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catherine walker

Dandenong North, AUSTRALIA

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Catherine Walker- Self Taught Artist

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. watching some indigenous artists painting on our lounge room wall as a youngster was really awe inspiring and I beleive this gave me my first insights into the magic of art! ..so thankyou to those aboriginal men..and my father for asking them to do art on our walls!

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 37 years and I paint on canvas, wood, ceramics , furniture.. anything that I can find.. anything that would hold some paint,

I’ve been in a small number of group exhibitions both in melbourne and sydney and have won some minor encouragements/credits and awards when I was a much younger person.
I rarely enter any competitions or exhibitions these days…it’s been difficult for me to paint at all these past 16 years due to some personal family traumas and stresses.
I have a very supportive family though where my art is concerned.

I’ve had just one solo exhibition ,in a place called “The old cheese factory” many moons ago.. 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 …nature is so wonderful !

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 thankyou !

my work is my own…I don’t copy from other peoples works. I am 56 years old..and have been painting for over 36 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.. ( well maybe just one) 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 can be an Underrated lot in this world .. we are looked upon as slightly strange in that we are usually quite sensitive about many things that others would not be sensitive about..we are all rather intuitive I think..mysterious, loving, curious and and sometimes rather eccentic compared to the rest of society..but artists are such a beautiful bunch of peoples anyway ..well the ones I’ve met are just fabulous!

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


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Join me at the Juried Invitational Exhibition…


September 2012 Juried Invitational Exhibition

Nominated for sojie
dreamer -acrylic on canvas


Elena Oleniuc Fine Art Award
for Excellence in Composition and Colors
SoJie 19, September 2012

  • Joined: February 2008

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lady with clay jars featured in women painters

Thanks so much for featuring my painting called “lady with clay jars” / in the “women painters” group it’s such an honour for me ..I haven’t been painting much lately, so this recognition gives me a real boost of encouragement / one of my sisters loved and grabbed this painting before I even have time to savour it a little..hha!! and another sister / also liked it so much that she wan…
Posted 20 days – 6 comments

wow Alternative ART /crafts - fabulous works

This exhibition was put together some time ago, but as I browsed through all of the great works again ..I thought it deserved some more views, well done everyone .. it really is exciting and great work and thanks so much to Fran for getting this together. / it was a joy to participate. / See my work in the ALT-ART Expo! / COME AND JOIN IN!!!! / This week you can see many of your favorite artist…
Posted 5 months – 4 comments

wow!.. I won an award in sojie 19 today !

What a nice suprise to have won an award in sojie 19 today 3/10/2012 / the award was for “Exellence in colour and composition” for my painting called “dreamer” / I’m rapt!.. and I’m sure that margie , my sister will be so happy to know this.. as she loved the painting so much and asked her husband to buy it for her Birthday a few years ago now. / gee it̵…
Posted 9 months – 29 comments

sojie 19 -a nomination for me....Good one!

MY WORK HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR SoJie 19! / / Dreamer / by catherine walker /   /   / Join me at the Juried Invitational Exhibition… /   / I am very excited to have my art selected to exhibit in SoJie 19. SoJie 19 takes its name from the first letters of Solo’s Juried Invitational Exhibition. 91 other artists, besides myself, have human figurative art or photograp…
Posted 9 months – 60 comments