Meet our Artists
Current Artist Profiles
Alycia Wilson
I was drawn to art from a young age, but my interest became more focused through formal study. I completed a Bachelor of Design with minor studies in Visual Arts Practice, which helped shape both my technical skills and conceptual approach across multiple mediums. I usually work across painting, drawing and textiles, with watercolour, acrylic […]
Chris Lawry
I have had a lifelong love of art but just didn’t have enough time for it until my children grew up and I retired fairly young from teaching and needed a new occupation. My training has also been lifelong, and quite studious (I know how to study and learn) but mostly informal. I have a […]
Loen Morgan
When I was young I always loved art but stopped at high school when I had to choose other subjects. When kids were gifted watercolor sets. I thought I’d have a go and with the help of a You tube tutorial I was happy with the result. At this stage I am trying out a […]
Sue Crees
I am a relatively new artist of 7 years. Initially I started in water colour then acrylic and then pastel. I love them all so have no favourites and do not yet have a set style. Although I have not had any formal training I have recently been guided by a great local artist, Julie […]
Earlier Artist Profiles
Alex Rojas
I don’t remember a specific time when I first realized that art was for me because I have always been interested in it. I enjoy reading about Art History and I have developed an appreciation for modern art with a specific focus on pop art. An Australian artist, David Bromley, inspires me, in particular his […]
Anita George
Anita George Learning Calligraphy is like learning music; practice, practice; exact forms; exact shapes; each style different pen angles, heights, shapes. With practice you find your rhythm. I did a one year painting/drawing class at TAFE. First lesson, I was given a stick and ink, for 1 minute sketches. What?! With a ‘what-ever’ attitude, I […]
Barbara Gogerly
Barbara Gogerly Art has been a wonderful adventure which started with paper and pencil, as a child trying to capture that which was around me, but I had to wait until 1984 before painting took hold when I joined Waverley Arts Society. The teacher who has had the greatest influence on my work was Carol Boothman […]
Barry Masterman-Smith
My first interest in art was sparked in primary school by a travelling exhibition in Traralgon of famous Australian artists, notably Albert Namatjira, William Dobell. I was impressed by Russell Drysdale’s ‘The Rabbiters’. This was in the 1950s. In later years I developed a keen interest in the colourful atmospheric paintings of the Impressionists.I dreamt […]
Cathy Harris
In the beginning of my Art journey I used oils but changed to acrylics after realising I had an allergy to oils. I now use acrylic paint as it is my favourite. I also like working with polymer clay so people may be surprised that part of my paintings are three dimensional. When asked to […]
Cathy Smith
I started drawing, painting and building in early childhood when I was encouraged by a relative who worked as an illustrator and produced audio-visual works. My father was not happy when I inserted all his drill bits in the bathroom floor. (my first installation!) These days I use several mediums including drawing, painting, digital images, […]
Cheryl Cook
Cheryl Cook t all begins with an idea. A feeling of home, of place and of the heart. That is the driving focus of my work – to bring you the essence of my place. Through my work, I encourage you to also explore the essence of your place., to cherish how we live with […]
Deb Wearne
Deb Wearne Deb Wearne is a frequent contributor to Baw Baw Arts Alliance exhibitions and the shops in both the Yarragon Station Gallery and the Trafalgar Artspace. Her wearable art is exquisitely produced and presented. Although she has always been interested in fibres and fabrics as far back as high school it was teachers’ college […]
Debora Johnson
Debora Johnson When l create a picture l usually use a variety of mediums; distress Inks, dyes, pencils, textas, glitterand gel pens, but l do like to experiment. My favourite medium is ink which sometimes not forgivingbut that often leads to something really nice or it goes into the “think about it pile”. I have many […]
Deborah Churchill
Deborah Churchill I am a mixed medium artist, frequently experimenting with the compatibility of all mediums and techniques but I have a particular love of pen and ink, which is always featured in my work. I would describe my art as human form in the nouveau style using mixed medium in a narrative way. I […]
Donna Mitchell
