“FLOAT is a stopping and a surrender. It is without distraction and excuse. It's a creative reckoning, or so it was for me.”

East Gippsland Art Gallery discovered a collective psyche of creativity and resilience when they reached out to artists in isolation. Following apocalyptic bush fires and the ongoing impact of Covid in East Gippsland, our small, but iconic, regional art gallery (captured above by artist Gordon Bain), continued to support regional artists who faced an unprecedented stretch of economic, environmental and psychological upheaval. Some lost homes, studios, tools and artwork while

Exhibition Introduction by Jo Moulton Exhibition Description by Hanna Kay Impact too 2012, oil and tempera on linen 155x140cm *'Intra-action'' - is a Quantum Physics concept which focuses on the dynamic forces which all ‘things’ (including humans) are constantly exchanging, influencing and working inseparably. Introduction I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this Country (the Kamilaroi people) and pay my respects to their elders, past and present. Thank you Hanna for invi

Author: Jo Moulton Stockhausen looks deep into 'the eye of the Apocalyptic fire-storm' to re-capture Nature's beauty and to reclaim her soul. 'Hell Fire 14' 16x 16 cms acrylic on canvas aluminum composite 2020 It was a bolt of lightning on the 21st November 2019 that triggered an ominous sense of foreboding in one of Gippsland’s leading artists, Dore Stockhausen. No rain followed and some days later the north winds fueled the fires that ignited East Gippsland’s apocalyptic su

0121-1110=115075 by Korean JaeHyo Lee 2015. Photo: Giacomo Bianca, Arte Sella. This Art-Nature-Tourism destination is an outdoor museum in Northern Italy, a tourism draw card that blends mountain hiking with contemporary art. Set in spectacular Alpine landscapes, Val di Sella, with its forests, woodland glades and summer pastures is around 900 meters above sea-level and surrounded by mountains, which rise almost sheer to a series of a dozen peaks over 2,000 meters high. This

British artist Jason deCaires Taylor, sculptor, diver, photographer and marine conservationist, has single-handedly dragged the Land Art movement onto the ocean floor. In a 'biophilic' compact with Nature, artist deCaires Taylor consigns his monumental forms made of marine grade stainless steel, pH neutral cement and aggregates into the sea for transformation through a rich organic process. Over time the influx of biological marine life, the ebb and flow of tides, sunlight an

In places of remote and regional wilderness artists are creating tourism destinations with a 21st century WOW factor“. In forests, oceans and mountains these "museums without walls" transform local communities and attract droves of international tourists. These are‘museums’ in nature. From MAD Architects ‘Tunnel of Light’ in Japan’s coastal and mountainous Niigata prefecture; to remote underwater sculpture parks by Jason deCaires Taylor off the coast of Mexico and Spain; to

Moongan and Lit (meaning father and child in Gunai language) is the title of a recent exhibition of artist Ray Thomas and his son Tirilli. The show at East Gippsland Art Gallery is dedicated to Tirilli’s older brother, Raymond Noel Lindsay Thomas, who died prematurely in 2017. It underlines the driving force of Thomas’ work – to address the critical need to pass knowledge on to younger Gunai artists and kin. Ray Thomas Echidna gouache and ink drawing on paper 24 x 28cm Ray Th

Möller heightens awareness of the fragility of Nature to audiences well beyond the inner circles of the Australian art world

"Powerful works that, like nature itself, contain a complex set of tensions" JOMO Nest Back from the pink salt pans of Lake Bumbunga (a Parnpangka word meaning ‘rain water lake’) and the lagoons of The Coorong (karangk - a Ngarrindjeri term meaning 'narrow neck') Gordon Bain returns to East Gippsland this week from the arid mid-north of South Australia to launch his exhibition. His growing regional audiences and discerning collectors will not be disappointed. Having spent

Profile of Lisa Roberts - media artist documenting the Flying-Fox colony on the Mitchell River Bairnsdale Victoria Australia

Her delicate drawings and embroidery on stained and 'marinated' linen point to the intricacies and profusion of life that are the ec

"Firestick creates a shared understanding of science and culture which speaks to many people." Oliver Costello, Bundjalong country Northern NSW. Kate Cullity applies a cultural and scientific lens to her investigation of the Australian landscape. From the detailed cellular structure of the iconic Eucalypt to the complex spiritual and cultural meaning of 'fire' in indigenous lore, her designs tap into a potent cultural and ecological sense of space and place. Kate Cullity BSc

"Australian art develops not out of religion, (not) out of sacred objects and rituals, but out of science. Those fine botanical, scientific artists like Joseph Banks were documenting this exotic land and its native and curious flora and fauna". Professor Bernard Smith, Australian Art Historian (ABC Radio) Amok Island 'Six stages of Banksia baxteri' spanning 162m long and 25m high CBH Grain silo's Ravensthorpe W.A. (Detail) If there is a common thread that links contemporary

Ibis on the River Flat Acrylic on Board 40x40 cm (sold) "I like to strip back to the bone - remove the superfluous" "Brolga's dancing on paddocks covered with sheets of water and a profusion of frogs, 'plovers' and water rats " feature in Bain's earliest memories of his adolescence spent exploring swamps, lakes and sinkholes. He recollects " a consciousness of birds migrating and the integral connection between birds and water". It is one of the greatest phenomena of natur

British artist Jason deCaires Taylor, sculptor, diver, photographer and marine conservationist, has single-handedly dragged the Land Art movement onto the ocean floor. In a 'biophilic' compact with Nature, artist deCaires Taylor consigns his monumental forms made of marine grade stainless steel, pH neutral cement and aggregates into the sea for transformation through a rich organic process. Over time the influx of biological marine life, the ebb and flow of tides, sunlight an

In places of remote and regional wilderness artists are creating tourism destinations with a 21st century WOW factor“. In forests, oceans and mountains these "museums without walls" transform local communities and attract droves of international tourists. biophiliarts.com will feature a series of blogs that profile the artists behind these ‘museums’ in nature and link you to spectacular models of contemporary tourism. From the MAD Architects ‘Tunnel of Light’ in Japan’s coas

Moongan and Lit (meaning father and child in Gunnai language) is the title of a recent exhibition of artist Ray Thomas and his son Tirilli. The show at East Gippsland Art Gallery is dedicated to Tirilli’s older brother, Raymond Noel Lindsay Thomas, who died prematurely in 2017. It underlines the driving force of Thomas’ work – to address the critical need to pass knowledge on to younger Gunnai artists and kin. Ray Thomas The Elder & the Apprentice Pyrography & acrylic on Jirr

Painter John Waller digs deep into the most inhospitable of Antipodean landscapes to capture the terror and beauty of nature. Above: Transformant 2 Space Time and Memory Series 2018 Oil, acrylic & graphite 80 x 70 cms From the flat, dry plains of the Mallee, the drought-ridden expanses of his childhood between the Murray River and South-Western New South Wales and the semi-arid desert of Central Australia, he unearths rich seams of luscious and evocative color and excavates

"Powerful works that, like nature itself, contain a complex set of tensions" JOMO Nest Back from the pink salt pans of Lake Bumbunga (a Parnpangka word meaning ‘rain water lake’) and the lagoons of The Coorong (karangk - a Ngarrindjeri term meaning 'narrow neck') Gordon Bain returns to East Gippsland this week from the arid mid-north of South Australia to launch his exhibition. His growing regional audiences and discerning collectors will not be disappointed. Having spent