Artists :
Artist’ profiles (2011):
Sheryl Andersen studies art at school. After a secretarial career and family, Sheryl began folk art as a hobby in the mid 90s, winning several prizes and then teaching in Quakers Hill and Springwood. Keen to develop more realism in her work, Sheryl attended various drawing and painting courses in pastels, acrylics and watercolour with artists/tutors Linda Albrecht, Joe Cartwright, Peter Gonzales, Alison Orme and Owen Thompson. Sheryl also teaches beginner’s drawing and painting locally. Her interests include Australian flora, animals, portraiture and landscapes. Living in the mountains offers a wealth of natural beauty and her husband’s love of bushwalking takes them to diverse and breathtaking landscapes. Sheryl is a member of the Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Nepean Art Society and Springwood Community Arts Centre.
Rae Andrews: after getting her BA majoring in drawing, Rae became one of the most popular tutors ever at Charles Sturt Uni summer and winter schools, teaching creative watercolour. She now lives in the USA.
Peter Ayres is a member of the Society of Mountain Artists, member of the Blackheath Art Society and Australian Society of Marine Artists. He is a regular exhibitor in local exhibitions. Commissions are accepted. He has works in a number of private collections in Canada, USA, UK, Sweden, France and Australia.
Guenter Barth was born in East Germany and started painting at the age of sixteen. It was through a passion for nature that he also developed a love of photography, a combination that helped him to see life the way he thought it should be created on canvas. At the age of 20 he was married and escaped with his wife to West Germany, where he continued painting in his spare time. In 1960 Guenter and his wife migrated to Australia where the natural beauty of the Australian bush and outback became his inspiration. In 1994 at the age of 57 he retired which allowed him to follow his dream and paint – he has not stopped since. Guenter is a member of the Nepean Art Society, he has entered and won many Art Competitions and his paintings have been sold in every state of Australia as well as in Germany and Japan.
Margaret Beal: “I have lived in the Blue Mountains for 9 years and I have been botanical illustration for the past 6 years. I enjoy working with Australian native plants, particularly the local Blue Mountains species.”
Anthony Begg is a retired Financial Advisor, spent some years as an antique dealer in the Blue Mountains. He took up art in his 60’s. He tries to let the water do the work as he frenzily applies true colours.
Lana Bishop: “I moved to the Blue Mountains three years ago from South East Queensland, where I was involved in art and photography for many years. The beauty of the Mountains has inspired me beyond my expectations.”
Jenny Ross Brown: “ I have drawn all my life and paint in a variety of mediums. A member of the Society of Mountain Artists, I find much inspiration here in the Blue Mountains and enjoy interaction with other artists as well as exhibiting my efforts.”
Beth Burgess has been a popular speaker, demonstrator and judge for various art groups, and has delivered workshops on drawing, pastel and watercolour techniques. Her paintings are found in collections in Australia and overseas. In recent times, she has concentrated on watercolour flowers. In spite of her own accomplishments, she enjoys most the continued success of her students.
Linda Callaghan emigrated from South Wales in 1978 and now resides in the Blue Mountains. With a yearning to paint her creativity emerged in 2008. Linda is self-taught and paints various subjects in different mediums and styles that allows her to share her art with a wider audience. Her portfolio consists of landscapes, waterscapes, florals and fantasy, allowing her imagination no boundaries. Linda was honoured to recently receive the Rose Lindsay Art Prize at the Springwood Art Show. You can view Linda’s gallery at: http://lindart1.redbubble.com
Kerry Candarakis is a fine artist who has been painting all her life but with greater commitment during the last 3 years. She has attended TAFE Drawing and Painting Class and multiple workshops. Kerry strives to take her art to an experimental level, with the use of mediums, collage and anything that is laying around, in an endeavour to create images that convey an essence or emotion sometimes but not always based on realism.
Jane Canfield can be seen hurtling along in her little van with her poodle visiting out west or up and down the coast. Jane works in various ways but the constant is always sketchbook and paints within easy reach. She comes from a family of artists andis a recent finalist in both the Mosman and Paddington Art Prizes. Jane has works in collections nationally and internationally.
Patricia Carruthers “I am fascinated by the perpetual moodiness of the ocean and the ever changing light, so concentrate on ocean scapes. I was awarded 1st Prize in the Oils Section of the 2010 Society of Mountains Artists Spring Exhibition.”
