In late July the work of 101 finalists of the 2014 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize finally opened to the public. Congratulations to all of the winners. A big thank you to everyone who forwarded words of encouragement and support of my work in this prize. It is really appreciated. Turns […]
Two new works of mine, based on 15 endangered black-throated finches recently sighted on the Bimblebox Nature Refuge, are part of a new group exhibition ‘Bimblebox Art-Science-Nature’, curated by Beth Jackson for the Bimblebox Art Project. Opening night Friday 16 May, 6pm at Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Brisbane – all welcome. This project is a two year […]
Recently, I was contacted by Jordan Ogg from the UK online magazine The Island Review. The Island Review is dedicated to ‘publishing great writing and visual art that comes from, is inspired by, celebrates or seeks to understand the extraordinary appeal of islands as places and as metaphors’. Jordan and I had a chat about my […]
Online review of Lovesong blogged by sixtoeight.net earlier this year: “James Dorahy Project Space – Julie Krone and Emma Lindsay To start with I must say that was a most joyous opening and one that I was looking forward to seeing and being at. It’s funny how people respond to how Art is made, how […]
A large new work Hunter/hunted 2013, has been made for the group exhibition, ‘Beyond the back fence’. Hunter/hunted considers the artists’ encounter with the largest Australian outback predator bird, the wedge-tailed eagle, in the city-based natural history museum archive. In the landscape of the museum, the predator has become prey. The hunter now a beautiful collection […]
BOOKISH & Bloom October has been a busy month in the studio. I’ve completed my photographic museum fieldwork for my post-graduate research project, which has resulted in a self-published book of photographs that made its debut in the Marrickville Garage exhibition Bookish shown in Sydney on the 4th-6th October. Information on the show and the full […]
Just dropped off a painting commissioned for a dear friend’s 40th birthday. Happy clients = one happy artist. This will be the last of my commissioned work for a while, as I work towards a couple of projects scheduled for November of this year and 2014. Stay tuned … […]
Live night parrots discovered? Earlier today, The Australian newspaper published the claim of wildlife filmmaker John Young about his recent discovery of a live night parrot somewhere in the wilds of western Queensland. See: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/tweets-in-the-night-a-flash-of-green-is-this-our-most-elusive-bird/story-e6frg8y6-1226671683508 The last official night parrot was found in Diamantina National Park in far western Queensland in late 2006, and this specimen […]
Currently finishing off a few commissions, e.g the recently completed Drongo lineup, and working on my current Bearing witness project. Bearing witness considers portraiture of endangered and extinct Australian species as a means to investigate the relationship between the effects of human-related climate change upon these species and their habitats. A side interest stemming from my museum research […]
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