Previously unpublished, Kevin Densley’s poem gives voice to the figure of the airborne straw man in Goya’s well-known painting. [Gives new meaning to straw manning, Ed.]
Almanac Music: ‘If I Was A Sculptor’ – Songs Connected to Painting and/or Sculpture
December 6, 2024 by 79 Comments
This instalment of KD’s epic series on popular song concerns songs connected to painting and/or sculpture. As usual, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: A Pilgrimage to San Isidro
October 28, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley, previously unpublished, takes as its point of departure a disturbing late painting by Spanish master Francisco Goya.
Almanac Poetry: Italianesque
September 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley is a previously unpublished one, written about one of his favourite artists, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Almanac Art: Classic Australian Car Paintings
July 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
RagingBull offers his artistic take on two classic Australian cars. His work is inspired by the stories of the people who owned them.
Almanac Poetry: Paris, 1877
July 17, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Continuing the French flavour of his most recent Almanac music post, KD’s poem this week depicts the Paris of Julius LeBlanc Stewart’s wonderfully decadent, colourful nineteenth century painting, Twilight on the Terrace, Paris.
Almanac Poetry: George Stubbs’ ‘A Lion Attacking a Horse’
December 27, 2021 by 2 Comments
Kevin Densley’s poem is based on a famous eighteenth century painting by arguably the greatest horse painter of all-time, George Stubbs. The great poet William Blake also receives mention.
Almanac Music: She Passed By Me At The Fair (Song Lyric)
August 9, 2021 by 4 Comments
Something a little different from Kevin Densley – his most recent song lyric, written only weeks ago. ‘With Irish ancestry on both sides of my family, this lyric for a traditional-sounding Irish folk ballad was bound to come out sooner or later. Imagine these words in a brief, melodic song, wistfully sung.’
A Self-Introduction – Artist, Athlete, Canadian: Kendra Heil
March 8, 2018 by 7 Comments
From the canvas of footballer/artist Kendra Heil comes a story of personal growth out of adversity
AFL Round 2 – SK v GWS, WB v NM: My Favourite Things
April 3, 2014 by 2 Comments
The Saints have a 100% winning record after two rounds and rather than getting ahead of herself, Yvette just floats along for the ride. Between art, footy, baseball and family, her life continues to be full to the brim.
The Carnival is Over
November 20, 2013 by 3 Comments
Can’t wait for your copy of the new Almanac book – just to get your hands on Kate Birrell’s glorious cover painting? Fear not, Kate has tided us over with her beautifully poetic vision of the needy, the greedy and the seedy on their way home from Flemington.
Marathons and the off-season of footy
October 22, 2012 by 2 Comments
Yvette Wroby is filling her off-season with painting and Rodriguez the Sugar Man.
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