It warms the cockles of the heart to start a weekend with a good garage sale like that at the front of the above abode with a panoramic view of sand , sea, yachts and mangroves. Nestled right next to the water at high tide, it displayed items of interest .
First up , paintings of birds on wood , plus a landscape and seascape attracted attention , the work of the late Mrs W. Mitchell , born early l920s , who , during WWll , in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), stationed in Townsville, painted bombers. Her husband was wounded in New Guinea on the Kokoda Trail .
She had a large studio over the years , an outlet included the early Gold Coast tourist resort , Thunderbird Park . Bark and semi precious stones were used in her productive output . An award was won for her rendering of Mount Warning .
It is hoped to provide further biographical information about Ms. Mitchell in the near future . Would be nice to track down any examples or details of the artwork she did on the bombers in Townsville, in which there were many American aircraft ... perhaps an avenging Kookaburra?
She had a large studio over the years , an outlet included the early Gold Coast tourist resort , Thunderbird Park . Bark and semi precious stones were used in her productive output . An award was won for her rendering of Mount Warning .
It is hoped to provide further biographical information about Ms. Mitchell in the near future . Would be nice to track down any examples or details of the artwork she did on the bombers in Townsville, in which there were many American aircraft ... perhaps an avenging Kookaburra?
At the garage sale were books on Australian artists, primitive art and a large volume on South Pacific exploration ,Australian birds-especially paintings of parrots and cockatoos by Neville W. Cayley.
It was impossible to resist the waterlogged print by maritime illustrator A. Chidley of the four- masted , steel hulled barque , Garthpool , built at Dundee , Scotland , in 1891, originally named Jutepolis , for the jute trade , which ended being wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands on a l929 voyage from Hull to Adelaide , South Australia . An Italian terracotta garden pot bought at the sale guaranteed smooth sailing on the domestic front .
It was impossible to resist the waterlogged print by maritime illustrator A. Chidley of the four- masted , steel hulled barque , Garthpool , built at Dundee , Scotland , in 1891, originally named Jutepolis , for the jute trade , which ended being wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands on a l929 voyage from Hull to Adelaide , South Australia . An Italian terracotta garden pot bought at the sale guaranteed smooth sailing on the domestic front .
