Christine Clark
Christine Clark
Master Pastellist Christine Clark has a natural talent as a realist artist, she loves to paint and draw and has been painting, exhibiting, and selling her work for over 28 years. Chris is represented in many private and corporate collections throughout Australia, New Zealand, England, and Japan as well as being in the collection of our Ex Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, John Anderson.
In the last 8 years Chris has been working almost exclusively in Pastel, enjoying their vibrant colours and immediacy, which excites her and she is very passionate about working with this medium.
Living on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland (with her family for the past 1 5 years) has inspired a variety of subjects, figures, portraits, animals, seascapes & some flowers.
Chris’ passion is painting figures, she enjoys portraying her view of the world, like the charm of children at play, ballerinas’ or people enjoying the different aspects of life. Her paintings capture precious moments in everyday life that tell a story, appealing to a wide audience and hence her work is very popular.
Born in Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, she has always loved drawing and was inspired while growing up looking at her grandfather’s pastel paintings on the walls in her aunt’s home. Unfortunately Chris never met her grandfather as he passed on before she was born.
Chris studied firstly in oil at TAFE and later studied watercolour at the Victorian Artists Society in Melbourne. She has attended workshops by many of the top award winning, international and Australian artists such as Robert Wade, Greg Allen, Joseph Zubvic, Ron Muller, Ross Paterson, Barbara McManus, Max Wilks, Catherine Hamilton and others.
Since moving to Buderim, Queensland, she joined the Watercolour Society of Queensland, the Pastel Society of Australia, R.Q.A.S. and the Sunshine Coast Art Group, where, over a period of 9 years, taught watercolour and oil to adult students. Chris, together with 4 other local artists, successfully owned and operated the Blue Dolphin Gallery for 7 years, in Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast in Qld. The Gallery was sold in 2006. In July 2007 Chris achieved Master Pastellist status from The Pastel Society of Australia. Chris exhibits in Red Hill Gallery in Brisbane as well as some local Sunshine Coast Galleries. Chris currently paints full time, exhibits her work and teaches workshops in pastel.
AWARDS
Best Local Artist (watercolour) — Sunshine Coast Art Show
1st prize Pastel — Noosa Art Show
1st prize Watercolour — Maroochy Art Awards 2001
Pastellist of the Year (2nd) by Pastel Society of Australia — 2002
3rd prize Maleny Art Show — 2004
People’s Choice Award — Sunshine Coast Art Show — 2004
1st prize in Human Form — Kenilworth Art Show — 2004
Highly Commended — Kenilworth Art Show — 2004
Peoples Choice Award — Kenilworth Art Show — 2004
Highly Commended Pastel – Coloundra Arts Show 2004
3rd Prize Maleny Art Show - 2005
Highly Commended Pastel – Coloundra Arts Show 2005
2nd Prize Maleny Art Show - 2006
Solo Exhibition – 2003 Blue Dolphin Gallery
1st Prize Pastel – Coloundra Arts Show 2006
1st Prize Pastel Country Member – Pastel Society of Australia – 2006
2nd Prize (equal) Country Member – Pastel Society of Australia – 2006
2nd Prize Portrait Sarina Art Show – 2007
2nd Prize Maleny Art Show - 2007
Painting chosen to represent Maroochy Shire in exhibition in Japan 2007
Master Pastellist status by – Pastel Society of Australia – July 2007
1st Prize Pastel – RNA Brisbane Ekka – 2007
1st Prize Human Form – Hervey Bay Art Show – 2007
Exhibition at Parliament House – Brisbane – Oct 2007
2nd Prize Pastel – Country Member – Pastel Society of Australia – 2007
Highly commended Pastel – Maleny Art Show – 2007
Overall Best Painting – Blackwater Art Show – 2008
Highly Commended – Maryborough Art Competition – 2008
People’s Choice Award – Maryborough Art Competition - 2008
Christine will be holding two workshops during the festival.
Pastels / Fabulous Figures (Code CC3) Intermediate
Pastels / Painting Children (Code CC4) Intermediate
DESCRIPTION
CC3 - This is about having fun with figures using pastel and charcoal, incorporating gestural, rhythm and contour drawing. Bold and expressive pastel mark making create lively figures with strong emphasis on movement in a unique way.
Intermediate
CC4 - The emphases of the workshop will be on achieving the innocence and gesture of children by using pastels.
TIME AND PLACE:
CC3 - July 21 to July 22 (2 days), 8.30am to 4pm,
CC4 - July 23 to July 24 (2 days), 8.30am to 4pm,
Studio S2, Community Arts Centre.
WORKSHOP FEE:
$150.00 each
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