My love of nature is the inspiration for my art designs. Art and textiles allow me to escape from the “real world”, by being mesmerized and lost in the process…

Ling Wang At the age of 5, the year before I started primary school, my parents decided to keep me at home for a year after they were no longer…

Wendy Hitchins If you haven’t yet met Canadian born glass bead artist, Wendy Hitchins, make sure you do not miss either the Warragul Arts Market Wendy also participates in Open…

Anita George Learning Calligraphy is like learning music; practice, practice; exact forms; exact shapes; each style different pen angles, heights, shapes. With practice you find your rhythm. I did a…

Liz Bowley Although I studied art right through school and was encouraged by artistic parents, my passion for art lay dormant until the children left home. A voucher for lessons…

Vivienne Ortega enjoys painting in the real world, as she sees it, in a realistic style with both oil and acrylic paints. While the subject of Art at school was…

Barbara Gogerly Art has been a wonderful adventure which started with paper and pencil, as a child trying to capture that which was around me, but I had to wait…

Ross Jacka Once upon a time I studied at RMIT and majored in Fine Arts. It was an amazing time just to be able concentrate on art and coffee but…

Donna Mitchell Art has been a passion of mine since I was a child. I loved to enter my work in school competitions held at our local flower show in…

Ty Clare Thody I usually work in acrylics because they are so convenient to correct and easy to clean up. I also work in oils when I can too. My…

Kathleen Kendall Kathleen works with a variety of mediums from traditional paints to mixed media. Originally, she was looking for her final subject matter and style, through experimentation with various…

Pauline Bailey I’ve always had an interest in art and loved to draw as a child however I didn’t get back into it until later in life when I enrolled…

Trav Hendrick draws colourful cartoons. Born in Dandenong and living in Drouin for the past 30 years, Trav has focused his time on creating his own cartoon characters. While attending…

My first interest in art was sparked in primary school by a travelling exhibition in Traralgon of famous Australian artists, notably Albert Namatjira, William Dobell. I was impressed by Russell…

Wendy Twyerould My artistic journey began in the early years of my education when we were asked to design a ‘fire prevention’ poster. I still have the book I won…

Deb Wearne Deb Wearne is a frequent contributor to Baw Baw Arts Alliance exhibitions and the shops in both the Yarragon Station Gallery and the Trafalgar Artspace. Her wearable art…

Ingrid Thomas Currently Ingrid is doing a great deal of work in acrylics because she likes the fact that they dry quickly and she can paint in layers. She enjoys…

I don’t remember a specific time when I first realized that art was for me because I have always been interested in it. I enjoy reading about Art History and…

Heather Brimblecombe If you have ever been to the Friday Fibre Group you will most likely have seen the meticulous and creative work of felter, Heather Brimblecombe. It is always…

Cheryl Cook t all begins with an idea. A feeling of home, of place and of the heart. That is the driving focus of my work – to bring you…

I started drawing, painting and building in early childhood when I was encouraged by a relative who worked as an illustrator and produced audio-visual works. My father was not happy…

Elsa Rabin Forty years ago Elsa Rabin accidentally became interested, with some success, in painting portraits and animals but she found it an expensive hobby. However her interest continued on…

Russell Monson I have always had a fascination with photography, having wanted a camera from my teen years. With a background in the Physical Sciences and an interest in technology,…

Elisabeth Smoorenburg Among many of the beautiful pieces of art on display for sale in The Station Gallery, Yarragon, are Elisabeth Smoorenburg’s small pieces of jewellery created from a range…

Joan Best Joan Best is the newest member of the Baw Baw Arts Alliance Committee of Management. She has brought lots of energy and enthusiasm to the Arts Alliance as…

Dale Plew A TRIBUTE TO DALE PLEW Who you would always find running the Station Gallery at Yarragon on a Friday and running his Drawing group at Trafalgar on a…

Deborah Churchill I am a mixed medium artist, frequently experimenting with the compatibility of all mediums and techniques but I have a particular love of pen and ink, which is…

Jessie McLennan I was born in Bairnsdale and spent my early years in an idyllic, isolated life on the Ninety Mile Beach bordering the Gippsland Lakes. I was very fond…

Debora Johnson When l create a picture l usually use a variety of mediums; distress Inks, dyes, pencils, textas, glitterand gel pens, but l do like to experiment. My favourite medium…

Liz Harbridge Liz Harbridge is an artist who works mainly with fabrics and found objects. She compliments these with eco dyeing, fabric manipulation, machine and hand stitching. These days much…

Dot Thorne I have been drawing for as long as I can remember, but didn’t start thinking seriously until I was about 30. Realistic and traditional at first, very good…

Jill Loader Previously I have worked in porcelain paper clay and raku clay I specialised in ceramics at RMIT University. I am enjoying working with a combination of polymer clay,…

Prue Barridge Many of the readers of this newsletter will have seen Prue Barridge’s name in the report from the annual general meeting when she accepted the complex job of…

In the beginning of my Art journey I used oils but changed to acrylics after realising I had an allergy to oils. I now use acrylic paint as it is…

Kelly Williamson Kelly Williamson has always leaned toward creativity and spent her childhood exploring dance, drama, and poetry. As an adult she has also enjoyed photography. Her eldest son had been…