What I did last week: Volume 2

what i did last week Volume 2

what i did last week Volume 2

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Preloaded Design 2 Denmark St, California Gully 3556 First published by Preloaded Design 2020 ISBN: 978-0-6481491-7-0 Copyright Š Aitken, K., Andrews, J., Barnes, B., Blum, S., Bromley, J., ... Woodhams, C. (2020) Cover artwork by Maddy Lynch, Untitled Cover design by Jacqui Lynch, Preloaded Design Design and layout by Jacqui Lynch, Preloaded Design Printed by McPhersons, Victoria All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher.

The City of Greater Bendigo is on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country.

We acknowledge and extend our appreciation for the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung People, the Traditional Owners of the land.

We pay our respects to leaders and Elders past, present and emerging for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and the hopes of all Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Peoples.

We express our gratitude in the sharing of this land, our sorrow for the personal, spiritual and cultural costs of that sharing and our hope that we may walk forward together in harmony and in the spirit of healing.

What I did last week What I did last week started as an online art exhibition, established to encourage art-making during the COVID-19 lockdown. The first gallery was published on 30 March 2020, with a new gallery published each week.

As the program developed it became a visual record of the times, reflecting the experiences of the artists and their community. For this reason, and as an acknowledgement of the work of the artists, it was decided to produce two hard copy volumes of the work submitted.

Volume 1 covered the first eight weeks (30 March to 18 May) and this volume covers weeks 9 to 16 (25 May to 13 July).

In retrospect, the narrative of Volume 1 might be seen as quite straight forward, following a path from the announcement of the State of Emergency through to the easing of restrictions. The public health message was that we should do what we could to flatten the curve and avoid catastrophe. At the beginning of Week 8 of What I did last week, there may have been a feeling we were nearly there: daily case numbers dropped with just 3 new cases on 23 May and 2 new cases on 24 May. In the gallery published at the end of that week there were a number of works depicting plants and birds, as artists were taking the opportunity to go out and celebrate autumn.

At the beginning of this volume this sense of being on top of COVID-19 carries through. However, while the new case numbers seemed to stabilise—including the recording of no new cases on 8 June (Week 11)—the anticipated second wave of infections struck quickly and on 20 June (Week 13) restrictions were tightened and then on 30 June (Week 15) lockdowns were imposed on Melbourne Metropolitan areas and the Mitchell Shire. We will leave it to the reader to interpret how this is reflected in the final few galleries in this volume.

Included in this volume are 165 artworks by 72 artists. To help build a picture of who was participating in the program a survey was sent to the participating artists. This survey asked questions about how people were experiencing the COVID-19 lockdown, rating their experience on a scale from 0 to 100. These questions were asked at the end of the first 8 weeks (for Volume 1) and again at the end of week 16 (for this volume).

When asked: “How are you feeling—generally?” and “In the past 9 weeks has your experience been better or worse than expected?” the responses were less positive than they were when asked these questions after week 8, with the largest group of responses in the middle “ok”/“about the same” range.

The response to “Has making art helped you deal with the last 9 weeks?” remained overall, very positive, with a third of responses in the range 90 to 100 (out of 100).

It should be noted that for these three questions there were now more negative responses than for the first 8 weeks.

For this edition’s survey a new question was asked: “How valuable has What I did last week (your work and others) been in reflecting your experience of the COVID-19 lockdown?” and the response was very positive; an average response 76, and over a quarter of responses in the range 90 to 100, on a scale where 0 was “not valuable at all” and 100 “very valuable”.

Artists were asked to share their thoughts about how participating in What I did last week had changed how they saw the role of art in the community. The responses (some of which feature elsewhere in this volume) spoke of the enjoyment of being part of a connected community of artists. While people appreciated the chance to create and show work in lockdown, they also commented on how much they enjoyed seeing the work others had created too.

“I enjoyed seeing art made by artists of all abilities, all shared together. It gave a wonderful feeling of community and togetherness!”

What I did last week is continuing online, and at time of publication we are up to Week 19 and have exhibited 386 artworks by 126 artists.

