Mali Moir began her career as botanical artist in 1993 at the National Herbarium of Victoria. Combining botanical and horticultural knowledge with artistic skills Mali has contributed pen and ink drawings for Flora of Victoria, Flora of Australia, Mulleria and other scientific publications. By working closely with botanists, Mali has gained an understanding of the importance of scientific accuracy, the fundamentals of precise measurement and thorough depiction of detail. She teaches botanical illustration in association with the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, at private art groups and conducts workshops in Victoria, interstate and overseas.
Mali was awarded a Gold Medal by The Royal Horticultural Society London and an invited exhibitor to the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation USA. She is recipient of an inaugural Celia Rosser Medal and twice finalist in the Waterhouse Art Prize. Mali was the first Australian to receive the Focus On Nature Purchase Award by New York State Museum USA. She exhibits widely in Australia and internationally and has produced many works for private, public and corporate collections.
Mali has great interest working in the area of conservation and was proud to donate a painting for the charity auction ‘Name a New Species of Shrimp’ held by Australian Marine Conservation Society in association with Museum Victoria, Mali also contributes to ‘Art for Sharks’ with AMCS.
Mali has a keen interest for artistic interpretation of natural history themes in the Accurate Realism style, approaching her work with traditional techniques whilst developing a fresh contemporary look. Mali executes works on paper with the consummate skill of a dedicated artist as she combines her fascination for science and nature with an active desire to render works of art with beauty, character and scientific merit.
Mali abides with her sincere belief that “artists make science visible”.
Exceptional large desktop sculpture of two terns in flight above cresting waves 1935 by the acclaimed French animal sculptor Irénée Rochard (1906-1984).
Crisply cast in spelter with good detail (note the feathers and feet) and a bronze coloured finish, on an oval black marble plinth base.
Signed clearly ‘Rochard’. Excellent original condition. Note the two birds detach from the wave for delivery.
The ogee shaped hood above a shaped moulded cornice, having a square mitred door and two narrow side doors.
The long slender trunk with a matching long fielded panelled, moulded door, resting on a stylish deep ogee shaped base.
The off white circular 30 hour clock face having the original shaped hands.
The clock is yet to be restored, also the case is needing a good clean, polish and wax. A decorator may like to have this painted and highlighted. Could look great in a white, soft blue or green..
Considering the majority of 18th – 20th Century French furniture is so heavily carved. This is quite a rare find. Very desirable lines.
Robert Hague has been a practicing sculptor for over three decades and during his career he has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. Robert was born in Rotorua, New Zealand and re-located to Australia in the mid-1980s.
In 1999 he was awarded ‘The Director’s Prize’ in Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney. In 2000 he received the ‘Waverley Art Prize’ for Sculpture Sydney, and in 2010 he won the Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award. Robert’s sculptural work is part of corporate and private collections in Australia, China, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States.
Robert is based in Melbourne working primarily with bronze and steel. He is fascinated by the radical asymmetry of his work, one that forces continued change in the work through rotation. He sees it as a revelation in the making that is constantly challenging his ways of creative thinking.
This work was inspired by a conversation with an American sculptor, about rotational symmetry. ‘I had argued against symmetry but decided to experiment with rotation after his comments on repetition’. In particular to the Orbis series, the internal cuts make reference to the Maori wood carvings he grew up amongst in Rotorua, New Zealand.
I have recently developed a strong interest in creating portraits of horses and hounds in a sophisticated and contemporary art style, exploring dynamic compositions and using the impressive qualities of charcoal. I am engaging in a technicque called ‘sfumato’ where the subjects edges are softly blended imparting an intriguing smoky effect.
I have included examples of my new charcoal artwork collaboration with Allpress Antiques in Melbourne, creating charcoal art inspired by ‘Objects of Virtue’.
This first example of my work is of the much loved whippet ‘Dash’.
Mali Moir
Botanical, Scientific and Natural History Artist.
Waterbased mixed media on Fabriano 100% cotton paper
Signed ‘Personal Collection”
2006
30 cm x 69 cm
70 cm x 103 cm (framed)
Note: My reference material was taken from a live fish sourced from a trout farm in regional Victoria. This painting incorporates a special paint technique I developed to produce a reflective shine on the scales of the fish. This effect is not captured in prints nor is it visible on the screen.
