The Little Red Cottage

The Little Red Cottage The Little Red Cottage art & ecology learning centre, based in Maleny, is an active learning space. We look forward to seeing you soon!

After a wonderful few weeks celebrating Australian native wildflowers through painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture...
26/09/2026

After a wonderful few weeks celebrating Australian native wildflowers through painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture and more, Bloom will close its doors today at 2pm.

If you’ve been meaning to visit, pop in this morning for one last wander amongst the wildflowers and enjoy the beautiful work of our participating artists.

Open today until 2pm
The Little Red Cottage – art + ecology space
20 Coral Street, Maleny | Jinibara Country

A huge thank you to everyone who has visited and supported Bloom — and especially to our wonderful artists who filled the Cottage with colour, creativity and stories of our remarkable native flora.

BLOOM Artist Feature – Gloria Le Brocq ButlerFor Gloria Le Brocq Butler, creativity is a way of bringing together cultur...
22/09/2026

BLOOM Artist Feature – Gloria Le Brocq Butler

For Gloria Le Brocq Butler, creativity is a way of bringing together culture, memory, story and the beauty of the Australian landscape.

Gloria is a contemporary Aboriginal artist, fashion designer, author and illustrator living in the scenic Moreton Bay region. Her wonderfully diverse creative practice allows stories and ideas to find expression in many different forms.

Known for her deeply creative spirit, Gloria draws inspiration from her rich cultural heritage and personal memories, alongside the colours, forms and beauty she finds within the Australian landscape.

These threads are woven throughout everything she creates, making her work both personal and connected to a much broader story of people, culture and place.

We’re delighted to have Gloria’s work adding another voice and perspective to the wonderful collection of artists represented in Bloom.

Discover Gloria’s work in "Bloom – a celebration of wildflowers".

Exhibition open until Saturday 26 September
Tuesday–Saturday | 10am–4pm
The Little Red Cottage, 20 Coral Street, Maleny | Jinibara Country

BLOOM Artist Feature – Enid MorrisFor Aunty Enid Morris, painting is a creative practice that reaches back through famil...
21/09/2026

BLOOM Artist Feature – Enid Morris

For Aunty Enid Morris, painting is a creative practice that reaches back through family, culture and a lifetime of making art.

Aunty Enid has been painting since she was just 14 years old, first learning from her Uncle, whose family originally came from Tennant Creek. Her own cultural connections are Jinibara through her mother’s side and Quandamooka through her father’s side.

Over the years, Aunty Enid has continued to explore her creativity and develop different styles of painting. She particularly loves working with acrylics on canvas, using colour, form and her own distinctive approach to bring her ideas to life.

There is something very special about a creative practice nurtured over so many years — beginning with knowledge shared within family and continuing through a lifelong love of painting.

We’re honoured to have Aunty Enid sharing her work with us once again at the Little Red Cottage, here on Jinibara Country.

Discover Aunty Enid’s work in "Bloom – a celebration of wildflowers"

Until Saturday 26 September
Tuesday–Saturday | 10am–4pm
The Little Red Cottage, 20 Coral Street, Maleny | Jinibara Country

BLOOM Artist Feature – Heather GallHeather Gall delights in what she beautifully describes as the “disordered order” of ...
19/09/2026

BLOOM Artist Feature – Heather Gall

Heather Gall delights in what she beautifully describes as the “disordered order” of the natural world — the tangle, movement, light and colour that make our landscapes endlessly fascinating.

Working across oils, watercolours and acrylics, Heather paints with both careful observation and intuition. Her love of landscape is evident as she moves through her environment, noticing shifting light and shadow, tangled bush, majestic trees, glistening waterways, birdlife, expansive skies and colourful vistas.

For Heather, painting is also about capturing something less tangible — a feeling, a memory, a moment.

She hopes her work draws the viewer into those simple, quiet places where we can pause and find joy. Creating art becomes an internal and sensory journey, allowing Heather to interpret the landscape not simply as she sees it, but as she feels it.

As Heather says, “Art is a language that I have found I need no words for.”

It’s a lovely sentiment for an artist whose work invites us to experience the landscape through colour, atmosphere and emotion.

