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Snakes alive! There’s babies on the way…

Candida Baker — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 10:40:23 +0000

Artist Leonie Lane and her partner, cermacist John Stewart, got a bit of a surprise when they went into their shed a few weeks ago to find this beautiful python in the process of laying her clutch of eggs. “We decided to leave her alone and work around her,” says Leonie. “We kept an eye out for the babies but apparently they bolt straight after they’re born to avoid predators and the mother disappears as well.”

To see more of Leonie Lane and John Stewart’s work go to: booyongdesign.com

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Donna Sharam studio sale on today

Candida Baker — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 22:40:59 +0000

Donna Sharam is well known for colourful, kaleidescopic paintings, and today, Sunday November 22nd she’s holding an open day in her Clunes studio. The studio is open from 10.00am – 1.00 pm.

Says Sharam of her work: “I’ve always loved colour. From an early age I dressed up in the most colourful outfits, dyed my hair purple and wore different colour shoes. My infatuation with colour flowed into a career as a fashion designer and now manifests itself in my art. I live in a most beautiful part of the world – the rolling hills and rainforests of the Byron Bay hinterland are my home. My wonderful family, the quirky villages, amazing landscapes and eclectic mix of people ignite my passion to paint. The overwhelming sentiment of my art is my ‘love of life’.”

Details:

Donna Sharam Open Studio, 5 Wickham Place, Clunes. Phone: 66291718 or 0401835 831

Order from the website: donnasharam

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The woods of Narnia come to Eltham

Candida Baker — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 06:23:58 +0000

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe forever changed the way children see lamp-posts. It was under a lamp-post that Lucy and the fawn Mr. Tumnus meet – the friendly fawn, who Judas-like, will later become Lucy’s betrayer. The lamp-post in the snowy woods was not just a lamp-post, it was full of symbolism, and an invitation to venture deeper into the heart of Narnia. Not that photographer Andrew Sooby had all of this on his mind, when he chanced across the beautiful view at Clunes, looking south over Eltham Valley. “What I was imagining,” says Sooby, “is how amazing this would look from the air.”

Andrew Sooby took this photograph on a Fuji XE2 with a 14mm prime lens, at f.14, 400sec, on an ISO of 400.

You can check out more of his work here: luminousmudbrick

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