October 21, 2019 Basil Hall
I recently ran a workshop in Beswick in the Northern Territory (see earlier entry). The fourteen new prints (seven pairs) are about to be framed and sent up to…
This etching, Syaw, was made in 2008 for our Custodians folio. There are very few prints remaining from the 10 editions which made up the limited edition set, but I…
This is just the cleverly constructed Travelex-type money changing booth where patrons could go and purchase blood money – limited edition currency printed by Ryan Presley as a substitute…
Few could fail to appreciate the achievements of this wonderful old lady. Her display of barks and larrakidj in the downstairs galleries was breathtaking, made all the more exciting…
I nearly walked straight through this elegant room (first stop after the cloakroom) on my way to find this yer’s Tarnanthi exhibitions, thinking it was part of the AGSA’s…
September 26, 2019 Basil Hall
Congratulations to Eunice Napanangka Jack for her 2nd at the 2019 Fremantle Print Prize! Thanks to Ikuntji Arts for inviting me to collaborate on the one metre plate.
September 23, 2019 Basil Hall
Basil Hall and Steph Bolt will host an Intaglio Workshop (Etching and Collagraph) from June 1-12 in 2020 in our studio on the beautiful Greek island of Skopelos. The…
September 17, 2019 Basil Hall
Almost 500 people attended Grampians Brushes 2019, held at Hall’s Gap (no relation) in Western Victoria’s Grampians. 21 tutors, of whom I was one, had the task of keeping…
Kerri used a photo plate and combined it with a beautiful colour plate to provide some plate tone and body colour behind the decorative bands behind her main object.…
After I got back from the Telstra it was time for another workshop in Braidwood; this time with artists Treahna Hamm, Jo Southorn and Kerri Weymouth. We got through…
This year’s workshop with Djilpin Arts at Beswick, saw the purchase of a new small press and a workshop which involved collecting local bush foods and medicinal plants for…
The Djuki Mala dancers performing “Singing in the Rain” to much laughter and applause at the opening of the Telstras this year. Congratulations to Buku Larnggay in particular for…
One of August’s highlights each year: the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. This year was a record breaker, with a mouth-watering array of art and craft from numerous art centres…
August 18, 2019 Basil Hall
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…
Again, always click on these to see the full story and the whole image. This WordPress blogsite always squares them up! Karen Mills worked on images from her childhood…
You will need to click on the image to see it all, but this is one of visiting artist, Fiona MacDonald’s two latest silkscreens, done during her residency at…
