ARTISTS IN THE 2013 AUCTION - Our Talented West Australian Artists
These artists produce the wonderful quality artworks that make the auction possible.
| ARTIST | BIODATA |
| Allan Darby | Allan Darby is 75 years old and has been painting and selling works for 25 years. Allan is a member of the West Australian Society of Arts and the Bayswater Art Society. He enters into many art exhibitions and exhibits in art galleries throughout Perth. Allan has won a number of Art Awards. His love of painting will continue as long as he is able to paint. |
| Alma Hotchkin | Alma Hotchkin trained in commercial art at RMIT and worked in display in Melbourne. She holds Diplomas in Art Studies and Printmaking. She enjoys seeking out the variety of plants, capturing the essence of design, especially WA wildflowers. Alma exhibits regularly at Ellis House, has had numerous solo exhibitions and regularly participates in fundraising exhibitions. |
| Amanda Brown | As a fine art photographer Amanda Brown has been documenting social change as part of her activist engagement with the world. This has included a love of adventure and aesthetics that has led her into places where others fear to tread. Across twenty-six years Amanda has created haunting images through a series of artistic chapters of people interacting with their environment. These environments have been urban, rural, psychological, historical and industrial and began with Australia's traditional culture. These diverse images have been shown in galleries and museums on a state, national and international level. Amanda has exhibited widely, most recent exhibitions include the AR100 Days curated by Vivian Westwood and Lee Jeans in London, UK; she is also published in the hardback version of the exhibition, the Trans Siberian Arts Centre in Moscow, USSR, Beijing and China, the 1st Edition Sketchbook at the Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA, the Bienala Intercontinental De Grafica Mica, Muzeul De Istorie in Aiud, Romania and Wild it was Beautiful, Fotofreo Festival in Fremantle, WA. |
| Aurelie Yeo | Perth born artist Aurelie Yeo has had a lifelong interest in painting and has become well known for her treatment of the local landscape and her sensitive portraits - both detailed studio works and portrait sketches in various media. Her diversity of approach and subtle handling of her subject matter through the media of pastel, oil, watercolour and mixed media draws inspiration from the many moods of the landscape about which she is passionate and her visual responses reflect a sensitivity and concern for the fragile nature of the Australian environment. She has travelled widely throughout WA and NT and also Antarctica on various painting trips, some of which have been the inspiration for 21 solo exhibitions since 1986. Her love of the Australian landscape is reflected in her paintings of these regions. She has also painted and exhibited at Rottnest Island on numerous occasions. Aurelie conducts painting and drawing courses and workshops and has given demonstrations in between participating in over 100 invitation exhibitions. She works from her studio in Mosman Park. |
| Betsy Bush | Betsy Bush was born in London into a large, creative family of six children. She learnt to draw by the side of her grandfather, who never went anywhere without a sketchbook and pencil. Trained in Geology, she worked as a geological consultant in the UK and Indonesia for several years, before moving to Perth in 1987. In 2000 she learnt to paint with Joanne Robertson at Kidogo Arthouse in Fremantle. This developed into a passion for oil painting. Betsy was selected to paint a cow for the Margaret River Cow Parade Event in 2010. Her entry 'Cow Patch' can now be found grazing at Eagle Bay Olive Farm. Betsy has exhibited in and helped co-ordinate the 2008 and 2010 Artstrings exhibitions (fundraisers for Perth Modern School) at the Cullity Gallery, UWA. Betsy has exhibited in many group shows since 2004 and has had two very successful solo exhibitions, 'The Joy of Six' in 2007 and 'Scene-Unseen' in 2012. |
| Brad Comrie | Brad Comrie has been a carpenter for over 30 years. He is particularly partial to spending hours on end granny-ing around in his shed. These hours have been well worthwhile, as he has fully furnished his home with fine bespoke furniture. Brad has learnt over the years that form does follow function and his creations are functional as well as pleasing to look at. Brad is always on the lookout for the presence of wonder, which ultimately might inspire his next masterpiece. |
| Brian McKay | Born in Meckering in 1926, Brian McKay has been at the forefront of contemporary art in Australia for over 50 years. Brian first exhibited his work in New York in 1938, aged 12. Moving to Perth in the late 40's, he worked as a graphic designer for Boans Department Store, among other jobs. From 1959 through to 1974 he exhibited with Skinner Galleries and along with Robert Juniper, Guy Grey Smith and Tom Gibbons, formed the Perth Group in 1961. Encouraged by Sydney Nolan, Brian left Australia with his family in 1964, to live and work in Greece, then travelling to London in 1966 where for ten years he created artworks that were sent to Australia for exhibiting. Returning to Perth in 1975, he joined the Praxis group, and in 1981 the experimental art group Media Space. In 1984 Brian was a major figure in the establishment of the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art. A Survey Exhibition of his work was held at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in 1988 and at the Holmes à Court Gallery in 2005. He was awarded the Australia Council Emeritus Fellowship in 1990 and received the Order of Australia Medal for services to Contemporary Art in 1991. Brian's 16 public commissions include Central Park Building in Perth, The Impossible Triangle in East Perth and the Fremantle Maritime Museum. In 2011 Brian was awarded the Artsource Lifetime Achievement Award. Galerie Düsseldorf has represented Brian since 1975. |
| Carolyn Griffiths | Carolyn Griffiths enjoys an experimental and open-ended approach to painting, which constantly takes her to new and interesting ground. Dramatic, expressive mark making, soft blending and engaging pattern making are all elements that Carolyn brings to her practice, through the use of abstract techniques and mixed media alongside acrylic or enamel paint. 'Her unique blend of materials and techniques manifest in powerful alchemical statements about the nature of nature.' (David Giles, artist). The last seven years have seen Carolyn participate in six solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions throughout Western Australia and Victoria. Carolyn most recently completed a successful joint exhibition, TRACES OF MOTION at the Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery in May 2013. |
