Loading Rice on the Mekong

While on a boat on the Mekong this amazing scene emerged of men carrying huge bags of rice down a steep slope to load onto boats on the river. The slope was steep, rocky with burning hot sand. The men were bare footed or wearing flimsy thongs. The effort it took is shown on their facial expressions.

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After completing a Diploma in Visual Arts, Sylvia has been actively exhibiting her work in Melbourne and its suburbs. She has an interest in depicting iconic scenes of Melbourne, its flora and in particular people going about their everyday life. Using oil, watercolour, ink and lino cut prints she enjoys depicting the images as she sees them in real life.

While Anna grew up in a family of artists, she has always appreciated the beauty of complexity of art. Throughout her life, she has always been engaged in the artistic process with different types of projects and has learnt many different and eclectic skills from crocheting, to french polishing. There has always been a strong desire to experiment with different mediums and effects. This passion to create and extend her artistry has further progressed into paintings.