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Nanette Bourke 
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Painter and Printmaker

Nanette Bourke was born in England. Brought up in New Zealand. 
Adult life in Australia, Sydney, Melbourne and  Moyston, close to the Grampians.

As well as being part of annual exhibitions with MSWPS and the Grampians Four, 
Nanette's work is on display at Heron's Gallery, Castlemaine and Moco Gallery, Halls Gap.

Photo of Artist
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       RECENT WORKS  2008

Death by Paper

Opening Up the Land

Enslaved by a Computerised Sun

Solar Nuclear

The Other Road Toll

Custodian of All the Earth's Creatures

The Growth of Tourism

The Insatiable Urban Monster

Global Communication

The Expanding Economy

Man Did Not Weave The Web of Life

Go Forth and Multiply

Urban-O-Saurus

The Resources Boom

    The Artist and the Bottom Line

Team Building


Burnt Bushy Yate
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Next Morning
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Recovery
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Hakea Petiolaris
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Regrowth
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Night Sky
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Death of Grevillia
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Study in Mauve and Black
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Return of the Grass Trees
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More Grass Trees
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Art studies:
Julian Ashton School of Art, Sydney.

1927 Born Plymouth England
1929 Parents migrated to New Zealand
1952 Married and moved to Sydney
1966-71 Studied part-time at Julian Ashton Art School
1972 Moved to Melbourne and studied with a variety of teachers at Art Societies and CAE
1973-84 Member and exhibitor at Victorian Artists Society
1973-93 Member and exhibitor at Malvern Artists Society
1976-80 Studied printmaking (chiefly etching) with John Dent
1981-83 Taught oil painting at Hawthorn Artists Society
1982-83 Taught life drawing at Malvern Artists Society
1984 Moved to Moyston
1984-85 Taught oil painting at Ararat Arts Activity Centre
1991 on Member and exhibitor of Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors
1994-2001 Member and exhibitor of Contemporary Art Society of Victoria
1995 on Member of "Grampians Four" group of artists

Works in private collections in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand, Canada, England, Japan, China, Germany, U.S.A. and Ararat Regional Gallery.

EXHIBITIONS
2004 Solo Exhibition - "A Country Perspective", Frankston Art Centre
2008 Grampians Four at Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Solo Exhibition -"Paintings from my Past", Ararat Regional Gallery 
2009 MSWPS I 00th Annual Exhibition, Glen Eira City Council Gallery Grampians Four at the Morningside Lounge Bar of the Colonial Motor Inn, Halls Gap and Moco Gallery, Halls Gap


"City Blues" Nanette Bourke linocut 2004
 

Yellow blossoms on gum tree
Roundleaf Mallee
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"Relative Importance" 
Nanette Bourke 2001
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"She-Oak in Spring" Nanette Bourke linocut 2003


"The Frogs' Argument" 
Nanette Bourke 2000
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"The Gift of Flowers"
Nanette Bourke 1999
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TO MSWPS  "GALLERY"


Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Inc.Reg.. No. 0018899R 
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mswps/