LUND Marie - Living with Koalas

100 Artworks for a Koala entry 1 by Marie Lund. Title: ‘Tall Trees of South Coast of NSW’ – pastel

100 Artworks for a Koala entry 2 by Marie Lund : Title: ’Monga National Park after Bush Fires’ – photography

Marie LUND

Landscape artist based in New South Wales, Australia.

100 Artworks for a Koala entry 1 : Title: ‘Tall Trees of South Coast of NSW’

Size: W 42cm x 63cm ( mounted 54cm x H 75cm) | Medium: Pastel on heavy watercolour paper

100 Artworks for a Koala entry 2 : Title: ’Monga National Park after Bush Fires’

Size: W 40 cm x 54 cm (mounted 52 cm x H 66 cm) | Medium: photograph on Canson Archival Velin museum rag paper

“The trees are a symbol of life. They are a connection between earth and heaven. From my childhood Nature became my best friend. It offers me not only desired freedom but everlasting inspiration and retreat. The wonderful world around me full of little sensations always removes me from the ordinary.” Marie Lund

Artist bio

Marie Lund’s training is in the visual arts education and has been acquired through Palacky University in Olomouc (Dip.Ed) and Charles University in Prague (Sp.Ed and Dr Ed), Czech Republic. Marie has been a full-time art and photography teacher for over twenty years in Australia and in a number of different countries in Europe and Asia. She has participated in many group exhibitions since 1990 and held thirteen solo exhibitions. In May 2002 she was NAVA’s Profile Artist on the Visual Arts Network. Most of her work is in Mixed Media and she has a special interest in old photographic processes as an art form. She has been a recipient of number of grants from ArtsACT and the ACT Office of Multicultural and Community Affairs, and also from ACT Heritage and from Nava (Pat Corrigan) grant. Marie is a member of PhotoAccess, NAVA, Eurobodalla Photographic Society, South Coast Pastel Society and Creative Arts Batemans Bay Inc (CABBI).

“I am a landscape artist. My work is inspired by my surroundings, the place I find myself in that time. My images are a fusion of my feeling and thought. The impact of the season, the weather, the time of the day and the human involvement across the land, all play a part in influencing my feelings and thoughts. I prefer to paint in plain air rather in the studio and I like to work quickly, spontaneously. I wander through places with my sketchbook and camera ready. Random choice of textures or colours expresses my personality and the dynamism of my present stage of my life. Balance is my guiding principle. Mother Nature offers me not only a desired freedom but also everlasting inspiration and retreat.”

Artist exhibitions

solo exhibitions

2018 Horizons – Earth and Water, PhotoAccess, Manuka Art Centre with Support (VACS) of Australian Council
2016 The Fleeting Moments of Water, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
2015 High Places, The Olive Tree Gallery Batemans Bay, NSW
2013 Trees and Cathedrals – Looking upwards, The Art Vault Mildura, VIC
2011 Photograms and Sunprints from Forest and Ocean, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
2010 Simple Alchemy 2, B/W on Glass and Paper, HDG, Manuka Art Centre, ACT
2009 Simple Alchemy 1, Shoalhaven City Art Centre Gallery, Nowra, NSW
2007 Door Handles and Keyholes, The Hive Gallery, Braddon, ACT
2006 Images of Collector Surroundings, Collector Gallery, Collector, NSW

group exhibitions

2019

Metamorphoses, Belconnen Art Centre, ACT

Tracks, River of Arts, Duras South Progress Hall, NSW

Journey of Survival, South Coast Pastel Society, Batemans Bay, NSW

Layers, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC

Close to Home, PhotoAccess, Manuka Art Centre, ACT

2018

National Pastel Exhibition, The South Coast Pastel Society Batemans Bay, NSW

Clouds and Rocks, River of Arts, Durras South Progress Hall, NSW

View From Here, PhotoAccess, Manuka Art Centre, Canberra, ACT

2017

Common Ground, PhotoAccess, Manuka Art Centre, ACT

Annual Exhibition of South Coast Pastel Society, Batemans Bay

Artist contact

website: www.marielundart.com