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Pastels and mixed media combining my own photographic images collaged into painted works. Photographic media - Cibachrome and Kodalith. Monoprinting using shellac/cardboard plates.<BR> </FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#008000 size=4>Helen Hopcroft MA (Royal College of Art), BFA (University of Tasmania):</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#008000 size=4></FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#008000 size=4>Helen Hopcroft is a painter who trained at the Royal College of Art in London after completing a Fine Arts degree in her native Tasmania. She has taught at the Royal College of Art, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Art, University of Newcastle, University of NSW and various other public and private institutions in Australia. </FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#008000 size=4></FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#008000 size=4>Media: oil paint, acrylic paint, various drawing materials including charcoal and pen and ink, ceramics, and a variety of printmaking techniques </FONT></P> <P><BR><FONT color=#008000 size=4>Julie Morris:<BR><BR>Julie has for many years worked at Taronga Zoo in Sydney as one of their leading wildlife Artists and has produced many fine art animal graphics and posters.<BR>In 1991 she started teaching in both wildlife painting and general painting at private workshops and also at Gosford Art Centre, Camry Allen in the Hunter Valley, Karingal at Wallis Lake, the Capertee Valley and at several Art Societies as well as Taronga Zoo in Sydney and at the Museum of Sydney. <BR>Julie has worked in most mediums: oil, acrylics, gouache, pen and pastels. Many of her paintings hang in public and private collections all over the world. <BR>In "Artists and Galleries of Australia" Max Germaine lists Julie as a painter of birds and animals as he does in "Australian Authors". Julie has written and illustrated five children's books and one library reference book on Australian Mammals.<BR><BR>Megan Lewis:<BR><BR>Since graduating from the University of Newcastle in 1990 Megan has continued to make and exhibit art. Meg has been teaching printmaking and design at TAFE since 1993 and is an active member of the Newcastle Printmakers Workshop. She has participated in many of their group exhibitions and often takes weekend workshops or teaches mid-week classes.</FONT><SPAN><FONT color=#008000 size=4>Megan has travelled extensively in the UK, Europe and North America and has worked in other Printmaking Workshops in Edinburgh and Vancouver exchanging artworks and sharing and learning different techniques.One area of special interest to Megan is in the use of healthier or less toxic printmaking techniques. Part of Meg’s interest in Canada is based upon their advanced experience in this area, and she has already been teaching some of these safer techniques in weekend workshops. <BR><BR>Toni Smith:<BR><BR>Toni Smith came to papermaking via 20 years as a potter and photographer and believes that there is a subtle correlation between these activities – all based on water in some form– so the fact that her star sign is Cancer might have some relevance.</FONT><SPAN><FONT color=#008000 size=4>She fell in love with plant fibre paper during her first workshop, particularly fine translucent papers, and combines these with leaves, feathers etc. in book forms and 3-D objects.</FONT></P> <P><SPAN><FONT color=#008000 size=4>Amanda Davies:<BR><BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#008000 size=4>Artist/Master Printmaker. Amanda Davies trained at East Sydney Art School and Alexander Mackie. Diploma in Art Education 1978. Post graduate studies in Print Making 1982. Specializing in Lithography. Studied under Earle Backon, Berris Richardson and Fred Genis, Master Lithographers. Taught Lithography at East Sydney Technical College 1984-86. Prints collected by National Gallery.Taught Drawing, Painting and Printmaking at TAFE colleges in Sydney. Communications lecturer at Syd.Uni Architecture Faculty 1982-86. Exhibited annually 1984-2005 throughout Australia.<BR>Currently teaching Lithography at Newcastle Arts School, preparing students for post graduate studies.<BR>"Printmaking becomes the sister art for many artists and a principal form for its immaculate surface,versatility and durability".</FONT></P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </body>