath is using his large colourful murals to help change people’s perceptions of street art. When Sheldon Headspeath goes about his work,…

Foxy Lady

By Kristy Martin   Photos: Gary Tate Jazz and blues singer. Cabaret performer. Pinup model. Mum. Rye’s Lady Fox has certainly got her hands full as her musical career soars to new…

Larger than life

By Melissa Walsh   Photos: Yanni    With her flaming red hair and flamboyant presence, Carole Foster is an artist, self-proclaimed gypsy and country girl at heart, having traveled the globe and…

Hello Hannie

One of Australia’s best-loved playwrights, Hannie Rayson, has a deep connection to the Mornington Peninsula, and now comes back to her old stamping ground with her one woman show, Hello, Beautiful! Rayson…

Gordon gets the essence of Peninsula people

By Melissa Walsh It was a Kodak instamatic camera given to eight year old Daryl Gordon that ignited a passion for photography lasting more than four decades. Now the Mornington Peninsula photographer’s…

Dawn of the Dread

By Kristy Martin   Photos: Jarryd Bravo Dreadlocks are making a comeback and Rosebud’s Rachelle Holland is at the forefront of the trend with her business ‘Jungle Bangs’. Kristy Martin chats to…

More than meets the eye

Photos: Yanni He’s the world's most tattooed person. He juggles chainsaws and fire torches, and has performed all over the world. But for this tattoo artist and performer, the Mornington Peninsula is…

Art that sparks conversation

By Kristy Martin Photos: Jarryd Bravo Local carpenter, surfer and sculptor Matt Hill is fast making a name for himself in the art scene with his quirky life-size metal animals. He chats…

Emma McEvoy

“My images speak for me, expressing what words often cannot” Photos: Emma McEvoy British fashion photographer Tim Walker once said “Only photograph what you love.” For Emma McEvoy, the things she loves…

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