Kuranda Artists
The rainforest setting of Kuranda has been and continues to be an inspiration for artists.
Over the years, Kuranda has attracted some of the world's best artists to reside in or near the village. The Kuranda-Made emporium is where high quality art can be viewed and purchased and presents only work of Kuranda residents.
Angela Meyer - Fine Artist
Angela Meyer grew up in the rainforest of Kuranda and lives there still
with her husband and children. Her work is in many public and private
collections.
The paintings featured here are framed and are for sale.
Contact Kuranda-Made for details on +61 (0)7 4093 0082
David H Stacey - Fine Artist
Acclaimed artist, David Stacey, has lived in Kuranda since the
1980s. David Stacey's stunning limited edition prints are produced
by the giclee printing process and are for sale at Kuranda-Made.
Website:
David Stacey 3 day holds workshops in Kuranda. Click on the link above
for full details.
A minimum of
4 students is required for workshops to take place.
Bookings are essential. Please contact Melissa Clinton by email
kurandavillas@iprimus.com.au or phone +61 (0)7 4093 0082.
Mollie Bosworth - Cermamic Artist
Contemporary studio porcelain is the main focus of her
current practice.
Shona Ballantyne - Fine Artist
Click here to see more examples of Shona Ballantyne's
artwork.
Toni Rogers - International Photographic & Fibre Artist
The image pictured to the right is a 2009 award winning fibre piece entitled
'Ohaka Tapu' (Sacred Nest).
Toni Rogers works through her Cantata Studio in Kuranda. Toni draws
heavily from nature recognising the importance of natural images in
conservation and education.
Toni has exhibited her photography and fibre art since 1974 and her artworks
are held in private collections throughout the world. Toni's fibre work is
described as 'Oceanic Art'. She uses sculptural fibre and works with
extremely broad definitions of fibre. Toni considers weaving fibre as an art
of assemblage and juxtaposition; the satisfaction lies in making an inventive
whole out of disparate parts.
Contact: Toni Rogers
Phone: +61 (0)7 4093 9293
Email: tonirogers-cantata@bigpond.com
Website: www.cantatastudio.com.au
Kai Hagberg - Fine Artist
Have your Engagement and Wedding rings designed, hand crafted
and hand engraved by award winning jewellery designer, master
jeweller, engraver, sculptor and painter, Kai Hagberg.
With over 30 years experience in the Jewellery industry, Kai will
work in consultation with you to design and build your rings based
on your own unique ideas.
As a skilled sculptor and visual artist, Kai can also make gifts, such
as small sculpture pieces, brooches, earrings, pendants and
cufflinks for the Bride & Bridegroom attendants, guests and family
members to commemorate your special occasion. Portrait
painting to capture a special moment in time.
Click here to see more examples of Kai Hagberg's paintings.
Contact: Kai Hagberg
Phone: +61 (0)407 123 178
Email: kaihagberg@hotmail.com
Peter Thompson - Woodfire PotterPeter Thompson was initially self-taught in ceramics through the 1970s
and early eighties using Anglo-Oriental influences of Bernard Leach
and Shoji Hamada. Formal and informal study was carried out in
Australia, China, USA and Japan. Study in the USA provided direct
exposure to ceramic artists using influences of Abstract Expressionism
in their work. Contact with a number of North American and Australian
artists from several disciplines has reinforced and directed his own
tendencies toward gestural and expressionist line and form.
Peter Thompson's studio practice began in Kuranda in 1975 and
concentrates on simple abstractions of classic vessels, which have
evolved from a functional base into a purely aesthetic dimension.
Relying on the interplay of surface and form, craftsmanship and the
control of accidental effects, the work is intended to express elements
of inspired clumsiness and directness of approach, within a simple
vessel format and to reflect a ceremonial or ornamental presence.
Peter Thompson has concentrated for some years on the use of local
raw materials. A reliance on unrefined local materials must be worked
with and impurities accepted. A familiarity with the medium evolves,
encouraging spontaneity and directness.
Peter Thompson has exhibited widely and is represented in
international, national, private and public collections.
Scott Wilmot Bennett - Visual Artist
Scott is an award winning painter living in the Kuranda area.
He was nominated in 2009 as a finalist in the prestigious
Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize. Scott Bennett is the 2010
Artist in Residence at Undara Experience (www.undara.com.au).
Phone: +61 (0)4
414 719 713
Website: www.wilmotbennett.com
Right: First Life/Jumrum by Scott Wilmot Bennett 2010
John Beasley - Sculptor in Wood & Stone
John Beasley sculpts in wood and stone from his home at Speewah
in Far North Queensland. He is greatly influenced by the ideals of
"elegant simplicity" and "simple quietude" found in Japanese art. He
draws inspiration from the rainforest environment in which he lives
and which he seeks to conserve. John has won many prizes for his
work and his sculpture appeals to purchasers from around the world.
John uses mainly salvaged wood including species not usually
considered for works of art. He is happy to retain defects and flaws
in the wood which accentuate its organic nature and origin.
