by Michelle Endersby | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog
As one of the most well known and well loved symbols, roses speak a universal language of love, peace and resilience. Inspired by a vision she experienced on awakening from a coma following emergency brain surgery, Michelle Endersby’s vibrant portraits of roses on...
by Michelle Endersby | May 26, 2018 | Blog
When someone commissions a painting it is always a special experience taking the artist on a journey of discovery. Such was the case when Glynis Hayne commissioned me to paint the Australian Bred rose, Governor Marie Bashir, for her to present to Paul Hains, the...
by Michelle Endersby | Mar 3, 2018 | Blog
From the 30th March until 9th April 2018, fellow artist Val Parker and I are thrilled to be exhibiting paintings inspired by the Great Ocean Road, in conjunction with an interesting display by the Torquay and District Historical Society. Val and I present two very...
by Michelle Endersby | Mar 3, 2018 | Blog
The Great Ocean Road is a 243 kilometre stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford. Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I, the road is...
by Michelle Endersby | Mar 3, 2018 | Blog
Cicely Lascelles is an Australian Bred climbing hybrid tea rose released by Alister Clark in 1937. I couldn’t believe my luck when I came across a specimen of this rose in flower at the Colac Botanic Gardens with a plaque on it saying that it was named after the...
by Michelle Endersby | Mar 3, 2018 | Blog
If you take a drive down the Great Ocean Road it is worth driving on a little further to visit the display gardens of Australia’s largest rose grower, Treloar Roses, located 7km north of Portland. The display gardens are undoubtedly beautiful, but for me, seeing the...
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