Blue Island Press
- Calendar Catalogue - 2018
Blue Island Press 2018 Calendar Range in 3 sizes.
www.blueislandpress.com Blue Island Press Calendars are printed and assembled in Australia. We use high quality Italian felted or chalk stocks which are archival grade. Each page has a framable image to keep after use.
The main calendar range is the Wall Calendars which measure 320 x 230 mm. Each month has boxes for each day to record your diary dates. Calendars are twin loop wire bound and hang from the top.
Large Wall Calendars measure 320 x 460 mm. These calendars have large diary boxes. They are twin loop wire bound and hang from the top.
Desk calendars measure 155 x 170 mm. These calendars do not have diary boxes. They have a fold-out triangular centre to make them free standing.
For wholesale customers please order in a minimum of 2 calendars per design. Display stands are available free on loan for the 320 x 230 mm Wall Calendars.
Minimum purchase for a display stand is 72 calendars. The display stand takes 12 Wall Calendars, up to 6 of each design. We do not have display stands for the Large Wall Calendars or Desk Calendars.
Each calendar design is individually barcoded.
Calendars can be re-ordered all year round. All orders attract minimal freight charges.
Enjoy! Wall Calendars 320 x 230 mm
Clarice Beckett MASTERLY PAINTER – BRILLIANT ARTIST
Clarice Beckett MASTERLY PAINTER – BRILLIANT ARTIST
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Clarice Beckett’s evocative paintings offer a view of Each page has a framable image printed Australia that celebrates modernity and the quiet on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes beauty of the city and the suburbs. for each day to record your diary dates
Her work was challenging for its time, and Beckett’s Front Cover: story as an artist who never compromised her unique Beach Road, Clarice Beckett, c. 1933, Oil vision and who continued to paint ‘against the odds’ is on canvas on board, 44.0 x 49.0. compelling and inspirational while also being moving October 2018 and poignant. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Published by Blue Island Press Following her death in 1935 at the age of 48, 1 2 3 4 5 6 www.blueislandpress.com Beckett’s work, which had achieved some measure
of succes during her lifteime, was all but forgotten. It 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA was not until the 1970’s, when a large group of works BIP 0001 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 abandoned in a hayshed in rural Victoria were found
2018 CALENDAR and subsequently mounted in an exhibition that her 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 contribution began to be reappraised. 28 29 30 31
End of the Garden, c. 1929.
BIP 0001 Clarice Beckett 2018 Calendar
GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH
GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes 2018 CALENDAR for each day to record your diary dates
Grace Cossington Smith occupies a crucial place in Australian art of the Front Cover: twentieth century. Landscape with Flowering Peach, c. 1933, oil on canvas board, She was a resilient adherent of an 58.5 x 72 cm. aesthetic system many of her colleagues could not sustain. Cossington Smith produced some of the most intricate Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 and elaborately executed images of her September 2018 Published by Blue Island Press generation, investing even the smallest Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday www.blueislandpress.com of her compositions with an implacable spirituality. 30 1 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA A student of Dattilo-Rubbo, and a 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 contemporary of Wakelin and de Maistre, BIP 0002 2018 CALENDAR 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 she surpassed these fi gures both as a
draughtsperson and a colourist. Her 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 allegiance to Van Gogh and Cezanne, through enduring, did not inhibit her 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Trees At Canberra (Autumn at Yarralumla), 1932, oil on pulpboard, 74.3 x 60.3 cm. own highly distinctive manner.
BIP 0002 Grace Cossington Smith 2018 Calendar
Page 01 - Wall Calendars 320 x 230 mm Blue Island Press BIRDS IN PAR ADISE Uemura Atsushi
BIRDS IN PAR ADISE Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record Uemura Atsushi your diary dates
2018 CALENDAR Front Cover: Birds have always played a Pigeon in Spring, 1992, polychrome on paper, symbolic role in oriental life. 91 x 73 cm. They reflect the many moods and emotions in man and nature. Images © Uemuka Atsushi 2017 This small collection, not seen November 2018 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 before in the west, embodies Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday the delicacy and fineness of this Published by Blue Island Press www.blueislandpress.com ancient art. 1 2 3
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Woodcock, 2006, polychrome on paper, 59 x 48 cm.
BIP 0003 Birds In Paradise 2018 Calendar
Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates Front Cover: ‘Christmas Bell Babies’ single sheet print by May Gibbs, c. 1917. Images © The Northcott Society and the Cerebral Palsy Alliance 2017 October 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Published by Blue Island Press 1 2 3 4 5 6 www.blueislandpress.com
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2018 CALENDAR 28 29 30 31 ‘Christmas Bell Babies’ single sheet print by May Gibbs, c. 1917.
BIP 0004 May Gibbs 2018 Calendar
Page 02 - Wall Calendars 320 x 230 mm Blue Island Press MASTERS OF THE Heidelberg School
MASTERS OF THE Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes Heidelberg School for each day to record your diary dates Front Cover: 2018 CA L E NDAR Charles Conder, A Taste for Literature, 1899, Oil on canvas, 46 x 60.9 cm, National The Heidelberg School was an Australian art Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne movement of the late 19th Century, latterly described as Australian Impressionism. Painters worked together at artists’ camps around Melbourne and Sydney in the 1880s and 1890s. Arthur Streeton, Walter Withers, Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Tom Roberts, Charles Conder and Frederick Published by Blue Island Press McCubbin are considered key fi gures of the www.blueislandpress.com movement. They showed a keen interest in the effects of lighting, and experimented PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA with a variety of brushstroke techniques. BIP 0005 The works of these artists are notable, not only for their compositions, but as a part of 2018 CA L E NDAR Australia’s cultural heritage.
BIP 0005 Masters of the Heidelberg School 2018 Calendar
annie franklin Shining light on small kingdoms
Each page has a framable image printed annie franklin on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes Shining light on small kingdoms for each day to record your diary dates.
2018 CALENDAR Front Cover: Annie Franklin has worked as a professional Heide Summer, 42 Degrees. artist since completing her study in fi ne art (printmaking) in 1986. During this time Annie has exhibited widely both nationally Images © Annie Franklin 2017 and internationally and her work is held in Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 numerous public and private collections, Published by Blue Island Press including the National Gallery of Australia October 2018 www.blueislandpress.com and the Australian Embassy in Paris. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Not only known for her promotion of the 1 2 3 4 5 6 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA arts, Annie Franklin spent four years living in what remained of a prehistoric forest south 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 BIP 0006 of Darwin while she helped with efforts to 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2018 CALENDAR regenerate it. She was invited to Melville Island to work as Arts Coordinator at Yikikini 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Women’s Centre to teach printmaking 28 29 30 31 techniques there. Long Swamp, Looking South
BIP 0006 Annie Franklin 2018 Calendar
Page 03 - Wall Calendars 320 x 230 mm Blue Island Press Birds In Antiquity
Birds In Antiquity Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes CALENDAR for each day to record your diary dates.
