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"Martina’s passion for art and her friendly, informal approach to teaching makes her classes both entertaining and highly informative. I highly recommend her “Business seminar” to artists wishing to expand their understanding of business practices as they relate directly to visual arts." (Stever Cardno, Art Director, Creation Magazine).

Martina’s love for the arts was sparked by her grandfather, a German artist. This love led her to study art at the Peter Schneider Atelier in Germany, before becoming a commercial illustrator – a profession that she followed for more than 15 years.

After immigrating to Australia in 1991, Martina’s ongoing work as an artist and illustrator soon expanded to include the teaching of art, which has been one of her passions ever since. This included creating and co-directing Illustration House at Southbank – a gallery and art school training children, adults and teachers in visual literacy.

In addition to her teaching, Martina has held numerous roles in the arts industry, including as a judge for art shows, a selection committee member and arts board member, and as a regular presenter of art business seminars and workshops.

I passionately held numerous roles within the arts industry, including presentations and lecturing of art business seminars and discussion rounds for emerging artists. Teaching became my main interest in 1999. But I also operate as art show judge and present talks in relation to artwork critiques, business skills and planning within the art sector.

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Annette has been a successful art practitioner and teacher for the past 23 years; teaching three weekly art classes (including the Royal Queensland Art Society) as well as conduct numerous workshops.  She uses a combination of teaching processes directed at various learning styles, including practical demonstrations and lessons in process and media application, analysis of other artists’ works both contemporary and historical, and class discussions. 

"I have always been captivated by the creative process, intellectual challenge, and diversity of media application. I encourage my students to explore possibilities, make mistakes and extend their learning".

With more than 20 Awards and Prizes, 3 Artist-In-Residences and a number of exhibitions of her work, Annette is highly qualified and sought-after teacher and artist in her own right.

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The recipient of many Australian art prizes, Mellissa’s style is distinctive with her electric palette and layered application of brush strokes. 

Mellissa’s paintings have evolved into her “macropointilist” style celebrating the shape, colour and brushstroke of contemporary impressionism. These characteristics come together presenting unique representations sought after by both Australian and international collectors alike.

Mellissa Read-Devine is a Fellow of the Royal Art Society of NSW and is the Acrylics tutor at the RAS Art School.

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REK is an established artist based in Brisbane. His popular artworks draw inspiration from the beauty and intricate details found in the natural world, in particular he has become known as a realistic avian specialist.

While being closely associated with the world of birds, he has also been recognized independently for his male figurative and organic inspired abstract works, both of which have been honored with art prize nominations.

REK Studied at the Brisbane Institute of Art and his original works are represented by Red Hill Gallery in Brisbane, Blue-chip Investment Gallery Mooloolaba and Art to Art Gallery Melbourne.   He has exhibited consistently in solo and group exhibitions in Brisbane, Melbourne and the Gold Coast since 2008.

His artwork has been commissioned for children’s books, appeared on Chanel 10’s Healthy Homes Australia and has been a finalist in art prizes including The Brisbane Rotary Art Prize, Queensland Figurative, the Art Lovers Australia Art Prize and the Lethbridge 20,000.  
He is a member of the Queensland Wildlife Artist’s Society and was the People’s choice recipient for the Societies' 2019 exhibition. 
In 2020 REK was The feature artist and guest judge at the Royal Queensland art Societies' Biannual Exhibition "All Creatures and Wild Things" Held at Petrie Terrace Gallery.

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Tricia Reust is a visual artist working in most media and has lived with her family on the Redcliffe Peninsula in Queensland for the past 36 years 

Tricia’s art process increasingly involves presenting layers of story in her images.

Among many awards, Tricia was awarded 2nd Prize in the 10th International Drawing Biennale in 2019 and won the National Mortimore Prize in 2012; has been a finalist many times in the Bald Archy; recorded two television episodes with Colour in Your Life; and has been published in the Australian Artist and all four “Incite – The Best of International Mixed Media” publications through North Light Books.

Tricia’s second book “Using Chroma Art Materials – Tips and Techniques for Creating Art” is now available, and her eBook “Landscape as Story – Directions for Creating Expressive Landscapes” is available on Amazon. The Revision of this book with an expanded section on pastels will be released in 2022.

Her three instructional DVD’s are available through Pulsar Productions, and she has several videos on art processes, mediums and techniques on YouTube, and through Chroma Australia.

Tricia is a Master Pastellist with the Pastel Society of Australia, and a Life Member of the Redcliffe Art Society. She is a popular workshop presenter and has taught throughout Australia and overseas.