Janet Matthews

(Dip and Grad Dip Vis Arts, AGRA.)
Fellow of the Wildlife Art Society of Australasia

Website: http://matthews.alphalink.com.au
Email: janet@matthews.alphalink.com.au

PO Box 1400 NARRE WARREN
Victoria Australia 3805
Phone 0418 546 554

“Coloured pencils have been my passion ever since I was introduced to them as a serious medium while at Uni, while I’ve always loved graphite.”

Platypus - "Below the ripples"
Colour pencil and graphite

Janet’s brilliant use of coloured pencils and graphite has justifiably placed her in the forefront of artists using her chosen medium. Her realistic, detailed and gentle drawings of animals and birds are keenly collected in Australia and overseas. Janet manages to capture the personality of her subjects, often showing the ‘conversation’ between them and reflecting Janet’s own personality and sense of humour. By capturing her subjects quirky behaviour, her drawings often make you smile and her style of combining colour and graphite is distinctive and memorable.

Janet is a multi-award winning artist exhibiting regularly in Australia and overseas, including a commission by Australia Post for stamp images released in 2006.

Janet is a respected and sought after teacher with many years of experience, and a flair for making workshops both informative and fun.

Janet also creates Miniatures, which have won awards throughout Australia, as well as being exhibited overseas. (Miniatures are restricted to smaller than 10cmx10cm in size.)

Sugar Gliders - "Waratah lunch"
Colour pencil and graphite

FORMAL STUDIES
1980 Diploma of Visual Arts, Monash University, Gippsland Campus.
1982 Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts, Monash University, Gippsland Campus.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
President of Wildlife Art Society of Australasia; (since 2004)
Friends of the [Melbourne] Zoo;
Signatory Fellow of Australian Guild of Realist Artists;
Australian Society of Miniature Art – Victoria and Tasmania branches..
Berwick Artists Society.

REPRESENTED IN
The Garden Shop, Botanical Gardens ,Melbourne and Cranbourne, Australia
The Old Post Office Gallery, Seymour, Vic Australia.
Strickland gallery, Hobart, Tas. , Australia
Janet’s work has been purchased for the City of Monash Collection, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Monterey Secondary College, and for Private collections in Australia, Japan, UK, USA, China and England.