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Trudy
Trudy Brooks
Artist Statement

Trudy produces a wide variety of works from conventionally realistic to intuitive abstracts. She likes to experiment with different media and substrates. She has produced works in oil, acrylic, watercolour, alcohol inks and mixed media. Recently she has also had success in competitions with her digital art. Her passion at present is experimenting with ways to combine digital art with other medi…

Trudy produces a wide variety of works from conventionally realistic to intuitive abstracts. She likes to experiment with different media and substrates. She has produced works in oil, acrylic, watercolour, alcohol inks and mixed media. Recently she has also had success in competitions with her digital art. Her passion at present is experimenting with ways to combine digital art with other medi…

Trudy produces a wide variety of works from conventionally realistic to intuitive abstracts. She likes to experiment with different media and substrates. She has produced works in oil, acrylic, watercolour, alcohol inks and mixed media. Recently she has also had success in competitions with her digital art. Her passion at present is experimenting with ways to combine digital art with other media including alcohol ink.

Biography

Trudy's love of art developed while studying at high school and teachers' college. She was born in England but has spent most of her life living in a variety of areas throughout Queensland. During this period, she took the opportunity to attend as many workshops as possible. These included programs organized by the Flying Art School and the University of Southern Queensland.

Influences

Australian watercolour artists such as Greg Allen, Alvaro Castagnet, Joseph Zbukvic, joe Cartright, John Lovett and David Taylor.

Awards

2025 First Prize Matthew Flinders Art Awards 2025 First Prize Digital Art Sandgate Art Awards 2025 Finalist Australian Watercolour Muster 2024 Members Prize Matthew Flinders Art Prize 2023 Finalist Australian Watercolour Muster 2022 2nd Prize Contemporary/Abstract RAS Exhibition of Excellence 2021 Finalist Redcliffe Art Society Exhibition of Excellence. 2021 Finalist Australi…

2025 First Prize Matthew Flinders Art Awards 2025 First Prize Digital Art Sandgate Art Awards 2025 Finalist Australian Watercolour Muster 2024 Members Prize Matthew Flinders Art Prize 2023 Finalist Australian Watercolour Muster 2022 2nd Prize Contemporary/Abstract RAS Exhibition of Excellence 2021 Finalist Redcliffe Art Society Exhibition of Excellence. 2021 Finalist Australi…

2025 First Prize Matthew Flinders Art Awards 2025 First Prize Digital Art Sandgate Art Awards 2025 Finalist Australian Watercolour Muster 2024 Members Prize Matthew Flinders Art Prize 2023 Finalist Australian Watercolour Muster 2022 2nd Prize Contemporary/Abstract RAS Exhibition of Excellence 2021 Finalist Redcliffe Art Society Exhibition of Excellence. 2021 Finalist Australian Watercolour Muster 2019 Won 3rd Overall prize and best contemporary work at the Redcliffe Art Society’s Exhibition of Excellence. 2019 Regional Art Awards Online Exhibition 2019 Solo Exhibition Millmerran Art Gallery 2019 Selected for Downlands Art Exhibition 2018 Finalist in the Moreton Bay Region Art Awards 2018 Finalist in the Stanthorpe Art Festival 2018 Finalist in the Redcliffe Art Society Exhibition of Excellence. 2018 Selected for group art exhibition at the Millmerran Art Gallery 2018 Invited to exhibit in the Toowoomba Grammar School Art Show 2017 Finalist in the Moreton Bay Region Art Awards 2017 Finalist in the Redcliffe Art Society’s Exhibition of Excellence. 2017 Selected to have a solo exhibition in the foyer of the Redcliffe Art Gallery. 2017 Invited to exhibit in the Toowoomba Grammar School Art Show 2016 Finalist in the Moreton Bay Region Art Awards 2016 Finalist in the Stanthorpe Art Festival. 2016 First prize for mixed media in the Redcliffe Art Society's Exhibition of Excellence.

Exhibitions

2025 Dayboro Art Gallery 2025 Sandgate Art Awards 2025 Mathew Flinders Art Prize 2025 Samford and Surrounds Arts Trail 2024 Matthew Flinders Art Prize 2024 Bribie Island Community Art Centre 2024 Dayboro Art Gallery 2024 Art Cove 2024 Downlands Art exhibition 2024 Meliorism Exhibition the Churn Room 2024 Red Poppy Gallery 2024 Rotary Art Prize online 2024 Samford Art Trail 2023 Austr…

2025 Dayboro Art Gallery 2025 Sandgate Art Awards 2025 Mathew Flinders Art Prize 2025 Samford and Surrounds Arts Trail 2024 Matthew Flinders Art Prize 2024 Bribie Island Community Art Centre 2024 Dayboro Art Gallery 2024 Art Cove 2024 Downlands Art exhibition 2024 Meliorism Exhibition the Churn Room 2024 Red Poppy Gallery 2024 Rotary Art Prize online 2024 Samford Art Trail 2023 Austr…

2025 Dayboro Art Gallery 2025 Sandgate Art Awards 2025 Mathew Flinders Art Prize 2025 Samford and Surrounds Arts Trail 2024 Matthew Flinders Art Prize 2024 Bribie Island Community Art Centre 2024 Dayboro Art Gallery 2024 Art Cove 2024 Downlands Art exhibition 2024 Meliorism Exhibition the Churn Room 2024 Red Poppy Gallery 2024 Rotary Art Prize online 2024 Samford Art Trail 2023 Australian Watercolour Muster Online Exhibition 2023 Red Poppy Art Gallery 2023 Dayboro Gallery 2023 Churn Room Gallery 2023 Samford Art Trail 2023Matthew Flinders Art Prize 2022 RAS Exhibition of Excellence Redcliffe Art Gallery 2022 Matthew Flinders Art Prize Bribie Island 2022 Dayboro Art Gallery 2022 Red Poppy Art Gallery 2021 Dayboro Art Gallery 2021 Redcliffe Art Gallery 2021 Red Poppy Art Collective 2021 Australian Watercolour Muster Online Exhibition 2021 Grammar Art Show 2021 Creative Samford Exhibition

Artworks

Artwork
Trudy BrooksValley Sunset

30 x 40 x 0.5 cm, framed: 44 x 54 x 1 cm

Limited edition Print of digitally manipulated alcohol ink painting.