catherine walker

Profile

City: Dandenong North
Country: Australia

Joined: Feb 2008

Born in the Top end of australia – Darwin in the Northern territory then living in a town called “Batchelor” .. 60 miles south of Darwin for the first 7 years of my life .
I was lucky enough to have the “bush” as my playground as a child growing up.
bush lifestyle gave me a definite
respect for the land ,it’s creatures /inhabitants and also gave me a real sense of curiousity for all things pertaining to nature…and creation in general.
I thank my wonderful father and mother for giving me that gift of a beautiful ,natural bush lifestyle..even if it was only for a short time in my life..I do remember the sights the sounds and the smells of the australian tropical bushlands.. and those wonderful memories will stay with me and influence me and my paintings forever.

I have lived in Dandenong Victoria Australia on the poor side of town..LOL for the past 33 years and I paint on canvas, wood, ceramics , furniture.. anything that I can find.. anything that would hold some paint, I also like to use recycled materials..and I collect twisted branches that have fallen from my gum trees..thinking that I might like to make some pilgrims staffs,or walking sticks from these, some day soon..hha!!

I’ve been in a small number of group exhibitions both in melbourne and sydney I have a very supportive family where my art is concerned.

I’ve had just one solo exhibition ,in a place called “The old cheese factory” a public art gallery here in victoria which was a gorgeous old world looking building made of stone and all very enjoyable…maybe it didn’t give me the monetary gain that I needed and wanted but emotionally it was very exciting..and I was proud of my great efforts to get the exhibition together..The exhibition was a success in that ,and many other ways.

I usually paint the visions in my head..they can come to me at any time .. I paint from my imagination, and rarely paint in any other way , though occassionally I might go outside and try to paint what I see in the garden or try to paint a scene that has impressed me from a camping trip or a bush walk .

I have many different styles of painting and use many different paints and techniques from pencil and ink to charcoal, oils and acrylics house paint even..yes ,house paint is great !
my favourite paint is acrylic because of it’s quick drying time..enabling my thoughts or visions to be trapped on the canvas at lightening speed .I’ve been told that I have great originality and a diverse variation in style…cool .. and thanks!

my work is my own…I never copy from other peoples works. I am 53 years old..and have been painting for over 35 years ..My latest “batch” of paintings..and my newest “sessions” have revealed some interesting ideas around angelic beings , and some paintings of the earth and her natural beauty.

I have many Interests.. like reading, especially a certain book called “A course in miracles” which has inspired me for 15 years now .. I also like to read and study about manifesting our desires at a quicker rate…sometimes it works..sometimes it doesn’t..ha!

I also love fossiking for shells and old bits of junk that people would think of as “mainly rubbish”.. I also like to ” treasure hunt”.. and loved to gold pan at “Eldorado” victoria in the beechworth area ..a great spot and beautiful environment to be at one with nature..

I am very interested in the UFO phenomenom..I think I always have been.. and after seeing a strange light in the sky in 1993.. where 7 of us were watching the sky that night. we witnessed the strangest craft we ever saw.. this set the stage for a consuming hobby.

I have painted some UFO’s and alien type creatures after witnessing this strange light .
though in reality I have never seen any Aliens.. I feel sure that I’ve met a few humans who could be straight from another planet..LOL !

I hope to make a living from what I do best..and that is painting ..but you know I think that an artists path is rather a hard road to travel..and sometimes the artist is not recognized as offering a valuable commodity to society.. and we are often thought of as either bad, mad or both !

I think this attitude is quite wrong ..and that Artists are pretty straight talking peoples..they are well grounded for the most part and the most valuable contributers to “Life” In the world..we are an Underrated lot.. maybe a slightly strange lot in that we are usually quite sensitive ,we’re a mysterious and sometimes odd lot compared to the rest of society..but a beautiful bunch of peoples anyway !
I think we should pat ourselves on the back from time to time because we add so much interest and beauty to this world even if it often goes unrecognized.

thanks for listening and if you need to contact me via email about any of my paintings or pottery then my address is catherinewalker2003@yahoo.com.au

regards from catherine walker
Artist
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