Artist Profiles
Sheryl Andersen
Eleanor Anson: Eleanor has continued to conduct private tuition for over 25 years and was a tutor with Hamilton Community College in Newcastle for 4 years. Her students have sold and won awards. Since 2014, Eleanor has won seventeen awards.
Guenter Barth: Leonay landscape artist Guenter Barth started painting at the age of 16, but only followed his passion after he retired in 1994 when he and his wife travelled extensively throughout Australia. He loves painting what nature provides and has received many awards, including ‘World Heritage Art Prize’ (Blue Mountains) 1st ‘Rose Lindsay Art Prize’ and many Commended certificates as well as twelve People’s Choice Awards and Featured Artist on many occasions. He has a small gallery and can be contacted by phone 02 47352455 or email edel.barth@gmail.com
Brian Bright: “My subject matter is mostly inspired by my home surroundings in the Blue Mountains. Working mainly in printmaking, ceramics, and photography, I like to experiment in other media from time to time. As well as being a visual artist, I have a keen interest in gardening and many of my ceramic works are created for the garden.”
Ian Brown: Ian Brown is a naturalist, a bushwalker, a conservationist and a photographer. His art arises from an affinity with the natural world. Like most nature photographers, he enjoys capturing inspiring vistas, but he prefers musing around looking for more intimate images. He treks deep into the wilderness on multi-day treks and also wanders the bush close to home. Respecting and valuing the beauty, integrity and richness of nature is crucial to his purpose. Ian has exhibited widely in the Blue Mountains and in Sydney, and his work is held in many private collections.
Lorraine Brownlee: Lorraine grew up in a family of artists in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. Her mother taught her to how to draw and instilled in her a life-long passion for creating art. Moving to the Blue Mountains 26 years ago, Lorraine developed a great love for native plants and flowers, especially those growing in the bush around her home. Lorraine’s art is a decorative and colourful interpretation of the delicate and extraordinary beauty of Australian flora. Lorraine is Art Director and Editor of Auspress Marketing and Publishing, which she runs with her husband Ian Brownlee in Katoomba.
Linda Callaghan: Linda is known for her uplifting fantasy watercolours as well as her traditional style. Creating a diverse range her aim is to bring joy and inspiration. Honoured to be an award winner Linda’s works are held in public and private collections, nationally and internationally. Linda has held 3 successful solo shows and enjoys numerous sales from her own Blue Mountains Studio Gallery, online and at wide range of art exhibitions. www.lindart.com.au
Megan Campbell-Jubb: “Over time I have dabbled with oils, watercolour, pen and ink, but I’m drawn more and more to pastels. I love the way simple colours come to life as a painting emerges from start to finish. I have had the great pleasure of winning and selling at various art shows since 2013.”
Kerry Candarakis: Is a contemporary artist who loves to work in both abstraction and reality. She has exhibited and sold in many exhibitions ie Kings Art School Prize, Thirroul Art Prize, The Royal Easter Show, Pyrmont Art Prize and many others. www.kerrycandarakis.com
Meredith Cooper: Meredith studied at National Art School. Her recent achievements include winner of the Wilderness Adventure Prize Mt Wilson; Watercolour Medallion Sydney Royal Easter Show; Blackhearth Art Prize twice; Paddington Art Prize finalist; Highly Commended Norvil Landscape Prize. www.meredithcooper.com.au
Jan Cregan: Jan is a local photographer who takes inspiration from the mountains environment.
Natasha Daniloff: “My landscape works are about the mood and light of early evening. I’ve recently been awarded first prize at the Blackheath Art Society Easter and winter exhibitions. I’ve also been awarded Australian and International Art residencies which have inspired my recent paintings. My work is represented by GalleryOne88 in Katoomba.”
Mark Davis: Mark is an artist blacksmith who recycles steel into sculptures and sculptured furnishings. He has exhibited at Blue Mountains Artfest, Hunters Hill Art Exhibition and Blackheath Art Society’s “Off The Wall” where he received a Highly Commended in 2016 for the piece ‘Nesting’.
