Jane Parker

I am a painter living and working on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. My ideas often begin with encounters in the natural world: experiencing extraordinary phenomena glimpsed while walking along the beach, beside a lake or through the bush. These moments of observation inspire works that explore the beauty, energy and connections within the landscape.
Working across watercolour, ink, gold leaf, gouache and collage, I create layered images that reflect my belief that all living things and the environments they inhabit are deeply linked. Each element, however small, contains something of the whole universe. This perspective has developed through close observation of nature and my study of Eastern philosophies, which continue to shape both my creative process and the way I understand the world.

Bachelor degree

1992; Exhibition at Noosa Regional Gallery

1992-1998: Private commission paintings

1998-2000: Bachelor of Arts majoring in computer based art

2002: Exhibition of digital large format prints at Noosa Regional Gallery

2003: Finalist Churchie Emerging art award

2003-2007: Private commissions and working full time

2008: Finalist Churchie Emerging art Award

2009: Finalist in Moreton Art Award

2009: Featured artist in online outsider art gallery

2010: Incub8r group show
Jugglers Art Space group show
Featured in Telegraph UK online gallery: Outsider Artists

2010: November-December group show Moreton Regional Gallery Brisbane

2011: Finalist Moreton Art Award

2012 to present private commissions

2014: Finalist Noosa Art Award

2014-2016: Featured artist Lift Gallery Maleny.

2017: Finalist Lyn Mcrae Drawing award at Noosa Regional Gallery

2018: Selected entrant Morris Art Award
Selected Entrant Moreton Regional Art award

August-September 2018: Exhibition at Wandinin Art Space Eumundi

Finalist Lyn Mcrae Drawing Award
2019; Key participant in Floating Land at Noosa Regional Gallery

2020: finalist Lyn Mcrae drawing Prize at Noosa Regional Gallery

2021: Finalist Du Reitz Art Award Gympie regional Gallery
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