Mona Aslam; Colours on the Marsh

Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of this world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention.So go! Love i...ntentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally... The broken world awaits in darkness for the light that you bring to it. Price; C$200 plus S&H Free Shipping in NB. See more

Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of this world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention.So go! Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally... The broken world awaits in darkness for the light that you bring to it. Price; C$200 plus S&H Free Shipping in NB.

Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of this world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention.So go! Love i...ntentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally... The broken world awaits in darkness for the light that you bring to it. Price; C$200 plus S&H Free Shipping in NB. See more

Melanie Hava A World of Their Own Please click on this link for all details https://artlandish.com/mhawoto370 Famed for their elaborate courtship dance, ...Brolgas are one of Australia’s most iconic birds. A number of traditional Aboriginal legends and dances are associated with the bird, and use movements that mimick their graceful performances. Brolgas are renowned for their elaborate dances. The name Brolga is taken from the Aboriginal language Gamilaraay, in which they are called, burralga. Brolgas are one of Australia’s largest flying birds they stand a metre tall and have a wing span up to 2.4 metres. Brolgas can be found across tropical northern Australia, throughout Queensland and in parts of western Victoria, central NSW and south-east South Australia. They feed and breed in open wetlands, coastal mudflats and irrigated croplands, occasionally visiting estuaries and mangrove creeks. Melanie Hava ~ Aboriginal name: Winden green pigeon In Melanie’s own words.. I am blessed to have been born into interesting and diverse cultures: my father comes from the oldest city in Austria, Enns (Upper Austria) and my mother is from the oldest cultures in the world, Aboriginal people of Australia. While celebrating my Austrian heritage, I also identify through my Mum’s line as a Mamu Aboriginal woman, Dugul-barra and Wari-barra family groups, from the Johnstone River catchment of the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland and the adjoining Great Barrier Reef sea country. Reef and rainforest country are important sources for my inspirations. I have known from an incredibly young age that I was going to be an artist. While also being a bookworm and a piano player, art was a world that I frequently retreated into as I grew up. I reckon this is because I was deaf and felt I couldn’t join in with groups of people. As a teen and along with my sister Joelene, we created art on didgeridoos and canvas. This art sold very quickly in the little opal mining outback town of Yowah way out back of western Queensland. This red soil country still influences my works. When I was in my late teens/early twenties, I started playing around with the ideas of combining my Aboriginal and Austrian inspirations. I had already tried my style in Aboriginal, Folk and Abstract arts and I had had a successful first exhibition at Outback at Isa Gallery (and right now coming up to a 10 year anniversary exhibition with them). So at 23 I travelled to Austria to live with my father’s family and absorb as much as I could of the Folk and European culture. More than anything I loved the architecture, inside and out. The patterns, gold leaf and occasional Swarovski crystal in my works are some things that since then inspire my work! In 2007 and 2009 I had children: the first a beautiful girl born with Spina Bifida and the other a very energetic boy. In 2018 my partner and I welcomed our third child, a gorgeous little boy. I found myself out of the rat race of paid work and a lot of extra time on my hands (post daughter and pre son that is!). So I indulged myself with painting every moment that I could. I’ve since joined up with more galleries, had several exhibitions both solo and group, painting in Mount Isa, Toowoomba and Yowah before settling down in beautiful and inspiring Far North Queensland’s Cairns city close at hand to my mother’s country and generations past and present. I’m feeling close with the spirit of rainforest and reef animals and this is coming out in my work. Also, I’m expanding my past focus by exploring family, culture and country stories and looking forward to where this leads.

Melanie Hava A World of Their Own Please click on this link for all details https://artlandish.com/mhawoto370 Famed for their elaborate courtship dance, ...Brolgas are one of Australia’s most iconic birds. A number of traditional Aboriginal legends and dances are associated with the bird, and use movements that mimick their graceful performances. Brolgas are renowned for their elaborate dances. The name Brolga is taken from the Aboriginal language Gamilaraay, in which they are called, burralga. Brolgas are one of Australia’s largest flying birds they stand a metre tall and have a wing span up to 2.4 metres. Brolgas can be found across tropical northern Australia, throughout Queensland and in parts of western Victoria, central NSW and south-east South Australia. They feed and breed in open wetlands, coastal mudflats and irrigated croplands, occasionally visiting estuaries and mangrove creeks. Melanie Hava ~ Aboriginal name: Winden green pigeon In Melanie’s own words.. I am blessed to have been born into interesting and diverse cultures: my father comes from the oldest city in Austria, Enns (Upper Austria) and my mother is from the oldest cultures in the world, Aboriginal people of Australia. While celebrating my Austrian heritage, I also identify through my Mum’s line as a Mamu Aboriginal woman, Dugul-barra and Wari-barra family groups, from the Johnstone River catchment of the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland and the adjoining Great Barrier Reef sea country. Reef and rainforest country are important sources for my inspirations. I have known from an incredibly young age that I was going to be an artist. While also being a bookworm and a piano player, art was a world that I frequently retreated into as I grew up. I reckon this is because I was deaf and felt I couldn’t join in with groups of people. As a teen and along with my sister Joelene, we created art on didgeridoos and canvas. This art sold very quickly in the little opal mining outback town of Yowah way out back of western Queensland. This red soil country still influences my works. When I was in my late teens/early twenties, I started playing around with the ideas of combining my Aboriginal and Austrian inspirations. I had already tried my style in Aboriginal, Folk and Abstract arts and I had had a successful first exhibition at Outback at Isa Gallery (and right now coming up to a 10 year anniversary exhibition with them). So at 23 I travelled to Austria to live with my father’s family and absorb as much as I could of the Folk and European culture. More than anything I loved the architecture, inside and out. The patterns, gold leaf and occasional Swarovski crystal in my works are some things that since then inspire my work! In 2007 and 2009 I had children: the first a beautiful girl born with Spina Bifida and the other a very energetic boy. In 2018 my partner and I welcomed our third child, a gorgeous little boy. I found myself out of the rat race of paid work and a lot of extra time on my hands (post daughter and pre son that is!). So I indulged myself with painting every moment that I could. I’ve since joined up with more galleries, had several exhibitions both solo and group, painting in Mount Isa, Toowoomba and Yowah before settling down in beautiful and inspiring Far North Queensland’s Cairns city close at hand to my mother’s country and generations past and present. I’m feeling close with the spirit of rainforest and reef animals and this is coming out in my work. Also, I’m expanding my past focus by exploring family, culture and country stories and looking forward to where this leads.

Making a table filled with underwater life By Art DiepBg ca ip (youtube.com/channel/UCVYn5V7D9R7uElFW0BDOUig)

Paintings hidden in old books Credit: Allie Alvis www.instagram.com/book_historia/ www.instagram.com/cornelluniversity/

May; May, we hear children playing together in the neighbourhood again. May we hug our family and friends again. May we gather in joy and be carefree again.... May we always be grateful for for everything small and big after Covid 19 is a thing of the past. Mona’s Mitti; C$60. See more