For the Creative Communities team it’s been a privilege to receive the work each week from this creative and generous community. We hope this volume tells part of the ongoing story of our experience of COVID-19 in Central Victoria.

week 9 19-25 May 2020

week 9

Gail Casey Native Flowers Digital artwork 24 May 2020

Josephine Walsh Meyer Lemons 25 May 2020

I am continuing to explore different mediums to create pictures. I love the amazing potential of the digital process, the colours, the implied textures, tricks and layering but always miss the tactile experience of a brush dipped in paint.

Helen Lunt Through My Window Photograph 20 May 2020

One of a flock of rainbow lorikeets feeding in a Banksia marginata.

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Meg Holmes Untitled

Oil painting 22 May 2020 The frosts have arrived so I picked the last of the Zinnias from my garden and threw them into a Fowlers jar. These bright smiley flowers make me happy as I paint them with thick textured paint. At a time when many are struggling and stressed I feel blessed in so many ways.Â

Angela Morrissey Expressionist Daffodils I 17 May 2020

Painted in the Expressionist style of art. Expressionism is an artistic and literary movement originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, which sought to express emotions rather than to represent external reality, characterised by the use of symbolism and of exaggeration and distortion.

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Olivia Ciancio

Claire Clarke

Auggie

Lady with violin

15 May 2020

Kathryn Harrison Self portrait - Addiction iPad/Procreat 21 May 2020 4

22 May 2020

Julie Kala Aurora

21 May 2020 When you are working from home you can knock off at 4.30 and pretty much start a painting when your workstation and hobby area are within one metre of each other! I wanted to do a quick oil all day so whipped this up on Friday night.

Duffy - Ha Ho Art Rise as one!

Acrylic on raw canvas 22 May 2020 This is an image that I had planned as a fairly large mural in Hargraeves St prior to the coronavirus lockdown.

So I decided to paint a large canvas version of it instead!

The canvas size is 2.1 metres high by 2.3 metres wide & it is painted on the raw side of a primed canvas or ‘Wrong Side’ as they say. I started the painting 3 weeks ago but decided today (Friday) that I need to finish it so I can move on & start another canvas version of a mural project that I have, in all probability, lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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week 9

Sue Jeavons Stump fungus 25 May 2020

This season has had magnificent fungus and I spied this in an old stump in my garden.

Akhila Fernando The World Today 24 May 2020

I am a visual artist living in Bendigo.

Meg Doller Blind contour self-portrait – Cubist inspired 20 May 2020

I’m an art teacher at Rochester Secondary College. This was a remote learning drawing exercise that turned into an artwork that became a task for year 8s.

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Jane Ineson Study for a portrait of David Lloyd iPad drawing 24 May 2020

For me, familiarising with form can feel like avoidance of the real work. But it is often preparation for relinquishing that control over form, and replacing it with a leap of faith and trust through pencil or brush to free the spirit!

Maree Tonkin Untitled

The lockdown restrictions are starting to ease a little and I ventured out to take some pictures. The light was particularly beautiful today.Â

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week 9

still life in autumn bright grains of sand cease to slip thru glass blown from sand

Dr Michael J Leach Still life in Autumn Haiku 23 May 2020

Michael is a poet, epidemiologist, and lecturer at Monash University, Bendigo.

His poems reside in such journals as ‘Cordite Poetry Review’ and ‘Plumwood Mountain’. This haiku was inspired by an hourglass on the artist’s writing desk.

Ed Phillips T-rex

Pencil and texta 22 May 2020 I like Jurassic World and so I thought I’d draw this T-rex.

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Jin Turpie

Paul Harrington

Splatoon

Mme Cross and the Dress

21 May 2020

22 May 2020

For my little brother.

Brad Barnes Kryal Rey Sing Concert 22 May 2020

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week 9

Paul Casey

Cecile Shanahan

Rain, after rain

Isolation Bookshelf - volume 1

Rain appears, at times, in all the arts, of course, in music too.

I really admire Jane Mount’s work and this drawing is my first attempt at trying one of her ideal bookshelf pictures. This is my isolation bookshelf - volume 1.

Pen and watercolour 24 May 2020

22 May 2020

Sharon Moloney Blackwork

14 May 2020 Experimenting with a stitch I have never done, I made a gift for my friend who has a schnauzer (when I saw the pattern I knew it was a challenge and a gift in one).