Joe Cartwright has been painting since 1998 focusing on Watercolour. Joe’s paintings cover a wide range of subjects, including portraits and life drawing, landscapes, flowers, wildlife and townscapes. He doesn’t feel inclined to specialize in any one category as each subject can make an interesting work of art. He has been exhibiting at regional art shows over this period at which he has sold about 300 paintings and has received many awards for his work. He has also exhibited and sold paintings at other major exhibitions, such as the Sydney Royal Agricultural Easter Show and the Blacktown Art Show. In 2009 he won the prestigious John Copes Watercolour Prize. He has been published in the Australian Artist Magazine on two occasions. He is a member of the Macquarie Towns Art Society as well as the Nepean Art Society at which he teaches watercolour and runs regular workshops.
His work can be viewed at www.joecartwright.com.au
Maria Challis: “I began painting in QLD and exhibited my works successfully in many venues. I then held a solo exhibition in the Fine Art Gallery at Caloundra. I then moved to Lawson where my exhibiting continued. I love what I’m doing, particularly rainforest and Australian country landscape.”
Tricia Coop has always been interested in painting, but it was only as her children grew up that she took it up professionally. Having tried many mediums, styles and subjects, she settled on oils as her preferred medium and is best known for her scenes depicting the stark beauty and colouring of the sandstone escarpments and river gorges of the Hawkesbury and Blue Mountains areas where she and her husband have live for many years. She has been involved with several art societies and is proud to have received various awards and commendations for her works which she exhibits throughout New South Wales and interstate with sales at the Sydney Royal Easter Show and other such prestige venues. She has also conducted her own classes and been involved in organizing exhibitions with fellow artists. Tricia can be proud of the fact that she knows her works are hanging in various countries around the world, being much sought after as gifts for, or by, overseas visitors as they depict the typical Australian bush scenes.
Louis Crompassky graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Fine Arts, Hungary. Paintings have been selected and hung in the Sydney Heritage Art Prize. He has had groups and solos exhibitions and has won numerous awards for his oils and his contemporary paintings. His paintings are in collections throughout Australia and Internationally. We are privileged to be able to exhibit his work this year by the courtesy of his daughter.
Mark Davis (trading under the name Functional Art) creates unique and individual pieces of art and sculpture that fulfil one of life’s purposes, at the same time as being an aesthetic feature to enjoy. Most pieces draw on the organic forms of nature, blending and complimenting the environment, rather than overpowering it. All pieces are hand-crafted, predominately using iron and blacksmithing skills. Various pieces have combined this medium with superb recycled timber and stone to create a wonderful blend. Examples include furniture, door furniture, household items and balustrades, as well as sculptures purely for artistic enjoyment, indoors or outdoors, with the simple function of pleasing the senses!
Contact: www.functionalart.com.au, enquiries@functionalart.com.au
Ruth Dengate “I have been an exhibiting member of the Royal Art Society, North Sydney since the early 1980’s. My teachers were Garret Kingsley and Ron Stannard. I joined the S.M.Artists in 2001, and have won many awards for still life in watercolours, oils and pastels. I have won best in show for watercolour, judged by John Wilson and also first prize in oils and second in watercolour, judged by Warwick Fuller.
Sam Dougan is a local artist.
Carolyn Eadie lives in Katoomba and is currently enrolled in a Fine Arts Diploma at Nepean Art and Design Centre ensuring a varied exploration into visual arts. From ceramics, print making, drawing, pastels, inkwashes and watercolour, she integrates her surrounding environment with her inner landscape. Through narrative of the human condition, she finds inspiration and fulfillment. Her Magic series expresses the excitement and colour of the annual Winter Magic Festival Parade.
Don Elliott “I am mostly self taught. I love colour, texture and a different view.”
Robert Fisher is a Blue Mountains based fine art photographer specializing in large scale panoramas, photomontage and informal portraiture. He has his own gallery in Blackheath (Fisher Blue Mountains Gallery) and is represented in various retail outlets in Sydney and Wollongong (all works are strictly editioned).
Grace-Shanti Foulds has explored her creativity since she was a small child. This has been expressed in many ways including writing; poetry/short stories/articles; sculpture; ceramics; clothes design; desktop publishing; commercial art and painting. She is currently using mixed media and experimenting with “sculpture” on canvas, testing different “form building” mediums to give eg Angels wings a “hint of life” and continues to explore ways of expressing her unique way of seeing the world simply and in radiant joy filled colour. Grace has been passionate about Angels since her early teens and each of her varied works are accompanied by an Angelic Message© to empower the viewers experience.
