Tumbled Rocks 80×80 OilHorizontal Falls, Kimbolton 92×92 Oil framed
The experience of a Kimberley cruise from Darwin to Broome is on the bucket list of many retirees and so it was on mine. It was magical and exciting, day after day. My new works are inspired by the Kimberley’s colour of the water and the towering and tumbling rocks, the reflections in that lucid water, the waterfalls, the excitement of being under them, the birds and the crocodiles. It is indeed a vast archaelogical paradise, an unspoilt wilderness, where we left nothing but our footprints, to be washed way by the huge tides. Adventurers and grey nomads have always loved the colourful outback of the Kimberley as well, all the gorgeous gorges along the Gibb River Road, the Bungles, the Ord River and Lake Argyle are some of the favourites. As a couple John and I traversed all these places, weeks at a time, setting up our tent and then John riding his bike whilst I stood before my easel painting ‘en plein air’. Back home I painted larger works in acrylics and oils and now in Encaustic as well. Even now I create new works from my photos of those trips.
The Bungle Bungles 80×90 AcrylicHunter River Hills 160×112 OilSheer cliffs with Tide Lines 76×76 OilExtreme Tide Lines 76×76 OilHorizontal Waterfall 90×60 OilTumbled to the Right,Talbot Bay 76×76 OilTumbled to the left, Talbot Bay 76×76 OilOne of Two King George River Waterfalls 90×60 OilMangrove reflections, Porosus Creek, North Kimberley Marine Park 80×80 OilNature’s Composition, Talbot Bay 76×76 OilMitchell Falls 160×112 oiMangrove reflections, Porosus Creek, North Kimberley Marine Park 92×92 OilStriated Rocks Tumbled everywhere 60×50 Oil At Glen Helen oil Willy Creek Pearl Farm 64×54 OilMesas On the Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary Road 90×60 OilRoebuck Bay, Broome 64×54 OilSunset at Home Valley Station 80×90 AcrylicAncient Boab, Wyndham 68×64 OilTide’s out, Broome 68×64 OilCockburn Ranges 64×54 OilBoab, Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary 58×68 OilOrd River Ride 62×54 AcrylicCloudscape over Cockburn Range 95×85 Oil/Cold WaxCape Leveque 64×54 Oil/Cold waxWorld’s View, Gibb River Road 80×90 AcrylicAerial view of Bungle Bungles painted with crushed ochres 85×70 framedThe Bungle Bungles 80×90 Acrylics/SOLDJoe’s Picnic Place, Victoria RiverTumbled Rocks
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I am an artist with three nationalities that have made up my life experiences – born in Holland, then emigrating with my parents to South Africa and eventually choosing to live in Australia with my husband and three children during l988.
My early studies took place in South Africa, but it was in Australia with its very active art world that I became most prolific in my output and variety of subject matter, and equally at home with oils, watercolours and acrylics.
Acknowledged as a popular watercolour and mixed media teacher, I have tutored regular classes for 25 years.
I have accumulated an impressive list of awards and commendations for my work and have been widely exhibited, both in group exhibitions and solo shows. During 2006 I exhibited internationally with a solo exhibition on the Greek island of Leros. I have been published with major contributions to art magazines and I was a member of several art societies, including the Royal Art Society and the Australian Society of Marine Artists, Castle Hill Art Society and Central Coast Art Society.
I live at Pearl Beach on the Central Coast amidst stunning scenery – my main inspiration. My studio opens on Sundays from 11 am to 5 pm or by appointment. I welcome commissions, whether portraiture or landscape.
Artwork prices are comparatively affordable and reasonable.
