On leaving
school, having an interest in art, Belinda started work in the
printing industry as a screen printer and graphic artist. In 1986
she returned to England, while there she worked for several printing
companies who supplied everything from labels to curtains, to fabric
for top 'Chelsea designers' and even royalty.
She now lives on the shores of beautiful Lake Macquarie NSW Australia
and creates in watercolour, pen & wash, graphite, coloured pencils,
pastels and the occasional oils.
Belinda is a keen member of the Central Coast Watercolour Society NSW
(Life Member),
Association of British Botanical Artists, Royal Art Society
NSW,Botanical Art Society of
Australia and the Australian Guild of Realist Artists.
She exhibits several times a year and has won many awards for her
painting and drawing, including selection for the prestigious
'Focus on Nature XIII' and
'Focus on Nature XV' with the
New York Sate Museum , the
'Mortimer Art Prize' (the very best
in realism), the
Margaret
Flockton Scientific Illustration Award at the herbarium
NSW,
Shirley Sherwood Gallery Kew
Gardens London and has
her works in private and public collections
worldwide. Belinda has also been included in the publication
Who's Who in Visual Arts - 50 Masters of
Realistic Imagery.
She is currently teaching painting and drawing for the Tuggerah Lakes
Kincumber Community College. Painting, drawing and botanical
illustration classes at Morisset NSW.
Also international workshops in The
UK, Tuscany
Italy, Rarotonga Cook Islands, Norfolk Island, India, France, Fiji and New Zealand.
Interesting Links:
Botanical
Art Society of Australia
American
Watercolour Society
Creative Artist Magazine
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