Yvonne de Haan: “I enjoy the elements of surprise while experimenting with rich textural effects that result from mixing various media and textiles. My artistic process is a continuing journey of discovery through design, colour and fun…a vibrant celebration of life.”
Angela Eden: Angela’s lifelong love of textiles led to an interest in drawing as a means of embellishing quilts, wall hangings and tailored outfits until a passion for painting overwhelmed all else. Angela settled in Camden NSW in 2012, after raising a family in NZ and the UK, integrating into the local art scene as a Committee Member of the Camden Art Prize, serving as a Steward for the Camden Show and as a Delegate to the Combined Art Societies of Sydney. Since 2012 Angela’s watercolours, acrylics and pastels have been recognized with awards in numerous art exhibitions throughout NSW.
Don Elliot: “I paint because I need to.”
Jeffrey Eyles: Jeff Eyles has been an artist most of his life and is now painting full time. Working mostly in Watercolour and Oils, he an impressionist painter of light. His work is held in private collections in Australia and overseas.
Diane Fox: Diane has drawn and painted since 1998, mostly still life and nature. She hasn’t exhibited before, but will again if successful at this show.
Sue Gasser: Sue has been a professional artist for over 30 years and works with pastels. Sue lives in the Blue Mountains where her subjects are in abundance. Art has always been a passion and a natural talent as she has had no formal tutoring. Her love for animals is evident in Sue’s attention to the finely detailed drawing of fur and feathers.
Sue has won many art awards with at least half being the People’s Choice Award, which tells her what the public like. Sue’s work hangs both locally and abroad including in the Council Chambers of Sanda Japan as a gift to the Mayor from the Blue Mountains City Council.
Adrian Gilbert: Adrian Gilbert lives and works in Leura where he has his own studio/gallery. For more information please visit www.adriangilbertart.com
Richard Grammer: “I am a self taught artist. My preferred medium is ink using Chinese brushes, an unforgiving method but I persist, whether at life drawing or doing landscapes. My favourite subjects relate to people.”
Stuart Greenshields: Blue Mountains artist who recycles natural timbers and stone into beautiful works highlighting the ravages of time and the elements.
John Hallam: John Hallam lives in the Inner West of Sydney and spends a considerable amount of time with his family in the Blue Mountains. Having grown up in rural NSW, John has always enjoyed the outdoors and its rich colours, shapes and tones. With a recently discovered appreciation and passion for painting, he is embarking on a personal journey of interpreting how he sees those parts of the Australian landscape and its wonderful colours that capture his imagination.
Gillian Hand: “My work is inspired by an appreciation of colour, texture and pattern. I love to experiment with many different media involving these elements.”
Anna Harpley: Anna has worked in several media including sculpture and collage. Fireflowers are botanical icons intended to uplift and inspire. They celebrate the spirit of nature.
Suzanne Harris: Suzie Harris studied Fine Art at TAFE graduating in 2012 with a Diploma in Fine Art Advanced.
Kim Heath: Kim is best known for her encaustic artworks (painting with melted wax) which are filled with colour, texture and incorporating multiple mixed media and interesting stuff. However, she delights in pushing the boundaries and experimenting with other media such as glass mosaics, oils, acrylics, resin and even lights. She is only limited by her imagination. Her artworks have sold here and overseas. Kim does commission work and runs workshops at her studio. Her gallery is open for the Arts Trail and every first weekend of each month. Please visit her wonderful gallery and be surprised!
Frank Hodgert: Frank Hodgert is a traditional, impressionistic artist. He holds workshops and demonstrations for different groups. Frank is an award winning artist and has had articles published in Australian Artists and Creative Artists magazines.
Kerry Hole: Kerry lived and grew up in the Manning Area and loved photography from an early age. He loves anything to do with nature, and has much patience in waiting for ‘that photo’.
Warren Hole: Warren is a Springwood local and has entered in other art competitions and has won awards in the past. He is a first time entrant for the Wentworth Falls area.
