Sketches

SKETCHES

Sketches is our journal. Here we trace the lines of place and creative living through thoughtful storytelling, insights and inspiration. It’s an invitation to slow down, take notice and find connection in the natural world.

Art

Looking Directly at The Sun – Lloyd Rees

Art

Looking Directly at The Sun – Lloyd Rees

Is it possible for a painter to transform the way we experience the natural world? For us, Lloyd Rees and his painterly perspective has done just t...

australian art

Hidden women of history: Kathleen McArthur, the wildflower woman who took on Joh Bjelke-Petersen

This year marks 50 years since the launch of one of Australia’s first major conservation battles, waged against Queensland’s ultra-conservative, pr...

The Art of Assemblage – Anita Johnson

Taking the ‘soulful assemblage’ concept to the nth is one of our favourite assemblage artists, Anita Johnson. For us, her art vibrates through a k...

The Alchemy of SWC – The Soulful Assemblage

Wherever your eye settles in The Shedquarters, you will find a rich curation of time-worn pieces and found curios. Brimming with character and text...

Hidden Women of History – Emancipated wenches in gaudy jewellery: the liberating bling of the goldfields

Her name was Lola. She was a showgirl. But that’s not all she was. Not by a long stretch. Lola Montez (1847), painted by Joseph Karl Stie...

australian comedy

488 Rules for Life: The thankless art of being correct

We don’t know about you, but we’re seeking out the laughs right now, big time! These crazy times are making us search out joy and humour every day ...

australian interiors

The Alchemy of SWC – The Printed Matter

Have you heard the Japanese term ‘tsundoku’? It translates to the art of acquiring reading materials and letting them pile up unread. We thin...

Art

Etching the Trees – Kasia Fabijanska

Cathedral Ranges, graphite, charcoal & pastel on paper, 2018 ‘Alpha Waves – The Rockies,’ etching & aquatint, 29x89cm Gariwerd – no...

art

Bookish – The Art of Paper

You know how much we love books, real books that is, the smell and the feel of them, old and new books, ‘piled up in stacks’ books. We also covet ...

Art

Hidden women of history: Ruby Lindsay, one of Australia’s first female graphic designers

The series ‘Hidden women of history’, looks at under-acknowledged women through the ages and this week we’re shining a light on one of Australia’s ...

Australia

The Alchemy of SWC – The Soundscape

Sounds help create a sense of place. Beyond those easy to catch noises – the upbeat intro to the six o’clock news, a microwave whirling, a motorcy...

australian art

Lyrical Landscapes: The art of William Robinson

If you’re lucky enough to live in Queensland right now, don’t miss this once-in-a-life opportunity to see William Robinson’s epic collection of mul...

Art

Seeing music, hearing art

If artist William Robinson’s exhibition at HOTA is a love letter to the Gold Coast hinterland, then The Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce, the former G...