Join local artist Anna Mackrell as she describes her working process, her drawings, collages and oil paintings. Hear how she is influenced by the landscapes around her home in the Strathbogie Ranges. This talk will be held during her exhibition, A Well Structured Nature, a retrospective of expressive landscape and flower paintings inspired by the region that she loves.

About the Artist

Anna Mackrell’s childhood on a farm in Strathbogie, and living and working in Euroa has created strong artistic and emotional ties to the region. After completing a Diploma of Art and Design at Wangaratta College of TAFE in 1990, she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art from Monash University in 1993. In 1998 Anna participated in the New York Drawing Marathon, conducted by Graham Nickson, Dean of the New York Art School; and in 2021 undertook an Artist Residency in Oatlands, Tasmania.

Anna exhibits locally and interstate, and has taught drawing, life drawing and acrylic painting in Western Australia and Victoria to a diverse demographic of students. Anna’s medium of choice is oil paint but she also creates collages from papers that she has painted, and these are sometimes used as a reference for new paintings.

www.annamackrell.com

Image: Anna MACKRELL

Kelvin View Road, Orange 2022

Oil on canvas 120 x 45cm

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