Karen Munster

Karen Munster

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Karen is a creative artist working in acrylics, watercolour, pen and wash, linocut printing and mixed media. She paints a wide variety of subjects and themes.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Creating artworks is therapy for me. It’s something I really enjoy and find it very relaxing but also challenging. I like to paint subjects that resonate with me - a beautiful landscape, an inspiring scene, a loved family pet, an interesting face. There is nothing more satisfying for me as an artist than to find a new home for my artwork where it can be appreciated and enjoyed.

BIO

Karen has had no formal training but has benefitted from many informal classes and workshops. She has exhibited regularly at Redland Yurara Art Gallery and Studio, Thornlands Brisbane, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland Brisbane and more recently Glen Innes Art Gallery where she was highly commended at the Glen Archies Portraiture Competition in 2019 and 2021

Solo exhibitions

September 2017

‘Exhibition of Works’ at Redland Yurara Art Studio and Gallery, Brisbane QLD

Joint exhibitions

August 2018

‘We Three’ at Redland Yurara Art Studio and Gallery, Brisbane QLD

July 2019

‘The Nature of the Trio’ at Redland Yurara Art Studio and Gallery, Brisbane QLD

October 2021

‘A Time for Colour’ at Glen Innes Art Gallery, Glen Innes NSW

CONTACT

kjmdoobert@gmail.com
0438 243 885

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Yvonne Overton

Yvonne Overton

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Watercolour

ARTIST STATEMENT

Yvonne is a practising artist in the New England of New South Wales, based now in Tamworth and formerly of Moree. She holds a Fashion Teachers Certificate and a Fine Art Diploma from TAFE NSW, as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Newcastle University. Yvonne principally works in the elusive medium of watercolour, the natural environment, whether it be landscape or fauna, is the basis of most of her work. She recently has been working on commissioned portraits, with oils the medium of her choice for this practice. She has exhibited in many private and regional galleries, in both solo and group shows. She has been a selected finalist or winner in such exhibitions as Senses TAFE NSW, Country Energy Art Prize NSW, Mortimer Prize, Norville Prize and many local events such as Frost Over Barraba, Twin Rivers Gunnedah and Kootingal Art Show. She is currently teaching a watercolour class with U3A Tamworth.

CONTACT

0400 463 261
yvonneoverton@rocketmail.com or use the form below.

Alison Goodwin

Alison Goodwin

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Studio practice includes exhibitions and art commissions in two dimensional media. Oil painting and Works on Paper that include - water colour, gouache, mixed media drawing and printmaking.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My natural inclination to sketch and love of mark making are integral to the development of my art works. Inspiration for my artworks are frequently connected to the photographs that I take of my home environment and when I travel. Scrolling through my photographs provide the source imagery and affirm my landscape experiences, that are redolent of the change of season, the shifting atmospherics and the play of light and colour on shapes and landforms.

BIO

Artist and Educator. My studio practice includes exhibitions and art commissions. Experienced in program planning and delivery - my professional teaching and facilitation in the visual arts encompass community projects and tertiary engagements in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications include:

Post Graduate Diploma - Fine Art Printmaking

Post Graduate Diploma - Art Education

Certificate IV TAE40110 Certificate IV Training & Assessment

Artwork represented in:

Australian National Gallery Canberra

Art Gallery of South Australia

Print Council of Australia. Brisbane City Art Gallery

University of SA Library, Uni. of Central Queensland

Parliament House ACT

Flinders University Library Collection

Canson Australia PTY. LTD. Vic.

University of Newcastle Union

Private Collections in Australia and Europe

Solo Exhibition - Weswal Gallery - Reminiscence 2019

Group Exhibitions - Weswal Gallery Small Joys 2019

Group Exhibitions - Weswal Gallery Small Joys 2020

CONTACT

0427 138 357
alisongoodwin890@gmail.com

Belinda Williams

Belinda Williams

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Watercolour artist

CONTACT

Via Facebook or Instagram or the form below.

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Jade Punch

Jade Punch

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Watercolour, acrylic, mixed medium, sustainable art (waste art)

ARTIST STATEMENT

Jade Punch is a vibrant and versatile artist who loves a challenge. Her own business, Jade Punch Art, showcases her work in a variety of mediums from watercolour to oils, and printmaking to collage. You might enjoy her work on a traditional canvas, or on less traditional objects such as "found" items, creating something beautiful out of something that has been discarded. Jade enjoys sharing her knowledge through art workshops for children, teaching beginners knowledge, or running specially designed classes such as collaborative book making and mixed medium. She held the position of Vice-President of Arts Gunnedah in 2018 and 2019, and brightens the lives of Gunnedah people by gifting them with artworks.

BIO

Jade's work has won recognition at the Gunnedah Show and in Gunnedah's Annual Art and Ceramics Exhibition, as well as the 2017 Biannual Waste Into Art Exhibition. She participated in the planning and execution of the first annual Gunnedah Collective Carnival Day in 2017, encouraging community participation in a collective artwork. Jade is known for her bright and bubbly personality as well as her artworks, and is a keen supporter of community art.

CONTACT

jadepunchart@gmail.com
0422 170 476

Shirley Urquhart

Shirley Urquhart

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Watercolour artist and printmaker.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Relatively new as an art practitioner, I began watercolour lessons 16 years ago. Realising this was a difficult medium to master, I had always admired the glow, freshness and spontaneity of watercolour painting. Immediately, I took advantage of Winter and Summer Art schools held at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst and participated in, and was inspired by, workshops conducted by some of Australia’s leading watercolourists as well as international artists. My inspiration for painting landscapes is taken from the local environment, using strong colour and tone and a variety of subject matter and technique, dry brush and wet into wet. Still lifes and Interiors, featuring red chairs, are fun subjects and I enjoy the challenge of creating eye-catching compositions. I have endeavoured to pass on my love of watercolour in the district by conducting Saturday classes over many years and have also been asked to conduct workshops in neighbouring areas. I am now exploring and learning all the different approaches to printmaking with its endless creative possibilities. I have attended printmaking workshops to improve my skills and share these skills one day a month in the studio room at the Creative Art Centre Gunnedah for those who wish to learn printmaking. I have participated, successfully, in local shows and art exhibitions and have been fortunate to win many ribbons and awards. I have demonstrated at some of these exhibitions, and been asked to judge. I organise many workshops with professional artists in all mediums for our local community to provide instruction, encouragement, and inspiration, and help the artists build on their skills.

Shirley has attended Winter and Summer Art schools held at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, various workshops. Shirley has won a number of awards and ribbons at Shows and Exhibitions, and has also been invited to judge shows.

CONTACT

s.urquhart28@hotmail.com
0407 945 123

Tanya Robertson Cunninghame

Tanya Robertson Cunninghame

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Artist, Teacher, Drawing, Oil and Watercolour.

My themes are based on time, place & experience. I am environmentally inspired. My latest exhibition based on Water and Light was an escape from endless drought and fire. Painting for me is a problem solving, I have done it all my life, it is my safe place. Creativity is like capturing water in your hand, the more you try to contain it, the more it slips away. Creativity needs to be honest, don't pretend it is something that it is not.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Visual Arts has been a constant throughout my life. I commenced teaching Visual Arts in my early twenties, which hastened my own steep learning curve in gaining the necessary experience & qualifications. Creating art is about problem solving & that is the ongoing challenge.

BIO

Graduate Diploma in Education UNE Armidale 2007; Cert IV assessment and Workplace Training 2006; Dip of Arts Tamworth TAFE 1994; Art Cert Course East Sydney Technical College 1980-1981;

CONTACT

wattlebend@skymesh.com.au
0413 212 979