White Rabbit Gallery – Sydney, State of Play
This week I started watching Australia’s ABC television series Redfern Now. Produced by Blackfella Films it is groundbreaking Australian drama that combines the talents of Indigenous…
Bethells Beach…winter magic
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America…
A Well Written Body – Karlo Mila with paintings by Delicia Sampero
As of a few minutes ago I was undecided on which poet would help resurrect Poetry Showcase, tossing up between David Eggleton, John Adams and Karlo…
Poetry Showcase: the hiatus..the new look
Firstly apologies to those of you who signed up to follow The Artful Compendium after reading the poetry posts. I had a vision of taking the…
A slice of New Zealand art history…
The Collection of Dame Judith te Tomairangi o Te Aroha Binney and Sebastian Black Auction Art+Object – 4 June 2015 This is the first art…
Newcastle, NSW…stirred not shaken
I recently read the original Bond tagline was “stirred not shaken”; a statement, which launches lengthy discussion on how the reversing of these two words dilutes…
Boogie Woogie Beach House…hanging out with music legends.
The main purpose of our road trip up the Central NSW coast was to visit the Doessels who together with close friends the Craig family have…
The road trip…avoiding diversions onto the highway to hell.
Due to stressful and time gobbling jobs my cousin and I had little time to plan our road trip from Sydney up to the Central New…
Easter… memories of a primordial harbour
Easter like Christmas is one of those fixed point religious occasions, which mark our lives. For me like many others Easter is also synonymous with family…
Dominion Road walkabout…
Auckland, New Zealand Most major cities have long roads that serve as arterial routes connecting the Central Business District with the outlying suburbs. Even though they…
