ARTIST: Cathy Brady
Born 1967, Hunter Valley A predominately self –taught Artist.
- Mediums include: Acrylic, Pencil, pen/ ink with watercolour & oils.
- Genres include: Portraiture, Still life & flowers, Australian flora & fauna, rainforests, waterfalls, seascapes & marine life
-Stylised Realism; Is the style that I am instantly recognised for.
"I enjoy being surrounded by the beauty of art in its various forms … I adore portraiture and being a collector of antique china, lace and other lovely objects inspires me to capture their beauty along with beautiful boquets of flowers within my paintings, this subject matter itself is endless and provides me with much divine inspiration for many more painting to come..."
Artist: C.V
1991 – Began actively painting, became member of the Newcastle Artists Society as well as the Newcastle Contemporary Artists Assoc. Showing within all local members shows around Newcastle areas
-Began working via commission for works in portraiture; people & animals, seascapes, Australian scenes of waterfalls & Rainforests.
1992 – Highly Commended Awards {Contemporary art} - Mattara Exhibition Newcastle.
-Group Exhibition {The Nautical Art Show} at Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery.
1993 – Won 4 Commended Awards { 1- Contemporary 2- works on paper 1 – Miniature}
At the Mattara Art Exhibition, Newcastle.
-Group Exhibition of 4 artists {Art with No Frills, An exhibition of paintings, photography & figure drawings.}a near sell out. at Ron Hartree Art Studios, Newcastle.
-Demonstrating resident artist at ‘Valentine Arts & Crafts Fair’ which continued annually until 1997
1994 –Exhibited o body of works ‘Australian Reefs & Rainforests’– Reef Panorama Gallery Queensland.
-Group Exhibition 3 artists {3 Females in the Foyer} at Lake Macquarie City Council hosted by Lake Macquarie City Gallery.
- Western Art Show
-Entrant Mattara Art Exhibition.
-Demonstrating Artist at ‘Valentines Arts & Craft Fair’.
-Demonstrating Artist at ‘Morpeth’s Artisan Fair’ hosted by the “Riverside Café Morpeth’
1995- Group Exhibition 4 artists {Art from Within, featuring paintings of the rainforest & the reef, Australian wildlife, glassware & sculptures.} held at Ron Hartree Art Studio Newcastle.
-Demonstrating Artist at Valentine Arts & craft fair.
1996 – Ask to be Solo artist to have painting displayed in Exhibition Entrance to ‘Wilderness Photographic Show’ Sydney.
-Spent the majority of the year working on a staggering number of orders for portraits. (163}
1997 – 2004 {Time out to Raise a child}. Tutoring privately in my home studio did some demonstrating, while also worked developing, refining my own personal style & painting techniques.
2005 – Began taking commissions again, in portraiture and murals in people’s homes.
-Collections of works were donated to Raise money for the John Hunter Hospital, Children’s Burns Unit. These were auctioned via a once off Charity Art Auction held in Merewether RSL Newcastle. A few of these paintings from Auction were kindly donated to the J.H.H Children’s Burn unit ward where they still hang today.
2006 – Continued with portrait commissions.
-Highly commended {for Drawing pen and ink} at the Mattara Art Exhibition Newcastle.
-Entrant ‘Western Art Prize’
- Exhibited ‘Christian Art show’ St Johns Anglican Church Newcastle.
-Group Student Exhibition, in conjunction with The Main Exhibition - View of Maitland From the Riverbank {with apologies to J Vermeer & View of Delft}- at Maitland Art Gallery.
-Attended WEA Life Drawing classes
-Attended WEA ‘Oil painting a portrait in a day’ class
-Was nominated by WEA Hunter for Student of the Year award, won Outstanding Student in Creative Arts for 2006.
-Became member of ‘Maitland Artist Society’
2007 - Farrow Wyatt Maitland Art Prize, Won Highly Commended for drawing in Pen ink & watercolour View of Maitland. {Drawing section}
– Entrant into the 2007 Archibald Portrait Prize with portrait of J.B.Cummings.
- Portrait painted of Councillor Laurie Maher, Mayor of Gosford City for Charity Art Fund Raiser hosted by Rotary Club of Umina Beach with precedes raised going to Coast Shelter.
- Interviewed by ABC radio Gosford with Mayor Comments on his portrait on opening night.
- Entrant - Raymond Terrace Art Prize. (Won H.C Works on Paper)
- Community Gallery Exhibition Lorn Gallery ‘Fur Feathers & Fins’
- Continued for filling commissions of portraits. (Christmas)
- Works displayed at Buchannon Gallery
2008 – Begun creating new body of works in the Still life Genre that was Exhibited August with fellow Artist and friend Maria Kozaczynski Mc Caig & Robert McCaig. At - Studio 48, New Lambton Newcastle– ‘Just Not Still Life’
- Exhibited at ‘Bishop Tyrrell Artisan Fair’
- Entrant; Raymond Terrace Art Prize (Highly Commended)
- Entrant; Newcastle Mattara Art Show
- Community Exhibition Lorn Gallery ‘CATS’
- Commission’s orders for Christmas.
- Tutored three days per week throughout this year.
- Works can be found at – Buchannon Gallery & Studio 48 Newcastle
2009 – Tutoring resumed at start of School term teaching twice a week. Allowing myself more time to paint.
- Entrant ‘Maitland Art Prize’ Local Section.
- Beresfield Rotary Art show –{ Highly Commended}
- April ‘Maitland Arts Society Group Show’ Lorn Gallery. (SOLD OUT)
- May / June community art exhibition Lorn Gallery ‘Greetings from Lorn’ of collection of works celebrating the mail.
- July; ‘Group Exhibition’ Morning Tea’ (Raising funds for cancer) Studio 48
- August 23rd – 30th; ‘Guest Artist {Demonstrator & Exhibitor} at Morpeth Gallery - Campbell’s Store, For Morpeth’s Teapot Festival’ {Commissions received}
- August; Father O’Rielly ‘Youth off the Streets” Works donated for Charity Art Auction.
- September 5th – Oct 4th; Group Exhibition ‘Marea Kozaczynski-McCaig, with Robert McCaig & Myself ‘TRILOGY II’ @ Lorn Gallery
- September; Bishop Tyrell Arts Fair
- October; worked on commissions & continued teaching classes.
-November; Entrant to Community Show at Lorn Gallery show ends Dec 12th.
- December; Working on Commissions for Christmas,
- Dec; Received letter from 'Artist Palette Magazine' will be feature Artist in issue 83. March 2010
- Dec; Booked for 'Art Week' as Watercolour Workshops Tutor to be held Central Coast 2010
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