Unbridled Little Green Martians and Other Space Creatures The other day I introduced you to Lucien Rudaux and his incredibly accurate representations of spacescapes. Not only did he paint remarkable images of outerspace, Rudaux created bizarre illustrations of what humans might
Unbridled Ten Modern Masters Who Elevated 'Space Art' to Astronomical Heights A warm welcome to our latest subscriber- F.L. of Heidelberg. Our little art community is growing which is most gratifying. Thank you all for your support and a special thank you to
Inspiration Lucien Rudaux: The Other Father of Astronomical Art Yesterday I introduced you to Chesley Bonestell and his pioneering work in developing Astronomical Art. Alongside Bonestell on the other side of the world in France was Lucien Rudaux who must also be
Challenge Science and Art as Partners in Space: A New Frontier for Humanity Astronomical Art is the aspect of Space Art devoted to visualizing the wonders of outer space. A major emphasis of such art is the space environment as a new Frontier for Humanity. Many
Unbridled The Present Meets The Past in the Sky Whirlpool Galaxy (Wikipedia)To say that I am in awe of space is an understatement. Our sky is always there in its multitude of colours and shapes. It is always there, so dependable
Inspiration The Power of the Portrait - Part II Edward, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (Credit: House of Portraits – Powis Castle by John Chu)Today Jane continues to explore Powis Castle and why the Herbert family commissioned portraits.To Celebrate – These days,
Unbridled The Beauty in Dumped Cars Credit: Robert Fielding (weburbanist.com)I'm having trouble getting vehicles out of my system. I found these incredible images of Car Art Works being created by artist, painter and photographer Robert Fielding using
Unbridled Unbridled Vehicles And while we are looking at vehicles of all shapes, sizes, functions, let's take a look at some vehicles as depicted at rest in the desert by Australian artist John Pickup. The first
Unbridled The Joy of Paper Boats In line with the sailing ship blogs we have been looking at recently I couldn't resist taking time to play around with some paper boats. Some of the little boys in my family
Unbridled Is The Queen Sleeping on The Job? Queen Elizabeth II I was so surprised to see a portrait of Queen Elizabeth 11 with her eyes closed! To find out how and why read on... Tudors to Windsors:British Royal
Challenge Getting All Steamed Up Over the past couple of weeks you have seen some of the wonderful paintings of sailing ships done by Robert Carter. When I was exploring and examining Robert's paintings, whilst absolutely enamoured with
Inspiration Namaste From Nepal Eight out of the ten world's highest mountains are in Nepal. An aerial view of the Kathmandu Valley (Credit: Pokhara Lumbini) Jane can vouch for K of Hong Kong, spending time in Kathmandu
Unbridled Prussian Blue: The Colour that Changed the World Can you imagine a world without blue? If you are a painter - can you imagine not being able to use blue in your creations? I have a fascinating article for you to
Inspiration Sir John Sulman Prize 2019 Winner The first girl that knocked on his door by McLean Edwards Art is very much about combining significant elements in a creative way that might be appealing to the general public or
Challenge The Archibald Winners for 2019: Up Close and Personal Lindy Lee by Tony CostaWe are very fortunate in having our own personal photographer so we can view The Archibald finalists up very close. My cousin Colin Morris took his camera along to
Unbridled Russian Blue My apologies to those subscribers who didn't receive the blog on Friday. Hopefully we have fixed the problem. And on a much more positive note we have another new subscriber to welcome to
Inspiration Unbridled Perception of Colour Thank you for all the compliments on the blog on colour. BUT did you know that there are some people who can see the Colour of Music? (Credit: The Colour of Music by
Unbridled The Play of Night Light Photo by Kelsay SmithI love the play of light especially at night- it can be so enticing, so mysterious. The play of moonlight on the clouds is always amazing. In my neighbourhood, the
Inspiration The Unbridled Blog Subscribers are On the Move This week it is very apparent that many of the blog subscribers move about all over the planet and isn't that the nature of modern life. We have been on tour with Jane
Unbridled Nat Buchanan and Australian Stock Routes Nat Buchanan by John PickupI have been introduced to Nat Buchanan through my friendship with John Pickup who is the last surviving Brushman of the Bush and one of Australia's best artists for
Unbridled Bhaktapur Stores selling pottery & as always Jane loves those owls!Those of us who know Jane (my 2IC) personally won't be surprised to know she is in Bhaktapur in Nepal with her good
Challenge LEGO ART This week I found myself watching a LEGO Competition and I was amazed at the technical ability of the competitors. But I was also most impressed by the artistic ability of these people
Inspiration Joseph Wright: Much More than Patience’s Son Joseph & Sarah Wright with children Harriet, Sarah, & Joseph, 1793. Credit: PinterestTHE other day I introduced you to America's first known sculptor Patience Lovell Wright. Patience passed on her Artistic Talent to
Inspiration Noel Wood: The Robinson Crusoe of Art The Sweet Potato Patch, Bedarra Island 1937. (Credit: Financial Review)The first I knew about Noel Wood was when A of Wheelers Hill gave me an article from The Age newspaper reporting that
Unbridled The Secrets of Scheveningen Sands Today's blog has some lovely links both personal and artistic. Most of you will not have heard of Scheveningen Sands unless you have Dutch heritage. If you do have Dutch DNA running in
