With a passion for art and art history since childhood, I studied for part of my Bachelor of Arts Degree at the College of Fine Art (UNSW), Paddington. The artworks presented here reflect that early learning and have developed further from my love of gardens, the natural beauty of the Australian bush and my travels in Australia and overseas.

Having worked predominantly in pastels and acrylics in the past, increasingly, my focus is on combining photography and digital art with paint, pastels and other media, along with using native flora to create mixed-media pieces, often using a gel plate to print as part of the process. Seeing my work on cushions and aprons has been a huge buzz, and, a scarf tragic myself (you can never have too many scarves), I’m looking forward to printing specifically for cotton and linen scarves in the future.

I hope you will enjoy my work as much as I enjoyed creating it. I’d love for you to follow me on my Spring Street Studio Facebook and Instagram pages for updates, and, if you are local to the Orange, NSW, area or visiting our wonderful region, please get in touch about studio open days or a convenient time to pop into the studio.

Ruth

T.O.O. Annual Art Prize & Exhibition 2024 (Theme ‘Tin’)

Winner Blaney Shire Council Acquisitive Award

‘Three Sheets’