Donna Mitchell Art has been a passion of mine since I was a child. I loved to enter my work in school competitions held at our local flower show in Jindivick. I would draw and trace and sketch and colour and practice art in some form every day, sometimes for hours on end. My parents […]
Dot Thorne
Dot Thorne I have been drawing for as long as I can remember, but didn’t start thinking seriously until I was about 30. Realistic and traditional at first, very good training. Then I started abstracting a bit, and using more vivid colours, and lots of imagination, patterns, slivers of colour, splashes, spots, meandering lines. I […]
Elisabeth Smoorenburg
Elisabeth Smoorenburg Among many of the beautiful pieces of art on display for sale in The Station Gallery, Yarragon, are Elisabeth Smoorenburg’s small pieces of jewellery created from a range of materials such as German silver, brass, copper and gemstones. Each of Elisabeth’s pieces is unique because she does not like copying previous designs.Many years […]
Elsa Rabin
Elsa Rabin Forty years ago Elsa Rabin accidentally became interested, with some success, in painting portraits and animals but she found it an expensive hobby. However her interest continued on the discovery of Steven Parrish’ photos of Australia which she found inspirational. She sought permission from him to use his photos as a starting point […]
Georgia Robinson
I’ve been painting for as long as I can remember. I used any excuse to draw or paintsomething! My mother is also a painter, which solidified my passion and interest froma very young age.I have just completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) degree at the University ofMelbourne/ Victorian College of the Arts.I’ve been working […]
Heather Brimblecombe
Heather Brimblecombe If you have ever been to the Friday Fibre Group you will most likely have seen the meticulous and creative work of felter, Heather Brimblecombe. It is always interesting to ask an artist about their first memories of an interest in art and Heather is quite specific; ‘I remember my first art lessons […]
Ingrid Thomas
Ingrid Thomas Currently Ingrid is doing a great deal of work in acrylics because she likes the fact that they dry quickly and she can paint in layers. She enjoys the intense colours and can work on a number of very different paintings at the same time because ‘it stops me getting too precious and […]
Jessie McLennan
Jessie McLennan I was born in Bairnsdale and spent my early years in an idyllic, isolated life on the Ninety Mile Beach bordering the Gippsland Lakes. I was very fond of both my grandmothers. One had a collection of posters of art through the ages that I would look at and discuss with her, the […]
Jill Loader
Jill Loader Previously I have worked in porcelain paper clay and raku clay I specialised in ceramics at RMIT University. I am enjoying working with a combination of polymer clay, cotton rope and natural materiels. Because of the Covid 19 travel restrictions I’ve been working with different materials. I was introduced to polymer clay at […]
Joan Best
Joan Best Joan Best is the newest member of the Baw Baw Arts Alliance Committee of Management. She has brought lots of energy and enthusiasm to the Arts Alliance as evidenced in her beautiful pieces in the current ‘Station Gallery’ exhibition, ‘Under the Microscope’.Joan writes, ‘For as long as I can remember, I have always […]
Kathleen Kendall
Kathleen Kendall Kathleen works with a variety of mediums from traditional paints to mixed media. Originally, she was looking for her final subject matter and style, through experimentation with various mediums such as oil, acrylic, spray paint and glass using the warm glass slumping technique. Currently she is exploring recycled materials. This started because she […]
Kelly Williamson
Kelly Williamson Kelly Williamson has always leaned toward creativity and spent her childhood exploring dance, drama, and poetry. As an adult she has also enjoyed photography. Her eldest son had been attending painting classes for a while and she had a discussion with him about how wonderful it must be to be able to create art […]
Ling Wang
Ling Wang At the age of 5, the year before I started primary school, my parents decided to keep me at home for a year after they were no longer happy sending me to kindergarten. This is when I first remember drawing. I was left home alone every day, crying behind the locked doors while my […]
Liz Bowley
Liz Bowley Although I studied art right through school and was encouraged by artistic parents, my passion for art lay dormant until the children left home. A voucher for lessons with well-known artist John Mutsaers reignited the flame and guided me on my brush strokes’ journey. I paint in a realist style with a passion […]
