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Artist Biography

Narelle Pendlebury - Artist - Paintings

Narelle Pendlebury is an established Western Australian artist who has developed a unique and recognizable style by fusing many different mediums and processes together to create highly worked jewel-like paintings. Her journey began by studying Fine Arts in 1980, then Secondary Teaching in Art, and has worked as an Art Educator till present whilst also exhibiting as a professional artist. Her experience with a wide variety of art techniques has seen Narelle Pendlebury’s paintings naturally evolve, with the layering of different materials being an integral thread in her work. She draws inspiration from her personal experiences of living in a wonderful coastal environment, by observing the land and seascape, wind, water and waves. Her figurative works are associated with the notion of travelling and journeying and the role of dream and memory in our experiences.

Artist Statement

I am an established Western Australian artist with a background in Fine Arts and Art Education, and have been exhibiting as a professional artist for over 20 years within Western Australia and interstate. My work is represented by several galleries within WA, and is held in many corporate and private collections throughout Australia and overseas.

I have worked in many mediums and have developed a practice which fuses and extends the processes and disciplines of drawing, printmaking, painting and textiles, with an emphasis on the interplay of surface, material and texture. An integral part of my work is the concept and activity of layering. Dyed, printed and painted materials, often transparent and translucent, are stitched and embellished with embossed shims and printed surfaces. Acrylic and oil media are then subtly layered over these pieces to create highly worked and jewel-like surfaces.

Many of my landscape based abstract works explore the themes of land, sea and sky from multiple perspectives – horizontally and topographically to reflect the nature of the natural environment and our experience and perceptions of it, as well through the exploration of the layers of pattern imprinted upon the earth, seabed and ocean surface. In some of these works, navigational maps of the local Western Australian coastline are used as a base to work from. These are worked into using extensive layers of dyed and printed materials, as well as acrylic and oil mediums to produce a richly textured surface, but with an emphasis on the transparency of layers, and a unifying pattern. Graphic symbols included reference those used in maps and navigational aids such as GPS, and sometimes the image is gridded in a similar way to that which appears on satellite imagery such as google earth.

Small works representing imagery of the Perth CBD with a focus on the patterning and layering of the architectural and natural environment has allowed an exploration of a very different colour palette reflecting the diffusion of the artificial vibrant lighting within the night urban environment. Again, the subtle transparence and layering encourages the viewer to become immersed in the ‘sense of place’ evoked within the image.

Curriculum Vitae

Qualifications

1980-80 Completed 3 semesters of BA Fine Arts W.A.I.T. Major: painting Minor: Printmaking 1984-86 Diploma of Teaching (Distinction) -Secondary Art W.A.C.A.E. (E.C.U) Major: Painting Minor: Textiles 1984 Perth Technical College -Diploma in Art (part-time) Units in; Printmaking, Art Studio and Business Practice, Drawing 1988 Edith Cowan University Painting Units - Bachelor of Education (part-time) 1987-1988 Head or Art Department - Sacred Heart College, Sorrento 1999 - on Casual relief teaching - Secondary Art

Art Awards

1979 Miss Tothill's year 12 Art Award - St Mary's Anglican Girls School 1999 Brunswick Agricultural Society Art Exhibition Sponsors Choice Award

Publications

1985 Craft Arts Journal - Textiles 2001 Homes and Living Magazine - Ceramics

Exhibitions, Mixed, Invitation

1984
- Perth Technical College Printmaking Exhibition
1985
- Craft Council of Western Australia
1996
- South Perth Art Fiesta
1997
- Waratah Red Cross Exhibition, Dalkeith
1998
- Salec Minc Art Exhibition, Mount Lawley
- Waratah Red Cross Exhibition, Dalkeith
1999
- Brunswick Agricultural Society Art Show
- Salec Minc Art Exhibition, Mount Lawley
- Waratah Red Cross Exhibition, Dalkeith
2000
- 'Art In The Park', King's Park, Perth
- 'Art At Aranmore', Aranmore College, Leederville.
- Waratah Red Cross Art Exhibition, Dalkeith
- Salec Minc Exhibition, Mount Lawley
- Brunswick Agricultural Art Show
2001
- 'Art At Aranmore', Aranmore College, Leederville
- Salec Minc Exhibition, Mount Lawley
2002
- Artcenta', Newman College, Churchlands
- 'Art of Humanity', Red Cross Exhibition, University of WA
- Salec Minc Exhibition, Mount Lawley
- 'Family Ties', Christchurch Grammar School, Claremont
- Gallery 360, Subiaco - Feature Artist for December
2003
- 'The Life, The Land, The People', Mosman Park Art
- 'Artcenta', Newman College, Churchlands
- Salec Minc Art Exhibition, Mount Lawley
- Gallery 360, Mount Lawley - Feature Artist for June, December
- Town of Cambridge Art Awards, Floreat
- 'Celebrations', MLC Art Exhbition, Claremont
- St Hilda's Art Show, Mosman Park
- 'Fine Art At Hale', Hale School, Wembley Downs
- 'The Art Show', Campbell Barracks, Swanbourne
- Trinity College Inaugural Art Exhibition, East Perth
- Guildford Grammar Art Show, Guildford
2004
- Gallery 360, Subiaco - Feature Artist for February
- Town of Cambridge Art Awards, Floreat
- 'Art Divine', Anglican Parish of St Nicolas, Carine
- Mindarie Art Awards, Mindarie
- Gallery 360, Applecross - Feature Artist for July
- 'Fine Art At Hale', Hale School, Wembley Downs
- 'The Art Show', Swanbourne Barracks, Swanbourne
2005
- 'Artitude"- Perth Convention Centre
- 'Stop The Cane Toad', Challen and Rafferty
- 'The Art Show', Campbell Barracks, Swanbourne
- Trinity Art Exhibition, East Perth
- 'Fine Art At Hale, Hale School, Wembley Downs
2006
- Gallery 360, Joondalup-Feature artist for January
- Art at PC, Perth College, Mt Lawley
- Fine Art at Hale, Hale School, Wembley Downs
- Guildford Grammar Art Exhibition, Guildford
- 'Artitude', Perth Convention Centre