I am a largely self-taught glass artist using lampwork techniques and have been practising for over 30 years in Townsville, North Queensland.

Lampwork is a relatively obscure art that is not blown but is built up by layering glass that allows me to create tiny worlds within a glass bead.  People often ask me “how did you get those tiny animals and flowers inside the glass”.

I studied chemistry and zoology, which is reflected in the fact that I use chemical reactions to produce certain effects.  Much of my fascination with glass has been to adapt the qualities of glass to produce ever more intricate pieces.

I produce pieces that are based on my life experiences and my love of art. Many pieces have marine themes as I have a love of the sea and the beauty of the flora and fauna of North Queensland.

Catherine Anderson
Catherine has always had a deep love for animals, particularly horses, which is reflected in her artwork. After immigrating to Australia from the US in 1980, she competed in rodeos in Adelaide, where she was drawn to capture the vitality and power of animals in motion through sculpture. Her first pieces were commissioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association to commemorate its 40th anniversary.

Since then, Catherine’s work has featured in a number of exhibitions and private collections, and her work has gained recognition through awards and commissions. Her piece “Flow” is held in the permanent collection of the Tweed Regional Art Gallery at Murwillumbah, and she has done public artworks on commission for the Scenic Rim Regional Council, Queensland Emergency Services, Queensland National Parks and Wildlife, and has created a bronze at Wyaralong Dam commemorating the RAAF history of the area.

In 2016 Catherine was chosen to create a life-sized sculpture of an Australian Navy sailor as commemoration of the Far East Strategic Reserve corps which was unveiled by the Chief of Navy at Memorial Park in Brisbane’s Southbank Parklands. In 2017 she created a dynamic portrait of a working kelpie dog for the town of Bonalbo, which now forms the focal point of the town’s centre. In 2018 she created a “Key to the Scenic Rim” in bronze to be given by Scenic Rim Shire to distinguished citizens in the future.

In 2020 Catherine completed a series of native wildlife pieces entitled “Sharing Space” depicting local fauna which was installed throughout the public spaces in Boonah. In 2024 Catherine was commissioned to create a series of endangered and indigenous wildlife bronzes which feature in the redeveloped Davidson Park in Beaudesert.

Catherine’s sculptures are cast using the traditional lost-wax method of bronze casting, chasing and patinizing each piece by hand in her studio, situated in Boonah’s Old Butter Factory. Catherine is a regular participant in the Open Studios program, when she welcomes visitors to her busy studio.

Awards:
Australia Day Cultural Award 2004
Winner, sculpture section, Just Nudes Exhibition- 2005 and 2006
Finalist, Lexus Mortimore Art Prize 2007 Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards 2014
Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize 2018
Finalist Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards 2019
Grand Champion Sculpture Royal Queensland Brisbane Art Show
Exhibitions:
Swell Sculpture Festival, Currumbin 2005 2006 2023-invitation only
Linden Gallery, Gold Coast-joint exhibition with Harold Lane Boonah Regional Art Gallery-“Quintessence”
Rotary International Art Show-invitation only
Old Courthouse Gallery-inaugural “Just Nudes” Exhibition 2005 and 2006 Boonah Regional Art Gallery “Factory Girls”(four artist exhibition) Queensland Sculpture Society Mt Coot-tha exhibition, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2023
Winner, 3D section, Ipswich Art Show 2021
Queensland Royal Brisbane Art Show 2015 and 2019

Paquita Fadden, a former accountant and IT professional, finally allowed her creative side loose. She happily paints in watercolours wherever she happens to be travelling the world photographing wildlife and landscapes, playing with her identical twin granddaughters and new grandson in Canada, boating and fishing around the Broadwater, or just hanging out in her art studio on the Gold Coast.

She recently won the 2024 WSQ Avant-garde Award and previously was awarded Highly Commended for her artwork in the 2021 and 2023 Watercolour Society of Queensland (WSQ) annual exhibitions.  In addition, as both author and illustrator, her first children’s book, Chicky Chases was published in 2022.

Zheng Donald Su graduated from Shanghai Fine Arts School in 1969. His focus is mainly in Chinese paintings. After immigrating to Australia, he has been sketching portraits for some years at the weekend craft markets.
After retiring, Zheng has taken up oil paining, and in recent years also watercolours.

Alison has been an artist for over 30 years and chooses to create vivid colourful garden and tropical scenes using acrylic paints on canvas, she also enjoys drawing character homes, buildings and cottages found throughout Southern Queensland and uses mixed media.

