Old Schoolhouse Gallery

Artist Statement Our world is a fascinating place. Sitting and trying to capture some of the sights and beautyon paper (or canvas) is an absorbing and challenging endeavour—but I love it. I have been lucky enough to do this in pencil and acrylic (at school), in oil paint and pastels (in Melbourne), and in watercolours since moving to the Tweed/Gold Coast region. From my high school art teachers to Patrick Moss, John Lovett, Greg Allen, Charles Reid and Judith White,…

Christine Earthrowl I began watercolour painting about 11 years ago while working in the bush with my geologist partner in the Northern Territory. I had only lived in towns beforehand and couldn’t believe the beauty of the native bush in particular the colourful and textured bark of the local eucalypts and other native plants. As a way of expressing my wonder and awe I started painting some of these barks and flowers in watercolour to allow others to see and…

I’ve always had a love for Art, which started in my early childhood years with chalk drawings on just about anything, concrete pathways, walls no flat surface was safe. It wasn’t until my senior years at high school when I discovered oil paints that I realised that painting was going to play such a big part in my life.  I started with landscapes and seascapes around the Gold Coast, however with no formal training I relied on the techniques of…

I cannot remember a time when I was not being creative. The path to being an artist began as a child when I won an art competition run by the Melbourne “Age”. After working overseas for several years I returned to Melbourne, married and moved to Brisbane and raised my family. It was then when I started my foray into the fashion market with quirky t-shirts.  The uniquely Australian designs sold extremely well on the Gold Coast and overseas in…

I have a special interest in birds, animals and marine life, as well as Queensland architectural subjects. I also enjoy painting figures, landscapes and seascapes. I work in acrylics, watercolours and mixed media. Through the Coochie Art Group I have been able to attend workshops with great Australian artists such as Robert Wade, Alvaro Castegnet, Jenny MacNaugton, Charles Sluga, Jenni Kelly and Tricia Reust. I believe that Donald James Waters has contributed the most to expanding my understanding and love…

‘Good quality photographs are about understanding the nature and quality of light, regardless of subject matter’. Mike Scott is a trained professional photographer with a fully-equipped studio in Wellington Point. Mike was born in the UK before the advent of colour photography and his background and training are in mechanical engineering. He worked for many years as a maintenance engineer in the steel, copper and aluminium industries in the UK, Zambia, Iran and Dubai before emigrating to Australia in 2001.…