Dr Joan Janet Bayliss West Australian Artist
Hidden Talent: Untold Stories of the Fairview Art Collection
Release Date: 02/20/2020
Hidden Talent: Untold Stories of the Fairview Art Collection
Described as Australia's most iconic outhouse, The Stallion Box Subiaco is a tiny house that packs a punch. It was part of Open House Perth 2024 and showcases the sustainable small house movement. Owner, Thomas Murrell talks to Curtin FM's afternoon show host, Jenny Seaton about it's design and history.
info_outline Fairview Tours Australian Heritage Festival Interview with ABC Radio Perth Afternoons 18 April 2024Hidden Talent: Untold Stories of the Fairview Art Collection
An interview with art collector, heritage enthusiast and owner of historic Fairview, Thomas Murrell with Michael Tetlow on ABC Radio Perth Afternoons Program as they talk about the history of the house, the nationally significant collection of women's art and open as part of the 2024 Australian Heritage Festival..
info_outline Australian Oil Painter Andrew MurrellHidden Talent: Untold Stories of the Fairview Art Collection
Australian oil painter Andrew Murrell (1945-2023) talks about his art and life.
info_outline Mary Millicent Wigg - South Australian ArtistHidden Talent: Untold Stories of the Fairview Art Collection
An interview with Helen Patterson, daughter of notable South Australian artist Mary Millicent Wigg (nee Lamphee) who was active from the 1940s to 2001. She was born on the 8th October 1904 and died on April 29, 2001 aged 96 years after a tragic car accident whilst returning from a painting trip to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia.
info_outline ABC Radio Interview 891 South Australian Evenings with Peter Goers talking about my Uncle's book "To Thyself Be True" by Bill MurrellHidden Talent: Untold Stories of the Fairview Art Collection
Thomas Murrell is interviewed about his late Uncle's just published book "To Thyself Be True" by Bill Murrell. The interview is by Peter Goers of ABC Radio Adelaide 891 Evenings.
info_outline Historic Stained Glass of Subiaco Interview with Thomas Murrell and Jenny Seaton on Curtin RadioHidden Talent: Untold Stories of the Fairview Art Collection
Art collector Thomas Murrell is interviewed by Jenny Seaton on Curtin Radio about the World Heritage Day event on Subiaco's historic stained glass as part of the United Nations designated International Year of Glass.
info_outline Historic Stained Glass and Leadlight in Subiaco ABC Radio Interview with Thomas MurrellHidden Talent: Untold Stories of the Fairview Art Collection
Art Collector Thomas Murrell is interviewed by ABC Radio Perth Afternoon show host Christine Layton about the upcoming seminar for World Heritage Day and the International Year of Glass on Subiaco's historic stained glass and leadlight.
info_outline Dr Bronwyn Hughes on the work of Stained Glass Artists Montgomery and GrimblyHidden Talent: Untold Stories of the Fairview Art Collection
Glass historian Dr Bronwyn Hughes talks about the stained glass work of William Montgomery and Herbert Grimbly. Glass panels attributed to these glass artists are held in the collection at historic Fairview of Subiaco.
info_outline Historic Stained Glass of Fairview with Glass Artist and Restorer Kim FitzpatrickHidden Talent: Untold Stories of the Fairview Art Collection
Fourth generation glass artist and restorer Kim Fitzpatrick from Tradition Stained Glass talks about his art practice and then takes us on a tour of the stained glass collection of the historic home Fairview in Subiaco.
info_outline Marie Tuck Australian artist : Reflections on her life by Margaret MuirheadHidden Talent: Untold Stories of the Fairview Art Collection
Marie Tuck (1866 - 1947) was a South Australian and West Australian painter and art educator who was heavily influenced by French culture. One of her works is held in The Fairview Art Collection in Subiaco, Perth. A relative, Margaret Muirhead discusses her life and extraordinary talent as part of International Women's Day celebrations.
info_outlineDr Joan Janet Bayliss (nee Twycross) is an Australian artist, author, teacher and psychologist who was born in Rabaul, New Britain in March 1925 to a wireless officer father (James Twycross) and homemaker mother (Annie) who were both from Western Australia and had married on the neighbouring island of New Britain in 1921. Janet had an early gift for art and grew up in Rabaul until 1937 when a dramatic volcanic eruption forced her family’s evacuation on a steamship. She later wrote about her childhood experiences in a book titled Living in a Volcano in what was then the Australian Territory of New Guinea. She won a scholarship to Perth Modern School, gained a teacher’s degree at Claremont Teachers College in 1945 followed by a primary school teaching role in Kalgoorlie. She participated in her first art exhibition in Adelaide in 1948 while at Art College and in December of that year married Dr Colin Bayliss, a GP who later specialised in rheumatology. In 1953 Janet joined the Bunbury Art Society and remained a member until December 1966 when the family left for Scotland. She was secretary for some years and one year she was instrumental in organising the Bunbury Art Competition. The judges awarded her a significant prize, for which she had not intended to compete, and which made her feel conflicted! She exhibited at least once with Anne Creed in Perth. During a two-year stay in Scotland while husband Colin furthered his medical qualifications, a visit to Europe was to have a lasting emotional impact on her family. In World War II Colin was a Lancaster bomber pilot who had been shot down over occupied France. After being taken in by a local family and nursed back to health he was then betrayed by a spy agent and handed over to the Gestapo. Colin had kept in touch with the French family for 20 years until they were able to meet them in an emotional reunion. After being captured, Colin spent more than two years in a prisoner of war camp and he later wrote an autobiography about his experiences in a book titled "No Flying Without Wings" published in 1994. In 1962 Janet completed a Bachelor of Arts degree as an external student, with a double major in English. This was followed by a Bachelor of Psychology with Honours, then in the late 1970's and early 1980's a Masters in Psychology and finally in December 1988 her PhD in psychology was conferred. In March 1990 she retired from Public Service and consulted in private practice. Her artistic work covered portraiture, abstracts, landscapes and still life’s in her signature style of watercolours and ink. Her most famous work is a quartet of pen and watercolour McCusker roses donated and then auctioned as a fundraiser for the McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer’s Disease Research in 2001. These were subsequently turned into a printed set of gift cards. Her work is held in many private collections and she died of cancer in 2003. One of the watercolour and ink rose quartet, “McCusker Rose in Full Flower” 2001 is held in the Fairview Art Collection in Subiaco, Perth.