Madrigal

kathy smoker

Fred

 


I paint exclusively in pastels. Why? 
… I can’t help myself – I absolutely love them!  
I have tried other mediums but I feel compelled to use
pastels.






  I paint landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, etc.as well as portraits.


Colour and tone (and therefore light, and the colour of light) is
very important to me, in both portraiture and landscape
painting.


A few of the many artists from the past whose works
thrill and inspire me are Rembrandt, John Singer Sargent and JMW Turner.  There are also many contemporary
artists whose paintings excite me: 
Max Wilks’pastels, Warwick Fullers Plein-air landscapes, and a large
number of American artists such as Gil Delliger, Sally
Strand&Camille Przewodek. Apologies to all those not
mentioned!


I hope to be able to paint for as long as I live – to be deprived
of the ability to paint would be very distressing.

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Rita

Barrengarry

complete cv

 Born  Goulburn, NSW, 
1954

Training
Private art classes mid 1996 -October 2000.


Tutors & Workshops
Enrolled in workshops (mostly pastel) with Robert Wilson, Colina Grant, Amanda McLean,
Max Wilks, Maggie Price, Helen Goldsmith, Kasey Sealy, Grace Paleg and John
Wilson.

 
Awards
 2012:    47th Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society Annual Awards
 – 1st Prize, Pastels (Ann Gomes Award)


2012:    Hunter’s Hill Council
58thAnnual Exhibition – Commended


2011:    46th Ku-Ring-Gai
Art Society Annual Awards – 1st Prize, Pastels (Ann Gomes
Award)


2011:    48th Lane Cove
Art awards -Commended


2010:     47th Lane
Cove Art Awards –Commended


2008:     CRAS 48th
Annual Art Exhibition– 1st Prize,
Traditional


2008:     45th Lane
Cove Art Awards –Highly Commended


2007:     CRAS 47th
Annual Art Exhibition– 3rd place, Sect 1


2006:     CRAS Spring-Summer
Exhibition – Commended


2006:     43rd Lane
Cove Art Awards –Very Highly Commended


2006:     43rd Lane
Cove Art Awards –Commended


2005:     Denistone East Public
School Annual Exhibition – Commended


2004:     Yaralla Art Awards,
Concord West Public School - 1st Prize, Mixed Media



Selected Group Exhibitions


2012:    47th Ku-Ring-Gai
Art Society Annual Awards Exhibition


2012:    Royal Art Society of NSW
Spring Exhibition


2012:    Hunter’s Hill Council
58thAnnual Exhibition


2012:    Royal art Society of NSW –
“Colour & Beyond” Exhibition


2012:    Portrait Artists Australia
– “The Book Launch” Exhibition


2012:    Royal Art Society of NSW –
Annual Autumn Exhibition


2012:    Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society –
St Ives Shopping Village Exhibition


2012:    Royal Art Society of NSW –
“Life Lines”Drawing Exhibition


2011:    Royal Art Society of NSW –
Annual Christmas Exhibition


2011:    Waterbrook Art Exhibition,
Greenwich


2011:    46th Ku-Ring-Gai
Art Society Annual Awards Exhibition


2011:    Royal Art Society of NSW –
Travels Near& Far


2011:    Hunter’s Hill Council
57thAnnual Exhibition


2011:    Royal Art Society of NSW –
Annual Autumn Exhibition


2011:    Royal Art Society of NSW –
Cockatoo Island& Sydney Environs


2010:    Royal Art Society of NSW
Christmas Exhibition


2010:    Waterbrook Art Exhibition,
Greenwich


2010:    ‘Energy &
Movement’,  St Joseph’s College,
Hunters Hill 32ndArt Show


2010:    Northbridge Art Prize,
Gallery 307


2010:    Royal Art Society of NSW
Spring Exhibition


2010:     ‘Colour Harmonies –
Moments in Time’,Brush Farm House Gallery, Eastwood 
(4 artists)


2010:     ‘Portrait
Perfection’, Epping Portrait Group, Hornsby Art
Gallery


2010:     Combined Art
Societies of Sydney, ‘Art of Sydney’ Awards


2009:     Hunter’s Hill Council
55thAnnual Exhibition


2009:     Royal Art Society of
NSW Autumn Exhibition


2009:     Combined Art
Societies of Sydney, ‘Art of Sydney’ Awards


2008:     Waverley Art
Prize


2007:     Hunter’s Hill Council
53rdAnnual Exhibition


2005:     St Joseph’s College,
Hunter’s Hill


2005:     Hunter’s hill Council
51stAnnual Exhibition


2004:     St Joseph’s College,
Hunter’s Hill


2004:     Hunter’s Hill Council
50thAnnual Exhibition


2003:     King’s
School


2003:     St Joseph’s College,
Hunter’s Hill


2003:     St Ignatius College,
Riverview


2002:     King’s
School


2002:     St Joseph’s College,
Hunter’s Hill


2002:     St Ignatius College,
Riverview


2001:     St Joseph’s College,
Hunter’s Hill



Exhibitions
– International


2009:     Invited to
exhibitin Florence Biennale, 5-13 December


2011:     Invited to exhibit in Florence Biennale, 
3-11 December



Publications


2008:     Cover image for “When
the Sky Caught Fire, Youngstreet Poets Anthology 8”


2004:     International Artist
publication: “How Did You Paint That? 
100 Ways to Paint Seascapes, Rivers &
Lakes”


2003:     Australian Artist
magazine challenge No. 11: Seascapes, Rivers & Lakes – image published May
2003


2000     Cover image
for“Watermelon Baby”  by Lesley
Walter. (Poetry collection published by Five Islands
Press)



Professional
  Associations


Exhibiting
  Membership, Royal Art Society of NSW


Exhibiting
  Membership, Portrait Artists Australia


Exhibiting
  Membership, Ku-ring-gai Art Society


Exhibiting
  Membership, Pastel Society of Australia


Exhibiting
  Membership, Continuum Art Society


Exhibiting
  Membership, Hornsby Art Society


Membership,
  Friends Art Group