Photographs by Kerrie Pacholli © pationpics.com

Aboriginal painter Dino Damiani is a focused high achiever.

Also a gifted musician and writer, Dino is driven by an overwhelming passion to create and express.

Throughout his school years Dino was a star tennis player whose idol was John McEnroe. He was destined to be a National Champion, however life had other plans.

It was later in life that Dino picked up the paint brush. Since then Dino has taken great delight and found endless freedom in manifesting his beautiful and magical dreaming on canvas.

Dino will be exhibiting his work along with 50 other artists at:

ART CONNECTED – For details go to WWW.KEDEM.COM.AU

SUNDAY 26 MARCH 2017

11AM TO 5PM

KING DAVID HALL : 520 ORRONG RD, ARMADALE

Molloch Dreaming (Thorny Devil) 300 mm x 300 mm Acrylic on canvas Dino Damiani 2017 $700 — **Molloch Dreaming (Thorny Devil)**
**300 mm x 300 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017 (sold)**

My adopted ‘family totem’ is this proud Thorny Devil (Moloch Horridus). I have yearned to paint this little guy since my auntie, who lives in Alice Springs visited our family in Melbourne many years ago. I was over joyed when she opened her bag to reveal her beloved pet Thorny Devil who happily jumped onto the kitchen table to greet us with a smile.

Humpback Whale family 1010 mm x 505 mm Acrylic on canvas Dino Damiani 2017 $1500 — **Humpback Whale family**
**1010 mm x 505 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017**

Butterfly Dreaming 800 mm x 458 mm Acrylic on canvas by Dini Damiani — **Butterfly Dreaming**
**800 mm x 458 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**by Dini Damiani**

Family of Humpback Whales visiting Port Phillip Bay on their way to Antarctica. The mother is shadowing her calf and the father follows closely behind and is about to breach.

Kaleidoscope - expanding opportunities. 61 mm x 51 mm Acrylic on canvas Dino Damiani 2017 $300 — **Kaleidoscope – expanding opportunities.**
**610 mm x 510 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017**

William Cooper’s journey to Parliament 700 mm x 610 mm Acrylic on canvas Dino Damiani 2017 $350 — **William Cooper’s journey to Parliament**
**700 mm x 610 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017 (sold)**

This symbolises William Cooper’s walk to Parliament and his fight for freedom from injustice. His life’s long campaign for Aboriginal rights began in 1887. In 1940 he established a National Aborigines Day, first celebrated in 1940.

Gippsland Goanna Face Off 600 mm x 505 mm Acrylic on canvas Dino Damiani 2017 $650 — **Gippsland Goanna Face Off**
**600 mm x 505 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017 (sold)**

Two alpha male Gippsland Goanna’s are facing off to fight for the right to breed with the alpha female in their area.

Dragonfly Dreaming - birth of a new season 750 mm x 610 mm — **Dragonfly Dreaming – birth of a new season**
**750 mm x 610 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017 (sold)**

Dragonflies patrolling their Lilly pads on a billabong in the wetlands of Gippsland.

Riches from the Sun 455 mm x 455 mm Acrylic on canvas Dino Damiani 2017 $500 — **Riches from the Sun**
**455 mm x 455 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017 (sold)**

Rain drops on billabong in Uluru 455 mm x 355 mm Acrylic on canvas Dino Damiani 2017 $250 — **Rain drops on billabong in Uluru**
**455 mm x 355 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017**

Story telling by the camp fire 355 mm x 360 mm Acrylic on canvas Dino Damiani 2017 $200 — **Story telling by the camp fire**
**355 mm x 360 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017 (sold)**

Black hole of creation 310 mm x 310 mm Acrylic on canvas Dini Damiani 2017 $200 — **Black hole of creation**
**310 mm x 310 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dini Damiani 2017**

Spiritual Enlightenment 300 mm x 300 mm Acrylic on canvas Dino Damiani 2017 $150 — **Spiritual Enlightenment**
**300 mm x 300 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017**

