"Shirley Fisher's landscapes are well known to collectors in Australia and overseas. Her mastery of the pastel medium is exemplified in her exquisite renderings of the Western Australian littoral. The works are highly figurative whilst retaining strong expressive elements and a very evident sense of place.
Shirley has been a professional artist for the past fifteen years. She has exhibited widely and has won a number of awards. The artist's imagery and technical repertoire has been developed by intensive personal study and has been further enhanced by art visits to the Indian sub-continent and Southern Europe. It is however, by her expressive and sensitive studies of our coastline that she is best known."
Michael Taylor (Formerly of Griffith University)

Born England 1955                                                   
Arrived Australia 1965                                                       
Qualified draftswoman,                                                          
Diploma of Art and Design.                                             

Exhibitions and Awards

2008 - Peoples choice award - Newdegate Field Day Art exhibition
          Solo Exhibition  -  Myattsfield Winery  -  Carmel
          Feature artist  -  St Marks Anglican Community School
          Winner  - First prize -  Byford Progress Association Art Exhibition

2007 - Winner - First Prize  'Water works' exhibition, Continence Advisory Service
          Winner - First Prize - Pastel - Newdegate Field Day art exhibition
          Solo Exhibition Rainier Gallery Armadale - Sand and Surf
          Winner  -  Beverley Art Award  -  Dry Media - First Prize
          Winner  -  Wagin Woolerama Art Award - Most outstanding Exhibit

2006 - Solo exhibition Tresillian Art Centre Nedlands
          Winner  -  Wagin Woolerama Art Award - Most outstanding Exhibit
          Duo Exhibition  -  Rottnest Salt Store, Rottnest                            
 
2005 - Winner -  Wagin Art Award - Pastel Prize
           Winner - Pinjarra Art Award
           Winner - Harvey Art Award - Still Life
           Group Exhibition -  Rottnest Salt Store, Rottnest
           Solo Exhibition - The Blue Duck, Cottesloe

2004 - Guest artist - St Marks Anglican Community School
           Winner - W A Pastel Society First Prize   
           Winner - Beverley art award, dry media
           Winner - Miniature painting - Pinjarra Art Award

2003 - Solo exhibition - Kings Hotel Arts cafe - People and Places                                                                                    
          Solo exhibition Albany - Gorepani - "Ebb and Flow"   
          Group exhibition - Margaret River Galleries - "Four scene"

2002 - Wagin Woolerama - Winner - most outstanding exhibit
                                        Winner - miniature prize
           Winner - Miniature painting - Pinjarra Art Award                                                                                                                    
           Duo Maxwell's Gallery - "A Room with a View"

2001 - Solo Kings Hotel Arts Cafe "Mainly Blue"
           Duo Houghton's Winery "Lasting Impressions"
           Solo Inside Out Design "Waters' Edge"
           Pastel Society Art Award - First Prize Winner

2000 - Group Swan Cottage Homes "Favourite Images"
          Pastel Society Art Award - First Prize Winner
          City of Kalgoorlie/Boulder - Winner (Landscape/Seascape)

1999 - Duo Houghton's Winery "Timeless Passage"
          Solo Falduzzi's Restaurant, Fremantle

1998 - Duo Tresillian Community Centre "In View of Rottnest"
           William's Art Award - Winner Pastel prize
           Pastel Society Art Award- Runner up

1997 - Canning Art Awards - Winner Pastel prize

1996 - Original Artwork - 'Seaflight Adventure' cassette cover

1993 - City of Melville Art Awards - Winner Excellence in Pencil
          V.A.F. / Multiplex Acquisitive Drawing Prize C.S.A.

1992 - C.M.C. Fine Art Graduation - His Majesty's Theatre

1991 - Artrage - C.M.C. Perth Campus - "Is Anyone There?"

1990 - P.I.C.A. "Regional Identity"

Workshops
2008   Yallingup (Pastel)
2006   Byford  (Pastel)
2005   Beverley ( Mixed media)
2004  Melville Community art centre (Pastel), Dunsborough (Acrylic)
2003 Maxwells Gallery, Roleystone (Pastel) and Dunsborough (Pastel)

Representation
Gallery 360, , Subiaco
Gorepani Art, Albany
Finishing Touch Gallery, Fremantle
Linton and Kay Fine Art Gallery
Jahroc Gallery Margaret River
C.M.C. Perth Campus
A.W.T.A. - commission
Chubb Security
Alan Bond
Private commissions and collections in Australia, USA, China, New Zealand, South Africa and Britain