Phone: +61(0)7 4093 0303
Email: beasley@austarnet.com.au
Website: www.home.austarnet.com.au/beasley/index.html
Clive Walters
Handmade in Kuranda - Totem poles, wands, staffs,
walking sticks, personal totems, greeting cards and
mandalas.
Contact: Clive Walters
Phone: +61 (0)408 237 151
Email: cliveoutside@gmail.com
Henri Hunsinger
Henri Hunsinger was born in 1938 in Paris. He has exhibited in several
countries in South and North America. In 1989 he established his studio
in Kuranda, Far North Queensland. He is also known for his more
figurative works which he signs "Teval".
Phone: +61 (0)7 4093 8776
Email: henri@kurandaline.com.au
Website: www.kurandaline.com.au
Kuranda Authors
Rob Warring
A Kuranda resident for eighteen years, the books are a personal story of
his adventures, observations and insights over a lifetime of work and
travel, locally and internationally.
Books published:-
The Boat Ride Home
Not Mainstream
Random Events and Other Short Stories
Website:
John Beasley
John Beasley is not just an award winning sculptor but a writer of books
about plants.
Books published:-
Plants of Tropical North Queensland - The Compact Guide
A Walker’s Guide to Plants Cairns - Kuranda ISBN 1 876617 12 8 (2005)
Plants of Cape York - The Compact Guide ISBN 1 876617 13 6 (2009)
Joyce Berendes
Long time Kuranda resident Author/Playwright Joyce Berendes, came to
Australia as a fully qualified Dancer/Actress. After a successful theatre
career - winning at one stage Twelve Night's Theater best actress award -
she started a Children's Operetta Group for which she wrote the book and
lyrics of two big Children's Musicals. She started writing novels, set in Far
North Queensland in 2001.
In Kuranda, Joyce was involved in organizing conferences, art exhibitions,
as well as doing the choreography, directing plays, and teaching at drama
workshops.
Her three published novels are:-
The Fourteenth Day
And Then Came The Rain
Matters Of Choice
Buck Richardson
Books published:-
Dingo Innocent: the Azaria Chamberlain Mystery.
Mothology: Discover the Magic. Moths and Moth Art from the
World Heritage listed Wet Tropics of Queensland Australia.
Website: www.leapfrogoz.com.au
Toni Rogers and Paul Latter
'Journey from, journey to' is an outstanding publication by two
Kuranda artists. Award winning photographs by Toni Rogers
and poetry by Paul Latter.
Contact: Toni Rogers
Phone: +61 (0)7 4093 9293 Email: tonirogers-cantata@bigpond.com Website: www.cantatastudio.com.au
Kym Dungey & Jane Whytlaw
Footloose Publications
Write, map and publish the following books in their
home office in the rainforest of Kuranda.
Tropical Walking Tracks of North Queensland
Tropical Walking Tracks Cairns & Kuranda
Ron Edwards
The Rams Skull Press is the oldest privately owned publisher
in Australia, having been established in 1950. The Rams
Skull Press has been based in Kuranda for over 25 years and
is the biggest publisher of Australian Folklore. There are
currently 36 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island themed titles,
an intensive leatherworking 'library', books on Australian bush
culture, children's stories, and travel sketchbooks.
12 Fairyland Road, Kuranda QLD 4881
Phone: +61 (0)7 4093 7474
Email:
Website:
Ann Harth
Children's writer and ghostwriter.
Published work:-
Who Am I, Educational non-fiction, Blake Education, 2008
Relationships, Educational non-fiction, Blake Education, 2008
Body image, Educational non-fiction, Blake Education, 2008
The Kidnapping, Chapter Book, Insight Publications,
October 2006
The
Cyclops, short story, Highlights for Children, July 2006
Crash, Chapter Book, Blake Education, 2005
Version 2:
(EFL) English as a Foreign Language Series,
Underwood Consulting and Publishing
Staying
Alive, Chapter Book, Blake
Education, 2005
Version 2: (EFL) English
as a Foreign Language Series,
Underwood Consulting and Publishing
Goodbye, Chapter
Book, Blake Education, 2005
The Contract, chapter book, Trekker Series, Macmillan
Pea Mountain, humorous short story, KidTime Magazine, June 2005
Sit Quietly, humorous short story, Highlights for Children
A Blip in the Universe, chapter book, Storydog Inc. (to be released) 2005
The Wake Up Call, non-fiction, Reader’s Digest, October 2004
Long Leg Gloption, chapter book, Loranda Publishing, August 2004
My Mom Hates to Cook, humorous short story, Highlights for Children, October 2003
Please Listen, picture book/early reader, Cambridge University Press, May 2002
Website: www.annharth.com
The Kuranda Paper
The community newspaper from the rainforest village
of Kuranda, Far North Queensland, Australia.
The Kuranda Paper is a publication of the Kuranda Media
Association Inc. The Kuranda Paper remains a hand-crafted
FREE monthly village paper created by a bunch of dedicated
volunteers.
Website: www.kurandapaper.com