# Rowena Keall Walsh – Up Close & Personal - Link: https://www.jahroc.com.au/rowena-keall-walsh-up-close-personal - Published: 2017-04-26T17:44:44+08:00 - Author: JahRoc Galleries Contemporary landscape painter Rowena Keall Walsh has a strong connection with the South West WA which has contributed to her love of the environment and passion to take care of the natural world. Her soft semi abstracted oil landscapes capture the essence of areas such as Cottesloe, Point Peron, Swan River, Augusta, Boranup and Busselton. ### Through my paintings I would really like to bring people closer to nature, to appreciate and respect the amazing qualities that it has to offer our society ## Enjoy getting to know Rowena Keall Walsh --- ### **When did you first feel the desire to be artistic and realise you had talent?** Right from an early age. My mum is an artist and very creative and I used to muck around with her in her studio. We were always making something whether it was sewing, cooking, playing with clay or painting. ### **Where did you learn your art?** Apart from my mum, I went to Claremont School of Art when it was a dedicated art school, it was amazing just a small campus with all these cool artists as teachers. I majored in sculpture and printmaking and it wasn’t until later that I discovered oils. I also studied printmaking and drawing at the Gordon, Geelong, Victoria. ### **What inspires you most?** I love nature and the landscape and I’m very interested in conservation. All my paintings reflect the importance of nature as an essential part of our lives. ### **What message are you sending to the viewer of your art?** I hope that the viewer can see beauty in my paintings and that this may influence the way they see and care for our landscape. ### **Describe your studio…** I have a 50yr old small shed out the back of our house. We lined, re-clad (it was asbestos) and re-stumped it! It sits next to an enormous cypress pine tree that has been slowly pushing the shed over. We have had to cut a piece out of the roof to accommodate the growing tree. It has natural jarrah floorboards and we have put in big windows that capture the northern light. ### **Describe your typical day of creating art…** I always start my day with a walk on the beach or in the bush. We have some amazing bushland reserves in Perth and it reminds me how important it is to keep these pockets of nature in the city to retain the balance. I also find it very inspiring before hitting the studio! ### **What mediums do you use and why?** Oil paint. I love oils they are so luscious and forgiving and have a wonderful natural sheen to them. I also love to draw and have recently rediscovered pastels. At art school I was obsessed with pastels! ### **What are you working on now?** I always have lots of things on the go but I am excited about a project that will take me to the Great Western Woodland for a conservation and kids education journey. We will all be learning about conservation and indigenous culture as well as have lots of fun!! ### **What are your recent career achievements you feel proud of?** I have won a couple of prizes and done some big corporate commissions but I also love that I have been invited to be artist in residence at various schools and organisations. I love that I can teach kids through art about the environment and the importance of conservation. ### **What do you love most about what you do?** It’s great being my own boss and the flexibility of being able to be there for my family as well as do something that I love. ### **Where can you see yourself in 10 years time?** Travelling Australia and the world painting!! x ## Rowena Keall Walsh Image Gallery --- * ![Rowena Keall Walsh Looking Over The Avon Valley Painitng](https://www.jahroc. com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rowena-Keall-Walsh-Looking-Over-The-Avon-Valley- Painitng.jpg) * ![Rowena Keall Walsh Artist Studio 1](https://www.jahroc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ 2017/04/Rowena-Keall-Walsh-Artist-Studio-1.jpg) * ![Rowena Keall Walsh Artist Studio 2](https://www.jahroc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ 2017/04/Rowena-Keall-Walsh-Artist-Studio-2.jpg) * ![Rowena Keall Walsh Flooded Banks 2900](https://www.jahroc.com.au/wp-content/ uploads/2017/06/Rowena-Keall-Walsh-Flooded-Banks-2900.jpg) * ![Rowena Keall Walsh Geographe Bay Painting](https://www.jahroc.com.au/wp-content/ uploads/2017/06/Rowena-Keall-Walsh-Geographe-Bay-Painting.jpg) * ![Rowena Keall Walsh River Reflections Painitng](https://www.jahroc.com.au/wp- content/uploads/2017/06/Rowena-Keall-Walsh-River-Reflections-Painitng.jpg) * ![Rowena Keall Walsh Grass Tree Bushland Painting](https://www.jahroc.com.au/ wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rowena-Keall-Walsh-Grass-Tree-Bushland-Painting.jpg) * ![Rowena Keall Walsh Busselton Jetty Eve Painting](https://www.jahroc.com.au/ wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Rowena-Keall-Walsh-Busselton-Jetty-Eve-Painting.jpg) * ![Rowena Keall Walsh Path At Dusk Painting](https://www.jahroc.com.au/wp-content/ uploads/2016/03/Rowena-Keall-Walsh-Path-at-Dusk-painting.jpg) --- Rowena Keal Walsh – CV Perth Artist Rowena Keall Walsh has enjoyed successful mixed and solo exhibitions both locally and interstate and has been collected by many corporate collections including a fit out of 23 paintings for the Galaxy Casino Hotel in China. Her paintings are inspired by the feelings and emotions that the natural work evoke in Rowena and she uses many layers of oil paint to build up the image to then etch into the paint creating intricate patterns. Her vision is for people to live and progress in harmony and balance with nature. Rowena Keall Walsh majored in sculpture and painting at Claremont School of Art