Our Australian Watercolour Muster Painting Trips are designed to bring together Artists from all over the World to share and paint together to explore techniques and discover new inspiration!

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What's In The Pipeline for our 2026 -
'Remote & Rural' Painting Trip

Our Planning is to head to SAN REMO - Phillip Island - VICTORIA!

DATES For this Trip will Be Advised - and available for booking shortly!

The focus for our Mini- Muster year is to created events whereby Artists from all over the World can come to Australia and enjoy our remote and rural scenery to paint and relax - join together for some good times to share techniques, explore pigments both natural and man-made and generally 'Muster' together to showcase to the world what an amazing art form we share - taking Water and Paint and bringing them to life!

Our Traditional 'Picnic and Paint - 2025' went off with a bang!

- PORT DOUGLAS -

A DAY IN TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND!

This 'Traditional Picnic and Paint' was all inclusive - with the travel by luxury Coach, Morning Tea and Lunch included - the goal was to give you time to relax, have time to meet new Artists and enjoy a part of Australia that you might not have the opportunity to visit regularly!

We visited the Port Douglas Artists Inc. Exhibition in the Port Douglas Exhibition Centre - and lunch was beautifully catered for by 'Toast Sandwich Bar - Port Douglas' - with a delicious selection of sandwiches, salads and fruit treats - inclusive of gluten and dairy free!

International Artists with us took time to hear the stories from the Port Douglas Artists - here Rajat Subhra Bandopadhyay and Ewald Hinteregger join our own Yesim Gozukara from Melbourne to hear local Artist - Victoria Park explain her extended sculptural Work 'Submergence' that embodies resilience and tension within natural and human experience. Inspired by mangrove roots - vital protectors between land and water - the tubular wire forms represent stability, protection and endurance.....

Everyone bought their Paints and en Plein Air painting kit - some paper and a backing board - to capture the colours and shapes of this gorgeous tropical north!

Improvisation by Sharon Wilkinson - shows the ingenuity of our Artists!

The views were to die for - Port Douglas is spectacular!

Other International Artists - Rajat Subhra Bandopadhyay and Ida Tentolini and her husband Alessandro joined us!

Are you interested in our travels from 2024!

'The Colours of Australia' - was our Theme for 2024

'Our Remote and Rural Painting Trip'

-  To the Kimberley Ranges -

With Curator & Artist | Wyn Vogel

We landed in Kununurra airport, Western Australia - and picked up in four-wheel drive to be transported to an amazing remote and beautiful Cattle Station - where the 'Colours of Australia' abound .

It was a magic 7 days away with thanks to Rachael and her team from 'On The Veranda' - >>> READ MORE 

Trips we completed during our
Australian Watercolour Muster Biennale - 2023

- During September 2023 - We are offered 2 'Picnic and Paint' Bus Trips -

During our 'Australian Watercolour Muster Biennale 2023' with the intent - to head out of Cairns during the 'Muster' and Discover Remote & Rural Queensland - stunning scenery and opportunity to meet new people!

'Picnic and Paint' No: 1 - To The Quinkan Caves

co-Hosted by Curator of the Australian Watercolour Muster - Wyn Vogel and Artist Richard Tiejun Chao

This was an early 7am start from the Court House Gallery Cairns - We headed out along the Peninsula Development Road, an adventure not to be missed!

Our Ticket included:

• An opportunity to take photos and collect inspiration along with Artist Richard Tiejun Chao - ready for the Portrait Workshop on the next Day with Richard as your Tutor - Images and working samples from Richards sketch book etc will be available to you for this Workshop as well - but you will be able to collect your own notes as you walk the Caves as well!
• Your Picnic Lunch - this includes Morning Tea, given we are starting early at 7am from the Cairns Court House Gallery ++ little individual Gourmet Lunch Boxes and Water - catered by Gathar Catering and The Mungalli Creek Dairy 
• Entry to the Caves to tour the Caves and meet the local Artists and Guides from the Quinkan Caves 
• Air-conditioned Bus travel - with Cairns Bus Charters - with a trailer to take you paints and brushes as you will be keen to do Plein Air painting and sketching while you are at the Caves.

'Picnic and Paint' No: 2 - To The Millaa Millaa Falls & Mungalli Creek Dairy

co-Hosted by Artist - Phillip Edwards, Caroline Deeble and Des Lambert

Artist - Phillip Edwards took us on a
John Wolseley Experience to get us thinking about
the landscape and we Paint in a new way!

Our Ticket included:

• Air-conditioned Bus travel - with Cairns Bus Charters - with a trailer to take you paints and brushes as you will be keen to do Plein Air painting and sketching inspired by the commentary and demonstrations of Artist - Phillip Edwards.
• A Gourmet Lunch prepared by Mungalli Creek Dairy - this team have created a highly effective Bio-dynamic Dairy and you will have tasted their Yogurt during the trip to the Quinkan Caves on the 7th September 2023, and their ice-cream during our Opening Night in the Court House Gallery Cairns on the 8th September 2023
• Time to relax -  this is the closing Event for our Australian Watercolour Muster Biennale 2023 and so we are looking to celebrate with you all - and say thanks for coming to Cairns to be with us!

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