Antarctica
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Capturing a continent: a painterly journey to Antarctica
Blinded by the white of Southern Ocean’s majestic icebergs
Painting Antarctica: how to capture the beauty and majesty of ice?
Antarctica, where blue ice buckles and cracks, and mountains float in the sky
Beautiful Antarctic landscapes belie a hard edge to life lived on the ice
John Kelly:Antarctica painting
John Kelly:Antarctica painting
Preparing to go to Antarctica – ABC Radio Interview
In this short 2013 interview, artist John Kelly explains his upcoming trip to Antarctica on Australian Radio service, ABC. The images used are from said trip.
Painting 'en plein air' in Antarctica (1st person POV)
This video taken by John was created in 2013 during his artist residency in Antarctica. John had just left the Australian base at Mawson and arrived at Béchervaise Island, where scientists study Adélie penguins. Struck by the huts in which the scientists stay, he chose to paint one of them.
John Kelly:Antarctica painting
John Kelly:Antarctica painting
Aurora Australis V1 - 2013/14
“The journey of the 67th ANARE to Davis station, Antarctica. Onboard the Aurora Australis icebreaker the journey took 22 days as opposed to the planned 12 days due to very thick pack ice about 200NM north of the continent.”
By Fly on the Wall Images
John Kelly:Antarctica painting
Painting an Iceberg in Antarctica
Gazing into an Antarctic Crevasse
Artist John Kelly flies in helicopter over Antarctica
John Kelly:Antarctica painting
John Kelly: in Antarctica
What Painting on an Icebreaker in Antarctica Looks Like
In 2013, Artist John Kelly was invited to the Australian Antarctic bases for a special artist residency. He spent 21 days aboard the Aurora Australis, an icebreaker ship, journeying to the frozen continent. In this video, you see John painting “en plain air” (or in this place “en frigid air”) as he depicts an iceberg alongside the ship.
Beyond Whoop Whoop (from website of the Australia Antarctic Programme [antarctica.gov.au])
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Beyond Whoop Whoop — Magazine Issue 26_ June 2014 — Australian Antarc_ - www.antarctica.gov.auEvening Echo, 2014
Beyond Woop Woop: John Kelly’s Antarctic Paintings, at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 2015
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Beyond Woop WoopArticle in Trinity magazine, November 2017
Fleurieu Art Prize, Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, 2016
Uillinn - West Cork Art Centre, 2016
Beyond Woop Woop, Trinity College, Melbourne University, 2017