Fiona Huddleston: For Fiona, photography is about the opportunity to reveal a moment in time that may never again repeat itself, a moment of beauty or delicacy or nuance, a moment that no one else experiences in the same way, a moment that may elicit personal and private responses and connections, a moment that allows for artistic interpretation and aesthetic reflection. In searching for these unique moments, she endeavours to see rather than just look and to express rather than just capture.
Helen Hudson: Helen is a Blue Mountains artist and has pursued a career as a painter and teacher in all media. Helen studied at National Art School, East Sydney. She has been awarded many prizes and commendations through her long career. Helen is a member of the Blackheath Art Society and Society of Mountain Artists.
Christine Hyde: Christine Hyde is a local, award winning artist with a cosy bushland studio and boutique gallery in Springwood Blue Mountains, taking inspiration from her immediate surrounds en plein air, and the Blue Mountains regions. Christine paints predominantly in acrylic medium on canvas, and watercolour on archival aquarelle and most recently on the exciting Yupo support. Christine exhibits at Blue Mountains Galleries, in group exhibitions and this year was selected to participate in a themed art event at Woodford Academy. Her commissioned works hang in private collections here and overseas.
Contact: Christine.Hyde.Artworks@gmail.com
www.christinehydeartworks.com.au
Tim K Jones: Time K Jones is a professional artist. He attained a BFA followed by a post graduate art education degree. Using traditional and new media his work meanders from the figurative through to post-impressionism and expressionist movements.
Megan Juresa: Megan Juresa is an artist based in the Blue Mountains of NSW. Working predominantly with natural fibres, salvaged textiles and plant dyes, she explores memory, myth and connection to landscape with her work. Megan travels extensively for inspiration and materials, and often makes work onsite during journeys along the East Coast of Australia. She teaches workshops in NSW and QLD, and is passionate about the meditative and therapeutic aspects of weaving. In 2016, Megan commenced mentorship with renowned West Australian artist Nalda Searles. Megan’s work is available through Gallery ONE88 Katoomba, and by commission. www.meganjuresa.com
Mary-Lou Keating: “I look through the lens of a camera and see a different world in great detail.”
Rhonda Keir: “I have always been influenced by places I’ve visited and lived and my art reflects that. Now living in the Blue Mountains they include the never ending landscape and flora, the changing seasons, the light, colour, patterns and shapes can be seen where ever I look. My work explores a variety of media including oil, acrylic, watercolour, pencil, charcoal on canvas and paper. I think of colour as the 3Bs- Bright, Bold and Brilliant.”
Virginia King: Virginia King is an author of psychological mysteries who paints a bit. She spends her days with her protagonist, Selkie Moon, exploring far-flung places full of secrets. But most Tuesdays she paints quirky French interiors at the Blackheath Art Society studio. Her website is: http://www.selkiemoon.com/
Leonarda Kovačić: Leonarda is a photographic artist, historian, tutor, lecturer and curator based in Katoomba. She specialises in landscapes, nature scenes, flora and fauna, abstracts and city architecture. Her images have accentuated poeticism and meditative simplicity and clarity. Leonarda holds a PhD in Aboriginal Studies and has taught and published on colonial photographs of Aboriginal people in Australia and overseas. She is one of the few historians in Australia specialising in colonial photography of Aboriginal people. She also organises cross-cultural international events.
Web: www.artfinder.com/leonarda www.leonarda25.wix.com/leonarda
Email: leonarda25@mail.com
Mark Laing: “I’m relatively new to this but already I’m hooked. My own personal favourites are Monet, Van Gogh and Turner.”
David Lake: David is a fellow of the Royal Art Society of NSW. He began painting whilst at school and has been exhibiting since 1985. Since 2006, David has won more than eight first prizes.
Nadege Lamy: “I have moved and lived in the Blue Mountains since 1988 from Paris France, where I studied at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts an worked as a freelance photographer. In Australia I graduated with a BA in Visual Arts at UWS Nepean. Since then I’ve worked as a multi media artist/painter. The last few years curatorial works have come my way, which I see as an extension to my art practice.”
