Jane

Dunedin, which was settled by the Scottish in 1848 and named after the old Gaelic name for Edinburgh. In 1865, gold was discovered and with it an influx of, soon to become rich, new settlers from Italy, Ireland, France, Germany and China. The Dunedin Art Gallery.

Sherree Valentine Daines enjoys a position at the forefront of British art, and has done for many years; described as *the face of modern British impressionism*, artist to the stars, and the finest figurative artist we have here in the UK. influenced by impressionists including Renoir and Monet

Christian Hook, born 1971 in Gibraltar - yet another contemporary artist. awarded the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar. cites Cezanne Antonio Lopez, Lucien Freud, Frank Auerbach, Richard Diebenkorn, Francis Bacon and Gerhardt Richter** as influences

Jane takes us on a journey to The Golden Triangle where Thailand borders Laos and Burma.

Today we meet Jane in Thailand to learn more about the handicrafts of Chiang Mai.

Kinderdijk, located 15 miles east of Rotterdam, Holland; a UNESCO-listed site that boasts 19 pristinely preserved windmills. The windmills were erected in the 1600s to drain the Alblasserwaard polders, at the confluence of the Lek & Noord rivers.

Victor Horta (1861 – 1947) was a Belgium architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Noveau movement, centred in Brussels

Thea Proctor, Margaret Preston & Grace Cossington Smith though their artistic styles, ideologies & use of medium varied widely, each had a definitive impact on the Australian art scene. Thea Proctor established her reputation in the field and she founded the Contemporary Group with George Lambert