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Spencer Blum Scream Inspired Self-Portrait

Acrylic paint and coloured pencils on pizza box lid 18 May 2020 This is a self-portrait appropriating Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ as an inspiration piece for my VCE Unit 3/4 Studio Arts folio.

Diane Cardinal Horsing Around

White charcoal on black paper 15 May 2020

I have really enjoyed seeing what people create. I was already aware of the abundance of talent in Bendigo and the region in general. When we are in lockdown or semi lockdown, What I did last week created impetus and interest. I look forward to it every week.

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week 9

Zac McCarty Light Painting 14 May 2020

Pamela Harvey A Mulbury Mystery 19 May 2020

Fitting in around working full time from home, I’ve nearly written a whole novel coronavirus novel. While I write regularly anyway, not commuting has given me an extra 30 minutes a day to write.

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week 10 26 May-1 June 2020

week 10

Karen Thomas Blue Banded Bee Oil painting 23 May 2020

I have been working on this for some time ... a long overdue wedding present for a friend who lives in the UK. Her nickname is Bee which inspired me to add the Blue-banded bee for her. Just what this needed.

Ellen Lee Osterfield Wild Australia Watercolour 20 May 2020

I love the wildlife of Australia and am happy these magnificent Red-tailed black cockatoos are found here in my hometown of Bendigo!

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Des Lowry

Dell Winser

The Twins

She’ll be right mate

31 May 2020

28 May 2020

This phrase is Icelandic and sums up their way of looking at the world—“It’ll all work out in the end”—or to translate that to Australian, “She’ll be right mate”.

Greg Penno I love a cottage garden 25 May 2020

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week 10

Judith Jacobs Tabby cat on a hot tin roof

Aluminium wire, duct tape, metal air vent 31 May 2020

Ann McAlpin Running off leash Clay modelling 27 May 2020

Michael Hodson Autumn Nights in Rosiland Park 23 May 2020 16

John Willis Leaf heart 1 June 2020

Laura van der Spek Lake Weeroona 28 May 2020

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Susie Marcroft Coffee Cup Rescue ‘Reimagined Liquid Amber Walk’ 20 May 2020

During the COVID-19 lockdown period I’ve been saving all the takeaway coffee cups that The Wine Hub serves my ‘rescue remedy’ in each morning. I get a huge kick out of the artwork hugging those rich aromas and warming crema.

Secretly, I hope that each coffee I order comes with different artwork from others I’ve collected.

This drawing collages some of those images from the takeaway coffee cups with my own ink, and pencil drawing inspired from walking my dog (#harryofheathcote) through the liquid ambers.

Duffy - Ha Ho Art Artist & Progress Shot Acrylic on canvas 1 June 2020

I think that I should stop stating that this or this is the last of the COVID-19 series! As I have 2 more ideas based on the pandemic, LOL. This is one that’s occupied my lockdown all of last week, it’s still in progress with just the hair to do.

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Julie Kala

Jin Turpie

Poppy

BB8, for my dad

26 May 2020

30 May 2020

Found a great photo of this dog ‘Poppy’ sitting on a ute on FB so asked the owner if I could paint her.

I made up the back ground but everything else is how she is. Just loves to hang out on her ‘ute’.

Kathryn Harrison Autumn reading 26 May 2020

Claire Clarke Aubrey Beardsley Portrait 29 May 2020

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week 10 The Wind Chimes

out a forgotten name, plays jazz drum on my tympanic membrane.

I find myself lost , irretrievably so, surrendering for once to the sweet pseudorandom swirls of this strange atmosphere.

Paul Harrington Coral and Fish 29 May 2020

Dr Michael J Leach The Wind Chimes 30 May 2020

This poem was inspired by reflections on the phenomenon of sound and randomness.

Iain Wilson

Dale Little

Pandemic selfie

Knots and Folds

Spray paint on Yupo paper 26 May 2020

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28 May 2020

This piece is an experimental one. The background fabric was stitched with knots and bullions and then manipulated to create folds using a traditional smocking technique.

Myra Casey Lung

24 May 2020

Angela Morrissey Expressionist Daffodils II 24 May 2020

Inspired by the Expressionist and Impressionist artworks that I saw up close and personal at the Zurich Kunsthaus in 2005, including Franz Marc, Claude Monet and Wassily Kandinsky. The bright colours and the black outlines are typical of Expressionism.

