Artist's Palette

Victoria can be proud to claim Kim Joelene Donald as one of its talented daughters. She was born at Warrnambool; and these days she lives and works at Bendigo. With no formal art training, Kim has developed her own distinctive style during the proces

Finding a subject can sometimes be one of the hardest things. Fortunately, my subject was requested by a client – so I had a picture to work with. The image was of her husband driving in a racing mud buggy. The overall painting was constructed from t

John Shields is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of History and Arts; a Life Member and Past President of the Macquarie Towns Arts Society; an Exhibiting Member of the New South Wales Royal Art Society; and a Life Member of the Baulkham Hills Art

To achieve the best results, I commenced the painting with the attitude ‘this is going to be the best painting I have attempted up to this date’. The following steps have worked for me. I have developed them over the past 40 years. However, individua

The country town of Inverell is home to Laurence Moore. As an artist, he has enjoyed significant success in his local area and has become well known in the community. “I never used to paint,” he admits. “But I loved drawing. Especially old shacks, ru

I remember, as a child, waiting for the postman with my brothers and sister. Along with the daily mail, the postman would deliver a loaf of bread. By the time we got back to the house, four corners would be missing from the loaf. But we laughed all t

Johannesburg in South Africa was my birthplace. I now live at Heidelberg in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, and I paint full-time. I attended Rhodes University at Grahamstown, to study for a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, tutored by Profess

Because this is a place that I love and know well, I did not use a photograph to provide inspiration … only my memory. I chose not to paint in the open air, when midsummer temperatures were in the late 30s and the plant life was seemingly dead. In So

Now in my mid-30s, I have lived in Texas all my life. I have served as a police officer and a medic, for well over a decade in each case. I completed high school in 1992, in an advanced study program. For a time, I lived with my sister and her husban

Mignon Parker grew up on the Northern Beaches of New South Wales – an area which she recalls as being rich in wildlife. She remembers abundant wallabies, echidnas, wombats, lizards and birdlife … not to mention the odd wild pig escaping from the Oxfo

I selected a suitable study from a recent life drawing session. On this occasion I was fortunate enough to have Fergus (the model’s cat) to pose as well. With a generous amount of Phthalo Blue and White, I applied sweeping strokes with a large foam b

Tanzania in East Africa was Louise Derry’s birthplace. Her home these days is in far north Queensland. She has earned an arts degree in ‘Art, Design and Technology’ which combined a variety of art modules including pottery; printmaking; fabrics; silv

I’ve chosen this subject for several reasons. It has all the elements I love in a view: An elevated perspective, a vast panorama, a wide expanse of water reflecting the colours of the ever changing sky. I couldn’t ask for more. I will doubtless paint

I was born in Sydney, and moved to the New South Wales Central Coast where I spent my childhood as part of a large family on a small hobby farm surrounded by grassy paddocks and bushland. For as long as I can remember, I loved drawing. I spent lots o

My aim was to create a hot, dusty sunset in Africa – based on a single photograph of an elephant from Dubbo zoo. Her flared ears and prominent right forefoot inspired the idea of a matriach protecting her family from strangers in her homeland. The pa