2003 Combined Art Societies The Art of Sydney – 2nd Prize – Watercolour Wyong Festival of Arts – 1st Prize – Local scene Soroptimist, Cootamundra – 1st Prize – Open Section Orange Blossom Festival – 2nd Prize – Members Award Finalist in Gosford Art Prize Finalist in Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition 2004 Wyong Festival of Arts – Local scene – Commended Gosford Country Show – Oils – 2nd Prize As above -Watercolour – Commended Soroptimist, Cootamundra – Australian Birds 2nd Prize Dubbo Zoomin Biennial Art Show – Watercolour – 1st Prize As above – Acrylics/Oils – 2nd Prize As above- – Best in Show Mental Health Exhibition – 1st Prize Solo Exhibition at Erina Art Space – Angophora and Boat Series -July Joint Exhibition at Pearl Beach hall – SHOW OFFS – October Finalist in Gosford Art Prize Finalist in THE WHO, Regional Gallery, Gosford. 2005 Finalist in Gosford Art Prize Finalist in Australian Watercolour Institute annual exhibition Royal Motor Yacht Club – Marine Art Exhibition – Highly Commended Solo Exhibition at Dural Country Club for Rotary International Waterford Art Exhibition – 1st Prize – oils and acrylics International Women’s Day Art Prize, Gosford – 2nd Prize 2006 Sydney Royal Easter Show – Highly Commended – Landscape Gosford Regional Gallery – Reconciliation- Non Indigenous Award Waterford Art Exhibition – Highly Commended – Works on Paper Norville Art Prize – Finalist Finalist in Gosford Art Prize Royal Motor Yacht Club – Marine Art Exhibition – Highly Commended Wyong Show – Local scene – Commended CEN – Gosford – Viewers Choice Award Teaching Watercolour for Gosford Regional Gallery every week SOLO EXHIBITION at Gosford Regional Gallery – July/August 2006 – ‘GREECE UNBUTTONED’ 66 Watercolours on Leros and Lesbos ‘SHOWOFFS 2 –Shared Exhibition with Pim Sarti SHOWOFFS 2 at the Pearl Beach Community Centre 2007 ARTIST’S PALETTE MAGAZINE NO. 50 or 51- Insight article as well as Tutorial Entered Archibald with a Portrait of Chris Masters Entered Wynne with painting of Bottle Trees Entered Doug Moran with portrait of daughter Kim Teaching Watercolour for Regional Gallery on weekly basis Inaugural Rotary Umina Portraiture Award – 2nd PrizeFriends of Gosford Gallery presentation of GREECE UNBUTTONED Talk with the Artist” – August 2007. Exhibition on the island of Leros, Greece, at Liza’s Gallery – 33 watercolours – SUMMER IN LEROS Singleton Art Exhibition – Highly Commended – Abstract Royal Motor Yacht Club, Sydney, Marine Exhibition – Highly Commended Reconciliation Exhibition, Regional Gallery, Gosford, 1st Prize – painting of Madeline Anderson and her Grandchildren Finalist in Gosford Art Prize Patonga Bakehouse Gallery – Solo Exhibition “For Love of Trees 2008 Set up my own website with the help of Ian Butler. marijkegreenway.com Entered Doug Moran with portrait of Madeleine Anderson Entered Wynne with Plein air Square Sydney Royal Easter Show – March 2008 – Highly Commended in Still Life April 2008 – Exhibited with all the Sydney Royal Easter Show winners at Art Equity Gallery Sydney PALM HOUSE, Sydney Botanic Gardens – Solo Exhibition – FOR LOVE OF TREES – April 2008Participated in the Central Coast Artist Open Studio week-end 19th and 20th April 2008 Participated in “ART ON THE BOARDWALK’ North Sydney Exhibiting artist at the Botanic Gardens Trust Shop April – September 2008. 2008 Reconciliation Prize , Gosford Regional Gallery – Commended. Finalist in Norville Art Prize – Murrurundi. Finalist in Gosford Art Prize, Regional Gallery. Invited to join Australian Society of Marine Artists. Organised Group Exhibition FOUR SHOWOFFS at Pearl Beach October 2008 Accepted for Australian Watercolour Institute annual exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery