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week 10

Diane Cardinal David Gullpilil

White pastel on black paper 20 May 2020

Olivia Ciancio Sapphire eyes 28 May 2020

Working on this brought out unexpected memories that were cathartic for me during isolation.

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week 11 2-9 June 2020

week 11

Des Lowry Pansies in an old teapot 8 June 2020

My wife grew and arranged some blooms in an old teapot. They looked great and I hoped that French Ultramarine; Brown Madder; Permanent Rose and Raw Sienna, together with the angled light, and the white of the paper, would do them justice.

Gail Casey Mantel Piece Digital study 8 June 2020 24

Claire Clarke The Claire Fairy 5 June 2020

Meanwhile, keeping close to the heater a new still life was close at hand.

Susie Marcroft Coffee Cup Rescue: ‘Reimagined Heathcote Cemetery Walk’ 21 May 2020

Collage of printed coffee cups and my own ink and pencil drawings in reimagining my dog walk destinations during lockdown.

Greg Penno A Dull Day at Uluru 3 June 2020

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Kay Aitken Chooks

Pencil 4 June 2020

Paul Casey Toasty warm studio after snowfall Watercolour 8 June 2020

Paul Harrington Done Something At Home For A Change 5 June 2020 26

The concept for this drawing came to me whilst awake in the early hours of the morning, goodness only knows why. But it was fun laying in bed mapping out what went into the drawing and where. That’s never happened to me before, I wonder if it will again?

Janet Bromley Jazzy Little Bag 6 June 2020

Janet Bromley is a Yorta Yorta artist living on Dja Dja Country. Janet usually works with recycled materials making wall hangings however she’s filling in COVID-19 time experimenting with making coil circle bags. This bag is made with yarn from the op-shop and seagrass.Â

Pauline Robinson Cosmos

Acrylic 9 June 2020 27

week 11

Angela Morrissey Mary Mourning Jesus II Linocut 31 May 2020

Inspired by the images of relatives grieving for loved ones on a boat wreck that killed at least thirty people when it crashed on the rocks at Christmas Island in 2010. The words say ‘peace’ and ‘Angela the artist’. Jesus and Mary were refugees, too!

Melanie Thoren Self Portrait after attending a livestreamed funeral Acrylic paint on canvas 1 June 2020

I attended a live-streamed funeral today. A surreal experience as all I could see was the service and my reflection staring back at me on my laptop. This painting is created from the part of my face I could see reflecting in the screen. I could not be there in person but I’m glad that I could share the experience via technology.

Kathryn Harrison Covid Cracks 30 May 2020

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Andre Sardone Two Pods made with squares 8 June 2020

Made from reclaimed steel plate, welded together and shaped with grinders. I made the smaller Pod last week as an experiment in form, and the larger one has been this week’s project. Both yet to be finished.

Aimé Sacrez Night Spirit

Pastel and acrylics on mat board 4 June 2020 I haven’t really produced much art in the fantasy genre, but I felt inspired this week to draw a dragon. I experimented with using silver and gold acrylics to catch the light.

Laura van der Spek Echuca Line 28 May 2020

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Jin Turpie Floppy the Fish 7 June 2020

Olivia Ciancio Ivy

9 April 2020

Duffy - Ha Ho Art Study For 2020 Vision The Story So Far… Acrylic on raw canvas 9 June 2020

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I started this large canvas at the start of lockdown and it’s a kind of visual diary really & along with the title, it’s all pretty much self-evident, ongoing til the end of June after which I plan to do another version that will cover the second half of this year & exhibit them side by side. Let’s hope the next half year is a lot more positive! But, I have my doubts...

week 12 10-15 June 2020

week 12

Julie Kala Family

Acrylic on board 9 June 2020 Small photo sized painting of my family at my first holy communion in 1969, Finley NSW.

Sue Jeavons

Laura van der Spek

Eco Dye

Turtle for Amy

Eco dyed silk using local eucalypt leaves and bottlebrush seed heads.

