Image:
Therese SHANLEY
With flowers on her back 2022
hand painted Drypoint
49.5 x 38 cm
1 – 31 July 2023
Gallery Shop
Therese Shanley’s exhibition Nostalgic Reflections features in the Gallery Shop throughout July. The Beechworth-based artist presents a selection of hand-painted drypoint prints, depicting the people, places and objects that surround and inspire her. Therese portrays beauty in the simplicity of her day-to-day, drawing on memory to create feelings of nostalgia, calmness and positivity.
Therese grew up in a large family on a farm in Myrrhee, North East Victoria. Raised by a creative mother, the joyful skills of knitting, sewing and crocheting were embedded in her at an early age. Drawing and painting quickly followed. Therese completed a Bachelor of Art/Fine Art, majoring in Painting, at La Trobe University, Bendigo. She spent the next few years travelling France, Spain, Amsterdam, Britain, Ireland, Indonesia and Australia with a camera and a sketch book.
Therese focused primarily on painting for many years, but her love for printmaking crept back into her life when she met Master Printmaker Bill Young in 2017, who has assisted her with all her printing since.
Therese has won two best ‘Works on Paper’ awards and has been the finalist in numerous art prizes including the Sir John Sulman Prize 2023, the Peeble Print Prize, and the Portia Geach Memorial Award. Therese has featured in over 25 group and solo exhibitions in North East Victoria, Melbourne, Queenscliff, Albury and Sydney. Her work is held in numerous private collections, and the Wangaratta Art Gallery Collection.
All works in the Gallery Shop are available for purchase from Benalla Art Gallery,
or by contacting the Gallery on: T 03 5760 2619 or gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au