Jenie Fawckner

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Growing up on a sheep and cattle property in Central Queensland Jenie has developed an ongoing fixation with the colour and composition of the Australian landscape for as long as she can remember. This has proved to be a strong base for the subject treatment in all of her work. Jenie paints and screen prints with a colour palette “in tune with the subtle and ever changing seasonal landscape around her”. Her artistic side was fostered from early childhood by a wonderfully creative mother and a stimulating environment, both paired with the freedom of her own imagination. Graduating from Queensland College of Art with a Degree in Fine Art Jenie soon developed a very unique screen printing style that has set her hand painted screen prints apart from most other screen printing processes. Jenie says of her printmaking “I am consistently drawn to the freedom of mark making as this is a very large part of my artistic process. This achieves an overall effect in my screen printing that seems realistic at a distance but upon closer inspection is really just an amalgamation of splashes and strokes. I love the contradiction between realism and abstraction this creates”. Jenie has held numerous group and two solo exhibitions in Brisbane. She exhibits constantly in Regional Galleries and Art events. Jenie had a large solo exhibition in 2010 at Roma on Bungil Gallery which was very well received. She currently runs a cattle property 80 km from Roma Qld with her husband Gordon. Jenie works from her studio in the bush and is fulfilling a full time Art career now her four school age children are a little older. “To take a simple or insignificant scene from my natural surroundings and present it artistically in a way that gives it relevance and appeal teaches me to stop and appreciate every little aspect of nature. My joy is in creating....my endeavour is to share it.”

Catherine Stewart

Artists Profile – Catherine Stewart (Lawler) b, 1973

Catherine is a contemporary artist from Wooragee in regional Victoria.

Her unique approach to artmaking is expressive and engaging, capturing rural Australian subjects.

“Having mostly lived in small regional communities it’s only natural to be captivated by the bush and it’s many wonders. Something different is offered every day. It’s a matter of opening yourself to new ideas and experiences, enjoying the seasons and letting my paintings evolve”.

An expressive use of colour, line and texture with an emphasis on mark making is Catherine’s trademark. Her contemporary arts practice primarily involves drawing, painting and mixed media using oils, oil stick and oil pastel.

North east Victoria and the NSW Riverina landscapes provide ongoing fodder in her recent body of work, preferring to focus on natural waterways, creeks and billabongs. Native flora and bird studies are ongoing themes in her everyday practice also.

Since completing a Bachelor of Arts degree (Visual Arts) in 1995 at Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga, she is currently enjoying fulfilling a long held dream of becoming a full time professional artist. Catherine exhibits regularly both regionally and interstate. Her work is becoming very well sought after, winning the prestigious $20,000 MAMA Art prize in 2016 and a sell out solo exhibition at Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) in 2017.

Successful exhibitions

2019 Feature Artist – Moree Gallery NSW
2017 “Habitus” solo exhibition at MAMA (Murray Arts Museum Albury), Albury NSW
2015 “My Terrain” Corner Store Gallery, Orange NSW
2015 “On Your Mark- A Rural Perspective” Gallery 34, Yea, Vic
2015 “Paper Trail- A North East Perspective” GIGS Gallery Wodonga Vic
2015 “Feels Like Home” Paper Pear Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW
2014 “From Little Things………….” Spiritus Gallery, Yackandandah, VIC
2014 “New Works – Catherine Stewart”Moree Gallery NW
2013 “Beyond The Line” GIGS Gallery Wodonga VIC
2013 “New Works” Paper Pear Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW
2012 “Natural Instincts” Solo, Moree Gallery NSW
2011 “Rustica” Solo exhibition Griffith Regional Art Gallery NSW
2010 “Terrain, Navigating New Landscapes” Collaborative Exhibition, Cube 37 Frankston Vic, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Shear Outback, Hay
2009 “5×5” Collaborative Exhibition, Griffith Regional Art Gallery
2009 “Simple Pleasures” Solo Exhibition, Cottage Gallery Griffith NSW

Art Awards

2018 Highly Commended, Trinity Art Show, Albury NSW
2016 Winner MAMA Art Prize, Albury NSW
2015 Highly Commended, Trinity Art Show Albury NSW
2014 Winner, Open Section Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi QLD
2013 Winner, Drawing and Contemporary Sections, Goondiwindi QLD
2012 Winner Drawing/ Contemporary sections Wagga Wagga Art Show, NSW
2012 Winner Drawing, Goondiwindi Art Exhibition QLD
2011 Highly Commended “Exposed” Art Exhibition, Griffith NSW
2011 Winner, Contemporary Section, Wagga Wagga Art Exhibition
2011 Winner, Drawing Section, Wagga Wagga Art Exhibition
2011 Highly Commended, Overall Winner, Wagga Wagga Art Exhibition
2010 Winner “Exposed Art Exhibition” Figure Drawing, Griffith NSW
2010 Highly Commended (Works on Paper) Corowa Art Exhibition
2010 Winner “Drawing” and “Contemporary” sections Mildura Art Show