Come and enjoy Heather’s work in "Bloom – a celebration of wildflowers".

Until Saturday 26 September
Tuesday–Saturday | 10am–4pm
The Little Red Cottage, 20 Coral Street, Maleny | Jinibara Country

BLOOM Artist Feature – Jennifer KentFor Jennifer Kent, creativity is deeply connected to family, culture, community and ...
19/09/2026

BLOOM Artist Feature – Jennifer Kent

For Jennifer Kent, creativity is deeply connected to family, culture, community and the desire to bring something positive into the world.

Jennifer is a multicultural Australian with First Nations ancestry from the Jinibara, Quandamooka and Dharumbal peoples of Queensland. Growing up in Mt Isa, her love of art and creativity was nurtured during her time at Shalom Christian College in Townsville.

Jenny comes from an inherited family lineage of healers, artists and song people, carrying creativity as something that connects generations as well as people and place.

Alongside her artistic practice, Jennifer is a community activist in the Ministry of Reconciliation. Through her creative presence, she hopes to inspire peace, joy and happiness — values that flow beautifully through the spirit of her work.

We’re very pleased to have Jennifer sharing her creativity and cultural connections as part of Bloom.

Discover Jennifer’s work in Bloom – a celebration of wildflowers.

Until Saturday 26 September
Tuesday–Saturday | 10am–4pm
The Little Red Cottage, 20 Coral Street, Maleny | Jinibara Country

BLOOM Artist Feature – Tricia DobsonFor Tricia Dobson, creativity moves fluidly between art, community and the natural e...
18/09/2026

BLOOM Artist Feature – Tricia Dobson

For Tricia Dobson, creativity moves fluidly between art, community and the natural environment.

A multidisciplinary visual artist, Tricia works across painting, drawing, ceramics, natural-fibre weaving and ephemeral art. She is also an experienced community cultural development practitioner, freelance artsworker and independent curator, with many years spent working alongside diverse communities and cultural groups.

Her connection with art in the landscape is particularly evident through her involvement as a co-founder of Canipa Mudlines creating ephemeral artworks in natural environments since 2016, and through Canaipa Connections, a collective of artists participating in retreats, exhibitions and collaborative projects.

For Bloom, Tricia is exhibiting Wildflowering Vase, a sculptural work made from clay and foraged sticks. The piece began with a hand-built gloss white ceramic vase that somehow felt unfinished. When the Wildflowering by Design project came along, Tricia realised exactly what it needed — a permanent “bunch of flowers”.

Inspired by local wildflowers, the flower and foliage forms rise from the vase in a beautiful meeting of ceramics, gathered materials and observation of nature.

Come and see Tricia’s Wildflowering Vase in "Bloom – a celebration of wildflowers".

Exhibition open until Saturday 26 September
Tuesday–Saturday | 10am–4pm
The Little Red Cottage, 20 Coral Street, Maleny | Jinibara Country

BLOOM Artist Feature – Noela MillsA journey through Western Australia during wildflower season provided the spark for th...
17/09/2026

BLOOM Artist Feature – Noela Mills

A journey through Western Australia during wildflower season provided the spark for the beautiful collection of works Noela Mills is sharing in Bloom.

Surrounded by the extraordinary diversity and colour of Western Australian wildflowers, Noela photographed the blooms she encountered, building a rich collection of reference material. Back in the studio, those photographs became sketches and paintings in ink and watercolour — ultimately developing into the collection of framed works and wildflower cards you can discover in the exhibition.

Noela brings an extraordinary breadth of experience to her work. Her professional career as an artist and educator spans 50 years, with exhibitions, workshops and residencies across Australia, Japan and China. Her multidisciplinary practice encompasses painting, printmaking, mixed media, jewellery, artist books, photography, fibre and graphic design.

Central to Noela’s practice is the Zen philosophy of wabi-sabi — an appreciation for age, history, previous use, imperfection and transience.

Perhaps that makes wildflowers a particularly fitting subject: beautiful, seasonal and fleeting, asking us to notice them while they are here.

Come and spend some time with Noela’s wildflower collection in "Bloom – a celebration of wildflowers".

