WELCOME

CinefestOZ is back ~ and we couldn`t be more excited 🎞️🍿

From 28 August to 6 September, Busselton, Margaret River and Bunbury come alive with Australian stories on screen ~ filmmakers, actors and film lovers gathering for one of Australia`s most loved festivals. It`s a wonderful week for the South West, and a perfect warm-up for what`s coming in September 😉

If you haven`t already, grab your tickets through @cinefestoz

🎬 28 August – 6 September 2026
🎟️ Tickets and program at cinefestoz.com

Tom Debbo has been filling sketchbooks since he was a kid, drawing characters and creatures from his favourite films and shows. This spring, Tom shares a studio with his parents, painter Kate Debbo and sculptor Ant Debbo.

Three artists, three mediums, one family, two tin sheds at the end of a gravel path surrounded by Cabernet vines.

"With both parents being artists, I`ve had plenty of encouragement, influence, and opportunities to make and develop art of my own... My dream one day, is to create a piece or body of work that will influence someone to create works and worlds of their own."

🎨 Visit @margaretriverregionopenstudios
🕰️ 12–27 September 2026
🎨 Visit Tom @tomothy_debbs, @ant.debbo, @katedebbo and 150+ other artists this spring

Many of you will know Rob Malcolm from Yallingup Galleries ~ the gallery he designed and built with his wife in 1987, and which has showcased regional and national artists ever since.

This spring, for the first time, Rob opens his own art studio, a beautiful space surrounded by peppermint trees and honeyeaters in Yallingup.

His practice spans more than five decades ~ painting, sculpture, furniture and photography, all shaped by a connection to the West Australian landscape. His paintings are figurative and textured, earthy in palette, often vast in scale. This particular canvas carries you somewhere deep into the outback ~ ochre plains, river gums, a salt lake shimmering in the heat.

Step inside Rob`s studio to see paintings, prints, works in progress, sculptures and furniture, and a chat with a pioneer of Yallingup`s artistic community.

🎨 Visit @margaretriverregionopenstudio
🕰️ 12–27 September 2026
📍 Visit @robmalcolm_art and 150+ other artists this spring

Look closely at Natalie Briney`s work and you`ll start to see the layers.
Beneath the paint there`s vintage music sheet paper, embedded into the surface. Then acrylic, then intricate pointillism built up dot by dot. Then oil. And finally, gold ~ not as decoration, but as a quiet marker of illumination and inner knowing.

Meet Natalie at Flametree Wines during Open Studios, where you can watch her build the layers, ask about her muses and stay for a wine tasting, if you fancy. She`s one of 154 artists opening their studio doors this spring for art appreciators to step inside and be inspired.

🕰️ 12–27 September 2026
🎨 Visit @nataliebrineyartist ~ and 150+ other artists ~ this spring

"A walk along the beach, bush or forest hike or a quiet place to sit and observe the flora and fauna is a moment in meditation. We are so lucky to live and visit here”."

That`s Sherrise Todd ~ and her paintings reflect her positivity and gratitude. Simplified shapes, bold colour, the landscapes and botanics of the South West distilled into something calm and joyful.

Sherrise is one of 154 artists taking part in Margaret River Region Open Studios this spring. Pick up an event guide, start planning your art trail and look out for the MRROS studio signs come September.

🎨 @sherrise_art
🕰️ 12–27 September 2026