Northern Queensland Daintree Forest Python 351 mm x 451 mm Acrylic on canvas Dino Damiani 2017 $350 — **Northern Queensland Daintree Forest Python**
**351 mm x 451 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017 (sold)**

Red Belly Black Snake 355 mm x 455 mm Acrylic on canvas Dino Damiani 2017 $350 — **Red Belly Black Snake**
**355 mm x 455 mm**
**Acrylic on canvas**
**Dino Damiani 2017 (sold)**

In association with pationpics.com. For expressions on interest contact Kerrie Pacholli on 0423 308 005 or kerrie.pach@gmail.com — **In association with pationpics.com**
**For expressions on interest contact Kerrie Pacholli on 0423 308 005 or kerrie.pach@gmail.com**

News and Events

World’s Greatest Shave – for Cancer Research

12/03/2017 Kerrie Pacholli

Event @ The Union Hotel – 90 Chapel Street, Windsor

Sunday 19th March, 2017

1.30 till 5pm.

James Pacholli performing with his band I Sea Weed. — **James Pacholli performing with his band ‘Eye Seaweed’.**

It was 2008 when James was first diagnosed with Leukaemia and he was just finishing Year 5.

His medical treatment involved a gruelling three years of chemo therapy under the care of Monash Medical Centre in Clayton as part of a research study. As a result of his treatment he lost all his hair for about 12 months and battled through the sickness.

It was the love, care, kindness and inspiration of his family, friends and organisations such as Make a Wish, Aardvark and Carlton Football Club that helped to keep James positive and on track.

**Gold Coast trip sponsored by Carlton Football Club, May 2009, Left to right with sisters’ Emma, James, Chris Judd and Zoe. image by Natalie Evans.**

Nine years later, James has not only survived his trials and tribulations, he has forged an expansive and creative life.

He started playing drums around 8 years old to strengthen his ampidexterity and now at 20 years old he is the drummer in two bands, “Rhysics” and “Eye Seaweed”.

Now at Monash University, he is currently studying Human Rights and running his own on campus radio show “Mind Fuzz”.

To give back, James has organised a fund raising event for the World’s Greatest Shave on March19th 2017 to raise money for further medical research. His successful treatment was part of a research study that has gone onto help with future outcomes for other patients.

Please donate to assist in further cancer research at the following link https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?RegistrationID=656735

James has been growing his hair since he finished chemo therapy in 2012 and on the 19th March it is all coming off.

All are welcome to bare witness to this sacrificial offering . Plus there will be plenty of entertainment and live music.

**Emma, James, Zoe on a trip to Italy gifted from the Make a Wish Foundation 2012. image by Natalie Evans.**

**Wally De Backer (Goyte) music mentor and Aardvark Worldwide music and sponsorship ambassador in 2012. image by pationpics.com**

News and Events

Spiderbait Mojo at Corner Hotel

03/03/2017 Kerrie Pacholli

Spiderbait is one of Australia’s rock’n’roll national treasures.

Damian Whitty, Janet English and Kram or Mark Anthony Maher have played together since they were 12 years old.

**Spiderbait performing at The Corner Hotel, Richmond 2017 image © pationpics.com**

Decades of musical collaboration, creativity and god given talent reveal a powerfully loving and mutually supportive bond that is irresistible to their world wide fan base, devotees of a spiritual variety!

I experienced my maiden voyage on starship Spiderbait last night at Melbourne’s iconic music venue the Corner Hotel in Richmond.

We arrived around 10pm and the room was SOLD OUT packed to the rafters and Spiderbait were in full flight.

My mission as one of Melbourne’s more aggressive paparazzi was to get to the front of the stage. Magically, it felt like the parting of the Red Sea with happy smiling faces throwing daises in my path. That was the first sign that this was something of a rarity.

At the front of the mosh pit I experienced the full force of the explosive connecting mojo transmitted between these three musical virtuosi and their devotees. Love is the drug. Oh, and as we all know, the music is pretty damn good too!