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Born in Melbourne in 1944 studied painting full time from 1977 and held her first solo exhibition in 1978. She won the Alice Bale Overseas Study scholarship in 1982. Patricia won two Camberwell rotary Gold medals and tutored portraiture at the VAS during the 1980s. She authored a number of books, numerous articles and instructional DVDs on painting and sold selected prints of her work through Widow & Son London. Her first book “Painting the beauty of flowers” published in 1991was sold worldwide and used as a standard text in several Art Colleges and Schools. Patricia’s early work consisted mainly of portraiture and landscapes however her special subject was floral arrangements in oils.
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.