Melanie de Boehmler (visual artist/illustrator)

Born 1971; Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA (Lives and works in Bathurst, NSW, 2795)

Preferred Medium: pencil, pen, ink, watercolor, pastel, wash, acrylic and oil color paint on archival paper, canvas and board (2D drawings/paintings)

“A  lifetime of travelling and living in Australian and New Zealand bushland, countryside, and several years in the Big Smoke, has had a deep impact on me, my love of nature and the fascination I have for its many creatures (human and otherwise). The paintings I produce are a kind of instinctive homage to these precious lands that I hold so dear, and a life lived colourful; while the drawings are an indulgence for my love for spontaneous character invention. Although the style and themes of my drawings and paintings may come out very differently, the intuitive process I engage to produce them is the same; subjects have been conjured from my imagination and sense of what feels right according to memories,  intuition and my own rather warped sense of humour. Melancholy, movement, fine rendering and the absurd all feature.”

M. de Boehmler

Art Studies

-Diploma of Fine Arts; Lismore Collage of Technical and Further Education (2009)

-Certificate ll & lll; Bathurst Collage of Technical and Further Education (2008)

- Children’s Book Illustration; Inner West Community College (2006)

-Life Drawing; Tom Bass Sculpture School (2005)

-Certificate of Fine Arts; Orange Collage of Technical and Further Education (1998)

-Art Foundation l & ll, Bathurst Collage of Technical and Further Education (1990)

-Foundations of Portrait Drawing; Bathurst Community Collage (1988)

Exhibitions

-”The Cosmic Circus Comes To K-Town”; Pallet Dining, Katoomba 2016 (solo show)

-“The Cosmic Circus Comes to Town”; The Blackheath Artists Hub, 2015 (solo show)

-“What Goes ‘round…”; Buzz Bar, Newtown 2014 (solo show)

-“Some Things with Wings”; Armistead’s Gallery, Lismore, 2011 (solo show)

-“Fire in the Belly”; Armistead’s Cafe Trail Exhibitions, Lismore, 2010 (solo show)

-“Living Colour”; Goanna of Lismore, 2010 (solo show)

-“Cafe Trail Show”; Invercauld House, Lismore, 2010 (solo show)

-“Handkerchief Exhibition”; Barratt Galleries, Alstonville, 2010 (group show)

-Way-wood Art Gallery, Byron Bay 2009 (group show) -Diploma Class Exhibition; Lismore TAFE, 2009 (group show)

-Bathurst TAFE End of Year Exhibition, 2008 (group show)

-“Walking The Street”; Newtown 2006 (group show)

-“A Glimpse of Light”; Gulgong 1998 (group show)

-“Beyond the Norm”; Cafe 69, Orange 1997 (solo show)

-“The Galloping Grape”; Bathurst 1994 (group show)

-“The Mask Show”; Charles Sturt University 1991 (solo show)

-The Mother”; Women’s Health Centre, Bathurst 1989 (solo show)

Photo of Melanie de Boehmler taken by the beautiful Elise Mann