Thursday 19th September 2024

Demonstrator:   Pastel Artist - Fiona Buchanan

I am a visual artist and teacher. I work in a variety of media and teach in several different media as well. I trained as a large-scale scenic artist in Perth and worked for many years as a mural and large-scale painter here and in Melbourne.

I love Western Australia and often travel to the Southwest of WA, a totally beautiful part of the world, to gather reference material for my work. I am inspired to paint the ocean because it inspires a sense of belonging to the Earth. I love to paint portraits and try to represent the emotion of the moment.

I work in pastel and paint. I have three main areas of work: still life, portraiture, and seascapes. Each of these areas is a challenge, and I love them all.