Crocheting is a skill I have picked up in isolation through online tutorials and patterns. I find the tactility of this medium satisfyingly cathartic.Â

13 June 2020

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5 April 2020

Julie Andrews Go Gently 1

10 June 2020 One of three in a series ‘Go gently’.

Kathryn Harrison Light before the carrion messenger 31 May 2020

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week 12

Kerry Punton Kingower

Acrylic on canvas 11 June 2020

Pauline Robinson Planetary view

Collage and mixed media 9 June 2020

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Iain Wilson Pandemia

Spray paint on Yupo paper 14 June 2020

Paul Harrington Garden Sunset 12 June 2020

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week 12

Jin Turpie

Claire Clarke

Chicken Jockey

Portrait of Mark With Beard

Jane Coburn

Angela Morrissey

Colour Charts

Mary Mourning Jesus III

When starting to use a new medium (in my case, gouache), making a colour chart is a very useful exercise and time well-spent. While learning how to handle the medium, you are discovering which colour mixes can be produced. It’s amazing what can be done, with just a handful of primary colours plus white!

When people in the Middle East grieve they often wail, scream, throw ashes on their head and tear their clothes. The writing says “peace” in Hebrew and Arabic as I wish for peace in the Holy Land where Jesus was born.

13 June 2020

13 June 2020

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12 June 2020

Linocut 7 June 2020

Ainsley McPherson Cat portrait Pencil 9 June 2020

Olivia Ciancio Ball Of Ink and Stars 3 June 2020

Brad Barnes Nya The Dragon Watch 13 June 2020

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week 12

Leah Macdonald Pain

Alcohol and permanent marker on canvas 12 June 2020 This work is part of a series of abstract pieces expressing individual emotions using a variety of techniques and mediums. ‘Pain’ reflects the peaks and ebbs of suffering, and its uncompromising and unpredictable nature.

Bruce Henderson Milkyway reflections Lake Tom Thumb Eaglehawk 10 June 2020 38

week 13 16-22 June 2020

week 13

Duffy - Ha Ho Art Deck Chair Babe 22 June 2020

Well I didn’t think I would be doing more deck chair art, in Bendigo at least! This one is for a dear friend and her dad who is not traveling too well... It is of her mum (his wife) on Sydney’s Manly beach in the 1950s. It was painted from a scanned old black and white photograph on artist’s canvas attached to an upcycled deck chair. A light, bright and happy Ha Ho beach deck chair to hang in his bedroom to keep him company!

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Jin Turpie

Claire Clarke

Darth Vader

Bunny

21 June 2020

19 June 2020

Brad Barnes Ruby Chamuna 19 June 2020

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week 13

Jane Coburn Irish Cottage 16 June 2020

This is my first attempt at painting with gouache. The medium is waterbased—similar to watercolour, but more opaque. I found it easier to work with and it’s definitely more “forgiving” than watercolour.

Gail Casey Interior for N

Acrylic paint with traditional pigments and glazes 21 June 2020 A multi-layered interior painting in which I aimed to subdue colour and edges to create a soft and quiet space.

Sharon Greenaway Miniature Art Gallery 2020 15 June 2020

The images are all my own, rejigged and repurposed into a miniature art gallery of works that are special to me. The books have photographs in them of family, flora and fauna.

Working on this brought out unexpected memories that were cathartic for me during isolation.

I hope you are inspired and enjoy.

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Greg Penno

Iain Wilson

Recovery

Untitled

Acrylic on timber panel 18 June 2020

Spray paint on Yupo paper 21 June 2020

Paul Harrington Outside

19 June 2020

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week 13

George Phillips High Flier

22 June 2020

Julie Kala Charlie & Sammy 16 June 2020

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Olivia Ciancio Cavalia

20 May 2020

A friend wanted me to do a painting of her brother’s dogs for his birthday as one had recently passed away. Painted, framed and posted all within the week. Quick turnaround!

Frances Forge Desert Sunset 18 June 2020

Thinking about Australia’s beautiful desert landscape. This watercolour is inspired from a photo taken while camping at Coward Springs.

Kerry Punton Pardalotes in the gums Acrylic on canvas 18 June 2020

Paul Casey Eppalock Hills

Mural on plaster wall to match three other brick walls in a family room.

One busy week.

