Audrey Kitching – Australia

The Visit oil on canvas 75 CM X 100 CM

Born 1927 – Melbourne

Occupation:

Artist and former secretary

Education:

Recent art teachers: Anton Gollyer, David Moore and Ron Reynolds.

Private art studies of galleries and museums in UK and Europe.

1945 Art Course: part time, Melbourne Tech. (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)

Media:

Oil, acrylic, gouache, pen and wash

Experiences related to art:

Signatory member of the Victorian Artists Association and the Whitehorse Artists Association.

Travels to remote places in Australia to paint Australian landscape and plant life.

Honours and awards:

Commendations with Local Art Societies

Solo Exhibitions:

1999 Whitehorse Centre, City of Whitehorse Civic Centre, Nunawading

Group exhibition:

1996 – 2004: 12 Group exhibitions in Melbourne, including;

Victorian Artists’ Society (2 Exhibitions)

Whitehorse Centre

Box Hill Community Arts Centre (6 Exhibitions)

X-Tension Gallery

Blue Train Restaurant

Glen Eira City Council Gallery

Important collections:

Collected privately

Artist’s statement:

We are fortunate within the City of Whitehorse to have a number of bush parklands and wetlands, one of which, The Blackburn Lake Sanctuary, is close to where I live. We have watched the development and maintenance of this area by Council and voluntary expertise and labour over many years, and regularly experience enormous pleasure walking and observing the bird and plant life there. Ducks, cormorants, moorhens, coots, long necked tortoise, fish and yabbies are permanent inhabitants of the wetlands, with visits from Nankeen Night Heron and Pelicans; and the many wattles, wild flowers and resident birdlife in spring are an added joy.

Historically it is an area which has always attracted artists, particularly members of the Heidleberg School over a century ago. It is an oasis to refresh the spirit in our urban environment and much loved by local residents and visitors alike.