Patrick is an Australian visual artist and has been painting since 2016. He works mainly with acrylic and oil, on canvas and board.

Patrick has under taken Artist workshops and courses at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney, Melbourne School of Art, The Victorian Arts Society and Bienarte Brisbane. He has exhibited in the Fijian National Fine Arts Exhibitions and online with VAS and is a member of the Fiji Arts Council, Victorian Arts Society and Royal Queensland Arts Society.

“ My artistic inspiration at present is the Impressionist landscape style. I am intrigued by how the changing texture and light can affect the observer’s mood.”

Apart from painting Patrick is a geoscientist consultant which provides him the opportunity to travel the world. When not living in Brisbane he lives between his homes on the ocean at Serua, Fiji and another on rice farming land at Ban Muang, north east Thailand.

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Prior to a near fatal medical incident at the beginning of 2020, I had applied for and was accepted to study my Masters in Visual Arts at Griffith University. Due to the lengthy recovery I had ahead of me, I regrettably decided to withdraw from the program not long after commencing, which was shortly after my discharge from hospital. I studied art through senior high school with very high achievements and also chose art as an elective subject while attaining my Bachelor of Education, again achieving high distinctions. I’ve continued to create all through my life, using significant life events to re-evaluate the most recent chapters in my artistic journey. I go to bed planning my next creation and wake up doing the same.

My primary practice is acrylic and mixed media paintings, as well as charcoal drawings – but more recently I’ve taken to oil and soft pastel paintings, which I’ve become equally fond of. My other interests lie in watercolour paintings, textile art and mixed media sculptures – wood being the primary medium with the addition of found objects. My small contribution to reducing landfill.

As a self-taught artist who sees drawings and paintings in everything I look at, I dream about art being my full-time career.

Exhibition History (up to April 2023)

2023 Finalist – Aspire Gallery Paddington – Rustle Exhibition – Embroidery – “The future of our planet is in our hands”;

2023 Finalist – Royal Queensland Art Society – Members Annual Exhibition – Acrylic painting – “Strictly Carnivale” & Wood and found object sculpture – “Too Dear”;

2023 Finalist – Royal Queensland Art Society – Splash Exhibition – Wood sculpture – “Sea Turtle – Breaking the surface for air”;
2023 Finalist – Aspire Gallery Paddington – Petite Pieces Exhibition – Wood and found object sculpture – “Edgar & Edith – one when together”;
2023 – Ipswich Art Gallery – Ipswich Art Awards – Acrylic paintings – “Ocean Ambience” & “When the dust settles – charging elephant”;
2022 Finalist – Brisbane City Hall – Recovered Futures Art Exhibition – Acrylic paintings – “Strictly Carnivale'” & “Flower Power”;
2022 Finalist – Flying Arts Alliance – Queensland Regional Art Awards – Wood and found object sculpture – “Edgar & Edith – one when together”;
2021 Finalist – Mudgeeraba Memorial Hall – The Doyle Art Awards – Watercolour painting – “A Moraine Inspiration”;
2014 Finalist – Art Exhibition Kenilworth Hall – Kenilworth Artfest – Mixed Media painting – “Riverside Carnivale'”;
2014 Finalist – Caloundra Regional Gallery – Sunshine Coast Art Awards – “Rustic Cabin on Noosa River”.

2020 – 2022 Shop owner – items made for sale – acrylic paintings, mosaic art, textile art.

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Helen is a Brisbane based watercolour artist concentrating on landscape and portraiture. For her, art is neither profession nor a hobby; rather simply what she must do and has done since early childhood.

Helen’s begins most of her landscapes in the field sketching and painting from life. She seeks to immerse herself in the experience of a place, using the watercolour medium to convey the ephemera of shifting light, weather and mood of the scene before her. Helen feels that the special transparency and sometimes serendipitous flow of watercolour creates a spontaneity that says it all.  COVID lockdowns did not disrupt this work but did concentrate her efforts. At her apartment windows Helen began a series of works that she calls At my window, or jokingly en plein lounge. One of her Brisbane river lockdown works, Evening Splendour, was a finalist in the 2022 Clayton Utz Art Award.

Occasionally Helen is inspired to create totally imaginary scenes or abstract work, with ideas coming from the environments and experiences of her travels or her night photography.

Recent Awards and recognition

2022      Finalist                 Clayton Utz Art Award

2018       Finalist                 Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Award

2018      Finalist             9×5 Landscape Award, Woollahra

2017      Finalist                 9×5 Landscape Award, Woollahra

2016      Awarded            Glencore Animal Portrait Prize

Exhibitions

Solo and duet

2019 SOLO Favourites en plein air at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

2017 Duet exhibition Bell’ Italia, with Gai Copeman at Mo’s Art Gallery

Group

Group finalist exhibitions

Numerous group exhibitions with

• Townsville Watercolour Group
• Townsville Art Society
• Urban Sketchers Townsville
• Watercolour Society of Queensland

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I am a Brisbane based emerging artist having painted as a hobby from a young age. Pursuing a creative career, my background is in Interior Design (Bach App. Sc. Built Environment QUT 1991). This has no doubt influenced the way I see and interpret subjects in art.

Returning to painting after health issues, art has now become my main vocation and passion. I work primarily in Oils and occasionally in acrylics/mixed media. Colour and composition are vital to my paintings that aim to capture subjects I am drawn to in a vivid and striking style. While I enjoy tackling a variety of topics including portraiture and floral, landscapes and architecture feature heavily in my portfolio. I am inspired by Travel and in recent years my focus has turned to our unique Australian landscape; in particular our stunning beaches, waterways and rocks.

I hope that through my artwork, I can share the joy I feel in capturing these beautiful environments with others.

Gary was born in Brisbane where he received private tuition under the late David Fowler. He also trained in illustration and has worked extensively in this field. His training and involvement in the graphics industry are evident in his use of colour and composition.

Beginning with his first one-man show in 1971 in the Harry Dunwell Gallery, Rowes Arcade, Brisbane, Gary has held over 45 successful one-man showings, including Shanghai and Brighton, UK. His works have been purchased for private, corporate, and educational institution collections across Australia and many overseas countries.

Currently he is represented in galleries across the eastern States including Tasmania. He exhibits on a regular basis with Kevin Hill as a Top Ten Australian Artist. He is an exhibitor and visiting tutor at Sydney Art School and occasionally tutors for various Art Societies as well as from his own Studio.

Gary has attained many awards over the last 50 years and most recently, he has been a finalist in the Clayton Utz, Hornsby, and the Sunshine Coast Art Prizes. Gary is a full-time artist residing in Maleny in Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast Hinterland where his family dates back four generations.