21 June 2020

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Kathryn Stretch Morning Glory Ensemble Crochet wool felt 20 June 2020

Inspired by childhood memories of my Nanna’s house and the morning glory flowers that used to grow wild.

Judith Jacobs Atlas in New York

Found objects, map, needles, trophy, ball 21 June 2020 In a box Atlas, Greek god of endurance, carrying the universe on his back through Central Park.

Angela Morrissey Woman in a Chair with Yellow Background (after Picasso) 20 June 2020

In 1929 Pablo Picasso painted ‘Woman in a Chair with Yellow Background’. I grew up with a reprint of the artwork on my wall and took it with me when I left home.

I painted an appropriation of the great masterpiece including a self-portrait in the background.

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week 14 23-29 June 2020

week 14

Julie Kala Kerry’s mum 26 June 2020

A work colleague wanted a painting of her mum on her honeymoon from 1952 coloured and enlarged. I had incorporated the black and white photo into another art piece so she was keen to have another bigger version to keep.

Kathryn Stretch Steven’s LJ

Acrylic on canvas 28 June 2020

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Carol Woodhams

Inspired by a photo by Elizabeth Maguire Photography.

Don’t Eat These!

Watercolour 28 June 2020

Gail Casey

Large studio interior painted for a friend.

Detail of painting for H Acrylic on canvas 28 June 2020

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Paul Harrington

Andre Sardone

Jimmy

Structure

26 June 2020

24 June 2020 Made from redundant steel balls from a rock mill and recycled steel rod. I went into the studio on Wednesday with many different ideas and this is the result. It is very different to what I expected to create that day.

Kerry Punton Sheep

Cobalt oxide on white glaze 26 June 2020 50

Jane Ineson Life Drawing, detail Graphite 28 June 2020

Paul Casey Waiting, again

Pen and ink and gouache 28 June 2020

Today I met with artists for our first life drawing session in months, such a relief to once again engage in this noble and rewarding activity! On arriving home, I usually have at least 10 drawings to review, this time 16, and it always feels like unpacking treasure!

Pamela Vine Meeting of the dragons 1 April 2020

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Jin Turpie Link from The Legend of Zelda 28 June 2020

Ed Phillips Deadpool

27 June 2020

Angela Morrissey Bathsheba Bathing Linocut 25 June 2020

Inspired by an image I saw on the Internet.

The Old Testament’s, Second Book of Samuel, tells of how King David saw this beautiful woman bathing. This scene also inspired Leonard Cohen in his song Halleluhah: ‘You saw her bathing on the roof/Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya.’

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Brad Barnes The Joker

26 June 2020

Claire Clarke Vase

26 June 2020

Olivia Ciancio Washing Away 29 May 2020

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Duffy - Ha Ho Art Underpainting - Work In Progress Acrylic on canvas 22 June 2020

I decided that the time was right to start this painting as a celebration of the easing of lockdown on Sunday & a return to some kind of normal, only to watch our Premier Dan Andrews ban ‘kissing & cuddling...’ for at least another three weeks!

Oh well, it was a nice dream & I am still loving the idea... Also, loving the Sound Of Music/Wuthering Heights/ Mills & Boon... vibe of this particular painting! But, it will change that’s for sure.

Judith Jacobs Gone to see a man about a dog 28 June 2020

Wire sculpture using one single strand of gardening wire, found objects base ... air vent, marble trophy base, organic waste bag.

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week 15 30 June-6 July 2020

week 15

Jin Turpie Calf

5 July 2020 This is one of the cute calves I got to hand feed at Matty’s Farm‌

Meg Doller Eucalyptus camaldulensis/ River red gum (Work in Progress) 30 June 2020 56

Mixed media diptych painting of a River Red Gum (trunk) on canvas with handmade fugitive inks (acorn cap, golden wattle gall, eucalyptus gall, and avocado seed) and handmade grapevine charcoal.

Maddy Lynch Untitled

Mixed media on paper 22 June 2020 57

week 15

Benjamin Evans Peaceful Roar 24 June 2020

I called this painting ‘Peaceful Roar’ because it depicts the gentle yet powerful roar of water streaming down and shows that it is a peaceful paradise governed by mother nature.

