King Island Artists’ Residencies
February 19, 2020 Basil Hall
Artists’ residencies are offered year round by King Island Council and their Art & Cultural Centre. I have generously been offered nearly three weeks here to explore and work…
I was at the scene of Australia’s worst ever (civil) maritime disaster yesterday. It’s on the S-W coast of King Island, where almost 175 years ago a barque named…
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Skopelos Printmaking Adventure 2020 reluctantly cancelled
January 22, 2020 Basil Hall
Yes, we have a lot of fun on our Skopelos workshops! It’s our eleventh year of workshops on this beautiful island and we were about to offer Intaglio (etching…
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A recent Basil Hall collagraph
May 21, 2019 Basil Hall
Following a workshop at our Braidwood studio by visiting Scotland-based artist, Sarah Ross-Thompson, I decided that a collagraph would be a great way to depict the construction of an…
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At last, number 50 of 50 rolls off the press in Braidwood. I worked with the Buku Larnggay printers in Yirrkala last year for two weeks and a number…
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#We Were Migrants Too (a new Silkscreen print)
December 30, 2017 Basil Hall
Based on a 1915 World War 1 poster advising the public of the differences between German and British aircraft, this new silkscreen print of mine talks more about the…