Artist's Palette

I am an Australian by birth and I have lived at Castlereagh near Sydney for 38 years where my studio is situated. I travel all over the Hawkesbury region of New South Wales (and beyond) to paint en plein air. I have attended six Bathurst workshops,

I was born at Royal North Shore Hospital at North Sydney. According to my mother, there were koalas in the gumtrees within the hospital grounds. Members of my father’s side of the family have resided in the Manly area for many decades – after one of

I love the human body, it seems … because I return to it time after time in sculpture, painting and drawing. Maybe I got the bug from poring over ‘Gombrich’ or ‘The History of Art’ – both long time art reference books – losing myself in fascination w

Mildura in Victoria was my birthplace. I have travelled and lived in various parts of Australia. Now that I am retired, I live in Brisbane. After a long career in nursing, I took up pottery for an artistic experience. I loved it. I studied Art and De

• Gessoed canvas 91 x 61 cm.• Dala Suncolours Fabric Paints (each in its own spray bottle with 10 per cent water added): Number 1 Magenta; Number 4 Primrose; Number 5 Cyan; Number 8 Violet; Number 10 Lime.• Spray bottle with plain water.• Ferns and p

These days I work as a florist and live in an outer Brisbane suburb. I spent my childhood on a small farm outside Yeppoon on the Queensland coast. My only art training has been achieved through attending workshops with a few artists. I have a passion

• Artist’s canvas.• Oil paints: Cadmium Red; Cadmium Orange; Australian Red Gold; Light Red; Naples Yellow; Red Black; Alizarin; Ultramarine.• Various brushes.• Palette knife. Having recently spent two months travelling through the centre of Austral

I first decide what it is I am attempting to achieve. I need to interview the subject and decide what characteristics of the subject I wish to express. I need to consider the attitude/disposition, facial features, clothing/uniform; and the social, pr

• Arches 300gsm Cold Press paper 56 x 76 cm.• Brushes: Roymac Revolution (mitre shape); Neef Taklon 995 angle shader.• Winsor & Newton Gum Arabic Medium.• Winsor & Newton Artists’ Watercolours Bamboo Box Set.• Small sponge.• Additional paint colours

Tucked away in the leafy mountain village of Buderim is one of the Sunshine Coast’s best-kept secrets … and also one of Queensland’s most beautiful and memorable galleries. Here is where you can see some of Australia’s finest artists in an intimate a

Exmouth in Western Australia is now home to Kim Borschmann. Originally from Mildura in Victoria, she grew up in Chelsea Heights in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs. This lady boasts only limited art training. “For my last year at school, I opted to

• Canvas.• French box easel.• Reference photograph.• Music.• Atelier Artists’ Acrylics and Chromacryl Students’ Acrylics.• Soft pastel – White.• Variety of different sized brushes.• Atelier Modelling Compound.• Atelier Gloss Medium Varnish. With a fa

I was born in the city of Bradford, Yorkshire. I lived in England for 35 years. Bradford was an industrial town known for its wool. The city and environs were heavy with ‘dark satanic mills’; huge chimneys belching smoke over all. I remember vividly