Art thoughts

James Clayden

Breath Paintings
To April 2
Block Projects
759 Glenferrie Road
Hawthorn

https://www.blockprojectsgallery.com/

Untitled/Sheer, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 213.5 x 168 cm.

Installation image.

Untitled/Scent, 2025, acrylic on board, 168 x 122 cm.

Installation image.

Melbourne Art Fair

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
19 – 22 February 2026

Selected works:

Rose Nolan

John Davis

Shiraz Sadikeen

Jim Lambie

Barbara Puruntatameri

Ray James Tjangala

Justin Adian

Keisuke Matsuura

Winston Roeth

Lesley Dumbrell

Rana Begum

John Young

Harry Armanious

Elizabeth Newman

Arthur (Jalyirri) Dixon

Liat Yossifor

Dale Frank

Tony Tuckson

Aida Tomescu

Erin Lawlor

Christian Dimick

Newport Lakes

Taking advantage of the quiet time of the new year in Melbourne

Newport Lakes reserve was constructed from an old blue stone quarry which over many decades and lots of work has become a wildlife sanctuary of sorts very close to the heart of Melbourne.

Views of the lakes.

It's a wonderful place for quiet reflection.

New Year

at the botanical gardens, Melbourne

The water lilies stole the show but the cacti were extraordinary

As you do ...

A new year and seasons greetings. Photo portrait, Jen Coralie.

John Nixon

Song of the Earth 1968-2020
To March 9
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Melbourne

Drawing reference or influence from Russian Constructivism, John Nixon, 1949-2020, paid homage to simplicity and the everyday materials and methodology of the labourer or the unskilled. Using materials now symbolically associated with the Great Depression and interwar era of the 20th Century, including hessian, silver frost paint, wheat, tools and vessels.

Selected images.