Shirley Fisher - Artist - Paintings

Perth Artist Shirley Fisher’s landscapes are well known to collectors in Australia and overseas. Her masterly pastel paintings capture the essence of the Western Australian landscape and coastline. Shirley has been a professional artist for the past fifteen years and has exhibited widely winning many awards. Her work is represented in collections in Australia, USA, China, New Zealand, South Africa and Britain.

Shirley Fisher - Artist Biography

"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)

Curriculum Vitae

• 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