Front Cover: Palace of Amsterdam with Exotic Birds, Birds more than any other creature Melchior de Hondecoeter (1636 - 1695), symbolise soul, eternity, and mystery. 17th century, oil on canvas. Through the centuries they have been companions, used in competition and generally held in high esteem for their Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 apparent ability to defy gravity. October 2018 Published by Blue Island Press www.blueislandpress.com This small collection represents a taste Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
of birds depicted in art. 1 2 3 4 5 6 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 BIP 0007
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28 29 30 31 The Death of Cock Robin, c. 1865, oil on canvas, John Anster Fitzgerald (1832 - 1906).
BIP 0007 Birds in Antiquity 2018 Calendar
LEON PERICLES Australian Collection
LEON PERICLES Each page has a framable image Australian Collection printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates 2018 CALENDAR
Leon Pericles’ images create Front Cover: a world rich in humour and Aeroplane Landing, sentiment that uniquely reflect 1987, acrylic, upon the Australian landscape 98.5 x 121.5 cm. and lifestyle. With wit and engaging visual skill he enables Images © Leon Pericles 2017 us to see his perspective of September 2018 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 the world and in doing so Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Published by Blue Island Press become more aware of our own www.blueislandpress.com environment, the things we hold 30 1 dear and the ideas that shape us. Leon lives with his family in 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA BIP 0008 2018 CALENDAR Perth, Western Australia. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 www.leonpericles.com 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 After the Cyclone, 1989-92, In the collection of; Dr & Mrs M.J. Davies, Acrylic, 890 x 990 mm.
BIP 0008 Leon Pericles 2018 Calendar
Page 04 - Wall Calendars 320 x 230 mm Blue Island Press BEYOND THE BEYOND THE Backdoor Backdoor BY MINKY GRANT BY MINKY GRANT
BEYOND THE Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes Backdoor for each day to record your diary dates BY MINKY GRANT Front Cover: 2018 CALENDAR Kookaburra
Minky is an Australian artist, based in Sydney, who works in many diverse mediums Images © Minky Grant 2017 including printmaking, sculpture, jewellery Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 and miniature art. She is inspired by the Published by Blue Island Press May 2018 May 2018 creatures of the natural world both seen and www.blueislandpress.com unseen. Minky’s love of colour, attention to Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
detail and delight in nature combining with 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 her quirky sense of fun has led to her work PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 being held in national and international BIP 0009 collections. Mother’s Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Mother’s Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
See more at 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 www.minkygrant.com 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 2018 CALENDAR 2018 CALENDARFrogs Frogs
BIP 0009 Beyond the Backdoor Minky Grant 2018 Calendar
JoPAINTER h n Wil & l NATURALIST iam L e w in JoPAINTER h n Wil & l NATURALIST iam L e w in
Each page has a framable image printed Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes John William Lewin for each day to record your diary dates John William Lewin for each day to record your diary dates PAINTER & NATURALIST PAINTER & NATURALIST Front Cover: Front Cover: 2018 CALENDAR Two Koalas, 1804, Watercolour 2018 CALENDAR Two Koalas, 1804, Watercolour
John William Lewin (1770-1819) was a John William Lewin (1770-1819) was a painter, art teacher and naturalist. He was painter, art teacher and naturalist. He was the son of William Lewin, an ornithologist the son of William Lewin, an ornithologist and fellow of the Linnaean Society. Lewin and fellow of the Linnaean Society. Lewin received his early training as a natural received his early training as a natural history draughtsman from his father and history draughtsman from his father and July 2018 July 2018 July 2018 July 2018
helped extensively with the drawings and Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday MondayLayoutTuesday © BlueWednesday IslandThursday PressFriday 2017Saturday helped extensively with the drawings and Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday MondayLayoutTuesday © BlueWednesday IslandThursday PressFriday 2017Saturday engravings of plates for Lewin senior’s The Published by Blue Island Press engravings of plates for Lewin senior’s The Published by Blue Island Press Birds of Great Britain (London 1789-94). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 www.blueislandpress.com2 3 4 5 6 7 Birds of Great Britain (London 1789-94). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 www.blueislandpress.com2 3 4 5 6 7
John Lewin emigrated to New South Wales 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 PRINTED10 IN11 AUSTRALIA12 13 14 John Lewin emigrated to New South Wales 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 PRINTED10 IN11 AUSTRALIA12 13 14 in 1800 because of his passion for natural BIP 0010 in 1800 because of his passion for natural BIP 0010 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 history and became one of Australia’s first history and became one of Australia’s first
professional naturalists. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 professional naturalists. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 29 30 31 29 30 31 29 30 31 2018 CALENDAR 2018 CALENDARParakeet (Turquoise Parrot–Neophema pulchella), 1810, Watercolour Parakeet (Turquoise Parrot–Neophema pulchella), 1810, Watercolour Parakeet (Turquoise Parrot–Neophema pulchella), 1810, Watercolour Parakeet (Turquoise Parrot–Neophema pulchella), 1810, Watercolour
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Page 05 - Wall Calendars 320 x 230 mm Blue Island Press D ORRIT B LACK Australian Modernist
D ORRIT B LACK Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each Australian Modernist day to record your diary dates.
2018 CALEnDAr Front Cover: Still Life with Jug and Ladle, c.1935, “It is the artist’s business to reveal oil on canvas on composition board, to mankind a new outlook on life 50.5 x 40.5 cm. and the world.” Dorrit Black, 1946 Images © Dorrit Black 2017 Dorrit Black is one of the least known Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Australian Modernists and yet she was a Published by Blue Island Press November 2018 dedicated and commited artist who from 1929 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday www.blueislandpress.com advanced and promoted the cause of Modern Art in Australia. She spent time in Sydney, 1 2 3 Europe and Adelaide. PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BIP 0 011
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BIP 0011 Dorrit Black 2018 Calendar
BIP 0012 Japanese Art from Australian Collection 2018 Calendar
Page 06 - Wall Calendars 320 x 230 mm Blue Island Press CRISS CANNING The Pursuit of Beauty
CRISS CANNING The Pursuit of Beauty Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each 2018 CALENDAR day to record your diary dates. Criss Canning, born in Melbourne, is one of Australia’s leading still-life artists, who composes Front Cover: distinctive artworks featuring fl ora and unique Banksia and Wild owers, 1990, objects, arranged to eff ortlessly create seductive oil on canvas, 61.0 x 56.0 cm textures and balanced still-life compositions. Incredibly accomplished, Criss has devoted the past 50 years to painting. Working with oils, Images © Criss Canning 2017 each brushstroke is thoughtfully applied with Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 November 2018 Published by Blue Island Press colour-laden gestures to create two and three Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday dimensional forms. www.blueislandpress.com
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of New South Wales, the National Gallery of 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA Australia, the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, and BIP 0013 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 the Castlemaine Art Gallery. Canning’s work
can be found in collections in London, Paris, 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, USA, Indonesia, 25 26 27 28 29 30 2018 CALENDAR Singapore and New Zealand. Banksia and Wild owers, 2018, oil on canvas, 66.0 x 56.0 cm.
