CV & Bio
Education
| 2007 | Master of Arts with Second Class Honours Division A in Visual Art |
| 2006 | Griffith Award for Academic Excellence 2005 Griffith University Queensland Master of Arts in Visual Art [Photography] Queensland College of Art Griffith University, South Bank |
| 2003 | Bachelor of Arts [Psychology] University of New England, Armidale, NSW. |
| 1994 | Bachelor of Visual Arts in Fine Art [Intermedia Studies] Queensland College of Art Griffith University Morningside |
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
| 2015 | Certificate – How to Plan and Manage Arts Projects – Flying Arts |
| 2013 | Certificate - Art and Alzheimer’s – National Gallery of Australia, Noosa Regional Gallery |
| 1994 | Certificate - Introduction to Art Therapy, University of Queensland |
PREVIOUS STUDIES VISUAL ARTS
| 1982 - 83 | Watercolours - Tutor - David Taylor, Victorian Artists’ Society Cartooning studies - Stott’s Correspondence College |
| 1978 - 79 | Life Portraiture Sketching - Senaca College, Toronto, Canada Water Colour, Tutor: Lloyd Peters - Tecumseth Gallery, Tottenham, Canada Pen & Ink, Tutor: Ron Wilson - Tecumseth Gallery, Tottenham, Canada |
| 1973 – 78 | Oil Painting - Tutor: Nola Seidel - Plympton School of Art, Adelaide |
| MEMBER: | Arts Connect Inc. Queensland College of Art Griffith University Alumni |
| ABN | 19 840 799 598 |
Artworks for Public Display
| 2017 | Manna Gum (watercolour Illustrations) Bourke Street Memorial Service booklet. Selected for website banner, and bronze plaque |
| 2017 | Mistletoe Wreath (watercolour illustration) large and small decals at 28 sites to promote the introduction of Creeping Mistletoe to support wildlife in the City of Melbourne. |
| 2017 | Maggie and the Goat (8 watercolour illustrations) - Captain Cook’s Cottage Children’s Activities Booklet, Melbourne, Victoria. |
| 2013 | Cyrene’s Taste Test (acrylic) – purchased by Maleny Cheese |
| 2005 | COLLECTIONS Artist Book, Jurassic Peli (1993 - historical information of the pelican) Purchased by State Library of Victoria, Rare Printed Collections – photo-montage Artist Book, Perplexity (1993 - environmental hazards of the Gold Coast Pelican) Purchased by State Library Qld, The James Hardie Collection –photo-montage |
Exhibitions of Artworks
| 2018 | Forthcoming: Arts Connect Inc., Pop-Up Exhibition 1-15 October and 1 - 14 November 2018 Belvedere, 6/184 main Street Montville, Qld 4560 January 25th - March – In the Still of a Moment - Solo Exhibition, Sarah’s Unplugged, Maleny February to April: Exhibitor – UNTETHERED, Arts Connect Inc. Group Exhibition, The Butter Factory, Cooroy. |
| 2017 | Solo Exhibitor – Wall Display, Maleny Library TREES - Oil paintings on stretched linen. Local landscapes. Solo Exhibitor – Cabinet Display, Maleny Library Open Studios Participant – ACI Open Studios Monthly Program and Special Spring Event Open Studios, Sunshine Coast Hinterland |
| 2016 | Exhibitor – Group Exhibition - 12x12x12 - Vianta Arts, Beerwah Exhibitor – ACI Group Exhibition – Our Mountain Home The Hub, Caboulture Regional Gallery Exhibitor – ACI Group Exhibition – Our Mountain Home The Arts & Ecology Centre, Maroochy Botanical Gardens Exhibitor – ACI Group Exhibition – Connected The Butter Factory, Cooroy Regional Gallery Open Studios Participant – Arts Connect Inc Open Studios Monthly Program |
| 2015 | Participating Exhibitor – Arts Connect Inc. at Maleny Library |
| 2014 | Participating Exhibitor – Arts Connect Inc. Open Studios September - Blackall Range, Sunshine Coast Participating Artist ~ Sunday Drive Exhibition ~ (SDOS) Sunday 2nd March 2014 - Caloundra Regional Gallery Exhibitor & Speaker – Group Exhibition - Participating Artists SDOS Arts Connect Inc., Caloundra Regional Gallery |
| 2005-13 | Participating Exhibitor – Arts Connect Inc Open Studios September - Blackall Range, Sunshine Coast Finalist - Sunshine Coast Real Food Festival, Art Competition September 2013, Tree Frog Gallery, Maleny Exhibitor - Fashion, Music & Art The Tree Frog Gallery, Maleny |
| 2012 | Exhibitor - The Forest Floor Revisited, Arts Connect Inc. Group Exhibition |
| 2012-14 | Exhibitor – Tree Frog Gallery, Maleny (Gallery Closed 2014) |
| 2011 | Selected Exhibitor: Moreton Bay Regional Gallery National Art Prize Entrant: Archibald Prize Exhibitor by Invitation: SNAP November 2010 Pine Rivers Regional Gallery Videography – First Take |