Phillip Layzell: “I have worked in the graphic arts industry for many years and have recently taken up traditional art in the form of oil and watercolour painting. My main inspiration comes from the Blue Mountains Australia where I live happily with my family.”
Les Love: Is a Sydney-born artist who has lived in the Blue Mountains since 1983. He studied painting and printmaking at the National Art School. Les specializes in etching and linocut printmaking, usually of Australian flora and fauna. His prints are in numerous collections both in Australia and overseas.
Leonie Lyall: An animal lover and saddened by live animal export, cows became a great source of subject matter and continue to pop up along with rural towns, landscapes and still life. An enviable collection of awards has been collected over the years, the latest in 2017 and her work can be found in private and corporate collections worldwide. Leonie was a founding member of the Collective Gallery Blackheath in 2001, finally departing in September 2017 to pursue an independent career. Facebook: www.facebook.com/leonielyallart Instagram: leonielyallart
Debbie Marsh: Having lived in the Blue Mountains during the 70s, Debbie returned in 2009 and enjoys photographing ‘Nature’s Garden’ where one can escape the clutter and clamour of daily living. Whilst mainly photographing the Blue Mountains, Debbie enjoys walking and capturing images wherever she goes.
Chrysovalantou Mavroudis: With a background in fashion illustration and design, Chrysovalantou (nicknamed ‘ Val’) grew up drawing and then later found Joe Cartwright and Joseph Kbukvic. Since beginning her journey, she has won several awards and prizes for her work, including first prizes in ‘The Coal & Allied Singleton Art Prize’ and ‘The Penrith Show’. She creates artworks in various subjects including street scenes, landscapes, flowers and seascapes, exploring different moods and expression in her work.
For further information please visit:
www.chrysovalantou-mavroudis.com
facebook.com/chrysovalantou.mavroudis.watercolour.artist
Jane McCumstie: “A childhood and life spent in rural NSW has filled me with a love of the colours and textures that those surroundings bring. The drama of the landscape and the changing of the seasons, have inspired most of my work since early days. Living now in the Blue Mountains, my work has continued to be influenced by the landscape, however, travel throughout SE Asia has had significant impact. I always shied away from realism, opting for a more expressionist approach. This expressionism has continued through to my later series though my use of media has grown to include tissue, string, wire and moulding paste at times, anything that would inspire me. I have also included use of acrylics and gouache paints.”
Megan McGhie: Amateur local photographer- first time entering a competition!
Jahne Meyer: Jahne is an exhibiting artist based in the Blue Mountains. Having grown up in a creative family in the bush, her artworks are influenced by her natural surroundings as well as her mathematical background. www.jahnemeyer.com Instagram: @misty-meyer
Trudie Moore: “For the past 10 years I have created art using melted beeswax as it has given me much joy.”
Sharon Moroney: “I live and work in the foothills of the Blue Mountains at Silverdale. I am working mostly in graphite, charcoal and watercolour at the moment but have used most media over my 50 years of drawing and painting. Some of those early years were spent as an animator for Hanna Barbera, Burbank Studios and Disney.
I have recently been concentrating mostly on portraits, as I find them the most challenging and rewarding but I will paint anything that interests me.
I have been fortunate enough to win a number of awards over the years and my portrait work has been featured in the American hardcover publication ‘Art Journey-Portraits and Figures’.”
https://www.facebook.com/sharonmoroneyartist
Lawrence J Odell: Lawrence has been painting for over 40 years. He has won first prize at Parramatta and Randwick Art Shows and has had many highly commended awards.
Greg Pitty: “A resident of Wentworth Falls for over twenty years, my subjects extend from the natural forms within our Blue Mountains, as they move through their moods to reflect the power of changing light and shadow, to the built environment of steel, glass and stone. An essential element of my work is documenting and interpreting my local area, Wentworth Falls, but searching within the common place for that which might lie hidden and veiled behind the literal: the obscure corners, the fleeting moments, the chance encounters. The form behind the colour.”
