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                                                                                  Sandra Blackburne

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                                                                                  Sandra Blackburne

                                                                                  'My paintings are inspired by the fragility and the beauty
                                                                                  of nature, but also its power.'

                                                                                  Sandra Blackburne was born in Brisbane. She trained as an illustrator and graphic
                                                                                  designer, graduating from the Queensland College of Art, before undertaking a career
                                                                                  in advertising and graphic communication. She studied painting at The National Art
                                                                                  School in Sydney.

                                                                                  In 2010 she graduated with a BA, with double majors in English Literature and Art
                                                                                  History from The University of Sydney. She also achieved First Class Honours in
                                                                                  Australian literature. She has painted continuously throughout her career. She is
                                                                                  interested in particular in the collision between modernity and the natural
                                                                                  environment.

                                                                                  Sandra’s work explores the textures and layers of the Australian landscape. "I have
                                                                                  always been drawn to the natural world both micro and macro images. In Australia
                                                                                  there is a raw energy coupled with the intense light. My work has a sense of this. I’m
                                                                                  interested in representing the effects of light and the beauty of the landscape which
                                                                                  survives in spite of the harshness of our country. Thus the paintings focus on the
                                                                                  power of nature to reassert itself."

                                                                                  1966 – 1970 Graduated in Design and Illustration, The Queensland College of Art.
                                                                                  1971-1982 – Designer/ art director for advertising agencies in Australia and the UK,
                                                                                  1983-2003 – Owned and managed a Corporate Communications and design studio,
                                                                                  SB Designs.
                                                                                  2005 -2008 – BA Major in English Literature and Art History, University of Sydney.
                                                                                  2010 – Honours thesis in Australian literature on 'The Language of Art in the
                                                                                  work of Patrick White', University of Sydney
                                                                                  2010- present Painting professionally. Studied painting at the National Art School.

                                                                                  Sandra has painted throughout her career, painting professionally since 2010,
                                                                                  supplemented with regular masterclasses with contemporary artists including Idris
                                                                                  Murphy, Luke Sciberras, Ross Lawrie, Tim Allen and Roger Crawford at the National
                                                                                  Art School in Sydney. She also runs her own workshops in drawing and plein air
                                                                                  painting in Sydney, and from her studio in The Hunter Valley.

                                                                                  She travels frequently, finding inspiration for her work throughout Australia, and
                                                                                  divides her time between Sydney and The Hunter Valley.

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                                                                                  Term Dates for 2022

                                                                                  Term 1 31 January to 3 April

                                                                                  Term 2 26 April to 26 June

                                                                                  Term 3 18 July to 18 September

                                                                                  Term 4 10 October to 11 December



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