Sue Gasser an animal artist, has won many awards including 1st prize in the Art Awards of Sydney in her section. Sue loves to paint in pastel as this gives a soft, fine effect on the fur and feathers of the animals she loves. She thanks God for the beauty and diversity of creation which are her subjects.
Stuart Greenshields is a self taught, Blue Mountains artist.
Wendy Hambly has been painting for 8 years, commencing in oils, and now working with acrylics in contemporary style. She has a particular interest in Chinese brush painting, using traditional inks and watercolours.
Ali Hammoud “It’s my dream from childhood to be an Artist and my love to the nature make me Artist. Studied from Artist Ken Herris Art School at Brisbane. Win his own painting for best student Art work. Continue further study at Art Est Art School at Leichhardt NSW. Went study from Arttist Peter Bate Art School, Austinmer, NSW. Win 3rd prize at Benevolent Society Art Exhibition 2011. My work display at community Art Exhibition, at Caloundra Sunshine Coast.
Touring most of the states country side for the best of the Art picture in landscaping.
Carole Hampshire Carole seeks to express her creativity through her photographic work recently working on digital collages. She’s had a long association with art photography and presented a number of group and solo shows in the Blue Mountains over the last 10 years.
Awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Visual Arts majoring in Photography in 1986 from Sydney College of the Arts, she was selected for the annual exhibition for emerging artists at The Performance Space in Surrey Hills. At the time her work was favourably reviewed by Christopher Allen in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Recently her portrait of ‘Peter and Thea’ was shortlisted for the Head On Portrait Prize exhibited at the Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney) earlier this year.
At the Springwood Art Show 2011 she was awarded the Portrait Prize for her image, ‘And She Saw the Vastness of Everything.’ This is an example of her new direction into digital collages.
Her next major solo show will be held in the UK at Déda Gallery, Derby opening on Friday 13th April and closing on 25th June, 2012. Her artwork is held in many private collections in the UK, USA, Europe and Australia.
Carole has been involved with many photographic exhibitions in Sydney, the Blue Mountains and England. A frequent contributor of articles on photography and the arts to various publications such as Eyeline, Photofile, Editions Review, Sydney Morning Herald and more recently The Blue Mountains Gazette.
Carole also wrote and took photos for the highly successful book ‘Artists Observed: Blue Mountains Artists Close Up’ published by UNSW Press, a project that took over three years to complete. This book sold out at the publisher. There are only a very limited number of books currently available from the artist herself. However, it is in over 30 libraries including the Blue Mountains, Hawksbury and the State library.
Geoff Hayes taught art in secondary school in South Australia in a career spanning twenty years. Since moving to Wentworth Falls in 2001, Geoff has concentrated on developing his own art practice and has been largely inspired by our unique landscape. Geoff has discovered his own special places that inspire him, such as the Kanangra region and his aim is to express a spirit of place as much as a visual representation. Geoff’s skills cover many art media including charcoal and pastels, as well as painting in acrylic and oils. In particular over the past year he has concentrated on developing his oil painting using glazing techniques over charcoal drawings. Geoff also convenes a life drawing class on a Wednesday evening. Geoff has had several solo and group exhibitions during the past four years and is represented by the Seeger Gallery in Leura. He also works at Jakeman’s Framing and Art Supplies in Wentworth Falls and is happy to share his knowledge with his customers.
Dee Hockley “I have just recently retired and after a life of being too busy I have at last started to paint and I am enjoying it immensely!”
Max Howe has work in many private collections plus a mural for the Physics Dept UTS – Painting in Newcastle Uni collection. He studies at East Sydney Tech and Newcastle Uni. He is retired. He has had 6 solo shows and various group shows.
Helen Hudson is a traditional painter and teacher in watercolour, acrylics, oils, pastels and mixed media. Helen studied at the National Art School, East Sydney during the mid 1950’s. She is a member of the Blackheath Art Society and the Society of Mountain Artists and was a foundation member of the Australian Society of Miniature Art and an associate member of the The Royal Art Society of NSW. Helen has received many awards and commendations during her painting career and in 2005 along with 18 other artists (including Ken Done and Margaret Olley) she was invited to donate a painting to the Conservatorium of Music for a fund raising auction. She is also represented in corporate and private collections. Publications incl: Australian Artist (Oct 1989), Women Artists of Australian – Max Germaine (1991) and Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists – Thorpe (1995).