BIP 0013 Criss Canning 2018 Calendar
MARGARET OLLEY
Ink Drawings
MARGARET OLLEY Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes Ink Drawings for each day to record your diary dates. 2018 CALENDAR Front Cover: Margaret Olley was the quintessential Pont Louis Philippe, Paris, 1971, Australian artist with universal appeal. She Ink and watercolour on paper, had a life-long romance with travel and Private collection. from the late 1940s to the early 1970s, a sketchbook was almost always at hand to Images © Margaret Olley 2017 capture the scenes that presented themselves Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 October 2018 to her. Published by Blue Island Press Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Studies from outdoor sketching sessions www.blueislandpress.com reveal Olley’s passion for the world around 1 2 3 4 5 6 her, beyond the more familiar still life and 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA interior subjects. BIP 0014 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The many sketches and monotypes she 2018 CALENDAR produced are ‘travel notes’, but they are the 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 notes of an artist as bold in her approach to 28 29 30 31 her medium as to life itself. Fishing boats, Tweed Heads, 1960, ink and watercolour on paper, private collection.
BIP 0014 Margaret Olley Inks 2018 Calendar
Page 07 - Wall Calendars 320 x 230 mm Blue Island Press Japanese Woodblock Prints. Japanese Woodblock Prints. by Utagawa Hiroshige by Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese Woodblock Prints. Each page has a framable image printed Japanese Woodblock Prints. Each page has a framable image printed by Utagawa Hiroshige on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes by Utagawa Hiroshige on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates for each day to record your diary dates 2018 Calendar 2018 Calendar Front Cover: Front Cover: Utagawa Hiroshige was born in 1797 in Edo, Awa Province, Naruto Whirlpools, 1855, Utagawa Hiroshige was born in 1797 in Edo, Awa Province, Naruto Whirlpools, 1855, now Tokyo. He was one of the last great Famous Views of Sixty-odd Provinces now Tokyo. He was one of the last great Famous Views of Sixty-odd Provinces ukiyo-e masters of the colour woodblock ukiyo-e masters of the colour woodblock print. His genius for landscape compositions print. His genius for landscape compositions was first recognised in the West by the was first recognised in the West by the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists Impressionists and Post-Impressionists Possessing the ability to reduce the pictured Possessing the ability to reduce the pictured scene to a few simple, highly decorative July 2018 July 2018 scene to a few simple, highly decorative July 2018 July 2018 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 elements, Hiroshige captured the very Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday elements, Hiroshige captured the very Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday essence of what he saw and turned it into Published by Blue Island Press essence of what he saw and turned it into Published by Blue Island Press
1 1 www.blueislandpress.com 1 1 www.blueislandpress.com a highly effective composition. There was in 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 a highly effective composition. There was in 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 his work a human touch that no artist of the his work a human touch that no artist of the 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 PRINTED10 IN11 AUSTRALIA12 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 PRINTED10 IN11 AUSTRALIA12 13 14 school had heretofore achieved; his pictures school had heretofore achieved; his pictures revealed a beauty that seemed somehow BIP 0015 revealed a beauty that seemed somehow BIP 0015 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 tangible and intimate. Snow, rain, mist, and tangible and intimate. Snow, rain, mist, and
moonlight scenes compose some of his 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 moonlight scenes compose some of his 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 most poetic masterpieces. most poetic masterpieces. 2018 Calendar 2018 Calendar29 30 31 29 30 31 29 30 31 29 30 31 Kai Province, Monkey Bridge, 1853, Famous Views of the SIxty-odd Provinces Kai Province, Monkey Bridge, 1853, Famous Views of the SIxty-odd Provinces Kai Province, Monkey Bridge, 1853, Famous Views of the SIxty-odd Provinces Kai Province, Monkey Bridge, 1853, Famous Views of the SIxty-odd Provinces
BIP 0015 Japanese Woodblock Prints 2018 Calendar
GUSTAV K LIMT
GUSTAV KLIMT Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes CALENDAR for each day to record your diary dates
Born in 1862, Austrian painter Gustav Klimt Front Cover: became known for the highly decorative The Kiss, 1908, style and erotic nature of his works, which oil and gold leaf on canvas, 1.8 x 1.8 m. were seen as a rebellion against the traditional academic art of his time. Klimt’s landscape paintings bring to light a Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 November 2018 Published by Blue Island Press lesser known aspect of the artist’s oeuvre, Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday proving that his mastery extends beyond www.blueislandpress.com renowned portraits of Viennese society to 1 2 3 evocative depictions of nature. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA Klimt experimented with compostion and BIP 0016 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 style in his landscapes, and many of these
are considered his most exquisite works, 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 made even more precious by their very CALENDAR 25 26 27 28 29 30 scarcity. Farm Garden with Sunfl owers, c.1907, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna.
BIP 0016 Gustav Climt 2018 Calendar
Page 08 - Wall Calendars 320 x 230 mm Blue Island Press ORAL JAMES ROBERTS BUNDJALUNG LAND & CULTURE
ORAL JAMES ROBERTS BUNDJALUNG LAND & CULTURE 2018 CALENDAR
Born 9th January, 1960 at Cubawee Each page has a framable image printed Aboriginal Mission near Lismore, NSW. on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates Oral’s family has a strong connection with all the Bundjalung Communities on the Front Cover: Black Cockatoo, Oral James Roberts North Coast of New South Wales.
July 2018 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Oral’s work refl ect his close connection Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday to the Bundjalung land and Culture. His Published by Blue Island Press 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 www.blueislandpress.com paintings express this strong connection
to Spirit, the bush, and scrubs where 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA 2018 CALENDAR many of the bird species and animals he BIP 0019 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 paints are native. His outstanding work continuously evolves. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Butterfl ies
BIP 0019 Oral James Roberts 2018 Calendar
Hairy Maclary and Friends By Lynley Dodd
Hairy Maclary Born and educated in New Zealand, Lynley and Friends Dodd is a graduate of the Elam School of Fine By Lynley Dodd Arts in Auckland. She has written more than thirty picture books and has won many prizes 2018 CALEnDAr for her work. She lives in Tauranga with her Each page has a framable image fiendish Burmese cat, Suu Kyi. printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day The Hairy Maclary series is an international to record your diary dates. classic and foreign language editions have been published in Sweden, Japan, Slovenia, Russia, Front Cover: Korea and China. In July 2013 Hairy Maclary Hairy Maclary Scattercat. Hairy Maclary felt bumptious and celebrated his 30th birthday. January 2018 bustly... Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday layout © Blue Island Press 2017 New Year’s Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 published by Blue Island Press www.blueislandpress.com 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Printed in Australia 2018 CALEnDAr 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BIP 0020
21 22 23 24 25 Australia Day 26 27 Hairy Maclary and the Hairy Maclary and Friends 28 29 30 31 logo are registered trademarks. © Lynley Dodd, 2017 Hairy Maclary, Shoo. ...and back to his friends.
