Sunday, 24 August 2014

Capertee Valley Wildlife Guides - Mammals


Capertee Heritage is pleased to host a series of wildlife guides written by Peter Ridgeway for the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority. As well as this excellent publication look out for Peter's guides on Capertee Valley Frogs/Reptiles and also Birds.

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Echidna
Image courtesy Peter Ridgeway

A free access download of this guide is available at the link below:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=e3a84fe2f8&view=att&th=1476aca96b8f9eda&attid=0.3&disp=inline&realattid=f_hy0qgmtb2&safe=1&zw

Capertee Wildlife Guide - Frogs & Reptiles


Capertee Heritage is pleased to host a series of wildlife guides written by Peter Ridgeway for the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority. As well as this excellent publication lookout for Peter's guides on Capertee Valley Birds and Mammals.

Displaying Diamond Python PR.JPG
Diamond Python
image courtesy Peter Ridgeway

A free access download of this guide is available at the link below:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=e3a84fe2f8&view=att&th=1476aca96b8f9eda&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_hy0qgms70&safe=1&zw

Capertee Wildlife Guides - Birds


Capertee Heritage is pleased to host a series of wildlife guides written by Peter Ridgeway for the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority.As well as this excellent publication lookout for Peter's guides on Capertee Valley Reptiles and Mammals.

Rainbow Bee-eater
Image courtesy  Edwin Vella

A free access download of this guide is available at the link below.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=e3a84fe2f8&view=att&th=1476aca96b8f9eda&attid=0.2&disp=inline&realattid=f_hy0qgmst1&safe=1&zw




Sunday, 16 March 2014

Portland Art Show 2014

One of the artistic highlights of the Central Tablelands cultural calendar is the annual Portland Art Show. Early this month saw the 38th annual exhibition of the Portland Art Purchase Society which was held at the historic Crystal Theatre. Although gloriously old fashioned this popular non-elitist festival reflects well on the community of Portland and surrounding district. Congratulations must go to the organisers, volunteers and sponsors of this wonderful event. For those who didn't enter this year, there is always 2015.


With over 300 paintings on show there was something that would appeal to most tastes although as with similar events there were a handful of weak works. Nearly all the images were in the realist tradition and as usual Plein Air (or outdoor painting) was much in evidence. There was a special focus on images of Portland and the surrounding landscape. Sadly, there were too few images of the area while there were many views of exotic overseas holiday destinations -perhaps a reflection of greater wealth in the area.There were some fine studies of the Capertee Valley by several artists including works by Trish Bennet, Anne E. Smith and Peter Whelan. There was also a lovely study of the Newnes Hotel by Robert Keen. Hopefully next year there will be more images of our district.

Flower painting was much in evidence this year and the exhibition highlighted the work of Wanda Driscoll, an artist who works in watercolour and oil. Driscoll’s high key palette found several admirers when I visited the show. Overall my favourite works at the exhibition were Doreen Shaw’s gouache In Farming Circles, and the amusing watercolours painted by Melody Stewart. Sadly there was no Peoples Choice vote this year. If there had been, my vote would have been for Debra Balloch’s fine oil Beyond My Garden, a well observed angular treescape which broke away from the clichéd gumtree painting style. 
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