Art Workshops with Les

Below are a few images from last years’ art workshops I ran at the delightful paper boat press gallery and studio.

If you’d like to join in a workshop please go the blog post before this or to the ‘workshop’ page of this website. There are new workshops coming up in April.

Art workshop 'autumn leaves'

‘Autumn Leaves’

I will be running more watercolour and ink art workshops at paper boat press gallery and studio in April.

For more information about the workshops press the art workshop with Lesley button below or go to the ‘workshop’ page of this website.

Lets get leafy!

Happy Holidays

Wishing everyone a happy holiday.

May 2024 bring with it peace, joy and connection for everyone.

Thank you for your support of my art practice this year. It is deeply appreciated.

Hope our paths cross next year.

Love

Les

PORCELAIN MOTHS for sale in the online shop

New hand built porcelain moths pinned on small blocks of Australian woods are available in the online shop.


Please press the button below to go to the online shop



'Nasturtium from Julie's Garden' Art Workshop - Paper Boat Press Gallery and Studio in September

The’ Nasturtiums from Julie’s Garden’ art workshops at Paperboatpress studio and gallery in September were a great success.

Lots of beautiful paintings were created as participants learnt new skills, sipped on nasturtium leaf tea and shared their own memories of this special flower.

For details or bookings for the next ‘Spring Garden’ art workshop please press the button below

Spring Garden - Art Workshops in November at Paper Boat Press Gallery and Studio

Spring Garden

Paper Boat Press Gallery and Studio

I will be back at the Paper Boat Press Studio and gallery next month to run a few art workshops . The theme is Spring Garden.

Saturday 18 November and 19 November

It is a beautiful space and we’ll be surrounded by flowers, paint and good company.

Kylie and her team have created a lovely space in Brisbane.


For workshop details and bookings please press on the button below.

Paper Boat Press - Celebration of Nasturtiums

A Celebration of Nasturtiums

19 August

Paper Boat Press Gallery/Shop/Studio , 60 Ashgrove Crescent, Ashgrove

www.paperboatpress.com

‘Nasturtiums from Julie’s Garden’

watercolour and ink workshops (information in the ‘Workshop’ link of this website )

Nasturtium paintings for sale and ceramic moths

'Tiny Giants' Exhibition: Redcliffe Museum

Redcliffe Museum have created a beautiful ‘Tiny Giants’ display for the exhibition. What a talented team. Thank you .

Curator: Carly Hughes

Designer: Jamie Spiers

Tiny giants up close

Photographer Todd Hunter McGaw took beautiful close up photographs of the tiny paper insects . A few of these were enlarged and used as part of the museum display.

‘Tiny Giants’ Exhibition

Redcliffe Museum

22 March - 18 June 2023

paper invertebrates - Lesley Kendall 2022

new addition to Tiny Giants paper invertebrate collection


Creating a new addition to the Tiny Giants paper invertebrate collection - A series of threatened butterflies and moths of Queensland . Tiny Giants will be displayed in the Redcliffe Museum for the next few months.

Tiny Giants is a collection of lifelike paper sculptures that interpret the diversity of invertebrates found in Mary cairncross Scenic Reserve, Maleny.

The museum is also hosting an exhibition of work by Harriet and Helena Scott. Transformations: Art of the Scott Sisters. The exhibition will feature reproductions of their exquisite watercolour paintings.

11 March - 18 June, 2023

REDCLIFFE MUSEUM

75Anzac Avenue, Redcliffe

Telephone - 3480 6700

Paper Sculptures , Lesley Kendall, 2023

Watercolour paintings for sale

There will be a new watercolour paintings uploaded into the online shop every day this week 13-19 December. The online shop will be closed in January and reopening in February 2023.

Shop Update - NEW Paper Moth Boxes in November

The online shop is updated with new Paper moth boxes.

New moth boxes will be added in November.

The moth boxes are customised small boxes with a pinned paper moth in them. They can be hung on the wall or be free standing.

To enter the online shop - press on the website menu and go to the SHOP page of the website .

Thank you for the support .

Les

Paper Moths and moth paintings - Lesley Kendall 2022



'PAPERWINGS' Collaboration with Sustainable Fashion

When Sarah, from Sustainable Fashion, approached me to collaborate with her using my paper butterflies, I was excited at the opportunity. The paper butterflies she chose to work with were the Richmond Birdwing Butterflies and their host vine that I had created for the Mary Cairncross ‘Tiny Giants’ Collection .

The Richmond Birdwing Butterfly is a threatened species and is listed as Vulnerable ( QLD).

The paper works were photographed by Lyndall Carmichael. These were translated into a digital design by Sustainable Fashion which were then printed onto fabric.

The fabric has been incorporated into Sarah’s new range ‘PAPERWINGS’ for her RANT label.

The clothes will be launched at a pop up shop on the 29 and 30 October. The clothing range is beautiful, fresh, summery and easy to wear.

I will be selling moth boxes, moth paintings and cards at the pop up shop. The moth boxes are custom made boxes with a pinned paper moth in them.

Sarah and I look forward to seeing you there.

If you cant make the pop up shop you can go to Sarah’s website. All clothing will be available online after the pop up shop.

www.sustainablefashion.com.au

POP UP SHOP

One Body Studio

5/858 Waterworks Road, The Gap, Brisbane

SATURDAY 29th OCTOBER ( 12pm-7pm)

SUNDAY 30th OCTOBER ( 9am - 2pm)

5 years ago I collaborated with Sarah from Sustainable Fashion. She created a beautiful fabric design from one of my Grevillea paintings.

Sustainable Fashion Grevillea Print.

Clothes by Sustainable Fashion

Photographs by Todd Hunter McGraw

Paper Butterflies by Lesley Kendall

mothing

Lots of fluttering in the studio at the moment.

Getting ready for the pop up sale with Sustainable Fashion on the 29 and 30 October.

There will be lots of moth boxes with paper moths in them for sale . Also moth paintings and cards. Details about the pop up shop are to be found here on the website.

Sarah and Sustainable Fashion will be selling wonderful clothes from her new RANT range ‘paperwings’ . More about this exciting collaboration in another blog post.



tiny hand. tiny moth

2022

in the studio:

the collection of paper invertebrates is growing…..

The exhibition will be in April at the Mary Cairncross Reserve, Maleny.

(details in the’ Exhibition’ section)

paper moth by Lesley Kendall, 2022

Vulnerable Richmond Birdwing Butterfly

Butterfly created out of paper.

Richmond Birdwing (male)

Ornithoptera richmondia

Vulnerable

Paper butterfly ; topside and underside of male butterfly - Lesley Kendall 2021

Paper Sculptures - Little Bird + Wildflower with Butterfly

A little paper bird and wildflower with butterfly in the Wallum Art Exhibition in Redland Art Gallery, Capalaba.

ART EXHIBITION - Lesley Kendall

WALLUM

Redland Art Gallery, Capalaba

20 Noeleen Street, Capalaba. QLD

13 November 2021 - 11 January 2022

Mon - Fri 9am-5pm and Sat 9am -4pm

Paper work - Lesley Kendall, 2021

Pink Underwing Moth

I created a Pink Underwing Moth in paper as part of the ten day Art + Entomology residency in the Mary Cairncross Reserve in October. I used the actual moth specimen for inspiration. This moth was brought in to the scientists unfortunately dead. As it is endangered live specimens are not permitted to be trapped. It has a fascinating larvae.