BIP 0020 Hairy McClairy 2018 Calendar
Page 09 - Wall Calendars 320 x 230 mm Blue Island Press MONET
Each page has a framable image printed MONET on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates 2018 CALENDAR
Front Cover: Monet has been described as “the The Artist’s Garden at Vétheuil, driving force behind impressionism”. 1871 -1881. Crucial to the art of the Impressionist painters was the understanding of the effects of light on the local colour Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Published by Blue Island Press of objects, and the effects of the October 2018 www.blueislandpress.com juxtaposition of colours with each other. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Monet’s long career as a painter was spent in the pursuit of this aim. 1 2 3 4 5 6 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 BIP 0021
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Water-Lillies and Japanese Bridge, 1899, oil on canvas.
BIP 0021 Monet 2018 Calendar
REBECCA COOL
Each page has a framable image REBECCA COOL printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record 2018 CALENDAR your diary dates.
Rebecca fi rst painted her trademark face as a 10 year old child and has painted it on everything ever since. Images © Rebecca Cool 2017 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Her inspiration comes from the Published by Blue Island Press fabrics she sources from a variety www.blueislandpress.com of places including her friends who February 2018
have become collectors for her. She Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday gathers ideas in the evening and paints during the day. She can’t 1 2 3 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA work when she is sad or tired. She is 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BIP 0023 touched by the emotions her work
incites in people. Rebecca lives and 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 works in Western Australia. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Find out more at 25 26 27 28 2018 CALENDAR www.rebeccacool.info
BIP 0023 Rebecca Cool 2018 Calendar
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ETHEL SPOWERS
ETHEL SPOWERS 1890 - 1947 Each page has a framable image CALENDAR printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to Ethel Louise Spowers was born in South Yarra, record your diary dates Melbourne, daughter of a New Zealander father and a London-born mother. She was one of several Australian women artists Front Cover: associated with the Grosvenor School of Bank Holiday, 1995, Modern Art, London, including Dorrit Black colour linocut. and Eveline Winifred Syme. October 2018
She also studied in Melbourne and Paris. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Published by Blue Island Press Spowers mounted an exhibition of Australian www.blueislandpress.com linocuts in Melbourne in 1930. In 1932, she 30 31 1
became a founder of the Contemporary Art 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Printed in Australia Group, promoting modern art in Australia. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 BIP 0025 CALENDAR Spowers apparently destroyed some of her 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 original works late in life; the surviving prints are especially valued by collectors in recent 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 The works, Yallourn, 1933, colour linocut, Art Gallery of Ballarat years.
BIP 0025 Ethel Spowers 2018 Calendar
The Magic Pudding The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum NORMAN LINDSAY NORMAN LINDSAY
The Magic Pudding The Magic Pudding TheBeing Magic the Adventures ofPudding Bunyip Bluegum TheBeing theMagic Adventures of Bunyip Pudding Bluegum NORMANBeing the Adventures ofLINDSAY Bunyip Bluegum NORMANBeing the Adventures LINDSAY of Bunyip Bluegum NORMAN1879 - LINDSAY1969 NORMAN LINDSAY 2018 Calendar Each page has a framable image The Magic Pudding was published in 1918 printed on Italian archive paper, and is considered a children’s classic, it plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates Puddin’ Owners & Puddin’ Thieves continuesPuddin’ to be reprinted. Owners The story is set in & Puddin’ JuneThieves2018 Australia, and tells of a magic pudding which, Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday All images © HC & A Glad 2017 no matter how often it is eaten, always reforms layout © Blue Island Press 2017 in order to be eaten again. It is owned by 1 2 published by Blue Island Press February 20152014 three companions who must defend it against February 20152014 www.blueislandpress.com February 2014 ‘Pudding Thieves’ who want it for themselves. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Printed in Australia 10 Queen’s Birthday 11 12 13 14 15 16 2014 Calendar To fi nd out more about2014 Norman Lindsay andCalendar BIP 0027 SundaySunday MondayMonday TuesdayTuesday20182015WednesdayWednesdayThursday Thursday Friday FridaySaturday Saturday SundaySunday MondayMonday2015TuesdayTuesday 17 WednesdayWednesday18 19 20 21 Thursday Thursday22 23 Friday FridaySaturday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday his work visit the National Trust Norman Lindsay Gallery at Springwood NSW Puddin’ Owners & Puddin’ Thieves Puddin’ Owners & Puddin’ Thieves or see www.normanlindsay.com.au 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Puddin’20152014 Owners Calendar & Puddin’ Thieves Puddin’20152014 Owners Calendar & Puddin’ Thieves
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Artful Cats
Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates. Front Cover: NORMAN LINDSAY (1879–1969) Rivals All Images © Helen Glad 2017 2018 CALENDAR July 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Norman Lindsay kept a small, warm Published by Blue Island Press corner of his long artistic life for his cats. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 www.blueislandpress.com
He not only collected and kept a hoard of 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Printed in Australia
them in the stables and sheds, the gardens, 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 BIP 0028 bush and architectural nooks of Springwood 2018 CALENDAR - allowing the occational prince to share 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
the master’s studio - but he drew them with 29 30 31 delightful observation and humour. Come and Play with Uncle
BIP 0028 Norman Lindsay Artful Cats 2018 Calendar
Powerful Owls Sandi Rigby
Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to Powerful Owls record your diary dates Sandi Rigby Front Cover: 2018 Calendar Curious
September 2018 Images © Sandi Rigby 2017 Sandi lives on the Sydney north shore Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 and started studying printmaking in Published by Blue Island Press 1997. Her work is often infl uenced by 30 1 www.blueislandpress.com a landscape theme, sometimes inspired 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Printed in Australia by long bush walks. She tries to capture the mood of the subject with colour, 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 BIP 0030 2018 Calendar pattern, texture and detail, layering plates and working both conceptually 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 and realistically. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Tree of Wisdom
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Page 12 - Wall Calendars 320 x 230 mm Blue Island Press Ellis Rowan Ellis Rowan Flower Paintings Flower Paintings
Ellis Rowan Ellis Rowan (1891–1951) (1891–1951) 2018 CALENDAR 2018 CALENDAR Each page has a framable image Each page has a framable image Ellis Rowan – painter, naturalist, writer and printed on Italian archive paper, Ellis Rowan – painter, naturalist, writer and printed on Italian archive paper, explorer – was an extraordinary woman for plus large boxes for each day to explorer – was an extraordinary woman for plus large boxes for each day to her era. For almost 50 years she travelled to record your diary dates her era. For almost 50 years she travelled to record your diary dates the remote parts of Australia, India, Europe, the remote parts of Australia, India, Europe, America and New Guinea in pursuit of Front Cover: America and New Guinea in pursuit of Front Cover: exotic flowers and wildlife to paint. Lilac Hibiscus [Alyogne huegelii] exotic flowers and wildlife to paint. Lilac Hibiscus [Alyogne huegelii]
Through all her adventures, she wore the December 2018 Through all her adventures, she wore the December 2018 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 fashion of the day, full floor-length skirts, Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday fashion of the day, full floor-length skirts, Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday high necked long-sleeved blouses cinched Published by Blue Island Press high necked long-sleeved blouses cinched Published by Blue Island Press www.blueislandpress.com www.blueislandpress.com into an eighteen-inch waistband, gloves, 30 31 1 into an eighteen-inch waistband, gloves, 30 31 1 hat and umbrella crooked over her arm. hat and umbrella crooked over her arm. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Printed in Australia 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Printed in Australia Over 3000 works testify to her prodigious BIP 0031 Over 3000 works testify to her prodigious BIP 0031 output. Her internationally acclaimed and 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 output. Her internationally acclaimed and 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 timeless work is known for its combination timeless work is known for its combination 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 of beautiful colouring, artistic grouping of beautiful colouring, artistic grouping
and botanical accuracy. 23 24 Christmas Day 25 Boxing Day 26 27 28 29 and botanical accuracy. 23 24 Christmas Day 25 Boxing Day 26 27 28 29 2018 CALENDAR 2018 CALENDARFabacceae: Brachysema praemorsum, Pea Bush, Watercolour, 54.7 x 38.0 cm, National Library of Australia. Fabacceae: Brachysema praemorsum, Pea Bush, Watercolour, 54.7 x 38.0 cm, National Library of Australia.
