About
Meredith was born in the Northern Territory of Australia, with a Scottish heritige. Meredith spent most of her formative years in N.S.W. She has lived in Hong Kong and travelled worldwide. She now resides in Queensland, Australia. Meredith uses Oil colour on Canvas using the Alla Prima technique in a style called Australian Freestyle.
2009/11 St Columba’s Art show
2014 “Spaces” Exhibition RQAS.
2014 ‘Mobility for Life’ Exhibition. Brisbane Theosophical Society.
2014/15 BIA Student Exhibition
2014/15 Brookfield Show
2014 and 201515 Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award Finalist
2015 EKKA
2015 “Hanging About ‘ Exhibition. RQAS.
2015 Solo Exhibition Ashgrove Library
2015 COSSAG Exhibition at The Cathedral of St Stephen. Brisbane.
2016 Published in Feb-April issue of ART/EDIT magazine
2016 Major Exhibition of 30 paintings. “The Brisbane River Series” at RQAS
2016 Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular.
2016 Finalist Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award.
2016 3rd Prize RQAS Town and Country Exhibition
2016 COSSAG Exhibition
2016 EKKA. Royal Queensland Agricultural Show
2017 Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular
2017 Finalist Milburn Art Award
2107 2nd Prize Gold Coast Show
2018 Major solo Lockyer Valley Regional Gallery
2018 1st Prize Landscape Great Lakes Art Award
2018 1st Prize Landscape Aspects Art show Goondiwindi
2018 3rd Prize Landscape d'Arcy Doyle Awards
2019 Bluethumb studio Artist.
2019 Art Lovers Australia Artist and Saatchi Artist
2020 Artelier Artist.
Statement
"Inspired by the beauty of landscape worldwide, I try to give the landscape paintings a dramatic feel, drawing the viewer into the painting. I want you to feel you are within the painting and feel the cool depths, the power charge of a incoming storm, the warmth of the sun, or the salt in the ocean air" In 2019 Meredith embarked on a new direction, a series of abstract paintings inspired by her childhood fascination with the colour and opalescence of Australian Opals. It was during this time doing abstracts and landscapes Meredith coined the words 'Australian Freestyle' to describe her painting style. Large, free flowing brushstrokes on large canvas, full of movement and feeling.
2020 the year of Covid 19 epidemic Meredith continued to paint in lockdown surrounded by immediate family. This led to a period of retreat and rethinking. Motivating factors changed, more old memories returned. A grateful appreciation of all the small pleasures in life was so much more powerful and meaningful. It led Meredith back to my love of big landscapes yet has evolved into a new series of abstract landscapes called The Colours of Texas series. For those who don’t know Texas is a farming community near Goondiwindi. Of course the works you will see in this series could easily remind you of farmland up and down the Eastern coast of Australia.