| Charles Warren | Charles Warren studied art and teaching at Curtin University and has been teaching for 20 years. Charles is currently working as an art teacher at Mount Lawley Senior High School. |
| Christine Blowfield | As an artist Christine Blowfield likes to portray colour and perspective in her work. Acrylics have now become her tool; she experiments with different textures and techniques that give her work atmosphere and uniqueness. Christine has enjoyed a successful artistic career, obtaining many awards. Most notable was the prestigious 2012 Vasse Art Award, which Christine was honoured to win. |
| Colleen Rintoul | Colleen Rintoul enjoys experimenting and developing her work in both traditional and more abstract styles using a wide variety of media. Drawing plays an important role in her work. Her early training took place at Claremont Training College, where she specialised in art and music at UWA. Colleen has successfully combined her love of theatre and painting by creating backdrops and works for many productions including musicals and ballet. Since retiring, her main interests have centred around her own artistic development and in helping to foster arts in the community. She is an active member of both the Alfred Cove Art Society and the Melville Community Arts Association at the Atwell Art Centre where she has been the Curator for a number of years. |
| Cynthia Ellis | Cynthia Ellis is a full time West Australian artist of more than 20 years. Cynthia's practice is central to oil paint, while watercolours and gouache are a part of the working process. The paintings are motivated through the particulars of material and physical interaction alluding to expressions in responses, which convey esoterical notions understood by the viewer. Ellis receives many acknowledgments for her painting, most recently winning the Highly Commended Award for her portrait of Dr. David Bromfield in the Black Swan Portraiture Prize 2012. |
| Deborah Bonar | Deborah Bonar is an artist and graphic designer who is proficient in many art forms. She has exhibited widely in WA and has previously been the recipient of the coveted Cossack Art Award (Indigenous). She is represented in both private and public collections including the City of Perth and the Credit Suisse Art Collections. Deborah's artwork is an exploration and a celebration of her Gija and Yamatji heritage. Through her art, she reconnects with her Aboriginal culture. Creating art gives her a voice and the artistic expression to tell her interpretive stories of Aboriginal culture and her people's strong spiritual connection to land, water and nature. Through collaboration, Deborah has created notable public artworks for the Fiona Stanley Hospital, the Munday Wall at Cooling Brothers, the Perth Walking Journey for MRA, Perth City Link and the Port Coogee-Beeliar Boodjar artwork for Australand. |
| Delma White | Delma White's childhood became the inspiration for her beautifully executed paintings of unique Western Australian wildflowers and her pastel paintings represent life in and around the shearing sheds where she grew up. As a child playing in the bush, she learned which plants were edible, how to make them into whistles and found the likes of 'rainbows', 'southern cross', 'bacon-n-eggs' and 'snottygobbles'. Her still life paintings on canvas are rich in colour and detail, and portray her fascination for different colours and textures. Delma has exhibited and won many awards throughout WA, enjoying successful sales both locally and overseas. Regional businesses collect her pastel paintings for their rural representation. She has been invited to exhibit at The Florence Biennale 2013. A national magazine has published some articles on Delma's artwork. Delma loves to paint on commission and you can view more of her works at Monet and Boranup Galleries. |
| Edward Chin | Edward Chin has been practising Chinese calligraphy for a long time. He has taught Chinese calligraphy at the Chung Wah Association in Perth. His artworks have been exhibited widely and for numerous festivals and occasions such as the Chinese Spring Festival, the William Street Festival and WA Club. |
| Eve Arnold | Born in Germany, Eve Arnold has lived in Perth since 1975. She studied Fine Art at Claremont School of Art and at The WA School of Art, Design & Media. Eve was mentored by Brian McKay in 2005. In 2013 she is undertaking Visual Art studies/Sculpture with Tony Jones at Central Institute of Technology. Eve transforms industrial sheets of aluminium into minimalist two-dimensional works of art, enriched by accents of 24-carat gold leaf and/or pindan pigments. Contrast in tone is achieved by offsetting blank against etched and distressed monochromatic surfaces. Inspiration is drawn from the Australian landscape, flora and human relationships. Eve has staged 8 Solo 2-D exhibitions, and participated in over 80 Group Exhibitions locally and internationally, including Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York, four shows in Italy and two shows in Germany. The artist received a National Lifestyle Villages Art Award in 2010 and three awards in Italy, as well as five commissions from the Perth Mint to create annual award pieces for the Sir David Brand Award for Tourism 2009 to 2013. She was also commissioned by the Department of Culture and the Arts to create 17 award prizes for the 2007 WA Business and the Arts Partnership Awards. Visit Eve's website: www.evearnoldart.com |
| Fran Koenig | Creating art is Fran Koenig's passion. Sometimes it can be frustrating, but mostly it is a joy, and a fulfilling way to spend my time. Oil paints were Fran's first love, but in the last two years she has been experimenting with conté crayons, pastels, charcoal, pencils and encaustics. She loves to create something new that comes from within, and watching what eventuates. Fran has been creating all her life, but in the last 8 years has concentrated on painting and attending art classes with Leanne Pearson and Lindsay Pow. She has twice received Highly Commended at the York Society Art Exhibition. |
