Deborah Klein's Art Blog

Recently Shane Jones and I met up with two friends from Melbourne who had come to Ballarat to see In the Company of Morris and Pre-Raphael...

Today is the anniversary of the birth of another Pre-Raphaelite Sister, the artist and poet, Elizabeth Siddal (25 July 1829 -11 February 18...

A slightly belated tribute to Georgiana Burne-Jones , who was born on 21 July, 1840.  Georgiana (née Macdonald), Lady Burne-Jones (1840-1920...

On Wednesday evening, 12 July, in an elegant Victorian house in East Melbourne, Shane Jones and I were privileged to be among the crowd of a...

In contrast to the 10 x 10 cm studies I’ve been developing lately, here is a considerably larger scale painting I’d all but forgotten about...

Here are a few snaps from Morris and Me , last Saturday’s forum in the Oddie Gallery at the Art Gallery of Ballarat . It was such a pleasure...

On Saturday July 15 I’m joining forces with fellow In the Company of Morris artists Glenn Barkley and Kate Rohde at the Art Gallery of Ball...

More thoughts on small work, as that’s what I’ve been making of late.  There is a quote from poet/playwright/librettist/author/artist/filmma...

Pictured on the workable with the paint barely dry:  A Garden Piece (study), 2023, acrylic on canvas adhered to board, 10 x 10 cm. Despite ...

On  Saturday 15 July at 2 pm , I’m taking part in a forum at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in which sculptor Kate Rohde, ceramicist Glenn Bar...

Currently on the work table:  A Garden Piece , (study), 2023, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, 10 x 10 cm, followed by three earlier prog...

  Kate Rohde’s sculptures Deer Sentinels 2022 and my triptych Three Women , 2021, are the centrefold in the Winter Issue (#7) of Untitled ,...

I’m delighted to be part of Istoria: History, Story, Tale, A Goldfields Printmakers Survey Exhibition at Arc Yinnar , opening  on Saturday...