Exhibition 15^th November to 3^rd December 2006

Copyright  © 2004 Pollock Gallery

Nerida de Jong

“New Paintings from St Cirq lapopie”

Nerida de Jong was born in I945 in Sydney/Australia. From the age of three she was drawing and painting knowing that art would dominate her life. She joined the National School of Art in Sydney/ majoring in fine arts.

Her first one woman show was in Devonport Tasmania and later displayed her work in a number of mixed exhibitions in Sydney including the Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize and the Portia Geach Memorial Prize for women.

As well as portraiture/ sketches and paintings Nerida has been commissioned for design work. She has also won many art prizes including the North Coast Art Awards and the Southern Cross Festival of Arts.

For most of her married life she and her family of four children frequently travelled the world spending time in France the Cook Islands and the Greek islands, etc..

She lives in St Cirq Lapopie in France for part of the year and returns to

the North Coast of New South Wales for part of the year .

Nerida’s latest paintings are centred in and around her home in France in the delightful Village – St Circ Lapopie. Her paintings are rich in colour and show an exceptional vibrancy with her depiction of fabrics.

Everyday objects become items of beauty.

A selection of the catalogue follows:

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In the Snow with a Pheasant Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm
La Fille Malheureuse Oil on canvas 82 x 103 cm
The Seamstress Oil on canvas 103 x 82 cm
Trekking Through the Snow Oil on canvas 103 x 80 cm
Sofie’s Party Oil on canvas 101 x 81 cm
The Card Game in the Attic Oil on canvas 80 x 101 cm
The Bride Wore Red Oil on canvas 96 x 79 cm
Nadia & the Cats Oil on canvas 90 x 70 cm
Dear - Deer Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm
The Heralding of Spring Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm
La Fiancee Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm
Myra & the Falcon Oil on canvas 80 x 58 cm
Winter Walk With Grouse Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm
Walking Tour Oil on canvas 81 x 61 cm
Sisters Nicking the Figs Oil on canvas 75 x 59 cm
Girls with Persimmons Oil on canvas 73 x 59 cm
Hanging the Curtains Oil on canvas 73 x 59 cm
Guarding the Duck Egg Oil on canvas 60 x 45 cm
After the Bath Oil on canvas 60 x 45 cm
Memories of My Mother Oil on canvas 54 x 45 cm
Sleeping Mother & Baby Oil on canvas 45 x 54 cm
Chinese Teapot with Persimmons Oil on canvas 40 x 40 cm
Gold Tipped Artichokes Oil on canvas 40 x 40 cm
Cherry Guavas & White Cyclamen Oil on canvas 40 x 40 cm

Nerida de Jong CV

Principal Exhibitions

1976 Little Gallery Devonport Tasmania

1979 Mackay Harrison Gallery East Ballina NSW

1981 Le Serrec Exposition Nantiat France

1985 Mackay Harrison Gallery East Ballina NSW

1986 Kenwall Galleries Cook Islands

1994 Municipal Gallery Mykonos Greece

1997 Cape Gallery Byron Bay NSW

1999 Sheraton Gallery Nadi Fiji

2000 Michael Commerford Rushcutters Bay NSW

2001 Pollock Gallery formerly Windows on Church Galleries, Melbourne VIC

2002 Pollock Gallery, Melbourne VIC

2003 Pollock Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2004 To 2006 Permanent Exhibition, St Cirq Lapopie, France

2006 Pollock gallery, Melbourne, VIC

Group Exhibitions

1984 Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize

1984 Southern Cross Arts Festival

1985 Portia Geach Memorial Prize for Women

1986 Southern Cross Arts Festival

Portia Geach Memorial Prize for Women

1987 Southern Cross Arts Festival

Portia Geach Memorial Prize for Women

1988 North Coast Art Awards

Southern Cross Arts Festival

1989 Critics Choice Exhibition

Southern Cross Arts Festival

Jacaranda Arts Festival

1994 Southern Cross Arts Festival

1995 Lismore Regional Gallery

North Coast Art Awards

Southern Cross Arts Festival

1996 - 2000

Lismore Regional Gallery

Southern Cross Arts Festival

North Coast Art Awards

2000 & 2001

Cape Gallery Byron Bay

Public Collections

Byron Bay Shire Council Byron Bay

Aitutaki Lagoon Resort Cook Islands

Sheraton International Fiji

The Rarotongan Cook Islands

Malolo Island Resort Fiji

Edgewater Resort Cook Islands

Mackay Harrison Gallery Ballina

Raving Prawn Restaurant Byron Bay

Caddies Coffee Chain Lismore/Byron Bay

Books Illustrated

“European Travel Diary”

“Vegetables” (with Rosemary Stanton)

Theatre Set Design

“Oklahoma”,

“Travelling North”,

”Caravan”

“Money & Friends”,

“Pirates of Penzanze”

Art Prizes

1986 Southern Cross Arts Festival

1987 Peoples Choice Award S.C.A.F.

1988 North Coast Art Awards

1994 Trinity Art Prize

1995 Southern Cross Arts Festival

1996 Southern Cross Arts Festival

1999 Southern Cross Arts Festival Ceramics

Peoples Choice Lismore City Art Prize

2000 Watercolour section S.C.A.F.

Portrait Commissions

Queenie Ashton Actress

Peter Rushforth Potter

Sue Cruikshank Singer/Comedian

Linda Dean OAM

Joan Williams OAM

Private Collections

USA France

Canada Ireland

Germany United Kingdom

Greece Australia