| Francesca Gnagnarella | Francesca Gnagnarella was born in Italy in 1984, she now lives and works in Perth. While studying art in Rome and later at the Sorbonne University in Paris she developed her own painting technique. She started exhibiting in group shows in Paris in April 2006 and she had her first solo exhibition in Rome in May 2006. Francesca's paintings are currently in major private and public art collections including Isika Spa at Crown Resorts, Liberty Executive Offices, Marford Group, The Twisted Vine, API Hughes, in Perth and various private collections in Italy, USA, Japan, Shanghai, and Australia, including that of the Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Dr. Stefano Carboni. |
| Glynda Ward | Glynda Ward has been painting regularly for over ten years and has exhibited in a number of group exhibitions, the most recent being at the Kidogo Gallery in 2012, for Arthritis WA in 2011 and 2010 and at the Atwell Gallery in 2011. She has had many successful sales at each of these exhibitions. Her current interest is painting women at play and her medium is acrylic. |
| Greg Ash | Greg Ash has been working in glass for 25 years starting with leadlights for his home. He began working with kiln formed glass in 2003. Greg has attended over 20 workshops to improve his skill set. Kiln forming involves many processes including fusing, slumping and casting. Relationship Series Togetherness #1 shows the strength of the female with unity and fluidity in these forms and the rigidity and stoicism of the male form behind the female block. Dark Red Stripe involved coming up with a new process allowing the glass to sink and stretch. The way the glass was cut allowed the piece to show considerable movement if looked at from above. It demonstrates fluidity. Dark Red Stripe won the 2012 York Art Award for glass. |
| Guo Qi (Danny) Deng | Danny Deng is originally from China. He is currently President of the WA Oriental Culture and Art Association Inc and is in charge of the WA Branch of the Australia China Artists Association. In 1996 Danny held a solo exhibition in the BankWest Tower, Perth. In 2002, the Perth Mint launched a limited edition of 100 gold coins for the Lunar Year of the Horse. Danny produced 100 Chinese paintings of horses to accompany the gold coin sets. His work Flower Heaven won first prize in the Australian Arts Magazine Art Prize Challenge in 2008. |
| Helen Clarke | Fine art printmaker, Helen Clarke, is inspired by the incredible diversity of the Australian landscape and the richness of its flora and fauna. As a child growing up on a farm near a small wheat belt town in WA, Helen spent countless hours exploring the bushland around her home. It was her rural upbringing that was to influence her view of the natural world and later, to determine the course of her artistic career. Helen's love of Australian flora is now central to her extensive collection of botanical interpretations and she has gallery outlets in most states of Australia. She has a busy schedule of printmaking in her private studio, working on commissioned projects as well as conducting community workshops throughout WA and interstate in such locations as Alice Springs, Pinjarra and Mount Magnet. Helen's work continues to evolve and her interest in history and place has provided fresh inspiration along with her ongoing fascination with the environment. |
| Ileana Rozitis | Ileana Rozitis has been creating with silver for over 20 years, having initially studied Art and Design from 1985 - 1989, South West College of TAFE. Her initial focus was crafting artistic yet wearable silver jewellery. After a number of years of exhibiting and selling her work, she operated her own craft gallery in Fremantle and London Court for 8 years. She now enjoys the freedom of working from a home studio where her focus has shifted from jewellery to making small framed silver pictures that tell a story. She was awarded First prize and two Highly Commended, 2011 Beverley Art Gallery Purchase Exhibition and Highly Commended, 2012 Morawa Art Awards. Ileana's inspiration is faith, nature and relationships, and the joy and peace they can bring. |
| Ivanka Siljanoski | Ivanka Siljanoski is a painter and a photographer. Her inspiration comes from imagination, life and emotion. Ivanka has had several exhibitions and in 2009 won the Outstanding Entry Award for the City of Belmont Art and Photography Awards. |
| Jane Grierson | Jane Grierson was born in South Africa and immigrated to Australia in 1998. She qualified as a Graphic Designer in 1981, however has worked in numerous areas since then, including silkscreen printing, computer-aided design, and early childhood education. She now concentrates on her art, working primarily in pastels and charcoal, depicting beauty in the mundane, and the ordinary. Jane's artworks do not make profound statements; rather they draw the viewer into a narrative. Every picture tells a story, and the story is subjective. The way in which light defines all subjects, and the lack of light creates mystery and therefore interest. |
| Janine Cairnes | Janine Cairnes is a self-taught artist who took up watercolour painting after retirement. She has participated in many workshops in Australia and overseas and has been the recipient of several awards. Janine has participated in several joint exhibitions and has had three solo exhibitions. Her favourite subjects include seascapes, birds, South West landscapes and the old buildings to be found in Europe. Janine's vibrant works are held in Australian and overseas collections. |
| Janine Cairnes | Janine Cairnes is a self taught artist who took up watercolour painting after retirement. She has participated in many workshops in Australia and overseas and has been the recipient of several awards. Janine has participated in several joint exhibitions and has had three solo exhibitions. Her favourite subjects include seascapes, birds, south-west landscapes and the old buildings to be found in Europe. Janine's vibrant works are held in Australian and overseas collections. |
| Jean Pastore | Jean and June Pastore work from a Studio in Port Bouvard, Mandurah. The sisters are famous for developing their own painting technique on Glass. Their award winning art is a unique way of reflecting stories from life. They are passionate about their artwork, each piece is created with feeling and is truly an original. June and Jean work together to create their art in glass as well as mixed media, including metal and wood. They have had many Solo and Group Exhibitions. Two of their solo exhibitions, Lucid Images and Windows of the Soul are still aired on West T.V. and Foxtel's Aurora channel programme, Gallery Watch. They have also produced illustrations for calendars and books. Corporate and international clients collect the Pastore sisters' artworks. |
