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    One man’s artistic journey through the landscape.

    Oct 18, 2019 4 minutes
    BY DEREK L NEWTON

    Today I’m meeting with artist Shane Mode, to hear about and see his imaginative artistic interpretation of the endless rolling hills and valleys that encircle Beverley, the little Avon Valley town here in Western Australia, and also visit his quiet backyard studio.

    Shane and wife Valerie live in a timber framed and verandered cottage close to the town, and are literally surrounded by the soft rolling hills and shady dales of the Avon Valley that are Shane’s main artistic inspiration. Shane interprets this ancient unspoilt landscape with his paints both from photos and working plein

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