Liz Harbridge
Liz Harbridge Liz Harbridge is an artist who works mainly with fabrics and found objects. She compliments these with eco dyeing, fabric manipulation, machine and hand stitching. These days much of her inspiration comes from her excursions to charity shops, bush walking, fashion shows, dystopian and historical and fantasy movies. However as a child she […]
Lynne Hall
Lynne Hall I am a mainly self taught artist. I have always loved art and as a little child pencil and paper were never far away. At 30 years of age I began to paint and take lessons with Frankston Peninsular Art Society. At the time I painted in oils. Life centred around my […]
Pauline Bailey
Pauline Bailey I’ve always had an interest in art and loved to draw as a child however I didn’t get back into it until later in life when I enrolled in a Visual Arts course at East Gippsland Tafe. Painting, drawing, life drawing, digital art, photography, art history, and other art-related subjects were covered in […]
Prue Barridge
Prue Barridge Many of the readers of this newsletter will have seen Prue Barridge’s name in the report from the annual general meeting when she accepted the complex job of treasurer. However, few will know of Prue’s expertise as a textile artist in the world of fibre art. Prue said, ‘My love affair with sewing […]
Ross Jacka
Ross Jacka Once upon a time I studied at RMIT and majored in Fine Arts. It was an amazing time just to be able concentrate on art and coffee but my first awakening to art was in prep when our teacher Miss Coote got us to scribble some lines on paper and then colour them […]
Russell Monson
Russell Monson I have always had a fascination with photography, having wanted a camera from my teen years. With a background in the Physical Sciences and an interest in technology, the interest grew with the move from analogue (film) to digital. In the early days I didn’t think of photography as ‘art’, but sharing the […]
Sharon Wootton
Sharon Wootton ‘Like a lot of artists my childhood was full of memorable days drawing, painting and making daisy chains and just being amazed at the colours and wonders of my world. After completing year 11 in a traditional high school I was then encouraged to enroll in a Tertiary Orientation Program for year 12. […]
Trav Hendrick
Trav Hendrick draws colourful cartoons. Born in Dandenong and living in Drouin for the past 30 years, Trav has focused his time on creating his own cartoon characters. While attending Drouin Secondary College he was diagnosed with mild autism. He finds communicating with people difficult – art is his way of conveying his feelings and […]
Trish Smithson-Hill
Drawing with pencil, brush, pen, ink and wash on paper as well as painting in acrylic on canvas and etching into perspex printmaking plates are my chosen mediums in which to work. I work directly from life onto canvas or sketch book.Dad, a professional Cartoonist ‘Esjay Smithson’, let me watch him work, thinking aloud for […]
Ty Clare Thody
Ty Clare Thody I usually work in acrylics because they are so convenient to correct and easy to clean up. I also work in oils when I can too. My parents owned an art store in Yarragon for many years, so I have been able to experiment with many different mediums and love trying new […]
Vivienne Ortega
Vivienne Ortega enjoys painting in the real world, as she sees it, in a realistic style with both oil and acrylic paints. While the subject of Art at school was her best she didn’t give this much importance except that as a child she drew often with her Derwent coloured pencils, her main subjects being […]
Wendy Hitchins
Wendy Hitchins If you haven’t yet met Canadian born glass bead artist, Wendy Hitchins, make sure you do not miss either the Warragul Arts Market Wendy also participates in Open Studios West Gippsland (a self-guided studio tour of select artists) twice a year where you can watch her make beads in her studio. She’s a […]
Wendy Twyerould
Wendy Twyerould My artistic journey began in the early years of my education when we were asked to design a ‘fire prevention’ poster. I still have the book I won for first prize. However throughout my life I found an alternative way to express my artistic nature when I discovered cake decorating in my […]
Yvonne Pywell
My love of nature is the inspiration for my art designs. Art and textiles allow me to escape from the “real world”, by being mesmerized and lost in the process of the creation. Landscapes, flora and fauna and building designs all provide inspiration for my work.By studying and observing the harmony of the natural environment […]