Master Artists

John Wolseley

John Wolseley was born 1938 in England and settled in Australia in 1976. Over the past twenty years, he has been focused on a journey of discovery, exploring how we exist and interact within this dynamic landscape of which we are all a part.

Mandy Martin

Mandy Martin is a practising artist who has held many solo exhibitions in Australia, Mexico and the USA. She has exhibited widely in curated exhibitions in Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, USA, and Italy.

John R Walker

John R Walker was born in Sydney where he lived and exhibited until a deepening and passionate commitment to 'painting the experience of the landscape' lead him to move to Braidwood five years ago. He is a five-times Archibald finalist and Wynne Prize finalist and he is represented by Utopia Art Sydney.

Jenny Sages

Jenny Sages has won a string of art awards, including the 2005 Wynne Prize and acquisition by the National Portrait Gallery and the NSW Art Gallery. She has been an Archibald finalist 15 times, in which she was also highly commended 5 times and won the Portia Geach Memorial Award for portraiture in 1992 and 1994.

Christine Christophersen

Christine Christophersen was born in 1959 in Darwin. While her mother's country is located in Kakadu National Park, Christine is of the Iwatja language group. With a diverse background as an artist, journalist, researcher, administrator, writer and activist Christine has been at the forefront of Aboriginal issues for over two decades.

Tom Risley

Tom has had 27 solo exhibitions throughout his career. His work has been recently displayed in group exhibitions at the Cairns Regional Gallery in 2006 and 2005 and the University Art Museum at the University of Queensland, Brisbane in 2005.