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FRIDA KAHLO
Each page has a framable image printed FRIDA KAHLO on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates 2018 CALENDAR
Front Cover: Frida Kahlo is widely hailed as the most Frida Kahlo, detail from Self-Portrait important 20th Centrury artist of the in a Red Dress, 1926. Americas. Kahlo was nearly killed at the age of 18 in a traffi c accident. It
was during her initial convalescence November 2018 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 that she took up painting. Despite Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Published by Blue Island Press her injuries, Kahlo remained a brilliant www.blueislandpress.com
and charismatic character. This 1 2 3 collection of her still lives represent an often unseen part of her works. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA BIP 0033 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
All the works of Frida Kahlo are reproduced by the 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2018 CALENDAR authorization of the Instituto National de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. 25 26 27 28 29 30 Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait (Time Flies), 1929, oil on board, 77.5 x 61 cm.
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Each page has a framable image printed Each page has a framable image printed MARGARET OLLEY on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes MARGARET OLLEY on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes (1923 – 2011) (1923 – 2011) for each day to record your diary dates for each day to record your diary dates
2018 C AL E NDAR Front Cover: 2018 C AL E NDAR Front Cover: Still Life with Oranges, 1964, Oil on Still Life with Oranges, 1964, Oil on Margaret Olley was the quintessential board, 74.8 x 59 cm, Private collection Margaret Olley was the quintessential board, 74.8 x 59 cm, Private collection Australian artist with universal appeal. She Australian artist with universal appeal. She held close to her heart the values which held close to her heart the values which make a true Australian and never wavered make a true Australian and never wavered from her commitment to purity and passion. from her commitment to purity and passion. Margaret worked with a phenomenal pace Images © Estate of Margaret Olley 2017 Margaret worked with a phenomenal pace Images © Estate of Margaret Olley 2017 October 2018 October 2018 October 2018 October 2018 and left behind a legacy of hundreds of Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 and left behind a legacy of hundreds of Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday works. She depended on her profound Published by Blue Island Press works. She depended on her profound Published by Blue Island Press
instincts to guide her process, “You’ve got 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 www.blueislandpress.com2 3 4 5 6 instincts to guide her process, “You’ve got 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 www.blueislandpress.com2 3 4 5 6 to allow yourself to get into a flow that is to allow yourself to get into a flow that is 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 8 PRINTED9 IN10 AUSTRALIA11 12 13 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 8 PRINTED9 IN10 AUSTRALIA11 12 13 taking you somewhere and surprises you.” taking you somewhere and surprises you.” BIP 0037 BIP 0037 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Margaret Olley’s works are in many Margaret Olley’s works are in many 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 collections in Australia and England. collections in Australia and England.
28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 2018 C AL E NDAR 2018 C ALThe EChinese Screen, 1995,NDAR Oil on hardboard, 90 x 90 cm, Private collection The Chinese Screen, 1995, Oil on hardboard, 90 x 90 cm, Private collection The Chinese Screen, 1995, Oil on hardboard, 90 x 90 cm, Private collection The Chinese Screen, 1995, Oil on hardboard, 90 x 90 cm, Private collection
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AUSTRALIAN TRAVEL POSTERS
AUSTRALIAN AUSTRALIAN TRAVEL POSTERS TRAVEL POSTERS July 2018 July 2018 July 2018 July 2018 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 2018 CALENDAR Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 2018 CALENDAR Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Published by Blue Island Press Published by Blue Island Press
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 www.blueislandpress.com2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 www.blueislandpress.com2 3 4 5 6 7 Each page has a framable image printed Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 PRINTED10 IN11 AUSTRALIA12 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 PRINTED10 IN11 AUSTRALIA12 13 14 for each day to record your diary dates BIP 0040 for each day to record your diary dates BIP 0040 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Front Cover: Front Cover: Travel Poster Australia, Issued by 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Travel Poster Australia, Issued by 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Australian National Travel Association Australian National Travel Association 29 30 31 29 30 31 29 30 31 29 30 31 2018 CALENDAR Travel Poster Brighton Beach, Melbourne Australia Travel Poster Brighton Beach, Melbourne Australia Travel Poster Brighton Beach, Melbourne Australia Travel Poster Brighton Beach, Melbourne Australia
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Each page has a framable image printed on A N E QUISITE E YE Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates Ferdinand Bauer 2018 CALENDAR Front Cover: As the natural history painter on Matthew Ferdinand Bauer, Eucalyptus Pruinosa, 1802, Flinder’s journey of discovery to Australia on Watercolour, 52.6 x 35.7, National History the Investigator, between 1801 - 1803, Bauer Museum, London. participated in one of the greatest botanical and zoologoical expeditions of all time. Layout © Blue Island Press 2016 August 2018 Published by Blue Island Press Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday The elusive Bauer, born in Feldsberg, Austria, www.blueislandpress.com
has left the world an extraordinary legacy of 1 2 3 4 many thousands of the fi nest botanical and 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA zoological drawings ever produced. The man BIP 0043 himself remains elsuive, only a handful of 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 letters remain and only a small proportion of his work has even been published or exhibited. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
2018 CALENDAR 26 27 28 29 30 31 Livistona Humilis, A Cabbage Palm. Watercolour 52.8 x 35.7, Natural History Museum, LONDON.
