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Ochre Lawson
Ochre Lawson is a professional, exhibiting artist, with a BFA in Fine Arts from the prestigious National Art School, a Diploma of Fine Arts from Southbank Technical College and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment from Charles Sturt University. She is a highly experienced and enthusiastic art tutor of over 12 years and practicing artist of over 15 years, teaching and exhibiting in drawing, painting (oils and acrylics) and sculpture mediums.
Ochre has had successful solo and group exhibitions at galleries in Sydney, Hobart, Brisbane, Inverell, Alice Springs and New York. At present she is exhibiting work at both Despard Gallery in Hobart, AK Bellinger Gallery in Inverell and has an upcoming solo exhibition with St Cloche in Sydney in February 2020. She has been awarded public commissions in Sydney and Canberra and has been awarded residencies in Japan and NSW. Ochre has also been a finalist in many selective art awards and has won awards in both painting and drawing categories.
Her philosophy in regard to teaching is to facilitate students’ own style through structured and/or self-directed lessons in art practice and theory, incorporating both demonstrations in different mediums and techniques and discussing contemporary and historical artists.
Ochre has taught adults in painting and drawing in many different art schools throughout Sydney and beyond including the Art Gallery of NSW , TAFE, ArtEst art school, Waverley Woollahra art school, and Northbridge School of Arts, and has delivered workshops in a variety of community organisations and schools.
Personally I’ve learned so much from Ochre – not just about the mechanics of painting but also how to look at pictures and see things differently which is still a skill that I’m working on, it’s a practice.
Classes with Ochre are fun and accessible I and find it inspiring and a privilege that I am learning from an artist that I admire.
Cluny, Blue Mountains
You can see Ochre’s artist website at ochrelawsonart.com
Gabrielle Jones is a professional, exhibiting oil and acrylic painter with a BFA (Distinction) from one of Australia’s leading art Schools, The National Art School; as well as an in-demand teacher (BA Sydney – Education), with event management experience (Executive Cert Event Management – UTS).
Gabrielle has held eighteen solo shows at some of the top galleries in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, and at the Goulburn Regional Gallery and Grefti Cultural Projects in Italy. She has had artist residencies at Bundanon, Tahiti, Spain, Canada and an upcoming one at Tweed Heads Regional Gallery. A selected artist in numerous prestigious art prizes and curated shows, Gabrielle is also an experienced Painting and Art History teacher and curator.
She enjoys taking students through the process of good art making, from the fundamentals of painting to a point where they can express themselves in their own unique voice.
“Gabrielle is a great tutor- full of information. {I got } more than expected – excellent!
Carol, Wangi Art Society, Nth Richmond
> Gabrielle’s CV
> Click here for Gabrielle’s artist website.
Ria Vlavianos is a workshop teacher and current PhD candidate, with 15 years paintings experience. Her work is process based and conceptual abstract painting – she knows the subtleties of handling a brush!