This month sees the release of Penny Olsen’s long awaited (and controversial) book Night Parrot: Australia’s Most Elusive Bird (CSIRO, 2018). It includes 2 of my night parrot paintings, and a bit of the story behind my long obsession with this strange desert bird… ‘The competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the […]
Sometimes a life provides a rare moment of confluence, where art inspires poetry, poetry inspires art. I paint my words, my love of birds – and a poet replied. Thank you for adding me to your poetry conversation, RA. x Michael Dransfield in Tasmania by Robert Adamson A lagoon reflects low sky: clouds seen are […]
Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2014 (26 July- 7 September 2014) Very pleased to announce that one of my paintings has been accepted as a finalist in this years Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize. The Waterhouse is run by the South Australian Museum, with the overall winning artwork acquired as part of the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize collection. […]
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 […]
Today, three recent paintings from my Extinction Project have been featured on the Artworldwomen.com website. Established by Melbourne artist, Claire Bridge, the New on Wednesday (NOW) feature is designed to introduce the current work of contemporary women artists. To see the post, please follow the link: http://artworldwomen.com/category/new-on-wednesday-now/emma-lindsay/ Extinction Project : Posted on AWW NOW 22/1/14. Text: Emma Lindsay. “I’ve […]
I was invited to exhibit at Other space, an ARI-style project run by contemporary artist Sue Beyer in the regional town of Blackbutt, Queensland. The only proviso to show here is that you address the idea of ‘Other’ in the work that you show. I started thinking about this and how it could connect to my work […]
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 […]
Static Biota is an exhibition by Carly Kotynski and Emma Lindsay currently on show at the private BCM Crucible Gallery until June 10, 2013. The exhibition is curated by Miriam Carter, the current recipient of BCM and artisan’s Emerging Curator Mentorship. If you are interested in buying any of the pieces or would like to arrange a viewing, please contact artisan at […]
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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