Soul Country 2 by Jacinta Smart

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ARTIST NOTES: None

DIMENSIONS (Height - 61.00 cm X Width - 91.00 cm )
MEDIUM ON BASE Mixed Media on Canvas
GENRE Landscape
REGISTERED NRN # 000-40720-0136-01
COPYRIGHT © Jacinta Smart
PRIZES AND AWARDS No Awards
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Artist: Jacinta Smart



ARTIST BIO

 Artist Background

My journey with art making began with a passion in my final years at college. Over the years I have developed my own style of painting and drawing, ever changing through different stages of my life. I have always loved teaching art, the joy and excitement of working with young people in a creative way. It has also been important for me to travel and most of my own artwork has been a reflection of experiences of place.

Growing up on a farm in the Adelaide Hills, I have always had a fascination with Country and place. As a visual person I am constantly soaking up light and detail, I look for the small joys wherever I can find them. The most insignificant, disused objects/architecture, can be the inspiration for much delight.

My work often wavers between careful detailed realism to abstract expressions of colour. I am constantly challenged by bringing both these styles together. The excitement of spontaneous application of colour and light onto a large blank space is unexplainable. However, the time consuming, detailed layers of working in oil to capture the realism of the surface quality of an object is totally therapeutic and engaging. It is one of the most difficult but most rewarding processes.

I continue to study and learn and my work continues to develop along the way.

Jacinta Smart

Educational Background

2015-16           Practical workshops through VAESA

2014                Still Life in Oil – Nona Burden

2013                Fred Williams Workshop – Water based Oil

                        AGSA

2012                Mixed Media Painting

                        AGSA

2011                Portrait Painting in Oil

                        Central School of Art

2008 - 2009     Traditional Oil Painting, Hahndorf Academy

1999                UNSW

Master of Art – Year 1 completed, deferred

1996                Metro Film and Television School Paddington NSW

                        Film and Video Production Stage Two

1994                Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre NSW

                        Graphic Design

1984 – 1987    SA College of Advanced Education

                        Bachelor of Education in Secondary Art Teaching

1979 – 1983    Saint Aloysius College, Adelaide

                        Sacred Heart College, Brighton

1971 – 1978    St. Catherine’s Parish School, Stirling

Relevant Art Practice

2015 – 2016    Commissioned works – Solar Art Prize Exhibition, North Terrace

2009 - 2014     Victor Harbor Art Show, Victor Harbor, SA

                        Solo Exhibition ‘Bird in Hand Gallery’ Woodside, SA

2004 - 2009     Set Design and construction for ‘Music is Fun’

(Statewide production by Andre Oosterbahn)

2008                SALA Festival, Woodside, SA

                        Dragan Art Prize ‘Lobethal Gallery’, Lobethal, SA

2007                Group Exhibition ‘Lemondog Gallery’, Balhannah

                        Solo Exhibition ‘Woodside Providore’, Woodside, SA

2006                ‘Wool Shed Gallery’, Mannum, SA

                        SALA Festival, Woodside, SA

2003 – 2006    Various Group Exhibitions, gallery and retail showings in SA

                        Stirling Fine Arts Exhibition, Stirling, SA

2003                Group Exhibition ‘Stanley Bridge Tavern’ Verdun, SA

1997                Solo Exhibition ‘Wadi Gallery’ Bondi, NSW

1993 – 2002    Various Group Exhibitions, Paddington & Woollahra, NSW

1993                Solo Exhibition ‘Roy’s Famous’ Kings Cross, NSW

Teaching Experience

2009 – Current  Cornerstone College SA        

2002 – 2009    Private Tuition Years R-7

                        Volunteer Art Teaching at H.C.C.S & Woodside Primary School

1996 – 2000    The McDonald College NSW

Art, Photography, Design, After Hours Art, Years R-12

1992 – 1996    Vaucluse High School, NSW

Art/Design/Photography/Film & Video/Music, Years 7-12                     

Life Drawing/Framing, Adult Evening College

1989 – 1991    Port Pirie High School, SA       

1988                Augusta Park High School, SAArt/Craft/Design, Years 8-10