Sandra Jakeman holds a Diploma of Fine Art and taught printmaking at New England TAFE in Armidale before moving to Wentworth Falls where Sandra has held printmaking workshops for the past 15 years. Sandra’s work is in private collections and has been included in many group and solo exhibitions. Sandra’s art practice includes painting, printmaking and drawing. Her work was shown in Kedumba Drawing Award 2010, an invited drawing award. For the past 9 years together with her husband Andrew, they own and run Jakeman’s Framing and Art Supplies in Wentworth Falls
Chris Johnson: ’63 Leguay Brereton! Drawing Prize. ’81 Mosman Art Prize. 2010 Rydal Show, Bathurst Show, Lithgow Show; Most Successful Exhibitor. Archibald Prize entered with a portrait – Mr Boris Hunt. Jazz cornet player.
Michael Krynda is a local Wentworth Falls Artist.
Dominique Lambert “ I specialize in wildlife and skies. Domestic animals are a challenge which I enjoy. Love soft pastels. The colours are alive.”
Cathy Laws “Graphite pencil is my preferred medium with the addition of a hint of watercolour paint. Animals and wildlife are my favoured subject.”
Ruth le Cheminant is a local abstract expressionist painter who delights in colour. She has recently returned from a residency and exhibition The Art Vault in Mildura. Ruth’s works are held in national and international collections.
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 specialises in etching and linocut printmaking, usually of Australian flora and fauna. His prints are in numerous collections both in Australia and overseas. Les has been a professional fire fighter with the New South Wales Fire Brigade since 1980, and is currently stationed at Katoomba in the Blue Mountains.
Sarah McCauley is a Blue Mountains photographer who specializes in portraits and flowers. There is often a vintage feel to her work which she hopes makes the ordinary look extraordinary.
Esther McFarlane moved to the Blue Mountains from Sydney after her 3 children had grown up and she had retired from teaching. She has drawn and painted all her life, but not seriously till her retirement. She loves working with watercolour, but also enjoys other media. The Mountains give her much inspiration – she loves painting landscapes and gardens especially. The play of light and shadow are particularly important in her work. Esther is a member of the Society of Mountain Artists and participates in the society’s exhibitions. She has held one solo exhibition and a duo exhibition with an artist friend, both at Lindsay’s Café in the Norman Lindsay Garden.
Gerard McKee “ I work in all mediums, but my favourite being oil paint, for its richness and its ability to blend easily. I have worked in various forms such as landscape, impressionism, abstract, portraiture, but my forte is wildlife art. I continue to enter all the major art prizes such as Archibald etc. I also run an art school based on open art tuition. I have been exhibited nationally and internationally.
Annette Macrae “Observations of my environment and life, in a painted response.”
Maisako is a Japanese Artist who has resided in Lombok, Indonesia for the last 13 years. His art is a unique fusion of classical Japanese and Balinese art with his own stylistic, contemporary approach.
Maureen Miller started craft and drawing/painting while living in Ireland 15 years ago.She took classes in portrait drawing in 2010 at Springwook arts/crafts centre.
Marie Morris has painted all her life, winning awards from age 14. She completed her Bach of Vis Arts in 1992 and went on to become a teacher. She is represented both in Australia and overseas.
Jenny Morrison started drawing and painting about 30 years ago. Graduated from TAFE art certificate course with a credit pass. Has painted in almost all media, lately mostly in watercolour and acrylic. Also has done a lot of Botanic Art. Other interests include photography, gardening and reading.
Lawrence Odell is an artist who has attended private classes in 1974 to 1978 in the Avalon area. He has been a resident in the Blue Mountains area for 7 years. He has a couple of Art Prizes and Highly Commended Awards.
Barbara Pankhurst enjoys using acrylics to paint pictures inspired by aspects of her every day life. Barbara is a member of the Society of Mountain Artists. She has had lessons from John Ellison for the past 2 years.
Ana Maria Parodi “Self taught artist. I have a passion for skies and landscapes and the ocean.”
Stella Pearse has been a professional artist for 25 years. Stella works in every medium but oil. She has work in council and corporate collections and in more than 8 countries. She is in demand as a tutor in 4 states.
Rolf Pohl was born in Latvia and attended school and University in Germany and obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of WA. He is largely self-taught and translates his feelings and perceptions into a composition, which at the beginning of the process, did not exist. He strongly believes that “ it is important in painting not to reproduce but to represent the subject” .
Janet Reinhardt has exhibited in group shows in the Blue Mountains, Bondi, Balmain and Camperdown. She is currently completing a Diploma in Fine Art at Nepean TAFE. She recently received a “commended” at the Blackheath Art Prize.
