Linda
Catchlove
Born
in Australia in 1969, I grew up in various
places
in both Australia and New Zealand, but
called
Adelaide home. I spent much of my
childhood
drawing, and from an early age knew
I
wanted to be an artist of some sort...so pursued art all
through
school to a tertiary level.
After
studying Graphic Design and Advertising, and working for
a
short time in the industry, I was fortunate to secure a position
at
the Walt Disney Animation Studios in Sydney, Australia. This
was
a dream come true as I had always been fascinated in animation.
I
spent a great 10 years at Disney and during that time I worked on projects
such
as “Lion King 2”, “Peter Pan 2”, and “The Goofy Movie”. Disney was
a
place
filled with incredible talent, imagination, and wonderful friends... a real
inspiration
for a young artist. My main role at Disney was ‘Clean-up Character-
Lead
/ Supervisor’....(i.e. doing the final key drawings for scenes), and it was
this
role
that really helped me with my character drawing.
In
2000 I needed a change of scene, and due to a love of nature, plants and
gardening,
I decided to study Horticulture. At the same time I studied Botanic Art
to further develop my skills with watercolours. This was a turning point
in my career as
an
artist. This style of painting and the subject matter became my
passion. Both of these interests have led me to where I am today.
am
now a Botanic Artist and Illustrator using watercolours as my medium
and
most often than not, a tiny ‘00’ brush to paint with. Watercolours really
are
a beautifully sensitive medium to work with and I just love their translucency.
Australian
native plants, insects and of course my little faerie folk
are
my favourite subjects to paint. Most of my paintings have
a
combination of all three of these.
I’ve
a real fascination in nature ‘close up’ and am attracted by the design,
character,
intricate detail, textures and colours of the subjects that I paint.
Because
these features are of such interest to me, I strive to capture them as
accurately
as I can in my work.....resulting in many, many hours of delicate
brush
strokes.
One
of my first botanical paintings was of a Banksia, and
since
then the Banksia species have become my most favourite
plant
subjects. I find these plants incredibly beautiful, interesting and
just
oozing with character...., especially the seed pods. Hakeas are another
species
of Australian native plant with seed pods that are equally fascinating
and
stunning to paint and my faerie folk are always in my head eager to make
an
appearance on one of my plant specimens. They are busy naturalist type
beings,
nurturing, mischievous and living in harmony with their surrounding
flora
& fauna. They’re lots of fun!
I
draw from live specimens where possible, and often go out in the field
collecting
them
and taking photos. I’m particularly thrilled when I discover insects on
these plants as they are also an integral part of my work, and are speedily
photographed for my reference. These expeditions are ‘seventh heaven’ for
me.
I
live in Adelaide, Australia, and have a studio where my ‘ever supportive’
family and friends can always find me hard at work. They very well
appreciate, sometimes sufferingly so, there are a life’s worth of paintings yet
to come.
(They do
understand ... really they do!)
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Anita Bownds
my style is cute/cartoon
i enjoy Drawing and doodling when ever i can
I live in sunny queensland Australia with my 3 beautiful girls Melissa (15) Kara (10) Eve (7) and an awesome hubby
i absolutely loved art class at school my fav subject...
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