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Carollyn Rhodes-Thompson

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Looking Through

Carollyn is a West Australian artist who has taken inspiration from her childhood country background whilst living in Lake King where the land and lakes extend as far as the eye can see, visiting many outback Australian country towns including Cue, Mt Magnet, crossing the Nullabor  several times (once on the back of a motorbike) and extensive overseas travel.

She started painting as the result of an accident during her last year of primary school where she almost lost her foot and has painted ever since. The people who have influenced and encouraged her in the field of painting are her mum, Nancy Rhodes and artist mentors of note, Elisabeth Ford, Gareth Morse and Tom Gleghorn from South Australia.

She passionately believes that everyone can paint because it’s not only about the ‘seeing’ sense that is required to paint, but all of the senses.

She says, ‘look beyond what you think you see.’

Look at it… Walk through it… Touch it… Take part in it…Live it…..

Taste it… Collect it… Smell it….Listen to it… Feel it…  Know it… Enjoy it...

Then, when it’s inside…   and you just know it’s a part of you… then…   Paint it!!!!.

Carollyn has worked as a classroom teacher and as an Art Specialist in pre, primary, secondary schools, and with adults throughout Perth and internationally for over 30 years.

She has exhibited works in many shows throughout Western Australia with paintings being sold to private collections in Hong Kong, New Zealand and to the State Trades Commission of Western Australia and is currently working on a huge Art project related to water awareness throughout Australia with the intention of involving many schools and communities.

Life is so exciting and full of new and boundless opportunities that there is no stopping this lady now.

She has stepped off the edge of the cliff and is now in full flight!!

In the News

Artist in Residence October - December 2009, January - March 2010