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28/02/2026

16/01/2026

Looking for a creative way to finish the school holidays? 🎨

My Watercolour Class for Kids is happening in the last week of the holidays, with lots of different motifs to choose from, so every child can paint something they truly love.

There are still a couple of spots available on 21 January, so bookings are essential!

Sabine Von Graz
www.welcometoalice.com.au
[email protected]
0414872118

10/12/2025

Recent forays into the world of Austrian ‘wellness!

22/11/2025

New kids courses for January 2026! This is the perfect Xmas present!!
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31/10/2025

Bursting with pride for my wonderful students and the work they’ve created so far this year! 🎨✨
They've already taken home prizes for their beautiful artworks, and there is so much more magic still to come.
So proud of each one of you — keep dreaming, creating, and shining! 💛

29/10/2025

✨A Lady with a Cockatoo – visiting the Seaside Museum and the last chance to see the Da Vinci Machines, this Sunday!✨

This Sunday, November 2nd at 2pm, I’ll be bringing along my painting ‘A Lady with a Cockatoo’ to the Bribie Seaside Museum for a quick photo with Ann, who first planted the idea for this piece. We’ll be taking a picture next to the original Leonardo da Vinci print that inspired it — such a lovely full-circle moment!
If you’d like to catch a glimpse of the painting (and maybe sneak into a photo too 😊), feel free to drop by. It’s the final day of the Da Vinci Machines exhibition — doors close at 3pm, so it’s truly a one-and-only chance to see both Leonardo’s world and my Aussie take on it in the same room!
Come along, say hi, and enjoy a bit of art, history, and local creativity all in one go 🎨🦜

The Lady with a Cockatoo reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine (c.1489–1491), originally depicting Cecilia Gallerani, the 17-year-old mistress of the Duke of Milan. Celebrated for her wit, education, and poetry, Cecilia holds an ermine—a symbol of purity, as well as a clever play on her name and a tribute to her lover, known as “the White Ermine.” In Leonardo’s original, the animal embodies purity and devotion; in my version, it is replaced by a white cockatoo, a lively emblem of Australia’s spirit. This transformation bridges Renaissance elegance with a contemporary Australian voice, shifting the meaning from courtly love to a celebration of freedom, resilience, and natural beauty.

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