Travels with my Paintbrush - My Journey to McGregor.

McGregor Here We Come....

Enrolment paid up and I'm very keen to go through the Materials list to organise all the requirements for next year.

Very exciting on Monday when the paperwork turned up from McGregor Summer School.

Artist & friend Jenelle Wood is coming too. A goal we planned for 2010,

has come early after I won the Brigalow Art Scholarship supported by Anglo Coal.

Hoping to make it a yearly event - Summer or Winter :)

I have chosen to do Acrylics & Mixed Media with Catherine Parker

http://www.usq.edu.au/mcgregor/summer/classes/visarts/parkec.htm

I first seen Catherine's work as a Flying Arts Tutor in 2006

Jenelle has chosen Pastels with Sue Oakley

http://www.usq.edu.au/mcgregor/summer/classes/visarts/oakleyk.htm

McGregor Summer School (Toowoomba campus): 7 - 17 January
McGregor Schools USQ
Artsworx, University of Southern Queensland
http://www.usq.edu.au/mcgregor

"Travels with my Paintbrush"

Acrylics and Mixed Media Tutor in Residence
Catherine Parker, Toowoomba http://www.catherineparker.com.au/

Catherine Parker has a B.Ed in Visual Arts from the University of Melbourne. A keen traveller, Catherine’s paintings are largely narrative and rich in colour influenced by her many journeys including ongoing travels to India, the Himalayas and Central Australia. Catherine is a passionate workshop facilitator and has conducted workshops for Flying Arts Inc, Queensland Art Gallery, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Murray’s Art and Framing in Toowoomba as well as McGregor Schools. Catherine is represented in private and national collections.

Course synopsis
Journey with your brush! Using acrylic paints and a range of exciting mixed media participants have the opportunity to explore and examine a range of process and materials from painting, drawing and simple printmaking to found objects. Canvas, paper, wood, plastic, collage, ink, pastel, pens are just some of the materials participants will experiment with. This workshop is largely explorative in nature yet allows for conceptual development with participants taking home a variety of skill and processes. This is suitable for those who wish to take risks, experiment and explore.