Karol Oakley,

Master Pastellist, Pastel Society of Australia Inc.

Karol is a professional Australian Artist living in South east Queensland. This artist is known for a strong representation style of painting. Water and the effect of light and colour on this surface is a favourite subject. She also paints landscapes, portraits and still life with as much attention to detail, whilst retaining that painterly realist style that Karol’s work is recognised for. It is the medium of pastel that remains her first love and addiction and the medium from which her many awards have been won.

Karol is a recognised Master Pastellist of over 12 years standing, and a member of the Pastel Society of Australia. A sought after tutor, Karol travels frequently teaching pastel painting to art groups through out the state and overseas with painting tours to the Greek Islands and Norfolk Island. She also tutors at McGregor Summer School in Toowoomba.

A multi award winning artist, Karol has paintings held in public and private collections in Australia and over seas. She has been part of twelve exhibitions over the last twenty years. There have been articles written about Karol’s paintings in publications which include, Australian Artist magazine, Pastel Artist International, Expressions Magazine and the Pastel Society of Australia Newsletter.

The next exhibition of Karol’s paintings is at Seaview Artists Gallery Moffat Beach Caloundra in October 2010. Her paintings can be viewed all year at the following galleries: Caloundra Fine Art and Framing Gallery, Landsborough Galleries Landsborough, Kenilworth Art Space, Kenilworth, Nimue Art Kingaroy and Gallery Beneath at Mooloolaba QLD.

PO BOX 651, NANANGO QLD 4615
Email: Karol Oakley
Phone 041 902 3841

 

Tricia Reust

Tricia Reust is a visual artist working in most media. She exhibits regularly, teaches and is active in the arts community.

Tricia has had work accepted seven times in the Bald Archy National Touring Exhibition, has been published in the Australian Artist and Artists’ Palette magazines, and completes several portrait commissions every year.

Tricia is a Master Pastellist with the Pastel Society of Australia, and is a member of Artists in Redcliffe, Visionaries, the Portrait Society of America and the Moreton Bay Regional Arts Council. Her awards cover many themes and media including pastel, portrait and miniature.

Website: http://www.triciareust.com

More of Tricias work can be seen below

 

Cherie Reynolds

I was born in Werribee, Victoria and moved to Bundaberg when I was ten. Later as a teenager I would spend weekends sketching animals in pencil and charcoal but for the last 24years I have devoted my life to my husband and my three children. About eighteen months ago, through a lot of encouragement from my mother, I discovered pastels and instantly fell in love. My mother gave me a book by Lesley Harrison on animals and away I went. Through this book I have taught myself and have enjoyed the journey each drawing I create takes me. Each drawing is done on velour board which I believe gives my animals a more lifelike texture. Although I love doing landscapes and want to try my hand at portraits, wildlife and pet portraits will remain my first true passion. I am now looking forward to learning more, creating more and fulfilling a dream I've always had. Along with my husband and two of my children, I now live in Edens Landing, Brisbane.

Contact: Mobile 0422585634

Email: Cherie Reynolds

Bette Phillips

Bette began pastelling in 2003 after attending a 2 day portraiture workshop tutored by Maxine Thompson. After learning the basic techniques of laying down pastel, she quickly adapted the knowledge learnt for portraiture to still life, florals and wildlife studies.

In the past 6 years Bette has entered and taken out several awards across the Wide Bay and surrounding district competitions for her unique photo-realism style. She has been a finalist in the Australian Artist magazine and has also been featured in the Artist Palette magazine. Bette works at the Wide Bay Gallery in Maryborough where she serves the art community with every kind of art material sales and the framing of all art styles and mediums. Her works are displayed at the Wide Bay Gallery and many works have been sold through this outlet. More of her works are available for viewing at www.bettephillipsartist.com.au

ARTIST STATEMENT

I find nothing more relaxing and exhilarating than to be in front of my easel with my trays of pastels sprawled out displaying their booty of colour. To perfectly reproduce an image that is burning away in my conscious, is a burning passion and obsession. My work environment presents me daily with new and exciting colours, papers, techniques, tools and most of all, the contact with other artists, which I relish.

I have found pastel has the capacity to be applied and used in the same fluid way that oil paint has been associated with for millenium, and it is my life-long ambition to raise the profile of this age old medium. I want to bring it right under the noses of judges and critics and say “What about this for pastel??”