Born Indonesia. Awarded the Thea Proctor Scholarship for 1997. Obtained a Diploma of Fine Art from the Julian Ashton Art School in 1999. She is teaching watercolour workshops at the Julian Ashton Art School. Figure/portrait/landscape painter in oils and watercolour.
Her awards include:
First Prize (Oils Section) of the 2004 Ford Land Art Competition
First Prize (Figurative Painting)
First Prize (Miniature Art) from the 2005 Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales – Sydney Royal Art Show
The Miniature Prize of the 2006 and 2005 Singleton Art Prize
First Prize (Watercolour Section) and the Viewers’ Choice Prize from the 2005 Lane Cove Municipal Art Award.
Finalist in the 2006 Berkelouw Portrait Prize
Finalist in the 2005 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Awards
Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist in 2004, 2003 and 2001
Member of the Australian Watercolour Institute since 2004.
Member of Portrait Artists Australia
Associate Member of Australian Society of Miniature Art (NSW).
Lives in Sydney.
Out of curiousity, who is the person in the 2nd picture, the person who is painting?
Regards
Gillian
Nance Irwine as per image title.