Physical description
Bookplate featuring two owls with a paintbrush
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Bookplate featuring two owls with a paintbrush
A large colour photograph showing David Battersby with 2 students outside the Former Ballarat Gaol gates on SMB Campus.
david battersby, ballarat gaol gates, vice chancellor
Yellow and black page of stamps to celebrate the 100 years since the establishment of the Ballarat School of Mines.
ballarat school of mines, stamps, philately, centenary, anniverary
Photograph of students of the Ballarat School of Mines, standing in front of the former Ballarat Circuit Court (used at the Ballarat School of Mines from 1870 until the time it was demolished.)
ballarat school of mines, students, alumni, former circuit court house, boater
graeme drendel, helen bartlett, academic portrait
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Framed life drawing
art, artwork, jill rowe, life drawing, alumni
Framed drawing of a rooster like bird.
rooster, horsham campus, alumni
Framed landscape in oil. If you can provide information on this artist and artwork please use the link below.
landscape, arapiles, horsham, margaret burns
Murray MEAD
Artist's Statement: Impression attracts me due to its potential for presenting how one person ses one particular part of the world at one particular time in exquisite stylizaton and character. My works explore the nature of the 'individual' and how we perceive others and are in turn, seen ourselves in a given instant in time. I circumvent the tendency of individuals to adopt masks ab when confronted by cameras. I wnt to capture a fleeting moment in paint when that facde is momentarily breahed. I like the fact tht painting is a laborius medium that allows me to utterly stylize the image. In an otherwide realistic caricature I focus on capturing and coveying the subject's unrehearsed and elicited expression and emotion. My works are of individualistic responses from those who view them. From one person's explosive snort of amusement to another's quiet contemplation of how they too are seen by strangers and close friends - all are equally valid connections.
photography, scuplture, murray maud
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