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WILLIAM BOISSEVAIN WILLIAM BOISSEVAIN A Passion for Colour A Passion for Colour
WILLIAM BOISSEVAIN A Passion for Colour
2018 CALENDAR Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates William Boissevain established himself as one of Western Australia’s most successful Front Cover: painters since settling in Perth in 1947 after Poppies and irises, 1990, a nomadic and fascinating childhood as oil on canvas, 90 x 121 cm the son of diplomats who where posted to
various parts of the world. October 2018 Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday His art refl ects a passion for colour and Published by Blue Island Press www.blueislandpress.com the mastery of the art of direct painting. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Boissevain has devoted his life to the beauty of nature, fl owers, fruit, landscape, 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA
people and animals, all of which become 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BIP 0044 encapulated in his exuberant vision. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31 2018 CALENDAR 2018 CALENDARPoppies and irises, 1990, oil on canvas, 90 x 121 cm
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A USTRALIAN I MPRESSIONISM C Each page has a framable image During the 1880s a group of artists printed on Italian archive paper, including Frederick McCubbin, Arthur plus large boxes for each day Streeton and Charles Conder, established to record your diary dates. painting camps on the outskirts of Front Cover: Melbourne. They aimed for ‘truth to nature’ CHARLES CONDER, Herrick’s and worked in the open air, sketching Blossoms, c. 1888, Oil on Cardboard, quickly, applying their paint rapidly – 13.1 x 24.0 cm, National Gallery capturing instantaneous impressions. This of Australia - Canberra (detail) generation of painters were part of the June 2018 ‘International Impressionism’ that swept Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday layout © Blue Island Press 2017 through the world’s art communities during published by Blue Island Press the second half of the nineteenth century. 1 2 www.blueislandpress.com Sketchy impressions of the landscape, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 painted en plein air, appeared alongside Printed in Australia
compositions that encapsulated a sense of 10 Queen’s Birthday 11 12 13 14 15 16 BIP 0045 Australia’s emerging ‘national’ identity. Many of the works of the Australian 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Impressionists remain the most iconic and 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 C popular images in Australian culture. The Railway Station, Redfern, 1893, Oil on Canvas, 41 x 61 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales - Sydney
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JUDY HORACEK
Each page has a framable image printed JUDY HORACEK on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates. 2018 CALENDAR
Front Cover: Judy Horacek is an Australian cartoonist, Barking Up Wrong Tree. illustrator and writer based in Melbourne. Her work is regularly reproduced in Images © Judy Horacek 2017 newspapers and books all over the world. Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 She also makes children’s books, both on April 2018 Published by Blue Island Press her own and with the writer Mem Fox, Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday www.blueislandpress.com
including the wildly successful Where Easter Day 1 Easter Monday 2 3 4 5 6 7 is the Green Sheep? 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA BIP 0048 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2018 CALENDAR 22 23 24 ANZAC Day 25 26 27 28 29 30 Every Step Dogged.
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Jo Hollier AUSTRALIAN PRINTMAKER Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes 2018 CALENDAR for each day to record your diary dates
Jo is a full-time artist who works from her Front Cover: studio on the outskirts of Canberra, ACT. Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird, collograph. Her joyful works re ect a deep respect for the natural world interpreted and in uenced October 2018 by a love of colour, texture and design. Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Published by Blue Island Press www.blueislandpress.com “Everyday details and situations are food 1 2 3 4 5 6 for creativity. I prefer to concentrate on the beauty of small things and be selective about 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA
where I focus. My mission is to create work 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BIP 0050 that elevates the mood.” 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
See more at 28 29 30 31 2018 CALENDAR www.johollier.com Honey Bee linoprint 4 blocks
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Glo Hill Glo Hill SERENDIPITY OF WATERCOLOUR SERENDIPITY OF WATERCOLOUR
Born in Sydney, Glo Hill decided as a child that Born in Sydney, Glo Hill decided as a child that she would be an Artist. she would be an Artist. Colouring in and drawing were to occupy her Glo Hill Colouring in and drawing were to occupy her Glo Hill until she started her studies at the National Art SERENDIPITY OF WATERCOLOUR until she started her studies at the National Art SERENDIPITY OF WATERCOLOUR School at East Sydney for 4 years. A professional School at East Sydney for 4 years. A professional Artist since 1985, her works depict a variety 2018 CALENDAR Artist since 1985, her works depict a variety 2018 CALENDAR of subjects from Australian fauna, underwater of subjects from Australian fauna, underwater themes, landscapes, portraits, figurative work, Each page has a framable image printed themes, landscapes, portraits, figurative work, Each page has a framable image printed birds and animals. She had worked in oils, but on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes birds and animals. She had worked in oils, but on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to record your diary dates found water colour gaver her a lot more scope for each day to record your diary dates found water colour gaver her a lot more scope for experimental work with the addition of inks, Front Cover: for experimental work with the addition of inks, Front Cover: pastels, pencils and collage. “Water colour Ringtail Possum pastels, pencils and collage. “Water colour Ringtail Possum can be unpredictable and can surprise you April 2018 can be unpredictable and can surprise you April 2018 with some wonderful effects which are called Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 with some wonderful effects which are called Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 serendipity”. To start water colour painting you Published by Blue Island Press serendipity”. To start water colour painting you Published by Blue Island Press Easter Day 1 Easter Monday 2 3 4 5 6 7 www.blueislandpress.com Easter Day 1 Easter Monday 2 3 4 5 6 7 www.blueislandpress.com need to keep an open mind about the direction need to keep an open mind about the direction you are likely to go. It is an extra hard medium 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA you are likely to go. It is an extra hard medium 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA as it is not correctable. as it is not correctable. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 BIP 0051 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 BIP 0051 2018 CALENDAR Her extraordinary2018 stunning paintings CALENDAR Her extraordinary stunning paintings 22 23 24 ANZAC Day 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 ANZAC Day 25 26 27 28 have won her over 80 awards. have won her over 80 awards. 29 30 29 30 Koalas Koalas www.glohillart.com www.glohillart.com
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CHARLES RENNIE Each page has a framable image printed MACKINTOSH on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes FLOWERS for each day to record your diary dates. 2018 CALENDAR Front Cover: Acclaimed for his infl uence on European Anemones, c. 1916, art movements such as Art Nouveau and pencil and watercolour. Seccessionism with his distinctive furniture and interiors - architect, artist and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh is recognised Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 October 2018 Published by Blue Island Press only recently for his colleciton of botanical Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday www.blueislandpress.com works.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Mackintosh painted plants prolifi cally PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA throughout his career, his lyrical fl ower 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 pictures and sophistocated still-life BIP 0052 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 compositions placing him at the forefront of 2018 CALENDAR Britain’s avant-garde movement. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31 A Basket of Flowers, 1915-1923, pencil and watercolour.
