Gillem
Reid
Born
in Wollongong in N.S.W. in 1940, Gillem settled in Tasmania in 1957. She
worked as a Draughtsman’s tracer, and has a Certificate in Graphic
Design.
She returned to Rosny College in 1988 when her family had grown,
obtained her Level III Certificate in Fine Art, and went on to paint with
Lynne Andrews at Studio One.
She tutored groups in the Derwent Valley for three years, helping
to encourage beginners, and urging the more advanced to paint beyond the
bounds of visual reality.
Her interests have been very diverse, as shown by her membership of
the Arts Society, the T.A.C.A. ( a contemporary art group) her ventures
into pottery, which led into sculptural papier mache, and her design and
production of floor rugs.
Since 1990 Gillem has exhibited in several major joint exhibitions,
has had 6 solo exhibitions in Burnie and Hobart, and is represented in
private collections in Australia, New Zealand, and overseas.
Painting and touring in France in 1992 has developed and broadened
the range in both palette and subject matter, and Gillem feels she has
gained a new freedom. The words of Piet Mondrian
sum up her approach:-
"Every true artist always has been inspired more by the beauty of line and colour and the relations between them than by concrete subject of the picture."
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| Framed | Information | A Festive Occasion | ||
| Information | Image Size | 430mm x 540mm |