2009 Highly Commended at Royal Art Society Autumn Exhibition 1st Prize Royal Easter Show – Inaugural Poultry Art 3rd Prize Royal Easter Show – Marine Section 3rd Prize Royal Easter Show – Australian Wild Flowers Participated “Art on the Boardwalk” North Sydney 1st Prize Gosford Country Show 2009 Finalist in the Gosford Art Prize CUDGEGONG GALLERY, Gulgong, “Colour my World” Shared Exhibition with Doreen Shaw ‘GREENWAY AT THE PALM HOUSE’ solo Exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydn
2010 KILLCARE SLSC “Art by the Sea” – invited artist ASMA – Parliament House Exhibition 1st Prize – Royal Easter Show – Poultry Art Waterford Art Exhibition – 1st Prize Watercolour Exhibiting Members Exhibition, Royal Art Society Peninsula Village Art Exhibition – guest artist Participated ART ON THE BOARDWALK, North Sydney Reconciliation Exhibition, Gosford, June Finalist in GOSFORD ART PRIZE 2010 Tea Gardens Grange Art Awards – Commended Modern /Contemporary Singleton Art Prize – Highly Commended – Flowers SHOALHAVEN ART GALLERY – COME WALK IN THE LANDSCAPE WITH THE PLEIN AIR GIRLS, October 16 – 10th November. SHOWOFFS 2010, Pearl Beach, October long week-end PALM HOUSE, SYDNEY’S BOTANIC GARDENS “HEARTBEATS OF TREES” – solo exhibition, 9th – 22nd November 2010
2011 Highly Commended – Royal Easter Show – Marine Section 1st Prize – Royal Easter Show – Poultry Art Three month painting journey through Outback Western Australia, painting 40 canvasses “en plein air” TRAIN FRAME- MULLET CREEK – Solo Exhibition in Gosford Regional Gallery, featuring train journey between Woy Woy and Hawkesbury River Stations 20 August – 18 September 2011. Friends of Gosford Gallery presentation of TRAIN FRAME “Talk with the Artist” – August 2011. Australian Artist – 8 page feature on TRAIN FRAME with Step by Step feature on Encaustic Art (August 2011 issue) PALM HOUSE, SYDNEY’S BOTANIC GARDEN solo exhibition of SUNBURNT COUNTRY 16 – 29 September 2011, featuring 3-month painting trip. FINALIST IN GOSFORD ART PRIZE 2011
2012 Australian Artist – 12 page feature on SUNBURNT COUNTRY with Step by Step feature on Abstracted Art January – Tutor for Pearl Beach Kids’ Club “Gallery Across the Road “– Featured guest artist in Joscelyn Maughan and Robin Norling’s Bakehouse Gallery at Patonga Killcare “Art by the Sea” invited artist Jan 2012 Shoalhaven Regional Art Gallery – Emotion and the journey continues” January 2012 Group Exhibition with the plein-air girls Entered Wynne with Mundi-Mundi Plains 1st Prize – Royal Easter Show – Poultry Art ART IN ACTION – Invited as Tutor for Mixed Media 2012 RECONCILIATION Prize , Gosford Regional Gallery A busy half year with preparations for tutoring at many Art Societies and painting for 2 upcoming major exhibitions. FINALIST IN GOSFORD ART PRIZE 2012 Organised SHOWOFFS 2012 Exhibition with Pim Sarti at Pearl Beach over October long weekend PALM HOUSE, SYDNEY ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN solo exhibition ‘THE PAINTED OUTBACK 16- 29 NOVEMBER 2012 featuring 3-month long outback trip. July – November 2012 – ARTIST IN RESIDENCE of The Heritage Fleet, Rozelle Bay, painting en plein air, followed by exhibition with 10 other A.I.R.