Neil Hann

visual artists
Written By Angela Hoskins

Introducing the art and artists of Coochiemudlo

Neil Hann  Deadmans Beach 2023 |Acrylic on Canvas 

Neil Hann came to Coochie from regional South Australia three years ago, adopting the island as a tropical retreat from mainland congestion.

A landscape artist at heart, Neil’s work reflects a personal exploration of the sublime inherent in place. Beach, mangrove and wetland walks, looking closely at the abstract possibilities of the island’s flora have therefore inspired new directions.

Neil’s landscape paintings are characterized by vibrant and shimmering fields of flat color built up in layers of semi abstracted forms. Developing over time, this working approach has been informed by an ongoing love and investigation of Modernist art traditions.

From early designation as ‘the artist in the family’, Neil was encouraged to pursue art studies and a career in art teaching. He now is a full time artist exhibiting with both the Curlew Artisan Gallery and Ross Street Gallery on Coochiemudlo Island. 

Galleries open 10am – 2pm, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Angela Hoskins

Built my first site in 2000 and steadily learned what it takes to make websites work. Dabbled in WordPress back then, still do. Since building my first Squarespace site in 2016, I’ve been impressed with the relatively streamlined approach to website design and development that Squarespace offers compared to WordPress. SEO was a major challenge from the start — I’ve spent a lot of time keeping up with what’s required to get sites working, ranking well on a SERP. I have confidence with what Squarespace offers for SEO.

Having worked for more than 10 years in the web team of an inland, regional university in Australia and dealing with frustrations that come with working for a large corporate enterprise, the idea of setting up my own web design business became my goal.

Set up my business in late 2017. Opted for a sea change, too: I now live on Coochiemudlo Island 45 minutes from Brisbane. Love working from home. Love working for small business clients. Still get casual work with the university.

Challenges? The main one is pricing my work for small businesses. Doing quality work, doing the research to be up to date in the industry, takes time; it’s hard to factor in this time to my pricing while being competitive in the market and affordable for many small businesses.

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