Arts Focus
Creator combines old and new skills
Mixed-media artist Jo Wade started creating from a very young age when her expat mum taught her how to sew.
Art helps in recovery after brain aneurysm
A Deans Marsh photographer and artist is experimenting with different art media during her road to recovery from a life-threatening illness.
Strong urge to create art drives big change in life
Colac visual arts student Nicole Franklin says she simply couldn’t suppress her urge to fully commit to her art any longer.
Bright works are waste-free
A Colac TAFE student is embracing sustainable materials and bright colours to create textile masterpieces.
ARTS FOCUS: Childhood interest rekindled
Apollo Bay artist Jo Dunsmuir has used time confined to her home to rekindle her childhood love of painting, though it has taken a different turn.
Creativity flows from lockdown
The COVID-19 pandemic has given Apollo Bay artist Sarah Doyle the time to hone her incredible raw painting talent.
Painting leads across nation
A Camperdown acrylic artist has travelled all over the country after turning her passion into a career.
Tiny treasures hiding in region
Colac and district residents can be on the lookout with a community treasure hunt underway, in the form of painted rocks.