-esses – exhibition to follow during April 2013 on board James Craig, Darling Harbour. Australian Artist – December 2012 – Step by Step tutorial on painting the Endeavour. 2013 January – TUTOR AT SUMMER ART EXPERIENCE, CANBERRA – 5 multi media adventures in paint. January – Tutor for Pearl Beach Kids’ Club January – GALLERY ACROSS THE ROAD – Featured Guest Artist in Joscelyn Maughan’s Bakehouse Gallery at Patonga. 1st Prize Royal Easter Show – Poultry Art 2nd Prize Royal Easter Show – Australian Flowers ART IN ACTION – Invited as Tutor for Mixed Media 2013 RECONCILIATION Prize , Gosford Regional Gallery S.A.L.T. IN THE A.I.R.– Awarded the President’s Medal – as one of 10 women artists of the Australian Society of Maritime Artists who were Artists in Residence on the Heritage Fleet. Exhibition on board The James Craig, April 2013. Singleton Art Prize – Contemporary – Commended Nov – HORNSBY ART PRIZE FINALIST PALM HOUSE, SYDNEY ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN solo exhibition, ‘country of my longing’ featuring the outback 2014 January – TUTOR AT SUMMER ART EXPERIENCE, CANBERRA – 5 multi media adventures in paint. January – Tutor for Pearl Beach Kids’ Club APRIL NORFOLK ISLAND – Tutor for a group of plein air artists 2014 RECONCILIATION PRIZE, Gosford Gallery PALM HOUSE, SYDNEY ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN solo exhibition ‘POOLS OF DELIGHT’ featuring Pearl Beach and water scapes Organised SHOWOFFS 2014 Exhibition with Pim Sarti at Pearl Beach over October long weekend 2015 January – Tutor for Pearl Beach Kids’ Club April 9 – 29 PALM HOUSE, SYDNEY ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN solo exhibition COLOURS OF AUSTRALIA FEATURING BIRDS, BOATS AND MEMORIES OF THE OUTBACK 2nd Prize Royal Easter Show – Boats 1st Prize RECONCILIATION PRIZE, Gosford Gallery OUTBACK JOURNEY, 9 weeks camping The Red Centre and East Coast, painting ‘en plein air’ landscapes Singleton Art Prize – Highly Commended – Flowers Exhibition at Patonga’s Bakehouse Gallery – 24/7 BIRDSVILLE 2016 January – Tutor for Pearl Beach Kids Club 2nd Prize Royal Easter Show – Birds April 27 to May 16 PALM HOUSE, SYDNEY ROYALBOTANIC GARDEN – 9th solo exhibition there. AUSTRALIAN JOURNEY featuring works painted en plein air in The Red Centre and East Coast during 2015. Horizons at Killcare Art Gallery – Joint exhibition14 April to 5 June 2016 1st Prize RECONCILIATION PRIZE, Gosford Gallery Organised SHOWOFFS 2016 exhibition with Pim Sarti at Pearl Beach over October long weekend. 2017 January – Tutor for Pearl Beach Kids Club May 1 – 18 – PALM HOUSE, SYDNEY ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN solo exhibition AUSTRALIAN GOLD – paintings in retrospective mode – this is my Tenth year at The Palm House June 2017 GALLERY ACROSS THE ROAD – Featured Guest artist at Joscelyn Maughan’s Gallery Across The Road in Patonga. 2018 January – Tutor for Pearl Beach Kids Club April 2 – 20 – PALM HOUSE, SYDNEY BOTANIC GARDEN solo exhibition WILDLIFE , featuring Australian and African wildlife after a safari trip to South Africa. Finalist in Gosford Art Prize 2018 SHOWOFFS 2018, Pearl Beach October long weekend. Pearl Beach Art Fair, November Exhibition at Patonga Bakehouse Gallery, PLEIN AIR BEACHES 2019 This is the year that my beloved John died suddenly as a result of a bike accident. My inspiration dried up, but I had an exhibition booked – April PALM HOUSE, SYDNEY BOTANIC GARDEN -solo exhibition TREE WHISPERING featuring my lifelong love of trees. 