Jan Riley “My painting life started in 2001, I attended a summer school at Sturt Gallery Mittagong in watercolour techniques. I also
attended lessons at Camden Art Centre and other drawing workshops. Apart from that, I have had little formal training in watercolour painting. I guess I fall into the self-taught category. I love the medium. I want to experiment with its possibilities
and test myself with its unconventional use. My love of art and design and a practical need to earn money meant I spent a year studying garden design with The International Garden Architects Academy and a Diploma of Professional Interior Design from The Interior Design Academy. I went back to academic study as a mature
age student. My university studies included popular culture and social history. However, my desire to know more about art, architecture and design history meant changing to Curtin University in Western Australia. I also completed a Printmaking
subject at this university. I was greatly influence by artists like Cressida Campbell, Margaret Olley and other Australian women artist. I have just returned from a grand tour of Italy with lots of ideas I hope to be able to develop.”
Sophie Seeger is an abstract expressionist artist who lives locally. Sophie has works in private collections nationally and internationally. Sophie is the Feature Artist for the 2011 Falls ArtFest.
Selena Seifert lives and works in Wentworth Falls as a painter and a mosaic artist. Selena is a prominent mosaic mural artist and has completed works on The Northcott Building in Surry Hills, Katoomba Neighbourhood Centre, Oberon Visitors Centre, Portland Olympic Pool and Lawson Public School to name a few.
Selena describes her paintings as ‘naturescapes’ because they are somewhat snapshots of pieces of nature. Selena often spends time in national parks observing the natural environment. Rich warm colour pallets are often inspired by the pattern of bark on a tree or the patterns of leaves.
Selena’s paintings are held in collections in Australia and overseas. Her work can also be seen at Hat Hill Gallery in Blackheath and Charles Hewitt Gallery in Sydney. For more information about her and her regular adult and children’s workshops go to www.scribblybarkstudio.com.au
Heather Skarratt took up painting upon part-time retirement in 1990 when she studied watercolour for three years. Since then she has attended many classes and workshops in a variety of fields including pastels, acrylics and mixed media. Painting with watercolour still remains her favourite medium. From her travels around Australia, Heather has painted landscapes and seascapes and of course particularly loves the beautiful scenery of the Blue Mountains, her home for twenty years. Flowers and garden scenes have also inspired many paintings. Heather is an active participant in the Society of Mountain Artists Inc. and exhibits regularly. She has received several awards for her paintings and has sold many paintings locally, interstate and overseas.
Marion Smart has great love of the Australian bushland which is the main inspiration for her watercolour paintings. She exhibits regularly in local exhibitions and has been guest artist at a previous Wentworth Falls School Artfest.
Patricia Smart is a professional artist of 23 years. She has exhibited and worked nationally and internationally. She is a resident in the Blue Mountains which is the inspiration for much of her work.
Susan Stafford: Bachelor of Education (Art Major). First Prizes: Sydney Royal (Watercolour Section – 2011) and Winmalee Artfest (Watercolour – 2011).
Alan Thomas was born in London, 1939. Self taught. Has painted sporadically all his life, but since his retirement has taken his painting more seriously. Regular exhibitor at Upper Mountains art exhibitions. Member of Blackheath Art Society. Has sold his works regularly over the last 5 years.
Gerlinde Thomas started painting in 2008 using acrylics. Soon after, she started to use oils, providing more fluidity and creating greater depth to work which is predominantly figurative and portraiture. As an emerging artist, she strives to paint her subjects with warmth, beauty, depth and passion. See www.gerlinde.com.au.
Helen Trapp “I am a local artist who was born in Leura. I have travelled extensively around Australia. I previously painted in acrylics – my new challenge is watercolour.”
Peter Tugwell: After working as an engineer for over 25 years in an environment where things are ordered, detailed and constrained, Peter has developed an interest in being creative through drawing. With the simplicity of lead pencils and paper as tools, Peter has produced studies of nature that reflect the endless variety of shape and contrast that occur in nature all around us. Peter is married with 3 children and lives in Sydney and visits Wentworth Falls regularly.
Victoria Van Eerde: Inspired by the spirit and absolute trust animals give, Victoria interprets them in her art in various ways, from technical drawing, pen and wash, and bright acrylics. Her aim is to capture a look, a pose, a moment of movement.
Susan Warmbath: Student of Owen Thompson at Springwood Art Centre.
Dennis West “I came to painting later in life, mainly in the mediums of watercolour and pastel, with a particular interest in Architecture and all forms of transport.”
