Meet Geraldine

I am a professional Australian artist and love to work with gouache and acrylics. However I have produced works in oils, charcoal,  watercolour, pencil and coloured pencil.

I was born at The Entrance in New South Wales and spent my early childhood in Papua and New Guinea. Later my family moved to north Queensland where I continued to develop my love of wildlife and the natural environment.

My career background includes 30 successful years in Primary Education in Queensland and NSW. I loved teaching and was able to use my artistic abilities to inspire an appreciation of art, in all its many facets, and to have my young charges become involved in a range of art experiences. I am also trained in Reading Recovery and Special Education.

I became an Assistant Principal as well as Consultant in Science and Technology and in Educational Leadership in the South Western Sydney Region. I lectured part-time at the University of Western Sydney in the Indigenous Student Teacher Education Program (Badanami Unit) in the area of Visual and Performing Arts, Science and Technology and Human Society and Its Environment.  My knowledge and appreciation of Australia’s rich Aboriginal cultures have grown considerably.

I have had no formal training in art but have always been able to draw. I am fortunate to have as mentors well known artists such as Freda Surgenor, Shirley Hagarty, Diana Garth and Joe Cartwright who have encouraged and supported my growth as an artist. The works of Paul Margocsy, Robert Bateman and Nada O’Loughlan have also greatly inspired me.

Because of my love of detail and rich colour I was absolutely taken by the vibrancy and flexibility of gouache. My abilities in gouache techniques and teaching have held me in good stead when demonstrating my work to various audiences.   I identified a need for workshops in resume writing for artists and developed a short program to assist artists in this area.  The program has been well received.

I have been invited to critique the art of the members of a number of art societies recently and have found it a most rewarding experience.

I am a very active member of the Oatley 101 Society of Artists (of which I am publicity officer), the Nepean Art Society, Southern Cross Art Group, Castle Hill Art Society and Kiama Art Society. I find the camaraderie and vitality of artists in these groups infectious and inspiring.

I am currently an exhibiting member of the artists’ cooperative at the Art Gallery Kurnell. 

In the last few months I have been approached by a number of Australian and International galleries to promote my work through their outlets.  This provides some interesting options and I am considering them.  It is reassuring to think that my work is so marketable.

I was recently one of the exhibiting artists invited to participate in the “13 Women Artists Exhibition” at the Artists’ Exhibition Centre, 46 Edward Street, Summer Hill.  Due to the success of the exhibition a number of our group have been invited to hang our work on a regular basis.   

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