2020 APRIL 2020 LAST EXHIBITION at PALM HOUSE, SYDNEY BOTANIC GARDEN, only booked for weddings now. This solo exhibition CANCELLED BY COVID 1 August to 17 September FIRE OIL WATER a solo exhibition at WATERLINE GALLERY in RE:PUBLIK Cafe 3 September – PEARL BEACH ART TRAIL 27 October to 8 November – FIRE WAX OIL WATER at AROGALLERY, 51a William Street Darlinghurst, solo exhibition 2021 Worked ‘en plein air’ in the Pearl Beach Arboretum, which was then shown outdoors during November 2021 at The Cottage and Open Area in the Arboretum itself, titled ARBORETUM ofcourse
2022 50th Anniversary of Central Coast Art Society at GOSFORD GALLERY showing my large encaustic, ‘Shimmer.’ March I showed at THE CALYX in the Sydney Botanic Garden. Due to flooding and rain, this was unfortunately a limited exhibition. There were 4 Pearl Beach ART TRAILS during this year. Singleton Art Prize – Commended for Flowers, C.C.A.S. – 1st Prize Flowers
2023 Entered the annual ROYAL EASTER SHOW April. Was awarded 2nd Prize for Figurative. Also entered the WYNNE prize April, then Easter ARTS HUB in the Arboretum Easter Saturday in Pearl Beach. Finally embarked on the Coral Cruise from Darwin to Broome that had been cancelled during Covid and have been painting many new seascapes from photos of that amazing journey, with a view to an exhibition somewhere. Organised a solo exhibition “SURFACE SEDUCTION” at The Shop Gallery during September 2023, showing encaustic work, trees and a selection of Boats painted at The Heritage Fleet earlier.
An ever changing exhibition of tree paintings completed plein air on site in bush land and bays – mostly around the Central Coast, but also inland Australia. I am passionate about trees and the various roles they play in our lives and in their own habitat.
Favourite Paperbark oil 80×90 $1900Mangrove Mt. Gums 76×49 oil $995My spotted gum 110×100 oil $1800Ancient boab, Wyndham 58×68 oil $895Bunya Pines 84×48 oil $895The Wedding Tree oil 50×60 $895Dollar Gums acrylic 60×150 $1800 SOLDPemberton Forest trail oil 90×120 $2500 SOLDSaplings on the hill oil 50×152 $1900Dwarfed angophora oil 80×90 $1500Exploring Mt. Ainslie oil $1400Guardians t the gate oil 52×51 $795Pink light at the stream oil 50×60 $895Xanthorrhoea Australis 80×90 oil $1500 SOLDSapling gums at Uluru oilThe contortionist 80×90 oil $1500Mallee gums at Mungo 45×55 oil $695Dorothy’s angophora 74×44 acrylic $895Dark skies over Pearl Beach 30×30 oil $495Forest giants side by side oil 60×90 $1200Angophora at Blue Mts 40×50 oil $695Walk from Flathead 30×30 acrylic $495Tiny tot grass tree oil 30×30 $495Saplings at East Gosford 53 x 53 oil $695Old Fig over Brisbane Water 53 x 53 oil $695Forest Queen 70×60 oil $895Heron in the Mangroves, Bensville 53 x 53 oil $695Pearl Beach Branch dance 80×90 oil $1500Windswept oil 60×90 $1200Sap flowing, Spotted gum oil 80×90 $1500Shedding time 80×90 oil $1500Mountain Ash at Hargraves oil 71×36 $895Jimmy’s Beach 53 x 53 oil $695 SOLDChoreography V 45×70 oil $895Coastal palms oil 50×80 $895Rhythm of the trees 41×56 oil $795 Marijke painting in the Arboretum en plein airPalm Grove oil 60×50 $895The forest floor