Small but sensational

A treasure of this year’s Kangaroo Island Art Feast is the Birds and Bees exhibition at Clifford’s Honey Farm.

Ros Stoldt, Sharon Simons and Merrill Hansen have mastered the art of reduction lino p

Chook – a reduction print by Ros Stoldt

rinting and created some stunning prints in the process. They have also constructed a demonstration of the stages of the process so we mere mortals can gain some appreciation of the effort and time it takes.

But the exhibition is more than prints.

Babs Wiadrowski has produced beautiful bird decorated bowls and other pottery pieces.

Nikki Redman’s photos are a joy and they are complemented by Kelly Berry’s painting and young John Simon’s digital art which his mother Sharon says he loves to do and spends many an hour creating.

And Wendy Leonhardt has excelled herself in her exquisite native bee homes. Each of the four is an original and quite individual. Each is a true work of art. Wow!

This small exhibition is a gem and well worth the trip down Elsegood Road. There are some patches of road that are a little tricky because of the recent flooding but just slow down and you’ll make it through just fine. And it’ll be worth it.