MUSIC FESTIVAL BEGINS

TUESDAY night was the opening of the Murray River International Music Festival, http://www.artsmildura.com.au/mrimf/  a week of baroque music by mostly visiting Italian musicians, in it's tenth year now and organised by stefano's musician brother, maestro sergio di pieri.
After a day of printing i went to the opening at Ampelon, an amazing five acre garden in Gol Gol.
Picnic tea with new friends first then music as the evening gradually drew in - i got to watch a spider weaving a web in the tree above me and as it became dark tiny bats flew in and out of the lights.
gorgeous.



after a day of printing i went to the opening at Ampelon, an amazing five acre garden in Gol Gol.

DOM DI PIERI introduces the evening

TRIO of 
clarinet,
violin and
harpsichord
in front of the
amazing willow
at ampelon
gardens

Claudia Lopez, 
Gianfranco Bortolato
and Michele Benuzzi 

locals barb bunting, cynthia and michael  keenan and friends - we all had picnic tea before the music began - a perfect night of warm weather and clear skies

the gardens 

surround a lily

 pond just

 bursting

with flowers -

 a stunning

 creation by

 margot and

 dennis mills

two prints for my show - white necked herons