turns pink oil 60×90 $1200Red Forest giants 84×115 encaustic$2500Where th stream turns oil 60×90 $895Pemberton forest giants 84x 115 encaustic $2500Palm fronds above oil 50×60 $895The forest floor turns pink oil 60×90 $1200The big white gum in the wetland oil $995Dark Pond 120×120 oil $1900Windswept Acrylic 70×90 $1200Murray river gums II w/c 60×49 $795Forest at Warrawee 80×90 oil $1500Murray river gums I w/c 60x 49 $795Tree Ferns 79×83 acrylic $1500Winjana Classic Face 58×68 oil $895Grass treees, W.A. 58×68 oil $895Ghost gums, East Macs 70×49 $895River red gum Mt. Gipps 84×97 $1800Mangroves at Phegans Bay 43×86 oil $795Angophora Chorus Line 50×124 $1800Track to Patonga 60×90 oil $1200Dark stream Arboretum 60×90 $1200Angophora Mt. Ettalong oil 80 x 90 $1500Painting in the mist oil Boab Sir John Gorge 58×68 $895Water glory highlights oil 49×71 $895Trees on Mullet Creek 48×70 oil $895Recumbent 65×85 oil $1200Snowgum on Mt. Buffalo 100×200 $4500
An ever changing exhibition of oil paintings painted plein air on site in bush land and bays mostly around the central coast. Paintings are colour co-ordinated, so the possibility exists to group them together in sets of your choice, as shown below. The squares all measure 53 x 53.
Sandbanks, Patonga beach 53×53 $695Moorings Wyong Creek oil framed 40×51 $695The Haven Terrigal 53×53 oil $695At the EntranceOld Fig, Brisbane Water 53×53 oil $695The weekender oil 49×58 $795Beach walk, Patonga 53×53 oil $695Bensville after rain 74×64 oil framed $895Boytalk at Wyong Creek 55×45 oil $795Pelican parade w/cToowoon Beach 53×53 oil $695Avoca Beach 53×53 oil $695Historic Nundle 53×53 oil $695Near the Rip Bridge 53×53 oil $695Lion Island Sunny Day oil 52×51 framed $595Soldiers Point oil 49×64 framed $796Yattalunga boatshed -oil 50×30 framed $595Historic Woy Woy – oil 52×51 $595Sound of Surf, Pearl Beach 65×57 w/c framed $795Loading at Newcastle Harbour – oil 76×46Tiny tot Grass tree 30×30 oil $495The Lifesavers at Killcare 53×53 oil $695Historic Wyong turret – oilThe inlet 30×30 oil $395Soldiers Point, Nelson Bay – oil framedLooking at The Point, Pearl Beach – oilTascott Trainview SOLDGosford Sailing club 53×53 oil $695Near the Rip Bridge 53×53 oil $695Two views Lion Island oil framed 64×49 $695Avoca Beach 60x 60 oil $695Lion Island – rock platform 24×24 $350Water glory highlights Davistown oil 49×71 $895Cattle at Kandos 53×53 oil $695Call out at Koolewong oil 53×53 $695Autumn at Wollombi oil 53×53 $695Wamberal Lagoon 53×53 oil $695Life savers at Killcare 53×53 oil $695MacMasters tidal pool 40×53 $595 oil $595The footbridge, Gosford 53×53 $695Dull day, Wamberal 53×40 oil $695Copacabana Headland 53×38 $595View to Bouddi 45×73 oil $795Pearl Beach Weather report $1900 oil Along Mullet Creek oil 49×64 $795John Gone Yaking 60×67 oil $995 SOLDThe track to Patonga 60×90 oil $1200Walk to Flathead Beach oil 56×66 $895Moored at Parsley Bay oil 56×66 $895Jimmy’s beach 53×53 oil $695 SOLDTerrigal rocks below The Skillion oil 45×76 $895
Upon arrival in Australia 30 years ago, I was enchanted by the first birds I encountered in the suburbs of Sydney – Kookaburras, Lorikeets, Galahs and Cockatoos. They were the subjects of many of my first paintings here. And still they come! with travels we have met many more along the road. Since then we have come across many snakes, echidnas, and wombats. I also painted our whole safari in South Africa.
