Shining Bronze Cuckoos - Australian bird

Shining Bronze Cuckoos - Australian bird art.
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Bring a touch of Australia's vibrant birdlife into your home!

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Splendid Fairywren, native Australian bird art.

An impasto oil painting of a female Splendid Fairy Wren, a small native Australian bird. Textured bird paintings, hand-painted in oils, made for bird lovers.

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Albert Tucker (Australia,1914-1999)
, 1964
Oil on board, 40.5 x 30.0 cm (15 15/16 x 11 13/16 in.)

"North-East View from the Northern Top of Mount Kosciusko," Eugene von Guerard, 1863.

Von Guerard (1811-1901) was an Austrian-born painter most famous for his work in Australia and New Zealand. He migrated to Australia in 1852, mainly to seek his fortune in the gold fields, but soon he found his calling as a chronicler of Antipodean landscape.

He was trained in the Dsseldorf School of painting, which specialized in highly detailed yet fanciful landscapes, usually allegorical in nature, and von Guerard made his mark with his lavish landscapes. By 1860 he was one of the top artists in Australia, but by the 1880s his star had faded. His work had begun to seem old-fashioned, and a combination of personal tragedy and financial ruin (when some investments failed) led to him dying in poverty in London.

Here we have a view from Australia's tallest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko (named, naturally, by colonizers there are multiple Aboriginal names for it, and some are very disputed). It's easy to miss the human figures in the lower left/center, dwarfed by all the mountain around them. They're supposed to be scientists taking barometric readings, but here we have an allegory of man being dwarfed by nature.

From the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

The ABC and Creative Australia panicked in the face of controversy. These vital institutions must not be so timid Margaret Simons

Update: Artwork has been sold to the fabulous Tina Connor!
I've been going to some life drawing meetups at Smiths Alternative, and created this painting based on some of my sketches. I felt inspired by this quote by EvYan Whitney:
"Us Too Much Women have been facing extermination for centurieswe are so afraid of her, terrified of her big presence, of the way she commands respect and wields the truth of her feelings. Weve been trying to stifle the Too Much Woman for eonsin our sisters, in our wives, in our daughters. And even now, even today, we shame the Too Much Woman for her bigness, for her wanting, for her passionate nature.
And still. . . she thrives.
In my own world and before my very eyes, I am witnessing the reclamation and rising up of the Too Much Woman. That Too Much Woman is also known to some as Wild Woman or the Divine Feminine. In any case, she is me, she is you, and she is loving that shes finally, finally getting some airtime."
Price: AUD $450
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 18 x 24 inches
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A Spring Dawn

A soft and peaceful Australian spring landscape painting at dawn, featuring a charming old farmhouse surrounded by a white picket fence.

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A significant and important reversal.

"Khaled Sabsabi reinstated as Australia's representative at 2026 Venice Biennale"

Gum Trees painting - Timeless Bushland

Discover the beauty of Australia through Australian landscape paintings, featuring majestic gum trees and serene bush trails.Inspired by the unique light and textures of the bush.

This painting is a reminder to pause, breathe and appreciate the present moment.
We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Take a Breath 14 x 14 inches. Acrylic on canvas. SOLD

Sydney Waterfront with Harbour Bridge, Opera House and Boats

An impressionist painting of Sydney Harbour skyline, featuring the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, with sail boats in the foreground.

Archibald Prize 2025 Entries: 903 (57 selected) Exhibition dates: 10 May 17 August 2025
For the first time, there are more finalist works by women artists than men in each of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize competitions

"In the sweet territory of silence we touch the mystery. It's the place of reflection and contemplation, and it's the place where we can connect with the deep knowing, to the deep wisdom way."
Angeles Arrien quoted in The Millionth Circle by Jean Shinoda Bolen
Soft, ethereal abstract painting including asemic text in acrylic on canvas. Colours include cream, turquoise, yellow, orange, cool red, pink and gold.
'Echoes of Silence' 12 x 16 inches. Acrylic and gold pen on canvas. SOLD

Dying changes you. Im more understanding now: Ian Smith on cancer, celebrity and 40 years on Neighbours &radio

Another work from my series available to take home at the Salon group exhibition at RED Gallery in Fitzroy, Naarm.

Exhibition: 12th - 23rd February 2025
Opening night: 14th February 6-8pm
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For anyone in Melbourne - I'm delighted to be a part of the RED Salon group exhibition at RED Gallery in Fitzroy. I have a few small thread sculptures on display and available to take home.

