Anita West

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BORN 1965 Brisbane, Australia

STUDIES
Qualified secondary school Art and English teacher:
1986 (1 year) Graduate Diploma in Education at Gippsland College of Advanced Education, Victoria
1982-1985 (3 year) Diploma in Fine Art at TAFE, Townsville

Artist Statement
My work is a dichotomy of fragmented images drawn from my experiences of the beach and bush. I grew up in Townsville ,and on Christmas holidays my family would drive down the notorious Bruce Highway and stay for weeks on the Gold Coast beaches. As kids we would laze about under the strong shadows of beach umbrellas in the glaring midday sun and play cricket late into the afternoon. I remember the colourful patterns of togs, towels, hats and strong blue skies. These images ,and the many holidays at the beach with my own family are the inspiration I use to help me create a lyrical narrative of Australian beach life that so many of us have experienced.

Studying a Diploma of Art in Townsville in the mid 80s, I was under the tuition of Anneke Silver and Bob Preston who were both mentors in my early painting career. I was an avid horserider and during vacations, I worked as a Jillaroo on sheep and cattle stations where I continued my love affair with the outback and left me with a deep sense of belonging and connection.

A career in teaching art at high schools followed, but the urge to create my own art was a constant preoccupation until finally when living in the USA for two years, I gave up the security of teaching to pursue my passion. Exhibitions in artist-run studios and small commercial galleries were encouraging. Early in my career I explored a variety of different styles – naïve art, figurative art, abstraction, miniature art particularly manuscripts with their borders and fine detail, and mixed media. I visited different cultures, walked the Kokoda Trail (nearly died from Malaria) and travelled throughout Australia.
From 1997 to 2005 I was represented exclusively by Robertsons Design, a Queensland based, international interior design and architectural company. I had three major exhibitions with them, showing large scale paintings on canvas as well as generating stock supplied during the year. I am now represented by Harvey Galleries in Sydney.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Abundance, Harvey Galleries, Sydney
2016 Back to the High Country, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2015 Bush Poetic, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2014 Bush, Land, Beach, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2013 Wild Places of Home, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2012 In the Summertime, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2011   Sand, Salt and Spinifex, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney; 18 landscapes
2010   Life, Love, Landscape, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney;   27 paintings (Sold out)
2009   Places of My Heart,Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney: 28 paintings (Sold out)
2008   New Works: Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2006 Down to Earth;   Dogg

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Anita West

Flooding in the Gorge

Boulder Creek

Bush Delights 3

Bauhinia Lagoon and the Snowflake

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Beach Conditions ÔVery Hot’

High Country Hills

Cobalt Beach

Winter Lake

Hillside Near Rosewood

Cows on the High Plains 3

Fire on Lightning

Cows on the High Plains 2

Golden Ridgeline

Balancing Rock

Sienna High Plains

Waterhole With Sapling

Cows on the High Plains

Cobalt Bay 1

Love Grass and the Moogerah Pea

Landscape With Yellow Rock

High Country Lagoon

Cobalt Bay 2

Eucalypt Forest and the Grasstrees

Lake Amadeus No.3

Rain on the High Plains

Lake Amadeus No.1

Sienna High Plains 2

Swimming in Lake Tea Tree

Alpine Country 2

Juniper Creek

The Flooding of Dusty Creek

Escarpment Late Afternoon

Hillside and Salt Lake No.2

Hillside and Salt Lake No.1

Citrus Bay

Saplings

Landscape with Gold Waterhole

Landscape in Silver

Fire on Mulberry Hill

Blue Lake 1 Early Summer

Kissing Behind the Dunes

Blue Lake 2 Early Summer

Picnic at the Beach

Scattered Showers

Seagulls and Picnic Tables

Three Red Hills

Surf Billabong

Tangerine Beach

Dusk

Hillside Near Wollemi

Bushfire Ridge

The Red Kite

Boardwalk

Blue Rock With Cows

Walking Home

Ironbark Hill

Beach Hut no.3

Sepia Floodplain

Nine Cow Hill

Red Earth Grasstrees

Seven Clouds and The Box Kite

Aquatic Beach

Red Desert Flower

Sienna Landscape

Beach Conditions ÔPerfect’

Surf Break

Blackbutt Canyon

The Road Past Magpie Hill

Velvet Canyon

Sunset Near Uluru

September Beach

Beach with Dalmations

Caution Jellyfish

Surf Rescue Patrol

Waterhole

The Road Around Uluru

The Road to Kata Tjuta