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By Melissa Sheil MT HELENA artist Helen Lock is proving to the world it’s never too late to get started on your dreams. At 70-years-old, Ms Lock will be opening her first exhibition at the Zig Zag Gallery comprising of ...

By Melissa Sheil REMEMBERING a much loved High Wycombe resident who was considered “everyones mate” has been made a bit easier, as a huge mural was painted in Walliston over the weekend to honour his memory.    John Frecker, known ...

By Melissa Sheil THE Kalamunda nests are leaving in much the same fashion they arrived in: silently, mysteriously and one by one. Over the past weeks, nest’s six, eight and two have been taken down from their public display places, ...

By Melissa Sheil ARTIST Joanne Colely is saddling up for her unicorn painting fundraising event in honour of the late Milli Lucas in Wattle Grove next weekend. Milli first entered Australia’s hearts in 2016 through her battle with a vicious ...

By Melissa Sheil ANDREA Vinkovic may be credited with making the Labyrinth sculpture at this year’s Sculpture by the Sea, but the artist says the work was very much a joint collaboration between fellow ceramicists and sculptors. Twenty-seven helpers from ...

By Melissa Sheil PUBLISHED illustrator is not a title young people can often claim, yet Kalamunda student Zara Hoffman has been able to call herself one since the age of nine, with her first illustrations being released late last year ...

By Sally McGlew FOR Gooseberry Hill artist and sculptor Johannes Pannekoek, fires in Gidgegannup impacted on the final touches to his piece Tipping Points for Sculpture by the Sea on March 5. “We had to rescue my wife’s horse from ...

By Melissa Sheil TABLES seem to have turned for the beloved Kalamunda nests this week with the newest arrival defaced and some calling for its removal. Nest number eight was discovered in a shed located behind Dream Jewellery and Gifts ...

By Melissa Sheil IT seems as though our mysterious nest artist has a social media presence. An Instagram account under the handle @kalamundanests has been unearthed with teasing videos of the artists shadowy silhouette and snaps of feet standing near ...

By Melissa Sheil KALAMUNDA’S local Banksy has struck again with a large  nest sculpture appearing in the middle of the lake at Stirk Park a few weeks ago. This is the seventh installation in the series of varying bird nests ...