Julie Kala The Boys

Acrylic on board 1 July 2020 Painting of best friends on an abandoned ute, Southern Flinders Rangers.

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Des Lowry

Gillian Fallon

Archway, Arles

Busy-body cat!

Watercolour 5 July 2020

3 July 2020

Hiding behind the laptop screen is nothing compared to a cat walking across your keyboard at a crucial moment.

Paul Casey And the beat goes on Acrylic on canvas 5 July 2020 Another version of the 1945 ‘A Calabrian Worker’s Sunday in Rome’ also known as ‘Rocco with the Gramophone’ by Renato Guttuso.

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Olivia Ciancio Wonderland 28 June 2020

Kathryn Harrison The Importance of Blankets 2 July 2020

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Angela Morrissey David Richard McComb 4 July 2020

This is an artwork I did of the late David McComb, lead singer of ‘The Triffids’ who passed away in 1999 aged 36. I have used liquid brush markers and have painted the face and hands blue like Picasso’s Blue Period of art. The hair and shirt are complementary colours.

Duffy - Ha Ho Art Art for petrol heads 6 July 2020

To celebrate the return of the Formula One race season & a new F1 inspired series of work.

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week 15

Paul Harrington

Sean Chandler

Girl at Yoga

Untitled

3 July 2020

Acrylic paint on water colour card 25 June 2020

Dell Winser Mr Branwell Cubbins, Esq. & Ingonyama 3 July 2020

I’ve been taking advantage of having a bit more freetime and completing a few of the kits I’ve had laying around for a while. As opposed to what usually happens to the things I craft, these two lovelies will be staying with me.

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Michelle Loschiavo Cluttering of galahs

I love pink and wanted to do something pink. So what do you do? Galahs.

Acrylic and airbrush 1 July 2020

This period in our collective lives has cemented what I know to be true–that art is vital! Being able to exhibit and see work via the WIDLW online exhibition ... was like making what I was doing in isolation part of something much bigger and I’m grateful for that.

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week 15

Jane Coburn Still life

Graphite on paper 5 July 2020 I enjoyed the process of setting up the still-life, then taking photos to use as reference. The angles of the design on the backing cloth, echo those of the broken china and egg-shells. I used a grey-scale photo while drawing to assist me with the tones.

Kerry Punton Rabbit

Cobalt oxide on white glaze 25 June 2020

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Milton Long

Kheong Sen Lim

Pendant with jade bead drop

Split

3 July 2020

Enamel cloisonnĂŠ pendant with jade bead drop on a commercial chain.

The design was inspired by some large green fronds seen in a cafe.

2 July 2020 I have been back in Bendigo since the lockdown began and have been spending this time taking pictures of family and random things. This is my attempt at still life photography and it’s a work in progress as I experiment more with different viewpoints, lighting and textures.

Andre Sardone Ball of energy 5 July 2020

Another exploration using steel balls from a rock mill and steel rod. When this sculpture is touched it sets off a long lasting vibration through the piece.

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week 15

Claire Clarke Sock Puppets

5 July 2020 3 July 2020

Winter Waves A second wave

of COVID-19 floods Northwest Melbourne.

Melbournians

wave

goodbye to transient freedoms.

Colleagues

wave

goodbye to each other at the end of VC meetings.

Sound

waves

undulate from TV speakers into the canals of pricked ears.

Human

waves

around stadiums arise only in memories.

Windscreen wipers

wave

at the spectres haunting city streets.

Ocean

waves

crash into deserted beaches, rising ever higher.

Dr Michael J Leach Winter Waves 1 July 2020

This poem was inspired by news of Melbourne’s second wave of COVID-19.

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week 16 7-13 July 2020

week 16

Bethany Mansfield Alira

28 April 2020

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Duffy - Ha Ho Art Amy

6 July 2020

This is a digitised print that I made last week of an Amy Winehouse painting (on paper) that I made a couple of years ago. It will form part of a new limited edition print & sticker series for my soon to be developed website. I have been feverishly studying/practising my photoshop skills not just to improve them so much, but also to develop my own unique style. I hope you like it!