Alison has a website which offers a wide range of quality reproduction prints in Black & White, Sepia and Colour. Below is an outline of past exhibitions and collections she has participated in over the years.

Solo Exhibitions

David Jones Store ‘Floriana Festival’ – both Sydney & Melbourne

Broken Hill Regional Gallery – NSW

Cobar Regional Gallery – NSW

Art of Broken Hill Gallery – NSW

Group Exhibitions

Pro Hart Family Touring Exhibitions – Orange, Frankston, Toowoomba, Victor Harbour

List of Galleries – and Selected Group Exhibitions

Miller & Hart Fine Arts Gallery (Adelaide), Anvil Gallery (Wodonga), Libby Edward’s Gallery (Melbourne), Hart Family Collection – Ant Hill Gallery (Broken Hill), Eastend Gallery, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Rosalie Shire Gallery (Goombungee), White Patch Gallery (Bribie Island), Greenhill Galleries (Adelaide) , Duke Gallery (Melbourne), & Gallery 631 (Brisbane).

Awards                                                     

Tamworth Art Affair—2nd Place Award Open Section

Rosalie Shire Gallery—Goombungee Qld.

Teaching Art – Contracts                            

Mission Australia – Art for Disengaged Youth Program Toowoomba, Qld.                                 Skills Centre Inc. – JPET Youth Program  NSW

Morgan Street Public School – Broken Hill NSW

Teen Challenge Drug & Alcohol Rehab Centre -Toowoomba, Qld.                                              Private Lessons – Studio in Toowoomba, Qld.

Collections Represented In

Henry Nineo – Former Lord Mayor – Adelaide S.A.

Broken Hill Regional Gallery – NSW

John Ayers House – Adelaide, S.A.

Jacquie Comley – Author – N.S.W.

National Mutual – Finance Centre – N.S.W.

Association Memberships

RQAS – Royal Queensland Arts Society – Brisbane

NAVA – National Association for Visual Artists

ACA – Australian Counsellors Association

CDAA – Career Development Association of Australia

Study

Regional Arts Administration Training Course – College of Fine Arts (University of NSW)

Cultural Heritage Studies- Bachelor of Arts – CSU

Anthropology Studies- Humanities – CSU

Advanced Major – Creative Therapies – AIPC

Bachelor of Vocational Education – CSU

Graduate Certificate Vocational Education—Communications – CSU

Alison Greenway – 0405 179 479

alisongreenwayart@gmail.com

www.alisongreenwayart.com

My Arts Practice  – Ellen Appleby

Ceramics, Print and Mixed Media

I work with clay and different media, and make vessels and sculptures. I love making marks; textures; imagery on different surfaces; layering images; words; porcelain; and making books. I am inspired by many things especially beautiful objects.

I am concerned and confused about so much in today’s crazy world. I hope that our grandchildren and future generations will be able to enjoy the beauty and bounty of the earth without wars and conflict. I hope for equality, without greed, for all people from all nationalities, gender and diversities so they can enjoy their chosen lifestyle.

My happy places, my loves, my inner landscapes, and my concerns can be found in my art. My art is not always what it seems with hidden meaning and metaphor.

I have taught at all levels of education, and completed a Diploma of Contemporary Visual Arts (Ceramics) in 2007, a Mathematics degree (1970), and two graduate diplomas (c1990). I have exhibited and been involved with many arts events and organisations on the Sunshine Coast.

6 years of family illness, Covid, and travel, and a recent move to Brisbane has meant limited studio time, and I now return to my arts journey, and re-establishing my arts practice.

For more information:

www.ellensappleby.com.au

Find me on Facebook and Insta: @ellensappleby

Trish Evans is an oil painter living and working in Brisbane.

Trish’s paintings combine abstraction and representation of Australian landscapes or settings that she has personally experienced alongside the people depicted in the scene. She paints to capture both place and a particularly human experience of the place. She aims to record colour and light in a way that encourages the viewer to look into the canvas and recognise the place or a similar real or desired experience of their own.

Trish undertook a brief period of formal training at the South Australia School of Art in the early 1980s under Dr Jolly Koh, and then again while travelling at San Jose State University in California, USA. While maintaining her art interests during her professional career her art practice has only resumed in recent years.

New to exhibiting, Trish was a finalist in the 2023 and 2024 Brisbane Rotary Art Shows, the 2024 Harden Art Prize, the 2024 Fairholme Art Prize, and the 2024 Doyles Art Award. She also has a growing number of works in her private collections.

To see more of Trish’s artwork, you can visit her Instagram @trishevansart