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Yvonne
Yvonne Blakeney
Artist Statement

The beauty of nature has inspired my work. I love the fleeting moments of light changing a landscape from the banal to unexpected beauty.

Biography

Yvonne is an Arts graduate from UQ & has a Diploma in Art History from the Academy of Decorative Arts. Awards: 2018 Grand Champion Toowwoomba Show, 2017 Kenneth Macqueen Watercolour Prize, winners in 2015 Toowwoomba Show. Exhibits at TAS & has had a joint exhibition at Toowwoomba Regional Gallery. Has written , illustrated & published two children’s books. Has lived & painted in Fiji for many year…

Yvonne is an Arts graduate from UQ & has a Diploma in Art History from the Academy of Decorative Arts. Awards: 2018 Grand Champion Toowwoomba Show, 2017 Kenneth Macqueen Watercolour Prize, winners in 2015 Toowwoomba Show. Exhibits at TAS & has had a joint exhibition at Toowwoomba Regional Gallery. Has written , illustrated & published two children’s books. Has lived & painted in Fiji for many year…

Yvonne is an Arts graduate from UQ & has a Diploma in Art History from the Academy of Decorative Arts. Awards: 2018 Grand Champion Toowwoomba Show, 2017 Kenneth Macqueen Watercolour Prize, winners in 2015 Toowwoomba Show. Exhibits at TAS & has had a joint exhibition at Toowwoomba Regional Gallery. Has written , illustrated & published two children’s books. Has lived & painted in Fiji for many years holding solo exhibitions. In 2021 she published “A Year in a Toowoomba Garden “, a written & illustrated memoir of her garden in the year of Covid 19.

Influences

From the impressionist artists to today’s talented tutors at the McGregor Summer & Winter Schools.

Awards

2018 Toowoomba Royal Show Grand Champion 2017 Toowoomba Royal Show Kenneth Macqueen watercolour first prize 2016,2015; prizes in the Kenneth Macqueen Memorial Watercolour prizes.

Exhibitions

Joint Exhibition at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery , Downlands and Toowoomba Grammar  yearly exhibitions, and Toowoomba Art Society art exhibitions.

Artworks

Artwork
Yvonne BlakeneyDragonfly Morning

35 x 25 x 1 cm, framed: 52 x 42 x 2 cm

Water colour

Artwork
Yvonne BlakeneyWetlands

25 x 35 x 1 cm, framed: 46 x 56 x 2 cm

Water colour

Artwork
Yvonne BlakeneyFalling Light

36 x 28 x 1 cm, framed: 54 x 44 x 2 cm

Water colour

Artwork
Yvonne BlakeneyA Walk in Autumn

28 x 44 x 1 cm, framed: 44 x 54 x 2 cm

Water colour