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.

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...

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Read: Chromatopia

This gorgeous hardcover version of David Coles Chromatopia was published a couple of years ago but we’re only just rediscovering it after writing a...

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The gentle frame – Melinda Giblett

Melinda Giblett is an Australian artist living on Dharawal land on the NSW South Coast. Her practice in painting and drawing is inspired by the ...

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The Alchemy of SWC: The Rituals

The sound of a striking match. The pause while waiting for the water to boil. Pulling on your boots before stepping outside for a constitutional wa...

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Kendal Murray’s Tiny Worlds

Upcoming, Homecoming, 2021, mixed media assemblage, Kendal Murray By Chance, At First Glance, 2016, mixed media assemblage, Kendal Murray We’re...

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Spectrum – An exploration of colour

Colour, like scent, is central to humankind’s being. It functions at a subliminal level to define the way we perceive the world and the way we feel...