Dorothy Price: “I love painting and enjoy using art as an expression of my experience of the world around me. I like to explore different ways of painting and experimenting with new ways to use colour and technique. I would love that the viewer of my art connects with the joy I experience through bringing my art to life.”
Raewyn Proctor: Raewyn is a Blue Mountains visual artist working in sculpture, printmaking and ink/watercolour/gouache. She draws her inspiration from landscapes; aerial, internal and ethereal.
Tania Raisin: “Descended from the Picts, the call of the picture is strong in our people. I enjoy formal study and classes for new technique and meeting people who do amazing work. Art offers endless varieties of media, limitless subjects and the pleasure of bringing your skill and thought to a new venture.”
Janet Reinhardt: Janet Reinhardt is a Blue Mountains printmaker/photographer. Her work is held in collections in both Australia and in the UK. She holds a Diploma of Fine Arts with majors in printmaking and photography.
Elizabeth Sayers: “I have been painting inconsistently since 1990, mainly in watercolour but increasingly in acrylics, pastels and mixed media. Essentially I am a colourist, seduced by colour, texture and light. Mountains, rocks and trees often feature but I also enjoy painting animals, water, flowers and people.”
Monika Scheffler: Now in her sixth year of painting to her heart’s delight, Monika already has a couple of awards under her belt. Although her journey began in oils, she followed this up with the beautiful but difficult medium of watercolours, taught herself acrylics as well as well as mixed media using inks and textures. Monika has recently been playing around with watercolours on Yupo paper. Her love for landscapes and floral work is still very much alive. Next year will start off with a workshop with Joseph Zbukvic in January, followed by her first exhibition at Gallery ONE88 in Katoomba with Meg Vivers.
Peter Shoemark: Commenced foundart sculpting 12 years ago. First rule- art should be fun!
Heather Skarratt: “I have been painting for many years and especially love the scenic beauty of the Blue Mountains. Australia presents wonderful subjects for artists and I enjoy travelling.” www.heatherskarratt.com
Christine St Flour: Blue Mountains artist specializing in Australian wildlife working primarily with pastels.
Lesley Tarlinton: Graduate of National Art School. Graduate of East Sydney Technical College Ceramics. Lives and works in Wentworth Falls.
Jaime Thompson: Jaime is a Blue Mountains based artist whose work is inspired by the natural environment. Working primarily in print making, watercolours and ink. Her work focuses on organic lines and forms of the natural environment.
Steve Tredinnick: Steve is a watercolourist specializing in Australian birds. All of his work is the result of extensive field trips studying the birds in the wild.
Victoria van Eerde-Emmett
Margaret Walters: “All my artwork (from painting to sculpture to weaving) reflects my connection to the natural world. I am fascinated by patterns and systems, understanding how it all works.”
Daniel Waugh: “Living in Wentworth Falls there is no short fall of great material to paint. I like to focus on the cliff falls around this area especially when the sun hits the rock in the late afternoon.”
Bruno John Wein: “I was born in Osijek, Croatia. Migrated to Australia in 1955, aged 10. I was continually drawing and sketching and did a Visual Arts course by correspondence. My passion is watercolour, however I am proficient in acrylics, pastels and mixed media. I have joined 3 art societies and have represented Newcastle in a cultural exchange with sister city UBE in Japan. Fifteen paintings were selected, of which 3 were mine! I have won art competitions both locally and regionally, as well as many highly commended awards. Newspaper articles and commissions followed. Also a member of Australian Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) and have been elevated to exhibiting standards, which means that I can exhibit in any gallery in Australia.”
Phil Went: Phil is a contemporary realist artist specializing in portraits. Figurative and still life painting from life in natural light. Phil has studied at Julian Ashton Art School and the Florence Academy of Art.
