Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
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Tudor on show - Sunny by name, nature By Shamsiya Hussainpoor The Monbulk 22-year-old Sunny Dean Tudor made his debut show as a solo exhibition artist over the weekend. Mr Tudor has been part of the Sherbrooke Art Society for several years now and during last year’s exhibition his artwork flourished swiftly, and he became the ‘Artist of the Year’ – leading him to host his first solitary show on Saturday 10 August at the gallery in Belgrave. “I feel focused when I’m painting, that’s the main thing, and it’s a bit of a journey because with some paintings I really struggle to get it to how I want it to look,” he said. He began painting with oil paint just prior to Covid but before that he was painting using watercolours and he’s been quite the drawer since he was four years old. His artwork has been displayed in student exhibitions when he was doing watercolours in 2019. “It’s always been something I really enjoyed and just something I would do to pass time, I’m home-schooled, I had a lot more time to pursue my passions than a lot of other kids, which is very helpful,” he said. His paintings are narrative-based, and each painting is in the eye of the beholder. Read more on page 12
Sunny Tudor painted this portrait as a gift for his best mate’s birthday
Doongalla close calls raise fears for horse riders and mountain bikers...
Forest near-misses Safety concerns for mountain bikers and horse riders have raised after near misses on shared trails in the Doongalla State Forest. On Sunday 4 August Ms Andrea Blake, horse George and two friends with their horses were out
for a Sunday ride when the group had a number of encounters with bikers on the trails. “We had a lady coming up the hill, very fast, around the corner on a bike and that was the first fright for the horses,” she said. “They pulled up as soon as they saw the horses reacting.”
Long-time horse rider Andrea Blake keeps her horse George on agistment in The Basin and regularly rides in the Doongalla State Forest. Over social media, Ms Blake thanked the riders for pulling up as they are required to but said she is concerned that without proper awareness situations with horses and bike riders may not
end well. In the same area, Dandenong ranges trail rides, also known as Smallacombe’s riding school recently closed its operations until further notice, as they search for an affordable insurance provider to cover them for trail rides through the popular state forest. Read more on page 2
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