Until Saturday 26 September
Tuesday–Saturday | 10am–4pm
The Little Red Cottage, 20 Coral Street, Maleny | Jinibara Country

BLOOM Artist Feature – Sharon Hegarty ArtMeet a self-confessed colour chaser and lifelong maker of beautiful things — Su...
17/09/2026

BLOOM Artist Feature – Sharon Hegarty Art

Meet a self-confessed colour chaser and lifelong maker of beautiful things — Sunshine Coast artist Sharon Heggarty.

Sharon’s creative journey began in London in the days of drawing boards, scalpels and cow gum, with hours spent in a darkroom entered through what she remembers as a very groovy tube! Since then, creativity has taken her in all sorts of directions — from hand-painted resort wear and colour consulting to prop design, teaching and creating original artworks for hotels and resorts across Australia.

All those experiences now feed into the joyful and expressive work Sharon creates today.

Working across acrylics, watercolours, mixed media and ceramics, Sharon finds inspiration in coastal living, tropical colour, native flora and those small, delicious details of everyday life.

Her work is playful and intuitive, alive with colour, texture and energy — and perhaps that’s because Sharon makes art much the same way she moves through life: curious, enthusiastic and happily distracted by anything beautiful, bold or unexpectedly fabulous.

We think that makes her a perfect fit for Bloom! 🌸

Discover Sharon’s colourful work in "Bloom – a celebration of wildflowers".

Until Saturday 26 September
Tuesday–Saturday | 10am–4pm
The Little Red Cottage, 20 Coral Street, Maleny | Jinibara Country

BLOOM Artist Feature – Peter PomroyFor Peter Pomroy, painting native plants is closely connected to a lifetime of observ...
16/09/2026

BLOOM Artist Feature – Peter Pomroy

For Peter Pomroy, painting native plants is closely connected to a lifetime of observing, understanding and caring for them.

Before turning his attention more fully to art, Peter worked in tree breeding research and conservation. He remains a passionate gardener and propagator of native plants, and today brings that knowledge and curiosity into his watercolour practice — using art as another way to encourage appreciation and conservation of our native flora.

Over the past five years, Peter has become captivated by watercolour and particularly its fluidity and unpredictability. Much of his inspiration comes directly from the landscape, painting en plein air and observing the flora, fauna, colour and changing light of familiar Sunshine Coast places.
Earlier this year Peter held his first solo exhibition, On Location, at the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre, featuring works inspired by time spent painting within these local landscapes.

For Peter, watercolour continues to be a journey of discovery — one that brings together nature, observation, colour, light and the joy of never quite knowing where the paint might take you.

Discover Peter’s celebration of our natural world in "Bloom – a celebration of wildflowers"

Until Saturday 26 September
Tuesday–Saturday | 10am–4pm
The Little Red Cottage, 20 Coral Street, Maleny | Jinibara Country

BLOOM Artist Feature – Cholena Drew HughesFor Cholena Hughes, creativity is more than making an object — it is a way of ...
16/09/2026

BLOOM Artist Feature – Cholena Drew Hughes

For Cholena Hughes, creativity is more than making an object — it is a way of connecting with culture, place, materials and self.

Raised on Yarun (Bribie Island) on Kabi Kabi Country and now living on Jinibara Country in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Cholena is a First Nations artist whose practice is grounded in creativity, connection and materiality.

Cholena works across an wonderfully diverse range of mediums including weaving, ceramics, painting, drawing and printmaking, creating unique handmade artworks and adornments that celebrate culture, process and the simple joy of making.

Having studied visual arts at TAFE and university, her multidisciplinary practice explores relationships between people, place and materials. Intuitive, hands-on processes are central to the way she creates.

At the heart of Cholena’s practice is a belief in creativity as a form of self-care, connection and expression. Each piece is individually handmade, carrying with it an appreciation for slow-making, storytelling and the transformative power of creativity.

Discover Cholena’s work as part of "Bloom – a celebration of wildflowers" at the Little Red Cottage.

Until Saturday 26 September
Tuesday–Saturday | 10am–4pm
Little Red Cottage - 20 Coral Street, Maleny | Jinibara Country

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