Valerie Alice
Crawford contact c/o MSWP Email:here
Born Australia, Sept 3,
1916.
Art Studies
Matriculated in Art at University
High School, Vic.
Primary teachers' art certificate
at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Studied botany at Melbourne
University which sparked a keen interest in Australia's native flora.
Taught art at both primary
and secondary schools for several years
Further Art Studies
Further art studies with
Ray Mudford, John Yule, Skip Steinworth and Conrad Mistica
She works mainly in watercolour
also in oils .
Exhibitions
Exhibitions include two
of wildflowers and overseas exhibitions and displays.
Work in collections
include Rosanna Library and a portrait of the early Ridgeway Family in
the Torquay Gallery in England, book Illustrations and boardroom portrait
commissions.
Member
Member for 25 years of the
Heidelberg Artists Society
Melbourne Society of Women's
Painters and Sculptors for over 20 years which included committee membership
Formerly a member of the
Victorian Artists Society and as a member of the Palette Pals Group has
travelled during the last twenty two years painting the Australian bush
and its flowers.
Member of the Embroiderers
Guild, creating original designs for her crewel work.
Prizes
Numerous prizes won include
those at Marysville Art Show, Palette Pals and Heidelberg Art Society and
she has been mentioned in many press articles. The botanical correctness
of her Western Australian native flora works have been widely praised,
as have her Fairy Paint paintings which incorporate Australian wild flowers.
So many of these delicate works have been purchased that Valerie has now
produced a limited edition of prints.
Valerie resides at Heidelberg,
Victoria, is still painting, giving critiques and enjoying life to the
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Valerie Crawford
"Hakia Laurina"
Valerie Crawford
watercolour
15" x 20"
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