| Jill Yelland | Jill Yelland, designer and glass artist, has worked for 10 years in art glass. Her simple, strong designs in bold colours are inspired by our outback landscapes. Every piece is unique and handmade. |
| Jillian Ciemitis | Jillian Ciemitis is a photographer, printmaker and visual artist. She has studied progressively, first receiving a Certificate of Art and Design in 1994 at TAFE North Metropolitan College, Perth and subsequently a Bachelor of Contemporary Arts, Majoring in Visual Art and Photomedia in 2011 at Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley. During that time, and since, she has held 3 solo exhibitions, in Sydney and Perth, participated in 30 group exhibitions, in Australia; Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and internationally, received 5 awards, ranging from the WA Print Media Awards in 2012 for her print Exterieur Interieur, to the Adachi Japan Sister City Exchange Photographic Award in 2008. Her works have been frequently reproduced in a range of publications such as Scoop Insite Magazine, the West Australian, Head2Head and various websites. Jillian is also included in many significant permanent public collections in Australia, UK, Canada and the USA. |
| John Baldock | John Baldock is the director of Alpha Studios Incorporated, a private art school that provides courses in creative development using education through art. He is an artist, author, teacher, therapist and poet. John has held more than 50 exhibitions worldwide, his next is at the Zig Zag Gallery in Kalamunda, July 2013. |
| John Cartwright | John is a self-taught artist, with an individualist approach to his art. He began painting full-time in the mid 1970s and has exhibited in every Australian capital city with critical acclaim. He has experimented extensively and has developed his own technique of incising the paint surface. This gives his pieces line and form and together with gentle washed colours, he has achieved some unique effects. His subject matter is predominantly the landscape of the South West of Western Australia, with emphasis on houses, abandoned cartwheels, farm animals and bushland. John is a very spiritual person and his paintings can be seen to show man's life from the earthly tenuous hold, symbolised by twisting pathways and trees holding to the earth and reaching up through life's journey to the celestial. |
| Joie Villeneuve | Joie Villeneuve is an American-born (Minnesota) artist who graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design, USA, in 1991 and has been a professional artist since. In school she majored in painting and minored in printmaking and bookmaking. She moved to Perth in 2008 and has since become an Australian citizen. She is delighted to call Australia home because with this new home, comes the opportunity to explore the rich and varied flora and fauna seen only in Australia. One of those is the iconic Australian Magpie, which has inspired this recent series of paintings. Joie will be having two exhibitions is the US this year with galleries she has worked with for many years and has maintained relationships with since moving to Australia. Her work can be seen at various group exhibitions in Perth as well as The Studio Gallery in Yallingup, WA or by visiting her studio in Wembley. |
| Joy Chen | Joy Chen was born in China and raised in a family of art lovers. She learnt drawing from the famous Chinese artist, Qian Ye and began painting in 1991. Joy migrated to Perth in 1996, she finds Australia's wild life and beautiful landscapes enliven her spirit of creativity. Joy is a member of the WA Oriental Culture and Art Association. |
| Judy Rogers | Judy Rogers' sensitive and intimate figurative works focus on the small details and quiet moments present in everyday life. They are informed by classical traditions and meticulously constructed; her imagery is imbued with an honesty and warmth rarely evident in contemporary figurative painting. The conventions of scale and composition coupled with a comprehensive understanding of traditional techniques are utilised to communicate these usually private moments. Rogers has been practicing as a visual artist since 2003. She has held 4 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 200 group exhibitions. She has worked on major public art commissions and received considerable recognition with more than 35 awards including, City of Joondalup Overall Award 2010 and 2012, First Prize Mosman Park Art Award 2012 and Highly Commended Black Swan Portraiture Prize 2010. Her work can be found in many public collections including King Edward Memorial, Sir Charles Gardiner and Royal Perth Hospitals; Edith Cowan University; Cities of Wanneroo, Joondalup and Belmont; National Lifestyle Villages and Town of Mosman Park. Various private collections include, Horn Collection WA, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, France and Hungary. Represented by Melody Smith Galleries, Judy has an artist studio in the Tresillian Art Centre in Nedlands. |
| Julian D. Fisher | Julian Fisher was born and educated in South Africa where he attained a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1955. He practiced in South Africa from that date and began a parallel career as an artist from 1965, participating in exhibitions soon after. Julian immigrated to Australia in 1988 and continues to exhibit nationally and internationally. Here he soon established himself in the corporate, gallery and art-show worlds, gaining many commissions for organisations such as Woodside Offshore Petroleum, Wesfarmers, BHP Steel, Hong Kong Bank, Gwalia Consolidated, Murchison Zinc and GEOS, Japan. Julian's work interprets subject and object within, creating orchestrations of form colour and integrity. He employs depth and vision in his unique semi-abstract and expressionistic style. |