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Banksy is an anonymous England-based graff iti artist, political activist and fi lm Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 director of unverifi ed identity. Published by Blue Island Press Their satirical street art and www.blueislandpress.com November 2018
subversive epigrams combine Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday dark humour with graff iti
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stenciling technique. Banksy’s 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BIP 0053 works of political and social commentary have been featured 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2018 CALENDAR on streets, walls, and bridges 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 of cities throughout the 25 26 27 28 29 30 world.
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BIRDS IN PARADISE Uemura Atsushi
Each page has a framable image BIRDS IN PAR ADISE printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each day to Uemura Atsushi record your diary dates 2018 CALENDAR Front Cover: Birds have always played Cockatiel with Hibiscus a symbolic role in oriental life. They reflect the many moods and emotions in man Images © Uemuka Atsushi 2017 and nature. Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 This small collection, not Published by Blue Island Press November 2018 www.blueislandpress.com seen before in the west, Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday embodies the delicacy and 1 2 3 fineness of this ancient art. PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BIP 0070
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25 26 27 28 29 30 2018 CALENDAR Woodcock, 2006, polychrome on paper, 59 x 48 cm.
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CRISS CANNING The Pursuit of Beauty
CRISS CANNING Each page has a framable image printed on The Pursuit of Beauty Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each 2018 CALENDAR day to record your diary dates.
Criss Canning, born in Melbourne, is one of Front Cover: Australia’s leading still-life artists, who composes Flame Tulips, 2014, distinctive artworks featuring fl ora and unique oil on board, 41 x 41 cm. objects, arranged to eff ortlessly create seductive textures and balanced still-life compositions. Incredibly accomplished, Criss has devoted the Images © Criss Canning 2017 past 50 years to painting. Working with oils, Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 each brushstroke is thoughtfully applied with Published by Blue Island Press colour-laden gestures to create two and three November 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday www.blueislandpress.com dimensional forms.
1 2 3 Criss Canning is represented at the Art Gallery PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA of New South Wales, the National Gallery of 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BIP 0071 Australia, the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, and 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 the Castlemaine Art Gallery. Canning’s work
can be found in collections in London, Paris, 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, USA, Indonesia, 25 26 27 28 29 30
Singapore and New Zealand. Lotus Jar, 2014, Oil on Board, 51 x 38 cm. 2018 CALENDAR
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Page 19 - Large Calendars 320 x 460 mm Blue Island Press The Bishop’s Garden HORTUS EYSTETTENSIS - BASILIUS BESLER
The Bishop’s Garden
HORTUS EYSTETTENSIS - BASILIUS BESLER Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each 2018 CALENDAR day to record your diary dates
In the early sevententh century the Prince Bishop of Front Cover: Eichstätt, Germany, created a splendid garden, the Tulipa globosa. fi rst to contain all the shrubs and fl owering plants known at the time, including the latest imports from the Orient and America. When the garden Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 was complete, he commissioned a monumental October 2018 Published by Blue Island Press picutre book of the plants - the Hortus Eystettensis Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday www.blueislandpress.com (Garden of Eichstätt), published in 1613 by
botanist-apothecary Basilius Besler, who helped 1 2 3 4 5 6 to develop the garden. That book, printed from PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 elaborately prepared copper engravings in a very BIP 0072
large format, has 367 plates beautifully illustrating 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 more than 1,000 species, 12 of which are featured in this calendar. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2018 CALENDAR 28 29 30 31 Iris susiana, I. fl orentina, I. illyrica.
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Jo hPAINTER n Wil & l NATURALIST iam L e w in
Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each John William Lewin day to record your diary dates PAINTER & NATURALIST Front Cover: 2018 CALENDAR Two Koalas, 1804, Watercolour
John William Lewin (1770-1819) was a painter, art teacher and naturalist. He was the son of William Lewin, an ornithologist and fellow of the Linnaean Society. Lewin received his early training as a natural history draughtsman from his father and helped extensively with the drawings and engravings of plates for Lewin senior’s The Birds of Great Britain July 2018 Layout © Blue Island Press 2016 (London 1789-94). Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Published by Blue Island Press
John Lewin emigrated to New South Wales in 1800 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 www.blueislandpress.com because of his passion for natural history and became BIP 0073 one of Australia’s fi rst professional naturalists. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA BIP 0073 2018 CALENDAR 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
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Parakeet (Turquoise Parrot–Neophema pulchella), 1810, Watercolour
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Japanese Woodblock Prints. Each page has a framable image printed on Italian archive paper, plus large boxes for each by Utagawa Hiroshige day to record your diary dates 2018 Calendar Front Cover: Awa Province, Naturo Whirlpools, 1855, Famous Views of Sixty-odd Provinces Utagawa Hiroshige was born in 1797 in Edo, now Tokyo. He was one of the last great ukiyo-e masters of the colour woodblock print. His genius for landscape compositions was fi rst recognised in the West by the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists
Possessing the ability to reduce the pictured scene to a few simple, highly decorative elements, Hiroshige captured the very essence of what he saw July 2018 Layout © Blue Island Press 2016 and turned it into a highly effective composition. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Published by Blue Island Press There was in his work a human touch that no artist www.blueislandpress.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 of the school had heretofore achieved; his pictures PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA revealed a beauty that seemed somehow tangible 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 and intimate. Snow, rain, mist, and moonlight scenes BIP 0074 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 compose some of his most poetic masterpieces.
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Kai Province, Monkey Bridge, 1853, Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces
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MARGARET OLLEY
Each page has a framable image MARGARET OLLEY printed on Italian archive paper, plus (1923 – 2011) large boxes for each day to record your diary dates 2018 C AL E NDAR Front Cover: Margaret Olley was the quintessential Hippeastrums with Brass Ornament, Australian artist with universal appeal. (detail) 2001, Oil on hardboard, She held close to her heart the values 69 x 92 cm, Private collection which make a true Australian and never wavered from her commitment to purity Images © Estate of Margaret Olley 2017 and passion. Margaret worked with a October 2018 Layout © OctoberBlue Island2018 Press 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday MondayPublishedTuesday byWednesday BlueThursday IslandFriday PressSaturday phenomenal pace and left behind a legacy www.blueislandpress.com
of hundreds of works. She depended 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 on her profound instincts to guide her PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA process, “You’ve got to allow yourself 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 BIP 0075 to get into a fl ow that is taking you 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 somewhere and surprises you.” 2018 C AL E NDAR 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Margaret Olley’s works are in many 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 collections in Australia and England. The Chinese Screen, 1995, Oil on hardboard, 90 x 90 cm, Private collection The Chinese Screen, 1995, Oil on hardboard, 90 x 90 cm, Private collection
BIP 0075 Margaret Olley 2018 Calendar
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Jo hPAINTER n Wil & l NATURALIST iam L e w in
Front Cover: Two Koalas, 1804, Watercolour JohnPAINTER William & NATURALIST Lewin Layout © Blue Island Press 2016 2018 CALENDAR Published by Blue Island Press www.blueislandpress.com John William Lewin (1770-1819) was a painter, art teacher and naturalist. He was PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA the son of William Lewin, an ornithologist and fellow of the Linnaean Society. John BIP 0060 Lewin emigrated to New South Wales in 1800 because of his passion for natural history and became one of Australia’s 2018 CALENDAR fi rst professional naturalists.
