Linda Forrester
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Professional Information
Much of what we experience through life influences our artworks. The following information is to help you see what has influence Linda in her creative journey.
Preferred Media
Clay
Textiles - Felting
Basketry
Watercolour
Acrylics
Pastel
Oil
Career Experience
Skills
Teaching & Administrative Experience
1988 – 1995 Personal Assistant to Director of Whitsunday Surveys Pty Ltd &
1995 – 2005 Personal Assistant to Director of Planning Services Australia Pty Ltd
1995 – 2005 Assistant Town Planner, Pioneers Surveys Pty Ltd
1990 – 2005 Children’s Ministry Leader Proserpine SDA Church
1998 – 2005 Art Whitsunday Inc. Exhibition Committee
1998 – 2005 Affiliated with Whitsunday Christian College, Secretary to the Board
1999 – 2000 Vice President Art Whitsunday Inc.
2000 – 2001 President Art Whitsunday Inc.
2006 – 2007 Home Educator – Grades 6, 7, 8 & 9
2008 – 2013 Academic Administrator for Whitsunday Christian College
2003 Teaching - Year 5 Art Classes, Mrs Lamb/Mr Hayward
2010 Teaching - Year 8 Digital Design, Semester 1
2011 Teaching - Year 8 to Year 12 Visual Art
2011 Design the Study Plan for Year 11 & 12 Visual Art SAS subject
2011 Design the Study Plan for Year 10 Visual Art
2011 Curator & Coordinator for the Whitsunday Christian College Senior Art Exhibition
2012 – 2015 Art Whitsunday Inc. Exhibition Committee
2012 – 2013 Vice President Art Whitsunday Inc.
2012 Teaching - Year 10 to Year 12 Visual Art
2012 Prep Art Teaching for Exhibition pieces.
2012 Year 2 Art Assisting Classroom Teacher
2012 Year 4 Workshop – Pottery
2012 Curator & Coordinator for the Whitsunday Christian College Prep to Year 12 Art Exhibition
2013 Teaching - Year 3 & Year 6 Art plus Year 11 & Year 12 Visual Art
2013 Assist with Year 4, 5, 7 & 8 Art Teaching
2013 3 months in Nepal, Assisting with the establishment of Tertiary Education Centre, Transform the Nations.
2013 Curator & Coordinator for the Whitsunday Christian College Prep to Year 12 Art Exhibition
2013 – 2014 President of Art Whitsunday Inc
2014 Teaching - Year 3 to Year 8 Art plus Year 11 & Year 12 Visual Art
2014 Permission to Teach Granted by Queensland College of Teachers
2014 – 2015 President of Art Whitsunday Inc.
2014 Curator & Coordinator for the Whitsunday Christian College Prep to Year 12 Art Exhibition
2014 - 2015 Gallery Curator – Art Whitsunday Gallery & Shop
2011 - Current Teaching - Private Art Classes – Studio 7 & Mountney Road Studio.
Computer skills since 1990
Creative skills since 1981
2010 - present
2010 - present
Exhibitions
1997 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Miniatures Exhibition
1997 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘Celebration’, Judge: Robert Wade
1998 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Miniatures Exhibition
1998 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘Symbiosis’, Giles Auty
1999 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Miniatures Exhibition
1999 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘Memories’, Judge: Glenda Vickers
2000 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Miniatures Exhibition
2000 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘My Ideal Place’, Judge: Burt Flugelman
2001 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Miniatures Exhibition
2001 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘Unknown’, Judge: Connie Lawton
2002 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Miniatures Exhibition
2002 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
2003 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Miniatures Exhibition
2003 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘Dreams’, Judge: Robert Heather
2003 Show Whitsunday – Judge: Glenda Vickers
2005 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Summer Exhibition
2005 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘Lagoon’
2005 Group Exhibition Artspace Mackay,
Regional Art Gallery & Museum, ‘Habitus – Habitat’ Art & Environment.
