VENI, VIDI, VICI.
(I CAME I SAW I CONQUERED)
ADVANCED DIPLOMA OF
VISUAL ARTS 2013
WSI TAFE NSW
JOANNE MCDONALD
My art is a response to everyday life as I see it, the people I socialise with and see when I’m at work or in public.
My work is figurative; I observe the human body mostly in situations when seated or standing, waiting and in thought.
I find that this is when the subject is most honest and candid.
The stance, slouch, tilt of head position of hands, and the gestures of the subject give insight to the possibilities of what they are thinking or feeling.
My curiosity seeks to read and then narrate story they have.
‘’ The voice unheard is loud, the loud voice is silent.’’
Smoko
Oil and Acrylic on canvas
40cm x 30 cm
Time
Oil and Acrylic on canvas
40cm x 30cm
Hard Yakka
Oil and Acrylic on canvas
40cm x 30cm
Waiting
Oil and Acrylic on canvas
90cm x 60cm
Centrelink Waiting
Mixed media on wood
15cm x 15cm
More to Come
Ink and Wash
35cm x 27cm
Art Education at Western Sydney Institute
2013 Advance Diploma of Visual Arts
2011 Diploma of Visual Arts
2009 Certificate 11 in Visual arts
2009 Introduction to Fine Arts
Exhibitions
2013 exhibited in Advance Diploma response to David Hockney Penrith Regional Gallery
2013 selected in the Noel Chettle Art Prize
2012 selected in the Refuse of Blacktown City Art Prize
2011 selected in the Hornsby Art Prize
2011 selected for Nepean Hospital Art Prize
2011 Fine Arts Graduates exhibition at the Trapezium Gallery WSI Kingswood
2010 Diploma exhibition Narratives, Fables and Legends at the Trapezium Gallery WSI Kingswood
2010 Toast experimental drawing collaboration at the Trapezium Gallery WSI Kingswood