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HOWLING DING O AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PARKS AND WATERWAYS
Front cover: Sunset, Wilson’s HOWLING DING O Promontory AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PARKS AND WATERWAYS Published by Blue Island Press www.blueislandpress.com 2018 CALENDAR Printed in Australia BIP 0061 Jack Anderson has a passion for 2018 CALENDAR capturing the majestic waterways and scenery of the Ausralian outback.
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Page 22 - Desk Calendars 155 x 170 mm Blue Island Press MARGARET OLLEY
ARGARET LLEY She depended on her profound instincts Front cover: Poppies in a Glass Jar, 2005, M O to guide her process, “You’ve got to Oil on hardboard, 61 x 61 cm. (1923–2011) allow yourself to get into a fl ow that is 2018 CA LENDA R taking you somewhere and surprises Published by Blue Island Press you.” Margaret Olley’s works are in www.blueislandpress.com Margaret Olley was the quintessential many collections in Australia and Printed in Australia Australian artist with universal appeal. England. BIP 0062 She held close to her heart the values which make a true Australian and never Images © Estate of Margaret Olley 2017 wavered from her commitment to purity Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 2018 CALENDAR and passion. Margaret worked with a phenomenal pace and left behind a legacy of hundreds of works.
BIP 0062 Margaret Olley 2018 Calendar
CRISS CANNING The Pursuit of Beauty
Criss Canning, born in Melbourne, is one of Front Cover: Australia’s leading still-life artists, who composes Banksia and Wild owers, 1990, distinctive artworks featuring fl ora and unique oil on canvas, 61.0 x 56.0 cm objects, arranged to eff ortlessly create seductive textures and balanced still-life compositions. Images © Criss Canning 2017 Incredibly accomplished, Criss has devoted the past 50 years to painting. Working with oils, Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 each brushstroke is thoughtfully applied with CRISS CANNING Published by Blue Island Press colour-laden gestures to create two and three www.blueislandpress.com dimensional forms. The Pursuit of Beauty PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA Criss Canning is represented at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of BIP 0013 Australia, the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, and the 2018 CALENDAR Castlemaine Art Gallery. Canning’s work can be found in collections in London, Paris, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, USA, Indonesia, Singapore and 2018 CALENDAR New Zealand.
BIP 0063 Criss Canning 2018 Calendar
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Front Cover: Clarice Beckett Beach Road, Clarice Beckett, c. 1933, Oil 2018 CALENDAR on canvas on board, 44.0 x 49.0. Clarice Beckett’s evocative paintings offer a view of Layout © Blue Island Press 2017 Australia that celebrates Published by Blue Island Press modernity and the quiet beauty www.blueislandpress.com of the city and the suburbs. Her work was challenging for its PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA time, and Beckett’s story as an artist who never compromised BIP 0064 her unique vision and who continued to paint ‘against 2018 CALENDAR the odds’ is compelling and inspirational while also being moving and poignant.
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BIP 0001 A BIP 0019 A BIP 0050 A Clarice Beckett Oral James Roberts Jo Hollier
BIP 0002 A BIP 0020 A BIP 0051 A Grace Cossington Smith Hairy McClary G lo Hill
BIP 0003 BIP 0021 BIP 0052 Birds In Paradise Monet Charles Rennie Mackintosh
BIP 0004 A BIP 0023 A BIP 0053 May Gibbs Rebecca Cool Banksy
BIP 0005 A BIP 0025 A Masters of the Heidelberg Ethel Spowers Large wall Calendars - $19.98 + GST 320 x 460 mm BIP 0006 A BIP 0027 A Annie Franklin Norman Lindsay Magic Pudding QTY
BIP 0007 BIP 0028 A BIP 0070 Birds In Antiquity Norman Lindsay Artful Cats Birds In Paradise
BIP 0008 A BIP 0030 A BIP 0071 A Leon Pericles Powerful Owls Criss Canning
BIP 0009 A BIP 0031 A BIP 0072 Beyond the Backdoor Ellis Rowan The Bishop’s Garden
BIP 0010 A BIP 0033 BIP 0073 A John William Lewin Frida Kahlo John William Lewin
BIP 0011 A BIP 0037 A BIP 0074 Dorrit Black Margaret Olley Japanese Woodblock Prints
BIP 0012 BIP 0040 A BIP 0075 A Japanese Art Australian Travel Posters Margaret Olley
BIP 0013 A BIP 0043 A Criss Canning An Equisite Eye
BIP 0014 A BIP 0044 A Margaret Olley Inks William Boissevain
BIP 0015 BIP 0045 A Japanese Woodblock Prints Australian Impressionism
BIP 0016 BIP 0048 A Gustav Klimt Judy Horacek
www.blueislandpress.com T. 02 9440 4640 E. [email protected] F. 02 9440 1727 Calendar Order Form 2018 Bslue I land Press
Minimum 2 per design and purchase in even numbers A = Australian Artist
de sk CaLENDArs - $11.98 + GST 155 x 170 mm QTY
BIP 0060 A John William Lewin
BIP 0061 A Howling Dingo
BIP 0062 A Margaret Olley
BIP 0063 A Criss Canning
BIP 0064 A Clarice Beckett
BIP 0065 A Minky Grant
www.blueislandpress.com T. 02 9440 4640 E. [email protected] F. 02 9440 1727 Terms & Conditions
Our calendars are printed on Italian Fine Paper in Sydney and are assembled by ourselves. We have kept the price to a minimum so they remain a genuine Australian product and are competitive with products printed in Asia. You can re-order at any time in minimum quantities of 2 per design, however each order will attract minimal freight. You can order calendars online, email or fax.
Returns are accepted after January 31st 2018, you only pay for the calendars you sell.
To get a loan stand for 4 months, September 2017 to end January 2018, the minimum purchase is 72 calendars, there are 12 pockets on the stand holding 6 calendars each.
www.blueislandpress.com T. 02 9440 4640 E. [email protected] F. 02 9440 1727