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week 16

Emily Richards-Jones Ayden

7 July 2020 This is a portrait of my youngest nephew, Ayden, he currently lives in Melbourne.

Denyse Dalton Lulu

9 July 2020

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Merlyn Quaife Untitled

SBS Life Drawing Class Sat July 4 2020. I decided to do the SBS class and found it engrossing.

4 July 2020

Paul Casey The painter’s studio wall Assemblage - acrylic paint, collage, wood and glass 12 July 2020

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Greg Penno Japanese Gardens, Portland, Oregon Acrylic on canvas 6 July 2020

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Natasha Joyce Forever Grenfell

Digital manipulation of mosaic memorial 1 July 2020 On 14 June from the solitude of their homes, the Grenfell community collectively marked the third anniversary of the devasting tower fire in North Kensington. Seventytwo residents died and hundreds were left homeless. The Inquiry drags on. Hearings are suspended.

No charges have been laid. Forever in our hearts.

Gail Casey Daydream Garden Digital drawing 12 July 2020

This digital drawing offered a chance to daydream—akin to the therapeutic nature of colouring. Playing with colour and shapes and the broad menu of Autodesk Sketchbook on my Surface Pro device.

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Jin Turpie Luigi

8 July 2020

Brad Barnes Kelly

11 July 2020

Angela Morrissey Maya with Doll and Wooden Horse (after Picasso) 5 July 2020

Inspired by a painting of Picasso’s daughter Maya. The face, portrayed as a fusion of profile and frontal view, has a sinister expression, which completely overwhelms any impression of childlike innocence. Instead of a horse I have added a unicorn as I had unicorns as a child.

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Pandemic Pup Pumped -up car tires roll

along the highway from Bendigo to Melbourne.

A second wave of coronavirus keeps

roll

-ing across this, our state’s capital.

We collect our new cavoodle puppy pre-emptively named

Roll

-o soon before lockdown.

We giddily get back on the road & rapidly return to Bendigo.

Back home, Rollo

roll

-s over in his enclosure, calling out for companions to come & play.

His aptly-chosen name

roll

-s gently off honeyed tongues as we play with our precious one & fall in puppy love.

Dr Michael J Leach

Kathryn Stretch Mask

Acrylic on canvas 11 July 2020 Torn between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide.

Pandemic Pup 9 July 2020

This poem was inspired by a trip to Melbourne to pick up a new puppy mere hours before lockdown.

Kathryn Harrison Over Covid 12 July 2020

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Zoya Makarova Hakea and New Holland Honeyeater 1 July 2020

I’m currently creating a series of bird themed paintings for an upcoming group exhibition at the Old Auction House, Kyneton.

Kerry Punton Alexandra Fountain 10 July 2020

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Kay Aitken • Julie Andrews • Brad Barnes • Spencer Blum • Janet Bromley • Diane Cardinal • Gail Casey • Myra Casey • Paul Casey • Sean Chandler • Olivia Ciancio • Claire Clarke • Jane Coburn • Denyse Dalton • Meg Doller • Duffy - Ha Ho Art • Benjamin Evans • Gillian Fallon • Akhila Fernando • Frances Forge • Sharon Greenaway • Paul Harrington • Kathryn Harrison • Pamela Harvey • Bruce Henderson • Michael Hodson • Meg Holmes • Jane Ineson • Judith Jacobs • Sue Jeavons • Natasha Joyce • Julie Kala • Dr Michael J Leach • Dale Little • Milton Long • Michelle Loschiavo • Des Lowry • Helen Lunt • Maddy Lynch • Leah Macdonald • Zoya Makarova • Bethany Mansfield • Susie Marcroft • Ann McAlpin • Zac McCarty • Ainsley McPherson • Sharon Moloney • Angela Morrissey • Ellen Lee Osterfield • Greg Penno • Ed Phillips • George Phillips • Kerry Punton • Merlyn Quaife • Emily Richards-Jones • Pauline Robinson • Aimé Sacrez • Andre Sardone • Kheong Sen Lim • Cecile Shanahan • Kathryn Stretch • Karen Thomas • Melanie Thoren • Maree Tonkin • Jin Turpie • Laura van der Spek • Pamela Vine • Josephine Walsh • John Willis • Iain Wilson • Dell Winser • Carol Woodhams

Cover artwork: Maddy Lynch, Untitled Cover design: Preloaded Design

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