| June Pastore | June & Jean Pastore work from a Studio in Port Bouvard, Mandurah. The sisters are famous for developing their own painting technique on Glass. Their award winning art is a unique way of reflecting stories from life. They are passionate about their artwork, each piece is created with feeling and is truly an original. June and Jean work together to create their art in glass as well as mixed media, including metal and wood. They have had many Solo and Group Exhibitions. Two of their solo exhibitions, Lucid Images and Windows of the Soul are still aired on West T.V. and Foxtel's Aurora channel programme, Gallery Watch. They have also produced illustrations for calendars and books. Corporate and international clients collect the Pastore sisters' artworks. |
| Keith Hamilton | Keith Hamilton has been painting for a number of years and has had great success in numerous exhibitions across the state. He has been recognised for his skilful use of tone and colour in his paintings of flora, still life and landscapes. As the winner of the Standard News Art Competition 2002, Keith displayed his works in the International Conference Room, Burswood. He has achieved two Highly Commended awards; Tresillian Art Centre Exhibition 2009 and Art in the Park Plein Air Competition 2010 and has been published in the national magazine Australian Artist. Keith taught at the Claremont School of Art, he is the Vice President of the Western Australian Society of Art Inc and a member of the Artists in Arms Organisation. |
| Kerrie Di Cataldo | Kerrie Di Cataldo has taught photography for TAFE, is the winner of three art awards, and has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions, and one solo. Her interest in photography encompasses black and white, toning, alternative photographic and darkroom processes, and digital. Distortions, reflections and abstractions all provide inspiration to portray a feeling, representative of the image. The unique beauty of photographic art is a powerful and endless source of inspiration. Kerrie holds an Assoc. Dip. Arts, has exhibited images in a Melbourne gallery over the past 2 years, and is represented in both private and public collections, including Central TAFE Art and Design, the City of Vincent, Mount Lawley Senior High School, and the Holmes à Court Collection. |
| Lawrence Marshall | Lawrence Marshall has been working on a series of abstract building images and recently showed work in the Guildford Heritage Festival. Lawrence also gives tuition in photography - see www.lawrencemarshallphotography.com |
| Lesley Meaney | Artist, teacher, curator, writer - Lesley Meaney trained in London and arrived in Australia in 1969. From 1973 - 1983 she was head of Art at Fremantle College of TAFE and Art Coordinator at Karratha College of TAFE. Lesley is a pioneer of the theme exhibition, with 21 solo exhibitions, each one unique, some fun and, some more serious. She has contributed to numerous group shows nationally and internationally and is represented in many public and private collections. Lesley has won a number of prizes and awards and is amongst the top echelon of WA artists. |
| Linda O'Brien | Linda O'Brien is an established Perth based artist exhibiting for many years now. She is an enthusiastic pastelist, branching out into acrylic/oil on canvas to excite her with experimentally new ideas. Now a grandmother of two, she has discovered a love of baby portraiture! Linda's work is continually evolving, her journey forever seeking to portray light and its effect in atmosphere, luminosity and colour. Over the past 12 years she has realized nine solo exhibitions and more than twenty joint exhibitions with inspiring fellow artists. Linda is represented specifically in galleries of the Margaret River region. An accomplished artist, she has received over 140 major art awards within the state in the mediums of pastel, oil and acrylic. She has run workshops and offers private tuition to all levels in the medium of pastel. Her home gallery is open by appointment. www.lindaobrienartist.com |
| Linzi Mexis | Linzi Mexis originally trained as a graphic artist at the Glasgow college of Design, gaining her Diploma in Design and Print. She worked as a graphic artist in Glasgow and then as a designer at one of Scotland's major galleries, Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery. Linzi emigrated to Australia in 1981 and commenced work as a designer at Curtin University. After 4 years she started her own design studio in Victoria Park. Linzi has been interested in Iconography for many years, studying the techniques in 2009, since then she has produced several Icons. The Saint Nicholas Icon is gilded in 23 Carat gold and all paints are mixed in the original Byzantine fashion with egg tempera. |
| Louise Wells | Louise Wells is an Inglewood-based textile artist who has a passion for colour and finds pattern in architecture and nature a continual inspiration. Her textile practice in recent years involves hand dyeing and printing fabrics in a variety of techniques, which she stitches together in layers, sections are then cut away to fray and reveal hidden layers. These are sometimes jewels, sometimes confronting or conflicting; sometimes bringing light…they represent the many life experiences we all face. They are our stories – What's really going on beneath the surface. Her website is: www.louisewells.com |
| Lynn Vroombout | Lynn Vroombout trained at the Canberra School of Art and the University of Canberra where she gained a double major in a Bachelor of Art Education. Later achieving her Masters in Visual Arts Education from Edith Cowan University in Perth. Lynn worked as an art teacher at Prendiville Catholic College and in the Goldfields for 10 years. She is in the artwork collection of both Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie Councils. Lynn now works from her studio in Ocean Reef where she works with Fused Glass to make mixed media artworks. Lynn also makes bowls, jewellery and animals in glass. |
| Marilyn Boast | Beldon artist Marilyn Boast has exhibited in the MLSHS Community Art Auction six times, always submitting paintings relevant to the music students of Mount Lawley Senior High School. She has had many successful exhibitions and has won a number of awards and is a member of both the Wanneroo Art Society and North Coast Art Club. |
| Martin Kidd | Martin Kidd lectured in Fine Art at Claremont School of Art and Central School of Art for 17 years and has exhibited in many galleries in Perth, both in solo and group shows. In 1994 he moved to the Costa Del Sol in Southern Spain where he exhibited in several galleries. Returning to Perth in 2004, Martin has continued to paint. His works are represented in several local and overseas galleries. |
