AUSTRALIAN WILDFLOWERS - Australian Linocut Artist - LYNETTE WEIR

AUSTRALIAN WILDFLOWERS - Australian Linocut Artist - LYNETTE WEIR - Biography/Contact

Born in 1963 in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney. Lynette grew up surrounded by the Royal National Park and native bushland. She has a strong affinity with Australian flora and fauna with an emphasis on conservation and is inspired by her own native garden. Lynette worked with a National Parks and Wildlife officer creating designs to highlight habitat threatened butterfly.
Lynette has researched and explored wildflowers of Cornwall, Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man and Wales Celtic Wildflowers.
In 2008 Lynette has been making a return to her drawing and Botanical and Fauna Illustration based works as well as continuing with her linocuts.
Contact
Lynette Weir

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All artwork images on this website are copyright Lynette Weir and may not be reproduced without permission

Linocuts
A strong sense of design coupled with the intense colour of Australian wildflowers and wildlife is a feature of her linocuts. Lynette is a keen photographer and uses her photographs in designing her linoprints. Each linocut develops from her drawings into a design which is then cut into artists lino with special blades. It is handprinted with black ink and then handcoloured with watercolours.

Awards
Various awards at: Bentley Art Prize, SES Upper Clarence Art Exhibition, Southern Cross Art Festival, Coffs Harbour City Art Exhibition.
Study
Bachelor of Education (Art) - City Art Institute - Majoring in drawing/Relief Printing

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Exhibitions
1998 - Solo Exhibition, Kolinda gallery, Alstonville
1999-2002 - Various group exhibitions, Kolinda Gallery, Alstonville
2000 - Olympic Arts Festival - State of the Waratah Exhibition - Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
2001 - Florafed - Feature Artist Sutherland Shire Council Centenary of Federation & Heritage Festival - Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre Community Gallery
2001 - Solo Exhibitions - Persephone�1⁄2s Window, Byron Bay
2003 - Solo Exhibition - Parc Menai Celtic Festival - Sutherland Shire Council
2003 - Solo Exhibition - Capercaillie Winery & Gallery - Hunter Valley NSW
2003-2004 - Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital - Division of Palliative Care - Community Art Project - Celtic Art Exhibition
2004 - Australian Celtic Festival Art Exhibition - Glen Innes NSW
2004 - Solo Exhibition Kolinda Gallery - Alstonville
Galleries
Currently represented in various Fine Art Galleries in NSW and ACT.
Aquisitions

Sutherland Shire Council - Aquisitions for Sister City - Chou, Tokyo

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COMMISSIONED PIECES

Lynette's design Sturts Desert Pea has been published in a Year 7 - 10 English Textbook Viewing and Representing in Context 2

In 2006 Lynette's garden and work was featured in Graham and Sandra Ross' Garden Clinic Magazine in an article by Rebecka Delforce called 'Drawn to Natives'.

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