| 2010 | Selected Exhibitor: Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards |
| 2009-10 | Exhibitor: MALENYartworks ~ Gallery, Maleny (Gallery closed 2010) |
| 2009 | Finalist: Moreton Bay Regional Gallery National Art Prize (Photography) |
| 2007 | Selected Exhibitor: Noosa Regional Library International Artist Book Award Selected Exhibitor: Queensland Villages Art Prize, Oil painting Selected Exhibitor: RNA EKKA: painting and photography |
| 2006 | Joint Exhibition: Rinaldi Gallery, Brunswick, Victoria Selected Exhibitor, 23rd McGregor Prize for Photography University of Southern Queensland Selected Exhibitor: Pine Rivers Regional Art Exhibition |
| 2005 | Exhibitor: My Gallery, Fine Art, Sorrento, Qld Rinaldi Gallery, Brunswick, Victoria Art Requirements Art Space, Wooloowin, Qld Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Alumni Exhibition Postgraduates Exhibition Qld College of Art Griffith University Tutors’ Exhibition, Art Requirements Art Space, Wooloowin, Qld |
| 2004 | Illustrator: Animal Liberation Society Qld Christmas & Thank You Cards |
| 1987 | Joint Exhibition – Phyll Green Art Gallery, Paradise Point, Qld. |
| 1981 - 1986 | Regular Exhibitor: Glenroy Art Group, Victoria Local Art Exhibitions Recipient of numerous awards |
Art for Alzheimer's Awareness
https://sharetimepictures.com.au/Art-for-Alzheimer%27s-Awareness.php
Pine Rivers Regional Gallery
Window Installations – Solo Exhibition
2015 Whispers from My Soul
2014 Baby Boomer
2012 Yesterday’s Room
2011 VoVo
Professional Experience
| 2007 | Current Producer ~ Share-Time Pictures - therapeutic images for the care industry www.sharetimepictures.com.au |
| 2017 | Shortlisted for Artist in Residence 2018 – Brisbane Botanical Gardens, Mt Cooth-tha Coordinator Arts Connect Inc. Monthly Open Studios Program Aug 2016-17 Editor, Open Studios Monthly Newsletter - Aug 2016-17 |
| 2016 | Speaker – Maleny Commerce Breakfast meeting for ACI - SOTE Speaker – Artists Speak Out – Joint Photography forum with Steve Parish, Maleny Editor, ACI Monthly Newsletter - Aug 2015-16 ACI Vice President and Acting President |
| 2015 & 2016 | Author, article USA ~ Reminiscence Books to Help People with Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s.net |
| 2014 | Photographer & Videographer - Sculpture on the Edge Exhibition - Digital Documentation commissioned by Arts Connect Inc. and supported by a grant from the Regional Arts Development Fund, Arts Queensland |
| 2010 | Speaker – SNAP Exhibition, Photographers Forum Pine Rivers Regional Gallery Author ~ The Creation of Non-verbal Communication Tools to Assist People with Alzheimer’s disease, Signpost Journal Practice Development Unit Shortlisted artist ~ Mount Isa Hospital Public Art Project |
| 2009 | Speaker - 4th International Convention for Arts, Ageing and Creativity, (The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care), Adelaide, SA Speaker - National Aged Care Nursing 2009 Convention, (Ausmed Publications) Brisbane. |
| 2007 | Joint Judge: Nundah Arts Festival, Painting and Photography |
| 1991 - 95 | Resident Artist and Tutor - Jabiru Gallery Sanctuary Cove |
| 1987 - 2007 | TUTOR: Variety media at Gold Coast Institute of TAFE; Phyl Green Gallery; Framed, Just for You; Jabiru Gallery Sanctuary Cove; Judi Parkinson Shop/Studio Paradise Point; Art Requirements, Wooloowin, Qld, and personal studios on Gold Coast. |
| 1979 - 1996 | Freelance Commercial Artist – specialized in free-hand pen and ink sketches for advertising. Clients included: Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria, Victorian Egg Farmers, Victorian Fishing Industry, Real Estate Agencies, wedding reception estates, and local businesses. Builders' perspective paintings (pen & wash) from architects' plans (houses & unit blocks), including several luxury homes for the 'Sovereign Islands' Prestige Estate, Gold Coast, Queensland. |
| 1980 & 1986 | Illustrator of 2 Series of 6 different properties in each collection. Pen and Ink sketches for limited Edition Prints & Greeting Cards Featured 12 historical landmarks in Essendon and Ascot Vale, Victoria |
| 1981 - 1986 | Member: Victorian Artists Society Glenroy Art Group, Victoria |