Painter

Sue enjoyed the environs of East Gippsland as a child before settling in South Gippsland with her husband to raise their three sons. A fascination for the natural habitat of the beach as a child, and now the bush, eventually projected Sue out among the majestic gums surrounding her home. Whether young or twisted with age, these gums had character and practically waved for recognition. This observation enlivened an already active "brush" and encouraged by a friend, who declared "You should try experimenting with pastels." Sue did with pleasing results.

Mixed Media Artist

Val began her career in art at the Wollongong National Art School in 1965-70 studying under the direction of Ivan Englund, Les Burcher and Clem Millward. After this solid foundation, and always eager to learn new techniques, Val consistently studied at various seminars and workshops, concentrating on personal development and self-expression.

Marquetry

Dorset born, Michael Retter began experimenting with marquetry in the 1950s whilst at sea as a marine engineer. Twenty years later, his interest was rekindled. In his spare time over the next ten years Michael revised his self-taught book methods, developing new techniques and refining his art whilst making wall panels and portraits for exhibitions and private commissions. In 1986 Michael was commissioned to make 80 marquetry panels equivalent to 65sq. metres for the new Australian Parliament House, mainly featuring Australian flora.

Sculptor

Andre Vanne was born in Johannesburg South Africa in 1949. The only son of a photographer, he spent his early years training with his father and became a professional photographer, working in South Africa and London. Having developed a keen eye for line and form, he turned his hand to wood carving and founded the internationally famous Feathers Studio and Galleries. Feathers Galleries spread to the US and Europe taking Andre's unique style into collections around the globe.

Sculptor

Born near Munich, Germany in 1949, Silvio migrated to Australia with his family at the age 18 months. He started carving in wood from the age of two and after completing school in South Australia he went on to study sculpture at North Adelaide School of Art.

Painter

Allan Baptist has been painting and drawing since the age of three. Born in Sydney in 1950 he began studying art seriously as part of his teaching degree at the Riverina College of Advanced Education and the Wagga Wagga Technical College. In 1995 he left the reasonably secure life of a primary school principal to pursue a rest-of-life involvement in, and self-study of art.

Painter, Multi-media Artist

Born in country NSW, Jan Barnett began her formal aft studies at Caulfield Institute of Technology (now Monash University) studying figure drawing, painting, illustration, printmaking & design. She worked in Melbourne as an illustrator before becoming a full-time artist in her mid-twenties.
She has won over 80 major art awards, including awards from competitions held at the Victorian Artists Society Gallery and throughout NSW, Victoria and South Australia.

Kumi-e Artist

Mutsuko's Kumi-e are a personal blend of techniques borrowed from the Japanese Chigiri-e (hand tom paper pictures) and Hari-e (collages). Included in that blend are also elements derived from Mutusko's experiences with glass mosaic and with baitk which she learned in Indonesia. Mutsuko uses paper as the medium to describe visual sensations and also convey mental process and feelings of change, and transformation seen in nature.

Painter

Glenda Borchard has been a resident of the South Coast for the last fifteen years, originally coming from the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Glenda was involved in creative contemporary dance and choreography and moving to the South Coast created new opportunities to develop ceramics, drawing and painting skills. She has studied for several years through Nowra TAFE, private teaching, workshops and has exhibited in many local and Sydney exhibitions.