14 & 15 SEPTEMBER
14 & 15 SEPTEMBER
A blank surface can feel intimidating or liberating, a place of pressure, or a space of infinite possibility. How do you approach it with confidence and sensitivity, every time you paint?
This workshop offers space to broaden your painting vocabulary by responding to the physical properties of paint and surface. By treating painting as an open-ended process rather than a fixed outcome, you'll develop a stronger sense of personal expression and discover that every mark has its place.
Working with water-based paints and drawing on exercises informed by historical art movements, the session takes a materials-driven, intuitive approach that encourages you to move beyond representational boundaries. Along the way, you'll have time to reflect on your own practice and explore new ways of making a painting.
Stephanie is a visual artist living and working between Naarm (Melbourne), Gadigal Country (Sydney) and rural Eastern Australia. Her painting practice explores the intersection of memory and materiality, drawing on both traditional and contemporary sensibilities.
Stephanie completed a Master of Fine Art (Drawing) at the National Art School in 2023, a Graduate Certificate in Art History at the University of Melbourne in 2013, and a Bachelor of Fine Art (Drawing) at RMIT in 2009.
Her work has featured in group and solo exhibitions across Australia and has been selected for the Dobell Drawing Prize #21 and #22. She was awarded the Bonner and Tonkin Drawing Award in 2022 and was runner-up for the Vincent Prize in 2024. Stephanie is currently an exhibiting artist at Nanda\Hobbs in Chippendale, NSW, and teaches drawing and painting at the National Art School in Sydney, NSW and The Art Room in Footscray, Victoria.