| Mitzi Smith | Multi award winning artist Mitzi Smith has a Diploma of Fine Art from the Royal Melbourne Technical College. She went on to post graduate studies in London and Canada and studio studies with Perth Art College. Mitzi has made a career in advertising, illustration and art production. The last decade has seen her concentrating on fine arts and ceramics, plus teaching at Claremont Art College. She has had four solo exhibitions and participated in many combined exhibitions. |
| Myra Mitchell | Myra Mitchell began painting after designing and making jewellery for 10 years. When she picked up the paintbrush she knew this was what she was looking for. She paints with the palette, knife and brush, uses earthy tones and vibrant colours. Her preferred medium is acrylic and her style is contemporary. Myra has exhibited widely, most recently taking part in Artbeat 2013 - Artinvesta and Articulate 2012 - Artinvesta at the Atwell gallery, Attadale. In 2012 she submitted work into the Beverly, Canning, Mosman Park and Wanneroo Art Awards. She has also held four Solo exhibitions, the latest in 2011, at the Wild Fig Cafe, Scarborough and in 2010, at the Source Gallery, Fremantle. |
| Naomi Grant | Naomi is a multi award winning Contemporary Indigenous Australian Artist, a descendant of the Wiradjuri people of central New South Wales. She was born in Sydney but has made her home in Perth, for the past 36 years. In 2011 Naomi won 3 awards, including the $10,000 Hawkesbury Art Award. Her successful career as a practicing artist and designer spans the past 30 years. She graduated from Curtin University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Art in Design. Her career ranges from being self-employed as an artist, textile designer, senior designer at Canning Vale Weaving Mills, teaching art in Bangkok and promotional manager of Kurongkurl Katitjin School of Indigenous Australian Studies, at Edith Cowan University, Perth. Her Indigenous heritage brings a blend of the contemporary and mysterious together in many of her works. Bold colour and beauty are strong inspirational elements that help mould each painting. Often these ideas spring from dreams, visions and memories of her travels. Naomi's equally comfortable with traditional scenes, through to a more contemporary blending of realism and Indigenous imagery. In the last 10 years Naomi's focus has been in acrylics and collage. She has developed a technique of using layers of coloured tissue paper under and over the painted surface. This gives the surface a three dimensional textural quality. I am very interested in the surface feel and the layering effect that helps create more than one perception of the image. I am very interested in pattern and design and I enjoy creating a design within the landscape. My works have an abstract element to them, but still suggesting the literal image. I like this combination, where the viewer can see different aspects and perspectives within the work. |
| Neil Elliott | Always seeking to explore and expand his own boundaries, Neil Elliott trained in many fine art mediums, including but not exclusive to, sculpture, printmaking, photography, painting, life drawing and mixed media. These skills, coupled with his ability to merge the technical world of design with the emotive and often, sensitive world of visual art, has created a style that is distinctively his. Neil's prime objective when painting or sculpting is to explore and to have fun. By constantly experimenting and introducing new mediums he is able to maintain passion and excitement toward his work. |
| Nereyda Wilson Rozas | Nereyda Wilson Rozas studied visual art at a University in Peru for 5 years. During this time she had numerous exhibitions. She works in broad ranges of mediums including, ceramic, printing, oil painting, watercolour, pencil and artistic craft. Nereyda moved to Australia and continued painting and has produced work for many exhibitions including the Latin American Cultural Festival; winning the Public Choice Award, Darlington Arts Festival, Midland Arts Festival, and the City of Vincent Art Awards. She specialises in natural themes painting rural and urban landscapes and enjoys contemporary art. |
| Nick Economo | Nick began his career as an artist 40 years ago initially as a sculptor, inspired by an exhibition of Rodin's works. Within a couple of years he commenced painting, although still predominantly sculpting. For almost twenty years now, Nick's focus is painting although he hasn't abandoned his love for sculpting, which is evident with his lavish, bold and liberal applications of material. Nick's paintings celebrate an extravagance of colour and texture, embracing an impressionistic style using a palate of strong, bold, thickly applied colours to produce depth and texture. Nick's work is vibrant and uplifting, demonstrating his trademark of rich layers and tactile finishes. He is well renowned for his lavish floral paintings however he is also inspired to create landscapes and abstract work using similar techniques. |
| Nira Roberts | Born in Melbourne in 1947, Nira Roberts has been living in Perth, since 1971. Nira looks for colour, movement and energy in her paintings. Her subject matter has varied considerably over the years but the feeling of life, movement and a real connection is something that inspires her to paint. Her art has been a journey through the mediums of pastel, acrylic, gouache and oil, each providing a new experience. Nira considers herself to be an alla prima painter in oil, working quickly and spontaneously, completing a painting in one or two sessions without letting the layers of paint dry between applications. Her main aim is to continue to grow through painting and learn from these experiences. Nira has won countless Highly Commended Awards for her paintings and pastels over the last 5 years, including most recently the City of Melville, Dunsborough and Belmont Art Awards. |
| Nonie Jekabsons | Perth born Artist Nonie Jekabsons graduated from Central TAFE in 1992 with a Diploma of Art & Design (Fine Art). Nonie has contributed to numerous group exhibitions; recently winning the 2012 Town of Bassendean Trunk Art Open award and the 2012 Bassendean Visual Art Awards 3D Category prize. Insatiably creative, Nonie works in a range of media from writing and music to photography, painting and installation. The underlying theme of Nonie's art has always been the interaction between humans and our environment. |