2006 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘Black & White’, Judge: Anneke Silver
2012 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday – Gallery Exhibition – Theme: ‘Red’
2012 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday – Gallery Exhibition – Theme: ‘Shoes’
2012 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday – Gallery Exhibition – Theme: ‘Tropical’
2012 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘Texture’, Judge: Wim de Vos
2013 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘Journey’, Judge: Anne Kirker
2014 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘Inside Out, Outside Inside’, Judge: Anneke Silver
2015 Group Exhibition Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibition
Theme: ‘Climate Change’, Judge: Chris Saines QAGOMA
Awards
1998 Jonah's Beach Proserpine Show 1998 HIGHLY COMMENDED - Seascape Sec
2000 Beach Blossoms I Miniatures Exhibition 2000 FIRST - Pop Choice Award
2000 Water Rocks Miniatures Exhibition 2000 SECOND - Pop Choice Award
2000 Water Rocks II Art Whitsunday Annual 2000 FIRST - Miniature Section
2001 Water Rocks III Art Whitsunday Annual 2001 SECOND - Landscape/Seascape Sec
2002 Damon Proserpine Show 2003 FIRST - Pastel Sec. Proserpine Show
2002 Ginger Bud I Min/Macro/Retro Exh 2002 FIRST - Popular Choice Award
2003 Damon Proserpine Show 2003 FIRST - Pastel Section
2006 Skyward Art Whitsunday Annual 2006 HIGHLY COMMENDED - Flora & Fauna
2007 From Above Photo of The Day Website FIRST Australian Digital POTD 15/10/07
2008 Carnage Photo of The Day Website FIRST Feature Category POTD 25/2/08
2008 Anemone Photo of The Day Website FIRST Feature Category POTD 09/2008
2012 Wheels within wheels Art Whitsunday Annual Exh Highly Comm - Photo Sec
2013 Om Mani Padme Hum Art Whitsunday Annual Exh FIRST - Photography Section
2013 Bodhanath Stupa Nun Art Whitsunday Annual Exh COMMENDED - Human Image Sec
2014 24 Weeks Art Whitsunday Annual 2014 FIRST - Theme Section
2014 Ghost Gum Art Whitsunday Annual 2014 Highly Commended - Landscape Sec
2015 Abstractex Art Whitsunday Annual 2015 Highly Commended - Textiles Section
2015 Stop & Smell the… Art Whitsunday Annual 2015 Highly Commended - Recycled Sec
2015 Stop & Smell the… Whit Regional Art Show 2015 Commended - 3D Section
Education and Professional Development
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1983 South Grafton High School
1984 Grafton TAFE – Secretarial Studies
1987 Dive Master Training
1988 Advanced Dive Master Training
1991 Further Study: Mathematics, Physics, Survey Drafting
1992 Mackay College of TAFE – Advanced Work Processing Operations
1994 Mackay College of TAFE – Advanced WorkPerfect 6 for Windows
1997 Robert Wade Watercolour Workshop
1998 Giles Auty Philosophy of Art and Critique Workshop
2000 Burt Flugelman Workshop
2003 Janna Pameijer, Clay Sculpture Workshop
2004 Janna Pameijer, Clay Sculpture Workshop
2006 USQ – McGregor Summer School – Statement of Attendance – Catherine Hamilton
2010 Diploma of Photography – Photography Institute
2010 Cert IV Business 2010
2012 Cert IV Training Assessment & Education
2012 Christian Schools Australia Conference participation
2012 Wim de Vos Critique
2013 Janna Pameijer, Clay Sculpture Workshop
2013 Australian Training Solutions – SITHFAB012B Prepare & Serve Espresso Coffee
2013 Christian Schools Australia Conference participation
2014 Life Drawing Workshop, Bonney Bombach, Studio 7, the female figure
2014 Anneke Silver Critique
2014 Upcycling Workshop, Bonney Bombach, Art Whitsunday Gallery
2014 Christian Schools Australia Conference participation
2015 Life Drawing Workshop, Bonney Bombach, Studio 7, the male figure
1990 - Current Justice of the Peace/Commissioner of Declarations
2016 - Current Curtin University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (in progress)