Dennis West
Anita White: Anita works in the local area as a colour consultant working mostly on colour schemes for homes and businesses. “Working on a smaller scale with colour and as a newcomer to oils as a medium, I am enjoying painting the every day things which bring simple pleasures.”
Freedom Wilson: Blue Mountains experimental printmaker and collector of natural found objects.
John Wilson: Australian and International artist/tutor/judge John Wilson has been painting for 48 years. A leading oil painter, he is a multi-award winning artist who has had 49 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows. John has exhibited in London, USA, Japan and Canada. His recent sell out exhibition in Beijing China was highly successful. This year he will be exhibiting again in Seoul Korea. John’s paintings are in corporate and private collections throughout Australia and internationally. His works have been reproduced extensively, including several feature articles in Australian Artist and International Artist magazines. He was also included in Fifty Australian Artists and the fine art book, John Wilson Blue Mountains Artist which chronicles his life and works. His latest fine art book John Wilson- The Journey Continues was launched earlier this year. John is a Fellow of the Royal Art Society of NSW, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of History and Arts, and Patron of the Society of Mountain Artists. John’s paintings may be viewed at the Wilson Fine Art Gallery 46 Narrow Neck Road Katoomba NSW. The Gallery is open Thursday till Sunday every week.
02 4782 3703
Cecilia Yeomans: Born in Chile and migrated to Australia in 1972. Studied at Julian Ashton Art School 1975-77. Completed an Associate Diploma in Fine Arts St George College of TAFE 1992-93. Bachelor of Fine Arts COFA UNSW 1994-98. Numerous group and solo exhibitions. “I feel a strong need to try to represent the essential energies in Nature. I want to bring to the viewer a sense of wonder and realization, by showing a different viewpoint in my work. I would like to teach the audiences, to look beyond and discover the small magic worlds hidden in Nature.”
Craft Profiles
Alison Dickin: Botanical cards. alisondickin@iprimus.com.au
Debbie Marsh: Crochet craft. debbie@craftedsoftware.com.au
Dianne Richie: Stuffed bears
Ekaterina Shirokova: Vegetable and fruit bouquets. 777ramana@gmail.com
Fiona Huddleston: Photography cards and calendars. huddlef@yahoo.com.au
Freedom Wilson: Printed fabric (Laughing Bird). info@laughingbird.com.au
Glynis Charles. Leather craft. glynis.l.charles@gmail.com
Greg Pitty: Cards
Hiromi Tatarakis: Resin homeware and jewellery. onelove1226jp@yahoo.co.jp & www.facebook.com/Mikanoworld
Irene Korovnikoff: Wood burning craft. irenekorovnikoff@bigpond.com
Karen Schultz: Jewellery and knitwear kaschm51@yahoo.com
Kirsty Gorman: Jewellery (Fold Formations Copper Jewellery) www.foldformations.com
Kye Porritt: Wheatbags and massage oils rporritt@bigpond.com
Leonarda Kovacic: Photographic cards. leonarda25@mail.com
Lesley Tarlinton: Ceramics. winstonphantomboy@gmail.com
Linda Charlton: Paper and fabric crafts. lccharlton@bigpond.com
Liz Holland: Fabric craft, hair accessories and brooches. lizhol@bigpond.com
Lisa (Charly Co Candles). Homemade candle and scented oil products. charlycocandles@gmail.com
Monika Scheffler: Ceramics. monikascheffler@internode.on.net
Muriel Nelson: Cards/ Quilling. murielmnelson@tpg.com.au
Nina Tuason: Food covers (Gingham & Wax) ginghamandwax@gmail.com
Nykke Coleman: Stationary (Paper Elephant). http://paperelephantpress.com/ & contactme@paperelephant.com.au
Patricia Watson: Decorate art and leadlight. ewcs@optusnet.com.au
Rhonda Edwards: Christmas decorations www.ragarhonda.com & frogs24@bigpond.net.au
Sally Wray: Jams and chutney. caraloon03@gmail.com
Yoshimi Fraser: Paper and origami