Anita White works locally as a colour consultant for Dulux. She is inspired by the layers of colour and texture in the natural landscape whenever she is drawing or taking photographs.
Ken Wills: A successful artist who is a resident of Katoomba,Ken believes in painting with living colours of the local environment wherever the painting is set. The painting are done in various mediums being of The Mountains, people, flora or fauna, or animals in general.
Peter Young “I am a local artist living at Blackheath. My works are in acrylics, often incorporating soil and twigs to enhance the paintings. My abstract expressionistic style has proved popular. Sales of my work have sold throughout the Sydney Metro area and the Blue Mountains.
Dianne Yousouf “ I started painting in 2003. Now aged in my fifties, I enjoy painting everything from family portraits to flowers and seascapes. I can use a variety of painting mediums and my pictures have been included in major exhibitions in Sydney.
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Feature artist 2011
Sophie Seeger
Sophie Seeger
Sophie has always had a strong passion for art; and was immersed in it from a very young age. Her grandmother was a mannerist sculptor, her mother a student of the arts; and her father a collector.
Sophie’s career led her into copywriting, magazine editing and marketing development, specifically for the not-for-profit, where “the creative process” continued for her.
Sophie dabbled in painting for years – and it was only when her children were out of nappies, that she joined a painting studio, and picked up where she’d left off.
“My works are truly expressionistic – each line, painted, drawn or scratched out, spontaneously creates the composition; although of course there is an element of intuition that also leads – so the accidental and intelligent play a delicate role. Often the works change direction in my quest for that balance of line, tone and colour.
“I use washes in some works combined with bridging and layering – as well as large areas of flat colour to create ambiguity. Placement of colour, whether bright or subtle, is important to me for visual shifting and is also often added to create that element of surprise or incongruity.
“Coming from South Africa where I adored the open spaces, I do have a passion for ‘where the land or water meets the sky’. Most recently I have started working on portraits – these are not representational of anyone, having arisen from my sub-conscious – they are charcoal with an oil glaze – being an expressionist, I loved the flexibility of this medium – where the gesture became more important than the technical.
“From a very young age I had an admiration for European artists, and in particular French artist, Janzen and Picasso.
“My art encompasses years of self reflection and a passion for the arts since the age of 5.”
Art relevant:
Matriculation History of Art, South Africa
St Ives School of Painting, UK. Summer Workshop
Certificate Colour & Design, Sydney
Artist biography assistance to Ann Lewis (Patron of the Arts)
Creative Development, Creative Response Agency
Member of Hart Start Painting Studio, Rozelle
Volunteer publicity to artist organizations
Gallery Director – Seeger Gallery
Executive Director – BMAC (Artists Company)
Curator – NSW Parliament House; Shapiro, Woollahra; Sydney Olympic Park Authority
Advisory Committee – Blue Mountains Heritage and Regional Gallery
Artist Agent
Art sourcing and interior design consultant
EXHIBITIONS:
The Curtis Gallery, Balmain – joint exhibition 2003
Orson & Blake – solo exhibition 2004
The Watch House Gallery, Balmain – joint exhibition 2005
The Artists Gallery, Katoomba – solo exhibition 2005
Art Sydney 2005
The Artists Gallery, Katoomba – solo exhibition 2006
The Watch House Gallery, Balmain – joint exhibition 2006
Art Melbourne 2006
Art Sydney 2006
Global Gallery, Paddington – joint Abstract Show 2006
Art Singapore 2006
Shapiro Joint Show, March 2007
Newington Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park - joint show October 2007
NSW Parliament House, - joint show January 2008
Seeger Gallery joint exhibitions, February 2008
Art Sydney 2008
Newington Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park - joint show November 2008
Gaffa Gallery, Surry Hills, Design Institute of Australia’s textile designers June 2009
The Edge, The art of seeing, October 2009
Artfest, Wentworth Falls, October 2009
Gaffa Gallery, The City, joint established and emerging textile designers June 2010
Artfest, Wentworth Falls, October 2010
Art Sydney 2010
Desert Reflections, Tali Gallery, November 2010
Gaffa Gallery, The City, Design Institute of Australia’s textile designers June 2011
Sophie works on painting commissions and has works in private collections throughout Australia, in South Africa, the US, UK, Denmark and Singapore.
Projects: Sophie works on design concepts collaborating with other artists by identifying and developing commercial opportunities - her Indigenous rug range is distributed nationally through the Rug Collection; and her arthouse fabric products are available direct. She works as interior designer with art sourcing as emphasis.