| Nonie Jekabsons | Perth born Artist Nonie Jekabsons graduated from Central TAFE in 1992 with a Diploma of Art & Design (Fine Art). Nonie has contributed to numerous group exhibitions; recently winning the 2012 Town of Bassendean Trunk Art Open award and the 2012 Bassendean Visual Art Awards 3D Category prize. Insatiably creative, Nonie works in a range of media from writing and music to photography, painting and installation. The underlying theme of Nonie's art has always been the interaction between humans and our environment. |
| Patricia Hines | Printmaker Patricia Hines lives in the Peel Region of WA. Passionate about printing, Patricia uses pattern and texture in her works. Her images evolve from the environmental experiences and stimuli of the landscape surrounding her home; the burnt trunks of the Marri, the raw energy of the 'katabatic easterlies', the still evenings of the waxing moon or the first stars rising. She prints on canvas, timber and clear acrylic, embellishing and using mixed media. She loves the element of surprise when the print plate is lifted and the landscape of her art reveals itself in layers significant to the work. She is the recipient of numerous awards including recently winning the Trek the Trail Award 2012 at Mundaring Arts Centre, the Regional Award at the Mandjar Art Awards 2013 and participating in Urban Couture Fashion Parade VIP Launch at the City of Joondalup 2013. |
| Peta Zeller | Peta Zeller was born 1965 in Mt Barker, Western Australia, and now resides in Perth. She began painting at a mature age after loving drawing most of her life. Peta's paintings are from the heart and things that move her. In October 2009 Peta was involved in a combined exhibition at Atwell Gallery and in January 2010 won the Peoples' Choice at the Animal Art Award. Peta is represented by a growing number of private collections throughout Australia and in the United Kingdom. |
| Peteris Ciemitis | Winner of the Black Swan Portraiture Prize in 2010, and twice finalist in the Archibald Portrait Prize in 2008 and 2007, Peteris Ciemitis has been exhibiting for 20 years. Best known for his portraiture, his work is held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, many public collections and in numerous private international collections. |
| Pippin Drysdale | Internationally acclaimed Fremantle Artist and Master of Australian Craft, Pippin Drysdale's career as a ceramic artist spans 30 years. Her passion for the craft merges with a love of the landscape, which has travelled across continents and in most recent years has focussed on the vivid dessert landscapes of Australia. Her works evoke a timeless and breathtaking sense of space and place within finely crafted porcelain vessels, narrating the mesmerising vastness of colour experienced in the unique Australian landscape. Pippin's works are included in major public and major private collections around Australia and overseas, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh and the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. Pippin's most recent solo exhibition of new works was in London, November 2012. |
| Richard Hammer | Enjoying the live, unpredictable and almost interactive aspects, Richard Hammer's first and continuing interest is chaotic, kinetic, wind-driven sculpture. Branching out, he is exploring ideas of retaining the lively aspects, without necessarily being kinetic. Richard has done sculpture units at TAFE, challenging him to move into other zones. Richard's exhibitions include Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2005 and Cottesloe 2008, 2012 and 2013, where Alcoa sponsored the latter two works, the Sculpture Walk 2012, Wireless Hill, City of Melville and Castaways in Rockingham for the past 5 years. In 2011 Richard's kinetic work 'Bicycle Boogie' won second place in the Alcoa Award for recycled sculpture with an aluminium component. Richard works primarily with stainless steel and aluminium, incorporating other materials such as bush branches and river rocks, as the work requires. He continues to improve his skill as a welder. |
| Rosemary Mostyn | Rosemary Mostyn graduated from Claremont School of Art in 1985 (Diploma of Fine Art in Sculpture & Painting) and W.A.C.A.E. Mt. Lawley 1988 (BA Visual Arts & the Crafts in Printmaking). Rosemary has been a long-standing committee member of the Printmakers Association of WA, has exhibited widely and won several awards. Her works are represented in private and public collections in Australia and overseas. Travels abroad have influenced her work in responding to the symbolic and iconic imagery of diverse cultures. |
| Sandy Robertson | Sandy Robertson has a recognisable style of watercolour painting, which embraces the true watercolour look whilst at the same time being colourful and contemporary. Her painting career has included painting and teaching in local, interstate and overseas venues and winning numerous awards for watercolour in WA. Her subjects include landscapes, beach scenes, buildings and cityscapes. Many of these subjects are painted on-location using an easel in an almost vertical position to let the paint and water flow freely, contributing to her relaxed style. For many years Sandy has been actively involved in the Watercolour Society of WA and is the current secretary, she is also a member of the Canning Arts Group, Melville Community Art Centre and the Alfred Cove Art Society. |
| Sharon (Shabbi) Phelps | Sharon Phelps, or Shabbi as she is more commonly known, began working with clay in the 1970's and held her first exhibition in 1981. Successful exhibitions and commissions soon followed, with Boans Department Store, Black Swan Gallery and ANZ Bank among her long list of clients. Shabbi recently redirected her creativity to the medium of acrylic painting and took part in her first art exhibition in 2010, at the Tresillian Art Show, which resulted in a private commission and several sales. Shabbi won the Bruce Rock Art Award in 2012 with her abstract mixed media painting Nature's Carpet. Shabbi's inspiration comes from a love of colour, nature and the elements, which are reflected in both her clay pieces and paintings. Her style leans towards abstract, which she says is more organic, taking on a life of its own. The method I'm using is a partnership with paint – we work together. She currently lives in Toodyay with her husband Peter. |