Kudu Couple 80×90 oil $1600Springbok ‘pronking’ 45×70 oil $895Gemsbok – Oryx 56×56 oil 56×56 $895Tawny Frogmouth 35×35 oilTawny frogmouth and the moon 61×51 oil $795Spinifex pigeon 30×30 acrylicCassowary 80×90 oilClowning galahs 65×85 oil $1200Cinnamon King Parrot 30×30 oilHeron fishing in the mangroves 53×53 oil $695Eagle eyes w/c28’s parrots 35×35 oil $450Two cockatiels 35×35 oilPelicans Parading framed w/c $695Bush Stone Curlews oil 80×90Guineafowl framed oilTerns on Huskisson Beach w/c 51×61Two young tawny frogmouth owls – oil 53×53 $895Kookaburra fishing – oil 42×33Darter Drying out unframedTwo King Parrots 30×30 -oil $395Morning’s catch – oil 42×33 $450HERON IN THE REEDS W/C 53×53Eagle – w/c 53×53 Pelicans at the Wharf 80×90 $1600Raptor w/c 53×53Two Galahs w/c 56×58Cockatoo alighting 54×54 oil $895Crested Pigeons w/c 42×47 w/cPlatypus Kookaburras at the BBQ 50×60 oilWeaver bird at nest 30c30 oilFeeding time Isa Browns 80×90 acrylicGuineafowl – oilKookaburra in flight – oilCockie feeding on blossoms 40×30 w/cKoi feeding time – acrylicKoi at Japanese Gardens – acrylic 90×50Lone Kudu bull oil 34×38 $495Emus on ochres 65×85 Crushed ochre SOLDCharge of the Matriarch 90×80 acrylic $1500Painted dogs -oilLion Replete 80×90 oil $1500Rhino family 80×90 oil $1500
From the islands of Leros and Lesbos. All of these works are watercolours, full sheet, half or quarter. They are mostly unframed, as they were hung here in Gosford and then exhibited in Leros.
“This exhibition is the result of several trips to the Greek islands of Leros and Lesbos by the artist. She has painted Greece with the enthusiasm of a tourist and the insight of a local. Her vibrant watercolours are based on the people, places and experiences of everyday life as a tourist in greece.”
Tim Braham, Curator, Gosford Regional Gallery
Molyvos HarbourLeros and its sheltered harbours Ouzerie NeromylosThe sea-marooned windmillLovely Leros, undiscovered jewel SOLDWatermelon for desertFlat topped white housesThe green doorEleven million olive trees, LesbosPrickly pears, LerosWild poppies, LerosAncient Greek amphora and fresh figsA chapel at Leimonos, LesbosCentral courtyard monastery at LeimonosSix windmills and the Castle, LerosYesterday’s Prayers
As a respite from realism, I am venturing into abstraction. Impressions are materialised into colour fields. Controlled spontaneity is the essence of my colour and design paintings, creating movement with brush strokes as individual as calligraphy and that retain their impulse, implying texture that is not there, just capturing my own excitement.
Bougainvillea w/cSOLDBougainvillea w/cDancing poppies w/cBubbles 80×90 acrylicOcean Deep 80×90 acrylicThe inlet South West Rocks SOLDRugged roses on timber 100×51Flow of flowers 85×72SOLDLiving on the edge 56X67 acrylic
As I was a Member of The Australian Society Of Marine Painters, I Was recently invited With nine other women as ‘Artists In Residence’ on the Heritage Fleet At Rozelle Bay – The Exhibition was shown between decks on The ‘James Craig at Wharf 7, Pyrmont Bay.
I had the honour of being awarded ‘The President’s Medal’ for my painting of ‘The John Oxley – Full Frontal’ as shown here.
Boats bob about and I capture them in paint before the wind turns them around or before they sail away. I really paint boats so that I can paint their reflections.
I have just painted my first ’Artist’s Book’ with the International Fleet Review as the theme. Very enjoyable to paint it after sitting in the rain watching it. Cannot do it justice as a photograph.
