Bernadette Curtin

Copyright  © 2004 Pollock Gallery

 

Water Series

 

One current series of paintings refers to water, represented in it’s simplest form, a raindrop as a symbol of survival. In this sequence of works the inspiration comes from the thunderstorms in a subtropical climate, viewed from my house overlooking the beautiful Myocum Valley. Storm clouds gather out on the horizon and gradually sweep in from the coast towards the range of hills fringing the coastal plains. I attempt to mimic the wind,  or capture fleeting glimpses of sea and coast as the clouds enshroud the house with the arrival of  rain on window panes. It is as if the viewer is inside, sheltered from the dynamic forces of nature, observing and listening. I like to chart weather patterns through the four seasons.

Other paintings are a dedication to this particular environment as experienced through seasonal and temperature shifts. Intuitive responses are made to the sounds and memories of native birds which inhabit the garden or shoreline, and insects, water dragons and snakes which coexist.

 

 

 

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Departure and Return

Oil on canvas

110 x 150 cm

 

 

Red Window I

Oil on canvas

60 x 90 cm

 

 

Red Window II

Oil on canvas

60 x 90 cm

 

 

 

BERNADETTE CURTIN

ARTIST’S PROFILE

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS                Diploma of Teaching (Art) (S.A. School of Art)            

Bachelor of Arts (Flinders University, S.A.); majors in Anthropology and Art History

                                                  Master in Fine Art (RMIT University)

 

EXHIBITIONS

2007                                            Byron Bay Art Prize, Byron Bay NSW

                                                    Border Art Prize, Tweed River Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah,

                                                    NSW      

2006                                         “Celebrating Women“  Sheoak Shack, Fingal Head N.S.W.

                                                FEHVA Art Auction, Byron Bay N.S.W.

2005                                                       SALT GALLERY Queenscliff, Victoria

                                                GREENHILL GALLERIES Adelaide, South Australia

2004                                                       FINALIST. Cromwell’s Art Prize, Sydney. Touring exhibition to Jackman Gallery Melbourne, Arthouse Hotel Sydney, and the Australian Embassy, Washington USA

FINALIST John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery Sale, Victoria

2003                                         SOLO EXHIBITION “Aqua Urbanica”, The Gallery, Melbourne

2002                                         FINALIST. Fleurieu. Prize for Landscape Painting. SA

2001                                         SOLO EXHIBITION,"Urban Meadow", Mira Gallery, Flinders Street, Melbourne

1999                                         CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS from RMIT Dept. of Fine Art “Works on Paper", Seoul National University, Korea

INSTALLATION OF PAINTINGS - River Restaurant, Southbank and Tryst Café, South Yarra Vic

1998                                         INSTALLATION OF PAINTINGS - Hotel Sofitel, Collins St, Melbourne Vic

1995                                         GRADUATE EXHIBITION, Master of Fine Art, RMIT, Gallery 333, Collins St, Melbourne

1994                                         DOMINIQUE SEGAN CASTLEMAINE STATE FESTIVAL, Drawing Prize Vic

PRIZES & AWARDS

2002                                         FLEURIEU PRIZE for Landscape Painting

                                                WINNER OF PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD

1994                                         DOMINIQUE SEGAN, CASTLEMAINE STATE FESTIVAL, Drawing Prize  Exhibition - Highly Commended Award by Betty Churcher, then Director, Australian National Gallery, CANBERRA.

PUBLICATIONS

2003                                         ILLUSTRATIONS for ‘Writer’s World' by Di Berold.  Brolga Publishing                              

                                                            N.Z. ART MONTHLY. “Elemental Journey”

                                                by Sophia Xeros-Constantinedes

2000                                         AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ACCA),

Melbourne

BOOK LAUNCH for "Artists' Secrets" by Bernadette Curtin, Haystack Publications.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMISSIONS

 

2004                                                       AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BOARD. Installation for Board Room and Reception area entitled “Rain Gauge Series” Perth, Western Australia              

1996                                                       AUSTRALIAN  CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY MURAL Commission

                                                                Health Sciences Faculty Building

1991                                                       PROJECT ARTIST CITY OF BERWICK

Design and co-ordination of landscaping and artworks for two public squares Funded by Victorian Ministry for the Arts and Berwick City Council

                     

REPRESENTATION IN COLLECTIONS

                                                                                                                  

                                                                A.W.B.

                                                  ARTBANK          

AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

                                                CROMWELL’S COLLECTION

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA, USA