Category Artists

Vivienne Ortega

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 her best she didn’t give this much importance except that…

Trav Hendrick

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 Drouin Secondary College he was diagnosed with mild autism. He…

Alex Rojas

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 I have developed an appreciation for modern art with a…

Barry Masterman-Smith

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 Drysdale’s ‘The Rabbiters’. This was in the 1950s. In later…

Cathy Harris

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 my favourite. I also like working with polymer clay so…

Cathy Smith

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 when I inserted all his drill bits in the bathroom…

Yvonne Pywell

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 of the creation. Landscapes, flora and fauna and building designs…

Kelly Williamson

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 attending painting classes for a while and she had a…

Deborah Churchill

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 always featured in my work. I would describe my art…

Rodney Williams

Rodney Williams Writing poems for over 50 years, Rodney Williams is the editor of ‘Catchment – Poetry of Place’, a literary journal within the Bbaa website. Its first edition went live online in December, 2023, presenting work from 65 Australian poets, in Western free verse…