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I left painting for a number of years when I I use a combination of implied texture and or
finished school while I travelled and entered impasto techniques embellished with intricate
the workforce. I then gained entrance to TAFE line-work or bold mark-making to further en-
then into University where my art became liven the unique, somewhat idealised (ideolog-
aligned with and further driven by the ical) landscapes on my canvas. The ideology
techniques and theoretical ideologies within that informs and underpins my painting is my
the Art periods from Impressionism through to personal response to, love of and engagement

Surrealism. I was highly influenced by artists with the natural world. Also, of critical impor-
such as Monet, Renoir, Degas, Seurat, Cezanne, tance to my work is my commitment to fore-
Gauguin, Van Gogh, Matisse, Duchamp, ground to the general community the necessity
Picasso, Klimt, Salvador Dali and Frieda Kahlo. to conserve the stunning natural environment
I particularly love to paint using Matisse we are so very blessed to enjoy.
/Jo Sonja’s, Hydrocryl acrylics and Matisse Fluid
Acrylics.