Having established a successful career in designing and silk screening fabrics for boutique shops and fashion designers, Adrienne Conway's diverse range talents also included mural work and the design and construction of stage sets and making costumes.

In mid 2003 Adrienne began painting with watercolour, acrylics, inks, encaustics and mixed media under the guidance of renowned artist Beth Monahan, combining her love of colour, free form, thread work and beading. Adrienne is currently exhibiting her award-winning work in galleries in Queanbeyan, Batemans Bay and also in private
collections in the United Kingdom and Canada.

Barbara Dorman originally started painting seriously in the mid eighties and, after attending a Colina Grant workshop in 1989, she converted to the magic medium of pastel. Pastel is Barbara’s favourite medium though she sometimes also works in acrylic.

She particularly enjoys participating in themed exhibitions, usually painting semi abstract works or, recently, portraits.

Susan Keck originally trained as an art teacher and moved to the south coast in the early 2000’s to pursue her art. She has a particular interest in drawing and the subject of the nude.

Pastels seemed a natural ‘fit’ with her interests and she studied for a year in the studio school of international pastellist, Grace Paleg. Susan also likes painting in gouache, watermedia and medium that lend themselves pattern, line and translucence.

Sunshine Bay Artist Sheryl Miller grew up in the small country town of The Rock New South Wales, Australia.  She lived in Wagga with her husband and their family & later moved to Merimbula, Bega, Gymea and finally Batemans Bay.

Sheryl's original interest was in oils  in the 1980's but as with all true artists she experimented with other media.  Sheryl studied and taught Porcelain Art for a few years and later completed a 3 year diploma course in Pottery at Gymea TAFE.

Sheryl is predominantly a self-taught Artist and is totally committed to her art. 

Brian Neal is a larger than life figure in the south coast art scene. He paints primarily in pastels and acrylics.

Moving here in the late nineties he became active in the art community when he discovered the studio of international artist, Grace Paleg.

After several years studying with Grace, Brian has emerged as a significant artist in his own right.

Christine first studied at Julian Ashton Art school in Sydney, followed by East Sydney Technical College – North Sydney campus doing Design and other subjects.

She then went to Florence Broadhurst studying screen printing. Florence was well known for her screen printings and wallpapers in the early sixties. Christine eventually moved to Letroset, where she worked for the Art Director and also worked in sales.

Grace is an artist who specialises in the medium of pastel, and as Grace herself will testify, she has always enjoyed and been confident in her own abilities to draw. 

Grace studied Graphic Design at Swinburne in Melbourne for two years and life drawing and portraiture at East Sydney Technical College. Having very much enjoyed the life of the art student, Grace feels that the best instruction she received was working privately in oils with the late Leslie Sinclair at Monsalvat in 1985.

Grace greatly appreciated her expertise in tonal impressionism and her honesty and quiet humility. Grace also benefited from the tuition of the late Allan Martin at his studio in Eltham, and while never having had  lessons in pastel, Grace is confident that her founding in oil paved the way perfectly for her later work in pastel.

Kaoru Rauter arrived from Japan in the 1980’s. Coming from a traditional, artistic family it seemed natural for Kaoru to concentrate on developing her art when she moved to the south coast in the late nineties.

Kaoru artworks range from traditional seascapes to large contemporary paintings. Whatever genre she works in her artworks reflect the exciting mix of Eastern and Western influences that make her art so distinctive.