| Sioux Tempestt | Sioux Tempestt has run a successful graphic and website design business, Artery Media Solutions for the past 18 years and has been immersed in art for most of her life. In her spare time over the years she has explored a multitude of ideas through many mediums including acrylics, aerosols, markers on canvas and wood to digital media, t-shirt printing and jewellery crafting. Sioux won best local artist, Bremick Emerging Art Exhibition in 2012. She is currently working on a collection for a solo exhibition planned for late 2013. She also welcomes commission inquiries, and can be contacted via artery.net.au. |
| Sue Codee | Sue Codee specialises in creating contemporary papercut design, art objects and designs for public spaces. Her work is represented in many public and private collections. She has also worked nationally and internationally as a community arts worker and artist-in-residence. As a practicing artist for more than 20 years, Sue's interest in the art of papercut emerged several years ago while in treatment for cancer and in a response to a need to create slow art in order to slow life. The handmade papercuts require attention to detail and a steady hand that creates a meditative and focused state resulting in a strong personal connection to the work. Sue explores narrative themes of human fragility, stories of place, environment, people and community, while touching on personal and more universal themes. Sue is based in Albany and has undertaken many artistic roles including curator, arts consultant, designer and project coordinator since completing a Fine Arts degree from Curtin University in 1988. She has received numerous awards including Highly Commended Awards in the Cossack Art Prize and Centennial Art Prizes in 2012, the Celebrating Albany and Most Popular Artist Awards, Centennial Art Prize, Albany in 2011. Sue has exhibited widely in both solo and group exhibitions. Most recently with Gunyulgup Galleries, Yalingup, and Gadfly Gallery, Perth. In 2011, with Brunswick Street Galleries, Melbourne, Paperartzi, Perth International Arts Festival, Cheongju International Craft Competition, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Korea, Paper Trails, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby. |
| T. Brian Aylward | T. Brian Aylward was born in 1939 at Warnham, West Sussex, UK and studied art part-time at Horsham Art School. He immigrated to WA in 1968 and has always been stimulated by the Australian light and countryside. Since 1990 he has been a fulltime artist working from his studio in Wooroloo, a secluded village in the Perth Hills. Brian had appeared in Australian Artist and has presented many talks and workshops and taught art at TAFE. His works can be found in private and corporate collections around the world, including the UK, USA, Japan, France, Germany, Switzerland and China. |
| Trenton Harris | Trenton Harris' work is characterised by his vibrant use of colour in an abstract manner, which always elicits a strong reaction from the viewer. Drawing inspiration from the natural surroundings he responds in a bold and dramatic way to express his connection to the land. This connection began early in life as a child spending time with his father on farms, ranging in location from the South-West through to Geraldton in the Mid-West, continuing whilst he took up residence as an art teacher in the wheat belt during the early 1980's. Currently living on a bush block on the outskirts of Helena Valley, Trenton is motivated to capture the essence of his surroundings with a sense of playful liveliness. Whilst previous works concentrated on the vigour of hue and shape, more recent works have successfully interpreted the changing landscapes through the use of monotone application. Trenton has experimented with creating rectangular wooden forms, which invite the viewer to recognize the concurrence between the Foothills, the Darling Range and the metropolis, that are at once backdrops and stimuli for his work. In 2012, Trenton held a Solo exhibition in Painting and Mixed Media at the Midland Junction Art Centre, and in 2010 and 2009 solo exhibitions in Painting and Mixed Media at the Darlington Community Hall. |
| Vivienne Peters | Vivienne Peters graduated from Claremont School of Art in 1984. From 1987 to 1994 she lectured in Fine Art at TAFE whilst painting and exhibiting her own work. From 1994 to 2004 Vivienne lived in Spain working as an artist and musician. During this time she had solo exhibitions in Spain, Holland and Amsterdam as well as participating in mixed exhibitions. Since returning to Australia she has been exhibiting regularly, both in solo and mixed shows. Vivienne is represented in public and private collections nationally and internationally. |
| Wanda Comrie | Having previously donated artworks to raise money for the Mandjar Art Awards, Mandurah and PMH Starlight Foundation, Wanda Comrie is keen to encourage all young people to get creative and have a go. Wanda is currently enjoying her artistic journey in seaside Busselton, experimenting with different techniques and mediums, exploring and loving the experience so far. Wanda has received many awards including Highly Commended in 2001, 2003 and 2004 Nannup Art Exhibition, Best Oil/acrylic and Best Flower entry Nannup Art Exhibition 2002, Highly Commended Capel Fest Art Exhibition 2003 and 2004, Highly Commended Busselton Underwater Exhibition 2004, Best Oil/Acrylic and the People's choice Art X-pose Mackillop College 2005. She also received 1st Prize RotARTary Award, Margaret River 2005 and 2nd Prize Capel Fest Art Exhibition 2005. |
| Warayute Bannatee | Warayute Bannatee is a self-taught artist from Thailand, living in Australia for over 13 years. Warayute has won numerous art prizes and people's choice awards, most recently the People's Choice Award for the Mid West Art Prize in 2012, Hedland Art Prize in 2010 and Mandjar Art Awards 2009. Since 2005 Warayute's work has featured in many exhibits from Albany to the Kimberley via Perth, Katanning and City of Melville. |
| Yau Chau | Yau Chau was born in Guangdong, China in 1968. From a young age he studied oil painting with famous masters in Hong Kong. He has had his own painting exhibitions in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and more. Since moving to Western Australia in 1996, Yau has won several awards for his paintings such as the WA Country Award and an award of excellence in Cathay Harmony Ode an exhibition of Words, Chinese Calligraphy and Painting. He is the owner of WA City Lane Art Gallery, specialising in mounting and framing of traditional Chinese paintings, oil paintings, watercolour paintings and more. Yau Chau is the President of the WA Oriental Culture and Art Association. |