
A Sketchbook Practice has launched!
a beautiful afternoon where we officially launched this book gently into the world.

a beautiful afternoon where we officially launched this book gently into the world.

Eastern water dragons are a familiar sight around south-east Qld, and we had our own little dragon befriend us and live with us for a year, so when I was

Now that it has gone to press, I can share the exciting opportunity I had while in Kosovo earlier in May. On the Spot Magazine is published by @sketcherpress Press and I

My work ‘Whale as Object’ has been acquired by the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery and will be part of this exciting new exhibition called ‘Strange Kinship’, Drawing on our region’s

It was a fun two weeks being artist in residence at Somerville House, Brisbane City. I worked in the senior artrooms for the first week and workshopped with classes there

I have had a busy few months with sketchbook workshop commitments for clients such as Chrome Street Studios, Buderim Winter School, Queensland Art Teachers Association conference, Scenic Rim Council, and

In May we visited our son and family where they live, in Kosovo. We only had a few weeks and there was so much to see and try and record

Was glad to be a part of the Swell Art Prize 2025, first time exhibiting my Memory Birds. Vote in person for the Peoples Choice award

on The Art of Making Art Artist Christina Lowry hosts the podcast, The Art of Making Art, where she discusses studio practice and conceptual development with contemporary exhibiting artists. I

The exhibition launch was a lovely few days of opening events. Thursday night a good crowd came to enjoy the hospitality of Caloundra Regional Gallery, complete with great local food

Taxidermy Stuffed Glass Vitrine with Birds 2024 gouache on green card 20 x 30 cm Souvenir Stuffed Glass Vitrine with Birds 2024 gouache on green card 20 x 30 cm

I have had the great privilege to be the Artist in Residence at the first Sunshine Coast Marine BioBlitz . I documented on the fly and in the moment as many of the wide

It has been quite the year, starting with such precious family times, visits from overseas family, the birth of a new granddaughter, the wedding of our daughter, a solo sketchbook

4th May – 7th July 2024 It was a lovely opening with many folk coming to The Condensery at Toogoolawah for the opening. Special thanks to Madeline Brewer and Jake

DEB MOSTERT & SOMERSET ARTS COMMUNITY opens May 4th at The Condensery, Toogoolawah official opening 4-6 pm, exhibition dates 4th May-7th July 2024

The Summer Show is coming!! Being opened 16th December by Susi Muddiman OAM, Director of HOTA, Home of the Arts, Gold Coast. See my new work there as well as

Evelyn and Bob McDonald of Bluegum Publishing have curated a collection of authors to contribute to their latest book in this series. https://www.bluegumpublishing.com/ I was pleased to add my sketches

A beautiful long term commission this year has been sculpting the delightful Laurie. Commissioned by his son in a lovely act of respect, Laurie was shy and bemused by the

I was so delighted to have been asked to collaborate with the Women Writers Qld, and their latest anthology entitled ‘Stuffed’. A taxidermy sketch from my ‘Animal as Object’ research

Over a week in July a selection of my brown paper portraits of ordinary humans were projected onto 143 Brisbane Street in Ipswich as part of the Spark Festival 2023.

This exciting commission was for the Brisbane Racing Club who wished to have a bronze thoroughbred racehorse head as a trophy for the Queensland Oaks Carnival Race, the richest race

These bronze sculptures were commissioned by TLCC (The Landscape Company) for Brisbane City Council to be part of George Clayton Park at Manly. I made the orginal sculptures from oil

A virtual sketchbook! People have been very kind, viewing my exhibition of 92 sketchbooks at Ipswich Art Gallery with much interest, and often wondering what is inside the other pages.

at Ipswich Art Gallery 4th March a lovely afternoon with over 140 people who came to support and peer into my spare brains. A glimpse into 92 sketchbooks with videos

MORE INFO at @mastrius.official or Mastrius.com. I believe everyone is creative. And I love to show folk how they can tap into that via an ‘everyday’ sketchbook practice. We need

I have been invited by World Science Festival to be engaged in the act of drawing from the collection in WILD SKETCH over 2 nights – 24th and 25th March

Very happy with the way this little guy turned out…my bronze hermit crab soaking in a warm cup of tea, complete with sea shell biscuits. A lovely surprise for children

Always a very full seven days as I tutored an ‘Everyday’ Sketchbook workshop with lovely enthusiastic students at USQ Toowoomba. Keep an eye out for Mc Gregor Winter School in

The Korea-Australia Arts Foundation (KAAF) Art Prize is an annual art prize that aims to foster the Australian multicultural society by bringing artists together from diverse ethnicities. In its 9th year,