Belinda Nadwie

My life is fun and messy, when I’m not covered in paint. I’m busy being a mother to my three children, laughing with my husband and drinking tea, lots of tea!

My art career began on Sorrento Beach on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula as a five-year-old. While my parents worked in their paddleboat business, I kept myself busy painting shells and selling them to unsuspecting tourists. The proceeds going towards ice cream for my brother and me. As I progressed through childhood, I was always drawing, painting and creating portraits of my family. As a high school student, being accepted into an exhibition at the Gold Coast Art Centre further fuelled my passion.

However, I felt that I needed time to discover who I really was and to push myself out of my comfort zone. Three years of travel through Japan, the UK and Europe fulfilled that need. Upon my return to Australia I felt the pressure to get a “real job”. A career in marketing and promotions followed but art was never far from my mind.

The struggle to get pregnant led me to put my painting on pause as I was concerned that the chemicals could affect my chances. Once we were blessed with our third IVF miracle my hubby said to me “If money wasn’t a consideration and you could wake up every day and do the one thing you truly love, what would it be? “Without hesitation I replied “painting” and he said, “well that’s what you do then”.

And I started again but seriously this time having sold hundreds of original paintings globally by commissioning pieces for collectors, or working with Interior Designers, or via word of mouth from happy customers and also via the internet.

I am secure enough in my life to be free and I make time every day to give thanks and be grateful for this life I have.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

Belinda Nadwie creates abstracted landscapes that traverse emotional, psychological and spiritual experience. Working with oil paint, charcoal, spray paint and oil crayons, she captures a spectrum of moods – from quiet, melancholy moments of indigo and teal to rapturous swathes of Persian pink and saffron. The viewer can choose where they sit in this vast spectrum of emotion, gravitating towards darkness or light.

The artist paints intuitively without preconception, each work reading like a painterly stream of consciousness that allows the viewer fleeting glimpses into her inner world. ‘Colour and balance are my passion’ says Nadwie, ‘My expressions are all feeling–based.’Although the works are on representational, there are moments in which physical landscapes flicker across the canvas, reminding us of the enduring force of nature.

There is a maternal, nurturing modality to the works as Nadwie draws from her experiences of motherhood. Pastels and whites represent innocence, joy and love while also channelling a sense of spirituality, the prominent use of light like transcendental beacons from another world.

Energetic, abstracted applications of paint infuse the work with an enduring optimism, as the artist reflects ‘it’s about being at peace with oneself, being present in the moment and embracing light and positivity.’ By presenting the purity of self–expression, Nadwie’s paintings ultimately offer a raw and natural respite from our fast–paced technological lives.

EXHIBITIONS:

• Gold Coast Art Centre, Gold Coast 1990

• Gold Coast Art Centre Group Exhibition, Gold Coast 1992

• Art Connection Gallery Group Exhibition, QLD 2005

• Art Moment Gallery Group Exhibition , Bondi 2006

• Swanes Nursery Group Exhibition, Dural 2007

• Eden Gardens Solo Exhibition, Ryde 2007

• Arcadian Artists Trail Group Show , Arcadia 2015

• M2 Surry Hills 2019

• Art Lovers Australia, TBC Gallery The Block Exhibition, 2019

• Windsor Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand 2022, 2023

• Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane 2022, 2023

• Art Lovers Australia Fiercely Feminine Exhibition, Sydney 2023

• AAD Gallery Women in Art Exhibition, The Rocks, Sydney 2023, 2024, 2025

• Bluethumb Gallery, Brisbane, Adelaide & Melbourne 2023, 2024

• Art Lovers Australia Gallery, Gold Coast & Melbourne 2023, 2024

• The Other Art Fair, Sydney 2023, 2024, 2025

• Affordable Art Fair, Sydney, & Melbourne 2023, 2024

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Winner of Art Lovers Australia People’s Choice Award 2018

• Interviewed by visithills.com.au 2019

• Featured on ‘The Block’ Television series 2019

• Interviewed by hillsdistrictmums.com.au 2019

• Finalist for Bluethumb Art Prize 2021, 2022

• Finalist for Art Lovers Art Prize 2020, 2021, 2022

• Winner of Sydney Hills Local Business awards 2020 and 2021

• Winner of Australian Small Business Champion Awards 2021

• Featured in the 3rd Annual Edition of Art Folio coffee book 2022

• Featured in Art Lovers Australia Collector’s book 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

• Interviewed by montmarte.com.au 2022

• Podcast – The Art of Business Family & Art, how to navigate both 2023

• Featured in The Interiors Addict 2023

• Featured on Selling Houses Australia Television series 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025