Exhibition: 12th - 23rd February 2025
Opening night: 14th February 6-8pm
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This is what Australian art collectors splashed out on in 2024.

Fourteen Australian paintings cracked $1 million this year, dominated by one high-flyer.

Bronwyn Oliver was the lone female artist to crack the million-dollar club in 2024, with Tide, a sculptured, slithering copper snake that sold for a record-breaking $1.25 million.

Heres what to expect in 2025

Australian Art

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Tony Dhanyula (Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, 1935-2005)
Mangrove associated with the Djangkawu creation story, 1986
Earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.), 139.756.5cm
National Gallery of Victoria O.35-1986

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Lionel Lindsay (Australia, 1874 - 1961)
The Black , 1922
wood engraving, 18.2 15.3 cm (block)
National Gallery of Victoria 3605-3

The Incognito Art Show is having an end of year sale with all art works (ALL of them!) discounted to just $20. What a savings! What great Christmas presents! What are you waiting for (they're all listed at $100 still, discount applies at checkout don't panic)

Lin Onus (Australia, 1948-1996)
Ngakaydjil ( ), c.1993
gouache on illustration board
49.0 x 37.0 cm

"Is she still banging on about the Incognito Art Show"
yes. I am. Because! Everything is 50% off right now which means you can own some original art for just $50!

Within others you can find yourself: Kimboids best phone shot

Just a ghost in the machine

Whoohoo! Another of my pieces sold at the Incognito Art Show! Which means I can show you it now.
Also don't forget to buy some art, it's for a good cause and original art makes a great Christmas present.

Double Nation: A History of Australian Art (2023) by Ian McLean

This was a serendipitous find on display at my local library. I have an interest in and this book gave me a much broader insight. (Dont let the academese of the Introduction put you off as the rest of the book is very accessible.)

It is a sequel to the authors Rattling Spears: A History of Indigenous Australian Art (2016).

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Speaking of the Incognito Art Show, my second order arrived. Whoo!

The frog is by Katie Howard (watercolour and gouache) and the Huntsman is by Maureen Young (Watercolour and ink).

They sat in my wishlist for so long, I took advantage of the artist discount and snaffled them.

The Incognito Art Show is now offering Bundle Deals - buy 3, 1 free. Buy 8 6 free! Buy 10 or more 50% off (other deals too I just couldn't be bothered typing them all in).

"Evening, St. Kilda Road," Clarice Beckett, c. 1930.

Beckett (1887-1935) was a key figure of the Australian tonalist movement. A very busy painter, she left behind a few thousand works. However, she was sadly disregarded during her lifetime and never exhibited anywhere. In the latter half of the 20th century her work began to be rediscovered, but by then over a thousand of her paintings had been destroyed some in a fire, some by her father (thinking they were unfinished and were to be scrapped) and many by sheer neglect. Now she is regarded as one of Australia's greatest artists.

Beckett loved to paint in the early morning or late evening, capturing the misty half-light of those times....although arguments continue if this was a statement on her part or just relishing the challenge. Here, as with many of her works, she depicts a street in Melbourne, seemingly on a misty evening...kind of like what I'm having here, with drizzling rain. Even the brightest thing here, the neon sign, can't be read because the mist distorts it too much. It's an atmospheric painting.

From the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

2 Nov: The guided tour will trace the history of Australian Art from early colonial paintings to Australian Impressionism.

Three things with Abdul Abdullah: I saw a TikTok that said if youre a grown man who uses a backpack, youve made some poor life choices

Gum trees in morning light, Australian landscape painting.

Three things with Kate Ceberano: Ive never seen one like it for sale I should probably patent it

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, 90cm
from the 'Echidna and Fish' site at West Head in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, NSW, Australia
via Australian Museum:

These are so varied and all excellent

For , two from the National Gallery of Victoria collection:
1. Lena Djamarayku (Rembarrnga, NT, b. c.1948)
Echidna, 1998
earth pigments on Paperbark (Melaleuca sp.), wood & pandanus (Pandanus sp.) fibre, echidna quills
25.580.021.0cm
2. Yvonne Koolmatrie (Ngarrindjeri, SA, b. 1944)
Echidna, 1999
sedge (Carex sp.), echidna quills
14.347.428.3cm

Last updated: 2025-08-13