The John Oxley Full Frontal 55×70 acrylicThe James Craig on Sydney Harbour 90×80 acrylicPainting the Carpentaria at Pyrmont BayThe Carpentara at Maritime Museum 72 x 58 acrylicThe Endeavour at the Maritime Museum 50×64 acrylic 50×64Red and White at Rozelle SOLDPatonga trawler SOLDPatonga Ferry SOLDTHE BERRIMA soldThe James Craig SOLDThe Emerald Star Moored at Lavender Bay 48×75 The Lady Hopetoun at Rozelle 50×64 acrylicThe Valiant Star SOLDVolunteers at the John Oxley 55×70The Carpentaria 80×45 OilThe Charlotte at Blues Point jetty SOLDBundeena Friday afternoon 62×77 – oilCall-out at Koolewong 53 x 53 oilOrange Grove Jetty 53 x 53 oilUmina SLSC SOLDYachts at Nords Wharf 55×70 -oilPatonga across the creek SOLD Yattalunga boatshed SOLDGosford sailing club SOLDEast Gosford Sailing club 53×53 oilTrawlers at rest Patonga SOLDNewcastle Harbour 45×73 oilOn Wagstaff jetty 53×53 oil SOLDBOAT TREES oilYattalunga Bot shed 49×30 oilThe Kanangra 50×64 acrylicSunrise olitude 58×48 oilBoat Ramp Coastal Patrol 39×50 oilOn Ourimba Creek 50×40 oilThe week-ender 49×59 oilTrawlers at Grafton 28×45 oilTinnies 50×60 w/cInternational Fleet Review Artist’s book w/cMarijke wins The President’s medal
GREENWAY IS MY NAME and so I have a natural affinity with flowers. Nature is my inspiration – one look and I’m hooked. As a keen gardener, I have painted just about everything I have ever grown. Give artists a bunch of flowers and they’ll drop everything to paint them before they wilt. Poppies and irises are among my favourites.
Graceful to the end oil SOLDGum blossoms encaustic 35 x 35Lotus Lilies 80×90 oilPoppies on red oil 64×69 soldBirthday flowers encaustic 63×52Hydrangeas oil 80×90 SOLDAbundance encaustic 63×53 SOLDGallery bouquet oil 80×90 Snapdragons oil 67×36Hydrangeas and apples 77×67 oilWaratahs on Patonga Road 80×90 SOLDBlue Mountains holiday 53×53 oilRed poppies in a glass vase 30×30 oilWaratahs80x90 SOLDHydrangeas Acrylic 60×50Ranunculas 30×30 oilOriental lilies on blue 80×62 w/cBanksia coccinaea 53×53 oilCosmos 30×30 oilPears on a plate 76×57 w/cAnthuriums mixed media 90×70Protea Nerifolia AcrylicDorothy’s Sasanquas Lavender blue 52×48 w/cPoppy Garden 30×30 acrylicBrenda’s bunch 61×48 oilPoppy Garden 30×30 oilPoppies in a round vase 30×30 oilPink and blue pompoms 38×26 SOLDBanksia medley 30×30 SOLDTree Dahlias 81×80 w/cPoppy’s song 72×55 mixed mediaSing, song, sun Agapanthus 108×90 w/cBursting buds 47×56 w/cSpringg is sprung AcrylicIrises acrylic 77×57 SOLDHydrangea blue w/c 50×65Still life with blue pot w/cCyclamen AcrylicWaterlilies Kakadu 80×90 acrylicPink Orientals 65×56 oilSunflower faces 90×70 SOLDDaisy, daisy 76×50 oilPoppies on grey 83×62 w/c SOLDHibiscus 80×50 w/cSunflowers 67×52 oilGallery Bouquet 80×90 oilSOLDSOLDBirthday Gifts SOLDFlannel flowers on the trailGolden Daffodils oilSnapdragons oil 67×36Waterlilies Acrylic 50×60
