Mount Martha artist Melanie Bloom is on a journey of self-discovery, blossoming into her new role as a full-time fine artist. Her professional life has unfolded in three inter-related acts. She was a portrait and wedding photographer for ten years. The next 16 years were dedicated to designing interiors for retreats and private homes. Now Mel draws, paints in watercolour and makes ceramics in her third and favourite act so far.
Not many guitarists can say they have had a Gibson guitar made especially for them, but when award-winning Frankston South blues guitarist Geoff Achison won the Blues Foundation (USA) Albert King Award in 1995, he impressed Gibson so much that they custom-made an instrument for him.
Photos Gary Sissons & Supplied On an ordinary morning run through the peninsula streets, Jack Miers watched a waste truck trundle past and joked to his business partner, Josh Brown, that it…
In her white weatherboard studio in Mount Eliza, overlooking the Moorooduc plains, award-winning ceramic artist, Manuela Ferstl throws and squashes, rolls and coils, concocts glazes and experiments with firing. She’s an artistic alchemist creating genuinely unique work.
We tell stories written by men, mostly directed and conducted by men, through the male gaze. So it’s no wonder that the soprano always has to die for her transgressions. My PhD project drew on the stories of these women.
August at McClelland is a celebration of creativity, curiosity, and community—an invitation to experience art and music in ways that stir the soul and spark the imagination.
Mount Eliza painter Debbie Mackenzie creates serene landscapes and seascapes. She started painting seriously 17 years ago and gone from strength to strength ever since with six sell-out solo shows in a row.
Mornington singer-songwriter, Natasha Kate was born to be a musician. On top of incredible natural talent, she has exceptional focus, drive and determination.
When bestselling Australian author Kylie Ladd needed a fictional house with six bedrooms for her latest novel, The Mix-Up, the answer came naturally. Portsea was the obvious answer,”.