Tag: Travel
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Exploring the Colours of Bay of Fires, Tasmania
White, orange and mint blue These are the colours of the Bay of Fires, a marine conservation area on the north-east Coast of Tasmania. Granite bedrock, ground into fine grains, becomes the pristine, soft white sand of the beach. The water is ice-cold blue, but so clear. Nature brings together what we humans call a…
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The Artistic Allure of Australian Water Dragons
This magnificent adult male Australian Water Dragon lives in the grounds of Queensland Art Gallery. His colour, texture, and folded forms resonate with my artistic aesthetic. He’s perfectly happy to live side-by-side the coffee sippers at the outdoor gallery cafe. The adjoining shallow expanse of water draws both gallery patrons and the reptiles. These lizards…
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Decorative Artwork for a Balinese Villa
Decorative artworks enhance the interior at Pure Magnetic Villas. Painted with acrylics in a vibrant palette they speak to the Balinese tropical ambiance. The bright flower-like shapes dance against the dark backdrop.
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Discovering Palazzo Franchetti and Klibanksy’s Art
In 2016, a visit to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, housed in the historical Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, was thwarted by long queues. Instead, the focus shifted to the Palazzo Franchetti, featuring the intriguing art exhibition “Beautiful Tomorrow” by Joseph Klibansky, presenting a more accessible cultural experience without large crowds.
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The lost art of ship figureheads
Pandora, barefoot, ivory-skinned, her blue robes trimmed with gold, holding a casket, tightly, with two hands. She seems to fly above me in the volume of this ship-like space with its billowing ceiling and angled windows, her skirt flowing gracefully as though propelled by the breeze. Aloft on the prow, but not free at all,…
ART by Jude Tulloch 