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ArtChat [Blog Interview #32] – R W Allen
Share AC: Describe your art in three sentences. RWA: My work is essentially watercolour drawing. The female figure in an embellished interior is the single-minded subject of my explorations, with private costumed and styled model sessions held on a … Continue reading
Five Minutes with Queensland Fashion Stylist Liz Golding
Share Fashion stylist, Liz Golding, is recognised nationally as one of the best in the industry. She is the Fashion Editor, for U on Sunday Magazine (The Sunday Mail) and Styling Director for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival (MBFF).This is one busy … Continue reading
I Love a “Sun Orange” Country
ShareOrange. It’s the colour our beloved SES workers wear in Australian emergencies and disasters. It’s the colour synonymous with our desert landscape (“I love a sunburnt country” ringing any bells?) It is the colour of a deliciously sweet citrus fruit … Continue reading
Sculptures at the Ekka
ShareThe Royal Queensland Show Fine Arts – Sculpture “Enchanting, skilful and always breathtaking, the Fine Arts displays at the Royal Queensland Show are always a Show favourite. Thousands of competition entries are received for all classes including Cookery, Cake Decorating, … Continue reading
ArtChat [Blog Interview Number 31] – Ken Strong
ShareThis month at the gallery Australian artist Ken Strong will be exhibiting alongside ceramic artist Bill Powell in the exhibition entitled Accentuato Ken’s work is characterised by a bold application of paint. The paintings tend to have a non-representational feel with the key compositional … Continue reading
ArtChat [Blog Interview Number 30] – Bill Powell
ShareBill Powell is widely regarded as a master of the potter’s wheel. This Victorian-born, Queensland-based ceramicist will be exhibiting at Red Hill Gallery in Brisbane alongside painter Ken Strong in August 2013. With colour, form and texture at the centre of … Continue reading
Ken Strong “Accentuato”
ShareAccentuato is the aptly titled exhibition by Australian artist Ken Strong. This major exhibition will feature during the month of August at the Red Hill Gallery in Brisbane. Strong’s impressionistic style is characterised by a well structured use of colour … Continue reading
A Picture Paints A Thousand Words
ShareWe’ve all heard the saying “A picture is worth a thousand words”, well on our recent trip to Art Basel in Hong Kong we’ve found out that a picture can speak as little as three. For those of you who … Continue reading
Ceramic Artist Bill Powell
Share Exhibiting during the month of August at Red Hill Gallery in Brisbane will be one of Australia’s leading ceramic artists, Bill Powell. Powell’s latest collection was inspired by his recent trip to the Cristalls 2013 World Conference of Crystal … Continue reading
Art for Kids
Share“Children’s art is many things to many people. To a parent, art is a display of their child’s imagination. To an educator, it’s a teaching tool. To a psychologist, art is a way to understand a child’s mind. To a … Continue reading
Pink Month: The Risotto Massacre
ShareThe Bookery Cook… a cooking book created by three sisters incorporating two of our favourite loves, art & food. “Food has always played a big part of the lives of the Thompson sisters – Jessica, Georgia and Maxine. So much … Continue reading
ArtChat [Blog Interview Number 29] – David Hinchliffe
ShareAC: David it has a been a year since you last exhibited with us! Tell our Readers where your career has taken you over the last 12 months. DH: It’s hard to know where to start. I’ve had two exhibitions … Continue reading
An Ode to Pink
SharePink is the intermediate of red and white. It is the colour of love, the colour associated with femininity and the official colour of breast cancer awareness. Pink has psychological and emotional elements, created with the power and passion of … Continue reading
Eclectic Mix of Artwork in Stockroom Clearance
ShareJOIN US FOR OUR 3 DAY STOCKROOM CLEARANCE AT RED HILL GALLERY BRISBANE Everything must go!!!! “Everyone loves a bargain so make sure you are here early to find that perfect treasure! You’ll find an eclectic mix of artwork – … Continue reading
Artist Dave Williams
ShareDave Williams is a Brisbane based, self-taught artist with a penchant for travelling, conservation, playing guitar and surfing. Dave’s work embraces a wide range of media including acrylic and oil on canvas, pastels and charcoals on paper and mixed media … Continue reading
Brides To Be – Give the gift of art – Set up a Gift Registry with us at Red Hill Gallery
ShareThis weekend the Queensland Brides Wedding & Honeymoon Expo is on at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. Organised by Queensland’s leading bridal publication Queensland Brides Magazine the expo is always a success and the biggest of its kind in … Continue reading
ArtChat [Blog Interview Number 28] – John Maitland
Share“I always yearn for that vibration which excited my soul. I never know when it will strike or what form it will take but it is never the obvious” – John Maitland Contemporary artist John Maitland will be exhibiting in … Continue reading
Animals and the Ekka
ShareThe count down has begun and with the end of a long weekend we are all anticipating the next public holiday… The EKKA! Queensland’s largest annual event the Ekka celebrates Queensland life. For the kids and big kids at heart … Continue reading
John Maitland “Fruits of the Forest”
Share Australian artist John Maitland’s skilfully executed oil and acrylic paintings are imbued with rigorous colour and texture. The subject matter of his work has a mysterious quality which allows people to weave their own personal stories into the paintings making … Continue reading