Lin Stanton

Having been a painter for many years my art is constantly changing as I pursue my obsession with colour and design. My father was in the British Army during my childhood years, this meant that we lived in some very exotic places including Hong Kong, Germany and Jamaica. Such visual and cultural delights have long stayed with me.

I lived on a catamaran with my partner for several years, therefore painted umpteen sea inspired canvasses and various oceanic abstracts. Some of these may be seen on my website. About five years ago I stopped painting as I became bored with painting life around me. I wrote a children's  book for my granddaughter but this wasn't enough to express my creativity.

I started painting a year later with a totally new and fresh mindset, this was the beginning of my 'Mosaic' series. My main objective is colour and design as I approach my canvas with an open mind, meditate and let my my painting evolve.

My work is centred on aesthetic intuition and feeling,  I build with many layers of paint and visual textures as I coax the pulsating colours to bounce off each other. Painting this way invites the viewer to allow their own senses to be aroused and relish in the whole visual experience.  

Awards and Recognition

Special merit in Abstracts
light Space and Time international on line gallery.
a top 10 finalist for Queensland in Clifton Art Prize 2016
Finalist in Lethbridge 10,000  -2014, 2015, 2016
1st Prize contemporary, Nundah 2012
1st Prize contemporary, oils Zonta 2005
1st Prize contemporary, Tea Tree Gully 1983

Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

Hawthorn Studio Gallery currently Melbourne Vic
Aspire gallery Paddington qld
Main street Gallery Montville qld
Brisbane Modern Art gallery qld
Art and Design Precinct West end qld
Martin Galleries Nundah qld
Oriel gallery Ascot qld

Solo exhibitons

Martin Galleries qld
Graydon gallery qld 
Goulds gallery darwin NT

Exhibiting Galleries

Hawthorn Studio Gallery in Melbourne

Other

I am an experienced workshop facilitator in 'Abstract Art' and was an assistant curator at Martin Galleries for 18 months. I was tutored by Bernard Ollis and Wendy Stavrianos in fine art in Darwin and have also studied graphic design in Adelaide

Visit Lin's website here.