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ABOUT US…

We both have a passionate interest in the arts, and are experienced photographers. We met at the QAGOMA book club. Discovering that we both had the same interests, we decided to collaborate in publishing a photographic book of Brisbane's brick buildings. We found many interesting examples, not just the old and the new, but also the re-purposed and rescued.

Joanne Heath
Virginia Russell

Joanne's father was a bricklayer and, as a long time Brisbane resident, Joanne has a keen interest for her home city's brick buildings. She is a photographer and an artist and is a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Queensland Art Society in Brisbane and an RQAS fellow.

JOANNE  HEATH

VIRGINIA  RUSSELL

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS

 

2013          Painting with the Camera 2: Solo Exhibition 

                  Royal Queensland Art Society: Petrie Terrace 

                  Gallery: Unit 3, 162 Petrie Tce, Brisbane

2007          Painting with the Camera: Solo Exhibition 

                  Royal Queensland Art Society: Gallery 419:

                  Upper Edward St. Spring Hill, Brisbane

2007          Annual Exhibition: Royal Queensland Art  

                  Society:   Gallery 419:

                  Upper Edward St. Spring Hill, Brisbane

2006          Royal Queensland Show: Photography

2006          Annual Exhibition: Royal Queensland Art  

                  Society:   Gallery 419:

                  Upper Edward St. Spring Hill, Brisbane
 

AWARDS

 

2007           Gallery 419 RQAS Annual Exhibition:

                    Photography: highly commended,  commended:

                   Judge: Katherine Brimble-Stone Fox

2006           Gallery 419 RQAS Annual Exhibition:

                   First prize: Photography

                   Judge: Rhyl Hinwood

2006           Royal Queensland Show: Photography

                   Commended

1994           Diploma in Fine Art from the Brisbane institute of

                   Art.

Virginia worked for many years as a registered architect in Sydney and Brisbane. Moving to Brisbane in 2006, she was impressed by the number of terrific brick buildings there, and began her photographic collection.

Having an interest in graphic arts Virginia created the graphic layout of the book using Adobe Indesign.

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS

2004         Grey Lynn to Havana: Solo Exhibition:

                 James Harvey Gallery, Clovelly, Sydney.

2004         Georgian Eyes: Images of Colonial Georgian

                 Architecture: with Adrian Boddy, Christina

                 Garduno-Freeman and Rodney Jenson:

                 Washhouse Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney.

2005         In the Soul of the Architect: Group exhibition:

                 Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, Sydney.

On-line     https://www.flickr.com/photos/42925362@N08/

PUBLICATIONS

 

The Illegitimate Adventures of a Theatrical Eccentric: Mark Melford, actor and author 1850-1914, a biography.

ISBN10 0648129101 - ebook

ISBN13 9780648129103 - paperback

Publisher: Mistry Press, 2017

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