About Airynaa

Here I am painting with my art critic Charlie

A whimsical creator, that is me...

I create imaginative, inspired, colourful, capricious and sometimes quirky art on canvases that can communicate with viewers a memory, a fantasy or a visual escape to a place where they can even go into dream mode.   

My contemporary style of acrylic paintings are quite textural incorporating collage, mixed media and occasionally gold leaf..  This gives them a unique 3-D effect especially noticeable with the roofs of my buildings.  The use of vibrant and harmonious colours along with the subject matter creates an uplifting mood.

Notable events, accomplishments and interests on my life’s journey include:

Landing on this planet in California; working in the legal, scientific and medical corporate fields; raising a son; discovering my interests in fine arts; establishing “The Pine Tree Gallery” in Sandpoint, Idaho, and later moving to Calgary, Canada where I met my husband, Carsen, a Chiropractor.  Twenty-five years ago we traveled to Australia and set up a clinic on the south coast below Sydney.  I continued to expand my desire to work with paints and colours and received my Diploma in Fine Arts 12 years ago.  

Reading and listening to music;  hanging out with hubby and friends, (occasionally with Charlie our Airedale terrier) at cafes enjoying hot chocolates or cappuccinos capped off with chats… is my thing.    Cafes often appear in my paintings.  Ocean swimming with my buddies at sunrise year around awakens my creative brain cells. 

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Exhibitions

2012    Kings School Art Show, Parramatta, NSW (August)
            Invitation group exhibition

            Postcodes From The Edge, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (Feb – April). 
            Group exhibition

2011    Centacare Art Exhibition, Kembla Grange, NSW (August)                                   
            Group exhibition

            Kings School Art Show, Parramatta, NSW
            Invitation group exhibition

2010    Centacare Art Show, Wollongong, NSW (July)
            Group exhibition

2009    Camden Award Art Show, Camden, NSW
            Group exhibition

2008    Weswal Gallery, Tamworth  (Featured artist)

2007    ArtVisions 2007, St. Mary’s College, Wollongong, NSW
            Group exhibition

2006    “Capitivating Cities & Cafes” DeHavilland Gallery Wollongong, NSW              
            Solo exhibition, (October)

             “Cities, Streets, Industries” DeHavilland Gallery, Wollongong, (July)
            Featured artist

2005    St. Joseph’s College Exhibition, (October)
            Group exhibition

2004    Kiama Art Society Award Show, (October)
            Group exhibition

            Art in the Garden, Nedlands (Perth), WA (May)
            Featured artist

            Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Perth, WA (February)
            Solo exhibition

2003    Alvarro Painting Prize Exhibition, Bowral, NSW
            Group exhibition

            Salek Minc Art Exhibition, Perth, WA
            Group exhibition

            Mary MacKillop Exhibition, Penrith, NSW.
            Group exhibition

2002    The Edge, ASN Gallery at the Rocks, Sydney, NSW
            Group exhibition

             “Moments of Reflection” Levers Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
            Solo exhibition

2001    NineNineNine.  “The Space”, Annandale, NSW
            Group exhibition

2000    The Carmichael Gallery, Roseville, NSW
            Group exhibition

Awards

ArtVisions 2006, St. Mary’s College
Wollongong, NSW
“The Packer’s Choice Award”

St. Joseph’s College Exhibition (2005)
3rd Place Award

St. Joseph’s College Exhibition (2003)
“Highly Commended Award”