and is a competent oil painter. She has had five solo exhibitions, completed two major corporate public art projects as well as three artist in residencies over the past seven years. Rowena Keall Walsh is deeply passionate about the relationship between communities and our ever changing environment. Her work is inspired by the feelings and emotions that the natural world evoke. Underlying her paintings is the vision is to see people live and progress in harmony and balance with nature. In her painting practice she endeavors to understand the Australian landscape as well as reflect the splendor and presence of nature in the urban and innate landscape. Rowena uses layers of oil paint, to build up her paintings. Details are etched, drawn and scraped into the deepest layers of the paint revealing the foundation of the canvas. ### Rowena Keall Walsh – Artist Biography b. 1968  Perth, Western Australia, currently lives and works in Perth Western Australia 1992      Further studies in Art Diploma, Claremont School of Art, Perth1990     Studied life drawing and screen printing at The Gordon TAFE, Geelong, Victoria1987 Fine Art Diploma, Claremont School of Art1986      Fashion design, diploma course, Bentley Technical College1985      Completed secondary education at Saint Hilda’s ### Solo Exhibitions 2015″Vanishing Point” Cullity Gallery, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts The University of Western Australia Nedlands 2014 “Sense of Balance” Central Park Lobby, St Georges Tce, Perth WA2013 “Urban shades” Cullity Gallery, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts The University of Western Australia Nedlands2007“ Precious Little” Private residence, Nedlands2007 “Clear Conscience”, Elements Art Gallery, Subiaco2006 “Behind the Fence”, Elements Art Gallery, Subiaco2005 “Aspects Four”, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle2004 “Merging Places”, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park2002 “Shifting Lands”, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park2001“ Paintings at a Glimpse”, El Nino Café, Perth ### Group Exhibitions 2013      City of Wanneroo Art Prize 2012      Perth College Art exhibition2012 My Community, Cullity Gallery Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts The University of Western Australia Nedlands2008      Lake Claremont Environmental painting project and exhibition at Scotch College, Swanbourne, Western Australia2007     “ Foreshore”. Environmental painting project and exhibition Christ Church Grammar school Gallery, Claremont WA2007      Artitude, Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth2007      City of Melville Art Prize2007      City of Stirling Art Prize2006 Gorepani Art Gallery Albany, Western Australia2006      Elements Art Gallery eclectic collection2006      Artitude, Perth Convention Centre2005      Artitude, Perth Convention Centre2005      Artopia, Gorepani Art Gallery, Albany, Western Australia2004     Margaret River Gallery, Margaret River2004      Katsui Studio, Claremont, Perth2004 Table and Chair, Subiaco, Perth2004      Affordable Art Show, Sydney2004      Graphis Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney2002      Gunyulgup Gallery, Margaret River, Western Australia2001 Margaret River Gallery, Margaret River, Western Australia1999      Millbrook Gallery, Williams, Western Australia ### Prizes 2013   City of Wanneroo open art award ### Corporate Commissions and Collections 2014   Honourable William (Bill) Richard Marmion MLA, BE, MBA Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Housing. Member for Nedlands. 2013      City of Wanneroo2012     Commission of 2 large paintings for St Louis Estate, Continuing Health Care2010 Commission of 23 paintings and 900 giclee print reproductions for 5-star Galaxy Casino Hotel, Macau, China2008     Westralia Airport Commission – Perth Airport stage 1 commissioned eleven paintings for the new Corporate Headquarters building. 2008     Westralia Airport Commission – Perth Airport stage 2 commission of twelve paintings for Corporate Headquarters building. I was chosen for this commission because of the nature of my work to capture the essence of Perth Airport’s native bushland with a focus on both its rare species as well as those that typify the natural flora. 2006     Mirvac Fini Collection ### Private Commissions I have undertaken a number of private commissions. Further information and images are available upon request. ### Community Projects and Employment 2013      Artist in Residence Hollywood Primary School 2008      Artist in Residence at Scotch College, Perth WA2007      Artist in Residence at Christ Church grammar School2003      Art exhibition coordinator Hollywood Primary School2002      Painting workshop at Hollywood Primary School2001      Painting (insects) workshop Hollywood Early Learning Centre 2000 Art Coordinator at Frankland Primary ### School 1991-2001  Own business in floral design. ### Selected Bibliography 2013      Scoop galleries Choice 2013      West Australian News Paper- Arts, Stephen Bevis2007      Perth Vita, Culture2007      Insite, Exhibition2007      Perth Woman, Feature Article by Krystal Griffiths2007      Post Newspapers, Arts Feature2007 Sunday Times, Prestige Property, Feature Article by Phoebe Sinclair 2006 Insite Magazine, Galleries Choice2006      Post Newspaper, Arts Feature2005      Living Instyle, feature article by Kandina Terrar2005      Western Suburbs “Four Aspects” by Louise Fisher2004      Habitat, West Australian, By Sally-Ann Jones2003       Scoop Magazine – Visual Arts Calendar review2002      Post Newspaper feature article **JahRoc Galleries currently have no Rowena Keall Walsh painting for sale.** [Shop All Artists – Art Gallery](https://www.jahroc.com.au/gallery-category/artists/)