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.

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Bookish – The Art of Paper

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

The Alchemy of SWC: The Light

Australian light is like no other. It shapes the land and the atmosphere of our days. It knocks sharply on our windows and doors, heralding another...

The Texture of Light – Elioth Gruner

Spring has well and truly sprung! Which got us thinking about the radiant work of Elioth Gruner, whose painting Spring frost in the Art Gallery of ...

Petal, the world of flowers through an artist’s eye

Spring is definitely a time for flowers and so we were captured by the beautiful imagery of illustrator/botanic artist Adriana Picker and her book ...

Wattle Nymphs by A.J. Campbell

We stand on the threshold of another Australian Spring – a particular time when the whole land is in beauty, arrayed with Wattles all abloom in the...

Under a Winter Moon – Julia Roche

How heartbreaking it is for artists when their exhibitions are cancelled after months, years of prep and the pouring of hearts and souls into bodie...

Tracey Moffatt’s Montages: The Final Cut, 1999-2015

Some of you are no doubt familiar with artist Tracey Moffatt’s stunningly evocative photography and film work from way back in the 90s. She receive...

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Design Lives Here – Australian interiors, furniture and lighting

Somehow, during last year’s COVID blur, we missed this stunning book by Penny Craswell. Described as the ultimate source book for Australian design...

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Chat 10 Looks 3 Podcast and Community

We’ve been connected to ‘the chatters’ as the tribe of Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb’s podcast devotees have become known, through their Facebook p...