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
Five Sunshine State artists we love
Meet five Queensland-based artists we adore, all in celebration of the summery olfactory bliss that is our bursting with fresh juicy pineapple, go...
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Our top 10 Australian Books for the holidays
Funny how with the exception of Robbie Arnott, our entire top 10 Australian books list for 2021 is by women authors. Maybe it says something about ...
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sydney rockpools
Morning thalassa – the calm, salt therapy of Sydney’s women’s pool
You need thalassa therapy, the woman said to me, knowing I was ever so anxious and sad about too many things. These included my mother’s month...
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Celebrating 100 years of Little Obelia
Original Illustrations for Little Obelia and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, 1921, by May Gibbs. ...
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David Stratton
Stories of Australian Cinema: Walkabout
Warning: This story contains the name and images of a deceased Indigenous person. David Dalaithngu’s family has requested he be referred to as Dala...
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top 5 Australian seascape painters
Our top 5 Australian seascape artists
The ocean as muse is such great fodder for a creative metaphor here and a brag of artistic skill there. And we’ve always been drawn to the symbolis...
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a bush christmas
Interiority: There’s magic in the house
Introducing our new Interiority series – a mishmash of inspiration drawn from one of Southern Wild Co’s signature fragrances. This week we’re start...
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The Shadows Within – Bronwyn Oliver
A new, intimate documentary by the ABC in association with the National Gallery of Australia and directed by Catherine Hunter with a gentle touch h...
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True to the Land: a new history of food in Australia begins 65,000 years ago
An 1817 painting by Joseph Lycett, depicting First Nation peoples cooking and eating whale meat. National Library of Australia, Author provided ...
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Art of life – The everyday world of Lucy Culliton
Grasses 2021, oil on canvas 137.5 x 137.5cm, Lucy Culliton Lucy Culliton paints the things that she finds beauty in and the things she hop...
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The Great Aussie Bird Count 2021
Just in case you haven’t heard, the Great Aussie Bird Count is back on this week and we’re getting just a little bit excited. It starts on the 18th...
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The Alchemy of SWC – The Art
If you follow the Southern Wild Co journey, you’ll know that visual art plays a crucial role in everything we do. In fact, it was an ‘A-ha!’ momen...
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