ARTIST'S PROFILES

Mirka Mora sitting surrounded by her colourful doll and soft sculpture creations and tapestries in 1978.  Courtesy of the Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive,State Library of Victoria. Mirka Mora has left us, at the age of 90....

A feature of Hong Kong's Chinese New Year Festival Parade on Feb 16th, 2018. BellyPrincess Liina's Dance Troupe with Special guest from Egypt and Poland            

CHAIN 1971 (Photo courtesy of Philip Morris) At age sixteen, Matt Taylor would frequent a fish shop near his house in Springhill, Brisbane. The fish shop was the kind of place bikers used to hang out...

    CHAIN LIVE (c. 1969 from Chain Live back cover left to right:  Glyn Mason (guitar/vocals), Warren "Pig" Morgan (electric piano), Phil Manning (guitar/vocals), Barry Sullivan (Big Goose - bass), Barry Harvey (Little Goose - drums) A...

How someone met a drummer some time back by colin talbot   Dateline: New York City, a while back Nine years and a bit ago, Mitch Mitchell, drummer in the three-piece Jimi Hendrix Experience, died in Portland, Oregon....

ANATOMY OF A MUSICIAN’S TRIP TO CHINA On his recent trip to perform at Aussie Anthea Palmer’s Jimmy Hornet Creative Restaurant in Zhongshan, China, Australian Blues artist, singer and songwriter Doc White, took a detour which...

James Makin Gallery /16 August - 2 September 2017 67 Cambridge St,Collingwood VIC 3066 Opening: Friday 18 August from 6 – 9pm T: 03 9416 3966 info@jamesmakingallery.com www.jamesmakingallery.com On Friday 18th August,  I attended Betra Fraval’s solo exhibition...

Symmetry’s Shadow Exhibition Location: Christ Church St Kilda (Anglican), 14 Acland st. St Kilda Re-inventing LIFE through ART, an ongoing therapy. Silent intelligence, each soul’s higher self, speaks of a collective, a whole; the human race as...

Go HERE! https://www.facebook.com/pg/mariasmirlisart/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1321558647893621  Maria Smirlis and her family have been product developers and manufacturers in the fashion industry for 5 generations in Europe and for the past fifty years in Australia After completing a formal design education...

Searching for the next Picasso, Pollock or Hockney to invest in? Buying art from up-and-coming artists is not just good for the budget (though that is a definite plus), it’s also a great feeling to...