Arts & Travel

Elise Hawthorne Margarita Georgiadis is a mesmerising, multi talented Australian artist. In my mind her work perfectly captures the human spirit, whether it be love, sadness or suffering and I…

Mona Helen Preuss Wednesday Mourning — The sun rises white-hot Over the desert As we descend into A deep well Of somber reflection Pooling at our feet, Encircling our souls.…

Elise Hawthorne Paul Ryan uses oils on linen like no other. The richness of his imagery is captivating and somehow feels out of this world. He seems to grab on…

Mona Helen Preuss The moment your six-seater plane lands on that narrow grass airstrip surrounded by dense jungle, you know you’re in another world. A world where you’ll reside for…

Elise Hawthorne A.J. Taylor’s HAWKESBURY exhibition at the Martin Browne Contemporary art gallery in Sydney bought a grown woman, namely me, to tears. Not since Author Boyd’s Shoalhaven landscape series…

Mona Helen Preuss The mysterious allure of Mo’orea, playing hide-and-seek amidst the clouds in the distance, beckons at the port of Pape’ete where we board one of several daily ferries…

Elise Hawthorne Inspired by immersing herself in Chinese culture, Anna Glynn’s horses saunter about the Surry Hills Library in downtown Sydney. The horse is shown in all of its glory;…

Craig Priddle Early 20th century humourist Robert Benchley said “There are two kinds of travel: first class and with children.” We were a family of four, two adults, twin 13…

Mona Helen Preuss “What do you expect from a journey of love? …Anything becomes possible. You draw down forces that you can only bow to.” In Chasing Love and Revelation;…

Mona Helen Preuss We are weary and the hour is late. Arriving in Bali after nightfall allows us little sense of our landscape, and we drive an hour inland to…