"The quiet rise of Annemieke Mein from a regional textile artist to a global art phenomenon is one of the great stories of Australian Art...

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

From his 'Birdwatch' eyrie we mingle with the Owls, Cockatoos, Lorikeets and Wattle-birds. We meet on the tranquil riverside slopes of the McIntyre private estate in Kew, five miles from Melbourne's CBD. With its steep river escarpments, open woodlands and a natural habitat for many native species of mammals and birds Kew is arguably Melbourne's most spectacular suburb and I'm here to meet long-term inhabitant and distinguished architect, Peter McIntyre. There is warmth and charisma in the...